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The Steamboat Institute is a conservative nonprofit organization located in
Steamboat Springs, Colorado The City of Steamboat Springs is a home rule municipality that is the county seat and the most populous municipality of Routt County, Colorado, United States. Steamboat Springs is the principal city of the Steamboat Springs, CO Micropolitan Sta ...
. It was founded in 2008 by Rick and Jennifer Schubert-Akin. The organization's stated mission is to "promote America's first principles and inspire active involvement in the defense of liberty." The Steamboat Institute sponsors an annual conference. Speakers have included former
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. The organization also awards an annual journalism fellowship named in honor of
Tony Blankley Anthony David Blankley (January 21, 1948 – January 7, 2012) was an American political analyst who gained fame as the press secretary for Newt Gingrich, the first Republican Speaker of the House in forty years, and as a regular panelist on ''T ...
. According to
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, the organization "has regularly provided a platform for
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s and fossil fuel proponents to spread their messages."


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* 2008 establishments in Colorado Conservative organizations in the United States Non-profit organizations based in Colorado Political and economic think tanks in the United States Think tanks established in 2008 {{Colorado-stub