Witherspoon Institute
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| Established | 2003 |
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| President | Luis E. Tellez |
| Budget | Revenue: $3,483,394 Expenses: $3,840,399 (FYE December 2014) |
| Location | Princeton, New Jersey United States |
| Address | 16 Stockton Street Princeton, New Jersey 08540 |
| Website | winst.org |
The Witherspoon Institute is a conservative think tank in Princeton, New Jersey.
The Witherspoon Institute was founded in 2003 by, among others, Princeton University professor and noted conservative Robert P. George, Luis Tellez, and others involved with the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions. Named after John Witherspoon, one of the signers of the United States Declaration of Independence, the institute's fellows include Chen Guangcheng, Harold James, John Joseph Haldane, and James R. Stoner, Jr.
The Witherspoon Institute opposes abortion and same-sex marriage and deals with embryonic stem cell research, constitutional law, and globalization. In 2003, it organized a conference on religion in modern societies. In 2006, Republican Senator Sam Brownback cited a Witherspoon document called Marriage and the Public Good: Ten Principles in a debate over a constitutional amendment against same-sex marriage. It held a conference about pornography named The Social Costs of Pornography at Princeton University in December 2008.
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