Galen Institute

The Galen Institute purports to be 'a non-profit research organization devoted exclusively to health policy... [working] to promote a more informed public debate over ideas that advance individual freedom, consumer choice, and competition in the health sector' ^[1]. It is based in the US but has some UK contacts including its president Grace-Marie Turner (previously, Grace-Marie Arnett) who is an adviser to the Atlantic Bridge ^[2].

Personnel

• Grace-Marie Turner Founder, President and Trustee, Galen Institute, Inc.
• Sewell Hinton Dixon, M.D. Treasurer and Trustee, Galen Institute, Inc. President, The Dixon Group, Ltd.
• Thomas Campbell Jackson, MPH Secretary and Trustee, Galen Institute, Inc. Independent Consultant

Funding

According to Media Transparency^[3], the Institute was recipient of the following grants between 1998 and 2005:

Date	Amount	Declared purpose	Funder
12-31-2005	$35,000	General operating support	Sarah Scaife Foundation
12-31-2005	$7000	General operating fund	Roe Foundation
12-31-2004	$7,000	General operating fund	Roe Foundation
12-31-2004	$7,000	General operating fund	Roe Foundation
12-31-2004	$35,000	General operating support	Sarah Scaife Foundation
9-10-2004	$25,000	To support the Center for Consumer Driven Health Care	The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc.
1-15-2004	$20,000	To support The Center for Consumer-Driven Health Care	John M. Olin Foundation Inc.
12-31-2003	$7,000	General operating fund	Roe Foundation
12-31-2003	$35,000	General operating support	Sarah Scaife Foundation
3-11-2003	$50,000	To support the Institute's work on health care reform	The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc.
5-3-2002	$15,000	No purpose given	JM Foundation
12-1-2002	$20,000	The "Health Policy Concenus (sic) Group" project	John M. Olin Foundation, Inc.
1-1-2002	$5,000	General operating fund	Roe Foundation
1-1-2002	$30,000	Support for the Health Policy Consensus Group	Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation
12-31-2001	$1,500	General support	Gilder Foundation
12-13-2001	$25,000	To support the Health Policy Consensus Group project	The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc.
1-1-2001	$35,000	No purpose given	Sarah Scaife Foundation
1-1-2001	$20,000	The "Health Policy Consenus (sic) Group" project	John M. Olin Foundation, Inc.
1-1-2001	$5,000	General operating fund	Roe Foundation
1-1-2001	$30,000	Operating support	Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation
12-31-2000	$2,500	General support	Gilder Foundation
12-14-2000	$25,000	To support the Health Policy Consensus Group Project	The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc.
2-11-2000	$25,000	To support educational activities re. free-market health-care reform	The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc.
1-1-2000	$50,000	No purpose given	Sarah Scaife Foundation
1-1-2000	$1,000	No purpose given	Roe Foundation
1-1-2000	$30,000	Health Policy Consensus Group Project	Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation
12-31-1999	$2,500	General support	Gilder Foundation
1-1-1999	$1,000	No purpose given	Roe Foundation
1-1-1998	$50,000	no description given	Sarah Scaife Foundation
1-1-1998	$10,000	For health care research and education	JM Foundation
1-1-1998	$20,000	Operating support	Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation

Affiliates

Atlantic Bridge

External Links

[The Galen Institute]

References

1. ^ The Galen Institute 'The Galen Insitute - Our Mission', Accessed 18 July 2007.
2. ^ The Galen Institure 'The Galen Institute - Officers and Trustees', Accessed 18 July 2007.
3. ^ Media Transparency 'Funders - The Galen Institute', Accessed 18 July 2007.