This conservative think tank was formerly known as the Mississippi Family Council. It is associated with the State Policy Network, a network of right-wing think tanks that collaborate with ALEC and its funders, giving many of ALEC’s model bills “academic legitimacy” and acting as its local lobbying arm. The MCPP is ardently pro-Israel. Its CEO, Douglas Carswell, is a former member of parliament in the UK and co-founded the Vote Leave Brexit referendum campaign. Moreover, board director Arty Finkelberg (also managing director of Finkelberg Investments of Raymond James), is a current board member of the Jackson Jewish Federation, an organization that provides little information other than its links with the Beth Israel Congregation in Jackson.

 

Sources: The Center for Media and Democracy, The Center for Media and Democracy, Mississippi Center for Public Policy, Mississippi Center for Public Policy, Mississippi Center for Public Policy