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Contents
  1. About Reason Foundation's Bias Rating
  2. What a "Lean Right" Rating Means
  3. Details
  4. Confidence Level

About Reason Foundation's Bias Rating

Reason Foundation 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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Details

http://reason.org/ Reason Foundation advances a free society by developing, applying, and promoting libertarian principles, including individual liberty, free markets, and the rule of law.

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Confidence Level

Confidence is determined by how many reviews have been applied and consistency of data.

As of June 2026, AllSides has low or initial confidence in our Lean Right rating for Reason Foundation. If we perform more bias reviews and gather consistent data, this confidence level will increase.

DonorsTrust, an American nonprofit donor-advised fund, gave $4,987,225 to the Reason Foundation for general operations in 2024, per its 2024 IRS tax filing. The Reason Foundation funds Reason magazine. 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]

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation gave the Reason Foundation a $900,117 grant in 2022 "to ensure that State funding adequately and equitably supports the pursuit of improved educational outcomes for low income, Black and Latinx Students.”