Lucy Burns Institute

The Lucy Burns Institute (LBI) is an American nonprofit, nonpartisan[5][6] educational organization. Founded in 2006, LBI publishes Ballotpedia, an online wiki-style encyclopedia about the U.S. political and judicial systems.[7][8][9] The organization reported revenue of just over $3 million in 2014.[3]

Lucy Burns Institute
Motto"Connecting people to politics"
Formation2006
TypeEducational
Legal statusNon-profit
Purpose"To empower our audience to engage in democracy by delivering exceptionally high quality information."[1]
Headquarters8383 Greenway Blvd S.600
Location
Coordinates43.0665°N 89.3888°W / 43.0665; -89.3888
Region served
United States
President
Leslie Graves
Key people
Board of Directors:
Tim Dunn
Dan Liljenquist
AffiliationsBallotpedia
Revenue (2013)
$3,054,365[2][3]
Staff
60[4]
Websitewww.lucyburns.org

Organization

LBI was founded in December 2006 by the group's current president, Leslie Graves.[4][10][11] The group is named after Lucy Burns, co-founder of the National Woman's Party.[12] The group is headquartered in Middleton, Wisconsin.

LBI publishes Ballotpedia, an encyclopedia about American politics and elections.[13] It covers the U.S. Congress, state executive officials, state legislatures, ballot measures, recall elections, school board elections, candidate ballot access, public policy, municipal government, and the federal and state judiciaries.[12][14] Ballotpedia has been referenced in Politico,[15] the Washington Times,[16] the Wall Street Journal,[17] the Washington Post,[18] the Chicago Tribune,[8] the Atlanta Journal-Constitution,[19] and Bloomberg Businessweek.[20]

The Wall Street Journal described Ballotpedia as "a nonpartisan organization that collects election data."[21] According to the Colorado Springs Gazette, Ballotpedia publishes "nonprofit wiki encyclopedias that use nonpartisan collaboration to gather political info for sharing."[22] The Las Vegas Review-Journal described LBI as "a Wisconsin-based nonprofit that promotes education about local government."[23]

Projects

In 2012, LBI published a study analyzing the quality of official state voter guides based on six criteria. According to the study, only nine states were rated “excellent” or “very good," while 24 states received a “fair” or “poor” rating.[5]

In May 2014, the Center for American Progress used Ballotpedia data to analyze the immigration policy stances of Republican members of the U.S. House of Representatives.[24]

References
  1. "Our Mission". Lucy Burns Institute. Retrieved 30 June 2014.
  2. Organizational Profile – National Center for Charitable Statistics (Urban Institute)
  3. "Return of Organization Exempt From Income Tax" (PDF). GuideStar. Retrieved 13 February 2016.
  4. "Frequently Asked Questions". Lucy Burns Institute. Retrieved 22 October 2013.
  5. Scott, Dylan (2012-09-14). "States Have Room for Improvement in Voter Guides". Governing Magazine. Retrieved 23 October 2013.
  6. Mahtesian, Charles (2012-10-16). "The best races you've never heard of". Politico. Retrieved 11 August 2014.
  7. Povich, Elaine (2014-06-10). "Lawmakers Defer to Voters on Tax, Budget Issues". Stateline. The Pew Charitable Trusts. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
  8. "Illinois elections officials need to side with voters". Chicago Tribune. 2014-05-30. Archived from the original on 30 May 2014. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
  9. Christensen, Lance (2014-07-22). "Lucy Burns Institute Launches Policypedia". Reason Foundation. Retrieved 11 August 2014.
  10. Mildenberg, David (February 8, 2012). "El Paso Mayor Fighting Ouster on Gay Rights Vote Counts Rising Legal Bill". Bloomberg. Retrieved 11 August 2014.
  11. Murphy, Bruce (June 12, 2014). "The mystery of Eric O'Keefe". Isthmus. Retrieved 11 August 2014.
  12. "Nonprofit Group Offers Free Judicial Profiles Online at Judgepedia.com". Metropolitan News-Enterprise. December 21, 2009. Retrieved 11 August 2014.
  13. Geiselman, Bruce (June 24, 2015). "Want to recall a mayor? Easier in Cleveland, though happening more all over". Cleveland Plain Dealer. Retrieved 13 February 2016.
  14. "Ballotpedia:About". Ballotpedia. Lucy Burns Institute. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
  15. Weinger, Mackenzie (August 5, 2014). "Maruca: Companies should not fear OECD BEPS project — So what's next for the IRS LB&I division? — Missouri to vote on raising taxes". Politico. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
  16. Howell, Kellan (July 10, 2014). "Nude photos of Kendall Jones reportedly sought by Virginia Democrat". Washington Times. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
  17. Moore, Stephen (November 5, 2013). "Ten Election Day Ballot Measures". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
  18. Weiner, Rachel (August 8, 2012). "The death of the Kansas moderate?". Washington Post. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
  19. Wingfield, Kyle (April 9, 2014). "Are Georgia Republicans mostly satisfied with the taxes they pay? Hmmm". Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
  20. Oldham, Jennifer (April 27, 2014). "Colorado Pot Vote Prompts Ballot Push on Guns, Fracking". Bloomberg Businessweek. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
  21. Seib, Gerald (September 23, 2013). "How to Understand House Republicans". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 11 August 2014.
  22. McGraw, Carol (October 14, 2013). "Amendment 66 deemed a big issue nationally". Colorado Springs Gazette. Archived from the original on October 22, 2013. Retrieved 11 August 2014.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  23. Spillman, Benjamin (July 29, 2013). "Cost to appeal Las Vegas Planning Commission decision called prohibitive". Las Vegas Review-Journal. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
  24. Fernandez, Henry; Wolgin, Philip (2014-05-19). "House Republicans Have Nothing to Fear from Supporting Immigration Reform". Center for American Progress. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
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