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American think tank

The National Center for Policy Analysis (NCPA) was a non profit American think tank whose goals were to develop and promote private alternatives to government regulation and control. Topics it addressed include reforms in health care, taxes, Social Security, welfare, education, and environmental regulation. The NCPA was founded in February 1983 and ceased operation in mid 2017, announcing it had faced three years of serious financial trouble. An NCPA website is being maintained by a former board member at NCPAThinkTank. org, where publications have been archived. A history of the organization and summary of its accomplishments may be found at the Goodman Institute.

Media attention focused on the NCPA (for example, U. S. News & World Report, Ft. Lauderdale Sun Sentinel, Orange County Register) for recommending pension reform legislation including automatic enrollment into companies' 401(k) plans. The NCPA was a member of the Cooler Heads Coalition, an organization created by the now defunct non profit group Consumer Alert that described itself as "an alliance of some two dozen non profit public policy groups concerned about the implications of the Kyoto Protocol for consumers," and which generally rejected the scientific basis for anthropogenic global warming. NCPA has also attempted to debunk peak oil claims.

NCPA's revenues for the fiscal year ending 9/30/14 were $5,281,913 against expenses of $4,544, 953; for the fiscal year ending 9/30/10 were $4,222,403 against expenses of $5,888,951; for the fiscal year ending 9/30/09 were $4,222,403 against expenses of $7,569,793; for the fiscal year ending 9/30/08 they were revenues of $6,603,905 against expenses of $4,898,261. As of November 2013, the organization's web site reported that for 2011 its funding breakdown was 52% from foundations, 21% from individuals and 22% from corporations. The press release it issued in July 2017 announcing its dissolution attributed the Board's decision to cease operations immediately as necessitated by three years of financial difficulty. In 1992, The New York Times reported that the NCPA was partially funded by the insurance industry.