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' . 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 .
==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, 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==
# The Galen Institute 'The Galen Insitute - Our Mission', Accessed 18 July 2007.
# The Galen Institure 'The Galen Institute - Officers and Trustees', Accessed 18 July 2007.
# Media Transparency 'Funders - The Galen Institute', Accessed 18 July 2007.