Nonpartisan · 501(c)(3)

A proven model for state regulatory reform. Built to be replicated.

Virginia stood up a small central office that streamlined its code, sped up permits, and saved households money, all for a fraction of what most reforms cost to run. The Fulcrum Foundation helps other states replicate it, with the policy, the economics, and the on-the-ground support to make it stick.

See the Virginia record Bring the model to your state

Fig. 01 · Mechanical advantage

Input< $800K / yr

≈ 1,750×

Output$1.4B / yr

Virginia ORM: annual operating cost vs. estimated annual savings

The Virginia record · 2022–2025Source: Virginia ORM End-of-Administration Report, Jan 2026

35.7%

of regulatory requirements streamlined (against a 25% goal)

80%+

faster permit processing at leading agencies

$1.4B

estimated annual savings (about $420 per household)

<$800K

per year to run the office that delivered it

What we do

Reform that survives contact with a real statehouse.

Cutting regulation is easy to announce and hard to institutionalize. Fulcrum works on the parts that last: the office, the statute, and the process that keep reform going after the press release.

01 / Policy

Policy architecture

We help states draft the legislation and executive orders that authorize reform. We tailor them to your political and legal context, drawing on what worked in Virginia and other states.

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02 / Economics

Regulatory impact analysis

We measure what proposed and existing rules actually cost, so reform targets the requirements that hold back investment and permitting, with cost-benefit analysis that holds up under scrutiny.

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03 / Implementation

Implementation support

We stay through the hard part: standing up the office, training the staff, and making the review process run, long after the legislation passes.

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How reform sticks

Two jobs, in order: pass it, then make it work.

Replicate the model

Start from something that already worked

We bring the Virginia evidence, the model legislation, and the economic case to states ready to act, so reform starts from a proven template, not a blank page.

Support the build

Stay until it runs on its own

Adoption is the start, not the finish. We provide hands-on support to states standing up a regulatory office, so the reform outlasts the administration that passed it.

The national picture

Who actually reviews a new regulation before it takes effect?

Most states publish rules with no centralized check on their cost. Where a review requirement does exist, it sits in very different places: inside the executive branch, or with the legislature.

Hover a highlighted state to see which review requirements apply and how each one works.