Editing Reason Foundation (section)

==Background==
Robert Poole founded Reason Foundation and served as its president from 1978 to 2001.<ref name="ReasonFAQ"/> Patricia Lynn Scarlett took over as president in 2001, but soon resigned to join the [[George W. Bush administration]] as assistant secretary for policy, management, and budget at the [[Department of the Interior]].{{citation needed|date=March 2022}} David Nott, a [[Stanford University]] graduate, has served as Reason Foundation's president since 2001.<ref name="ReasonFAQ"/>

The foundation is an associate member of the [[State Policy Network]], a U.S. national network of [[Free market|free-market]]-oriented think tanks.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.spn.org/directory/organizations.asp |title=Directory SPN Members |publisher=[[State Policy Network]] |access-date=March 23, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150318011132/http://www.spn.org/directory/organizations.asp |archive-date=March 18, 2015 }}</ref>

===Funding and partners===
As a [[501(c)(3) nonprofit organization]], Reason Foundation is supported by donations and sale of its publications.<ref name="ReasonFAQ">{{cite web |url=http://reason.org/about/faq/ |title=About the Reason Foundation |publisher=Reason Foundation |access-date=June 14, 2015 |date=2008-04-03 |archive-date=2013-08-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130805123609/http://reason.org/about/faq/ |url-status=live }}</ref> According to 2012 disclosures, its largest donors were the [[Koch Family Foundations|David H. Koch Charitable Foundation]] ($1,522,212) and the [[Sarah Scaife Foundation]] ($2,016,000).<ref name=broccoli/> 

In 2020, the independent rating group [[Charity Navigator]] rated Reason with four out of four stars.<ref>{{cite web|title=Charity Rating|url=http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=search.summary&orgid=7481#.U648bI1dUQ4|publisher=[[Charity Navigator]]}} Also see {{cite web|title=GuideStar Summary|url=http://www.guidestar.org/profile/95-3298239|publisher=[[GuideStar]]|access-date=2016-09-13|archive-date=2024-09-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240925012036/https://www.guidestar.org/profile/95-3298239|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="TBI">{{Cite journal|last1=Smith|first1=Julia|last2=Thompson|first2=Sheryl|last3=Lee|first3=Kelley|date=2016-01-01|title=The Atlas Network: a "strategic ally" of the tobacco industry|journal=The International Journal of Health Planning and Management|volume=32|issue=4|language=en|pages=433–448|doi=10.1002/hpm.2351|pmid=27125556|pmc=5716244|issn=1099-1751}}</ref> As of 2024, the foundation's Charity Navigator score is 97 percent.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Charity Navigator - Rating for Reason Foundation |url=https://www.charitynavigator.org/ein/953298239 |access-date=2024-12-12 |website=www.charitynavigator.org |language=en}}</ref>