Institute for Humanist Studies

The Institute for Humanist Studies (IHS) is a think tank based in Washington, DC, USA, that says it is "committed to information and practices meant to address the sociopolitical, economic and cultural challenges facing communities within the United States and within a global context.

In addition to information in the form of papers, etc., the institute also offered distance-learning opportunities through its online “Continuum of Humanist Education” curriculum.

Intentionally avoiding a framework based on membership, the Institute understood itself as thereby being free to partner with other humanist organizations without competition for members.

In 2009, the conversations shifted to the possibility of the AHA taking over the operations of the institute with the exception of its lobbying efforts.

It was argued a formal think tank would be positioned to provide the humanist movement with information and other modes of assistance with the promotion of humanism in the United States and elsewhere.