Citizens League

The Citizens League is a nonpartisan think tank based in the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area of Minnesota. It was established in 1952 as a good government advocacy and policy group.

Citizens League
MottoRecommending and advancing creative solutions to policy problems.
Founded1952
Typenonpartisan think tank
HeadquartersSt. Paul, MN, United States
Revenue (2019)
$1,210,042[1]
Expenses (2019)$1,194,137[1]
Websitewww.citizensleague.org

The first Citizens League board of directors was elected on February 14, 1952; the League's first president was Stuart Leck. Dues were $5.

In the past 68 years, the Citizens League has had only eight executive directors: Ray Black (1952–1958); Verne Johnson (1958–1967); Ted Kolderie (1967–1980); Curt Johnson (1980–1991); Lyle Wray (1992–2003); Sean Kershaw (2003–December 1, 2017); Pahoua Yang Hoffman (2017- May 15, 2020); Kate Cimino (2020-present).

Records

Records of the Citizens League are available for research use. They include minutes (1971-1981), correspondence, reports (1958-1984), subject files, notebooks, financial information, and printed materials.[2]

References
  1. "Citizens League" (PDF). Foundation Center. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
  2. Citizens League Records


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