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Contents
  1. About Cato Institute's Bias Rating
  2. What a "Lean Right" Rating Means

About Cato Institute's Bias Rating

Cato Institute is a think tank / policy group source with an AllSides Media Bias Rating™ of Lean Right.

What a "Lean Right" Rating Means

Sources with an AllSides Media Bias Rating of Lean Right display media bias in ways that moderately align with conservative, traditional, libertarian, or right-wing thought and/or policy agendas. A Lean Right bias is a moderately conservative rating on the political spectrum.

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DonorsTrust, an American nonprofit donor-advised fund, gave $1,288,125 to the Cato Institute for general operations and the Sphere Education Initiative in 2024, per its 2024 IRS tax filing. According to DonorsTrust's website, "We – and the conservative- and libertarian-minded donors with whom we work – believe in preserving the ideals of limited government, personal responsibility, and free enterprise." [Retrieved Dec. 16, 2025 12:41pm ET]