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{{Short description|American libertarian think tank}}
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|name        = Reason Foundation
|image       = Reasonlogo.svg
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|founder     = Robert W. Poole Jr., Manuel S. Klausner, [[Tibor R. Machan]]
|established = {{Start date and age|1978}}<ref name="ReasonFAQ"/>
|mission     = Advancing a free society by developing, applying, and promoting libertarian principles, including individual liberty, free markets, and the rule of law
|focus       = [[Public policy]]
|president   = David Nott<ref name="ReasonFAQ"/>
|chairman    = Gerry Ohrstrom
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|key_people  = [[Drew Carey]], [[Nick Gillespie]], [[Matt Welch]]
|budget= Revenue: $10,473,482<br />Expenses: $9,760,275<br />([[Fiscal year|FYE September 2015]])<ref>{{cite web |url=http://990s.foundationcenter.org/990_pdf_archive/953/953298239/953298239_201509_990.pdf |title=Reason Foundation |website=Foundation Center |access-date=23 March 2017 |archive-date=25 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240925012033/http://990s.foundationcenter.org/990_pdf_archive/953/953298239/953298239_201509_990.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
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|subsidiaries = reason.com<br />reason TV
|non-profit_slogan = "free minds and free markets"
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|location    = [[Los Angeles]], [[California]], U.S.<br />[[Washington, D.C.]], U.S.
|website     = {{URL|reason.org}}
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The '''Reason Foundation''' is an American [[Libertarianism in the United States|libertarian]] [[think tank]] that was founded in 1978.<ref>{{cite news|last=Abrams|first=Garry|title=The Coming of Age for the Reason Foundation: Libertarian Think Tank Is Relocating Here in Bid for a Higher Profile and Greater Clout|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-06-25-vw-20357-story.html|access-date=13 September 2016|work=Los Angeles Times|date=June 25, 1986|archive-date=2024-09-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240919202419/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-06-25-vw-20357-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=broccoli>{{cite news|title=How Broccoli Landed on Supreme Court Menu|work=New York Times|first=James B.|last=Stewart|date=June 13, 2012|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/14/business/how-broccoli-became-a-symbol-in-the-health-care-debate.html|access-date=February 20, 2017|archive-date=October 14, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201014054337/https://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/14/business/how-broccoli-became-a-symbol-in-the-health-care-debate.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The foundation publishes the [[magazine]] ''[[Reason (magazine)|Reason]]''. Based in [[Los Angeles, California]], it is a [[nonprofit]], [[tax-exempt]] organization. According to its website, the foundation is committed to advancing "the values of individual freedom and choice, limited government, and market-friendly policies." In the ''2014 Global Go To Think Tank Index Report'' ([[Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program]], [[University of Pennsylvania]]), the foundation was number 41 (of 60) in the "Top Think Tanks in the United States".<ref name="Global Go To">{{cite web |last=McGann (Director) |first=James G. |author-link=James McGann |url=http://repository.upenn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1008&context=think_tanks |title=2014 Global Go To Think Tank Index Report |date=February 4, 2015 |access-date=February 14, 2015 |archive-date=May 7, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507081229/https://repository.upenn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1008&context=think_tanks |url-status=live }}.</ref>

Reason Foundation's policy research areas include: air traffic control, American domestic monetary policy, [[school choice]], [[eminent domain]], government reform, housing, land use, [[immigration]], [[privatization]], [[public–private partnership]]s, urban traffic and congestion, [[transport]]ation, [[Industrial Hemp|industrial hemp]], [[medical marijuana]], police raids and militarization, [[free trade]], [[globalization]], and telecommunications.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://reason.org/areas/|title=Reason Foundation|date=29 April 2014|access-date=10 December 2010|archive-date=25 September 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240925012037/https://reason.org/policy-areas/|url-status=live}}</ref> Affiliated projects include [[Drew Carey]]'s ''Reason TV'' video website. Reason Foundation staff also regularly contribute to the ''Out of Control Policy Blog''.

Reason Foundation cofounder Robert Poole is an MIT-trained engineer and the author of ''Cutting Back City Hall''.<ref name="poole">{{cite web|title=Robert Poole|url=http://reason.org/experts/show/robert-poole|publisher=Reason Foundation|access-date=14 September 2016|archive-date=27 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160927072316/http://reason.org/experts/show/robert-poole|url-status=live}}</ref> The book provided the intellectual support for [[Margaret Thatcher]]'s privatization efforts in the United Kingdom during the 1980s.<ref name="ReferenceA">John Blundell, "Margaret Thatcher: A Portrait of an Iron Lady", 100.</ref> Poole remains at Reason serving as an officer on the organization's [[board of trustees]] and director of transportation. In 1970 he, along with [[Manny Klausner]] and [[Tibor Machan]], purchased [[Reason (magazine)|''Reason'' magazine]], which had been founded in 1968 by Lanny Friedlander.<ref name="poole"/>