Sutherland Institute
| Sutherland Institute | |
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| Basic facts | |
| Location: | Salt Lake City, Utah |
| Type: | 501(c)(3) |
| Founder(s): | Gaylord Swim |
| Year founded: | 1994 |
| Website: | Official website |
Sutherland Institute (SI) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization in the state of Utah. As of August 2025, the group's website said its goal is "to advance principled public policy that promotes the constitutional values of faith, family and freedom."[1]
Background
The Sutherland Institute lists the following vision statement for the organization:[1]
| “ | Utah is recognized as the best state in the nation for successfully applying America’s founding principles to the policy challenges of the day. And that reputation is supported by Sutherland Institute as the premier institutional voice – “making sound ideas broadly popular” – in Utah and beyond.[2] | ” |
Leadership
As of August 2025, Rick Larsen was the Sutherland Institute's president and CEO.[3]
As of August 2025, the following individuals were members of the board of directors:[3]
- Gaylord K. Swim, Founder
- Brent Andrewsen, Chairman
- Scott Anderson, Director
- Rachel Brough, Director
- Brad Harr, Director
- Howard M. Headlee, Director
- Brent McKinley, Director
- Greg Miller, Director
- John Sperry, Director
Work and activities
Legislative and policy work
SI focuses on six key policy issues: "education, elections, family, religious freedom, success sequence, and work and opportunity."[1]
The institute regularly produces research, public polling and files amicus briefs related to these areas.[4] In addition, staff will write op-eds, host events and produce podcasts and multimedia based on recent research.[1]
As of August 2025, recent research reports focused on subjects such as Utah's open enrollment law, parent access in public schools, ranked choice voting in Utah, and developments related to federalism in Utah.[5] The group conducts a regular survey of voters' legislative priorities.[6] As of August 2025, the institute produced a weekly podcast called Defending Ideas.[7]
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Finances
The following is a breakdown of Sutherland Institute's revenues and expenses for the 2019 to 2022 fiscal years, according to documents submitted to the Internal Revenue Service.
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See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Sutherland Institute , "Our Mission," accessed August 13, 2025
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Sutherland Institute , "Our Team," accessed August 13, 2025
- ↑ Sutherland Institute , "Home," accessed August 13, 2025
- ↑ Sutherland Institute , "Reports," accessed August 13, 2025
- ↑ Sutherland Institute , "2025 Utah Voter Priorities," accessed August 13, 2025
- ↑ Sutherland Institute , "Defending Ideas," accessed August 13, 2025
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Internal Revenue Service , "Sutherland Institute 2022 990 Form," accessed August 13, 2025
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Internal Revenue Service , "Sutherland Institute 2020 990 Form," accessed August 13, 2025
