National Institute for Latino Policy  The National Institute for Latino Policy (NiLP) was established in 1982 as the Institute for Puerto Rican Policy (IPR) in New York City, United States as a non-profit and nonpartisan policy center focusing on critical Latino policy issues. Between 1999 and 2005, the Institute entered into a strategic alliance with the Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund (PRLDEF) (currently called Latino-Justice PRLDEF) during which it functioned as the Fund's policy research arm. In November 2005, the Institute returned to its independent status and changed its name to the National Institute for Latino Policy. The name change more accurately reflected the national scope and pan-Latino nature of its work. Closed in 2019 shortly after the death of founder Mr. Falcón (2018), the National Institute for Latino Policy focused on developing local as well as national strategies to advocate for Latino community needs, and in this way complemented the work of existing national Latino organizations. NiLP's strategies included the creative use of the Internet to disseminate critical information and to mobilize constituencies. It hosted The NiLP Network on Latino Issues, one of the most influential online communities of Latino leaders in the United States. It also coordinated the Latino Census Network and the Latino Voting Rights Network, both online informational networks of Latino community advocates. The Institute was a pioneer and innovator in the Latino community in conducting aggressive community-based policy. The Institute was actively involved in a number of coalitions and collaborations in the Latino community nationally. The War. It was a member of the Latino Policy Coalition, a collaboration of the leading progressive Latino thinks tanks and scholars in the country. The Institute also worked closely with the National Hispanic Media Coalition and the National Latino Media Council on a wide range of media policy issues affecting Latinos. It was a founding member of the Defend the Honor Campaign, which in early 2007 put pressure on the Public Broadcasting System (PBS) and filmmaker Ken Burns to include the Latino experience in their documentary on WWII, In 2006, the Institute's President and Founder, Angelo Falcón, was named one of the top 25 "New York Latino movers and shakers" by the "New York Post" (November 8, 2006). The Institute created and operated The NiLP Network on Latino Issues, an online information service (originally the ipr-forum listserv) that is widely recognized as one of the most influential sources on Latino policy and political concerns. It provided its members with the most current and thought-provoking developments on Latino issues.