"[8] In 1989, economist Sam Staley founded the Urban Policy Research Institute (UPRI) in Dayton, Ohio.

The Buckeye Institute started a legal advocacy group, the 1851 Center for Constitutional Law, which was eventually spun off on its own.

[12] The Buckeye Institute has eight focus areas: accountable government, budget and taxes, education, energy and environment, federalism, health care, labor, and legal.

[16] In 2006, the organization supported a proposed constitutional amendment that would have placed annual limits on the growth of tax revenue and government spending, similar to other states' Taxpayer Bills of Rights.

[17] The Institute produces reports and research that promote a market-based approach to education, including vouchers and charter schools.