Goldwater Institute
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| Established | 1988 |
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| Chairman | Eric Crown |
| President | Darcy A. Olsen |
| Staff | 31 |
| Budget | Revenue: $5,049,260 Expenses: $5,338,305 (FYE December 2014) |
| Location | Phoenix, Arizona |
| Coordinates | 33°28′05″N 112°03′54″W / 33.468°N 112.065°WCoordinates: 33°28′05″N 112°03′54″W / 33.468°N 112.065°W |
| Address | 500 East Coronado Road Phoenix, Arizona 85004 |
| Website | www |
The Goldwater Institute is a Phoenix, Arizona-based conservative and libertarian public policy think tank. The institute's stated mission is "to defend and strengthen the freedom guaranteed to all Americans in the constitutions of the United States and all fifty states." The organization was established in 1988 with the support of the late U.S. Senator Barry Goldwater. The organization was primarily a public policy research organization until 2007, when it added a litigation arm, becoming the first state-based policy organization to do so. Goldwater's litigation arm, the Scharf-Norton Center for Constitutional Litigation, engages in lawsuits against government entities across the United States.
The Goldwater Institute was founded in 1988 by conservative activists with the blessing of Barry Goldwater. It is registered with the IRS as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.Darcy A. Olsen is the Institute's president. She joined Goldwater in 2001 as executive director. The organization's board of directors includes Barry Goldwater, Jr.
The Goldwater Institute is a proponent of increased educational choice through charter schools and school vouchers. The organization has helped state lawmakers draft "right to try" laws, which allow terminally ill individuals to try experimental medications that have not yet been approved by the Food and Drug Administration.
The Goldwater Institute created the Scharf-Norton Center for Constitutional Litigation in June 2007. The center, previously directed by lawyer Clint Bolick, engages in lawsuits against federal, state, and local governmental bodies to advocate adherence to constitutional law and to protect individual rights, such as property rights and entrepreneurial freedom, from potential government intrusion.
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