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AIMS is incorporated as a [[501c3]] non-profit group in the U.S. and in Canada. On its website, AIMS states that it is funded by "contributions from individuals, corporations, foundations and other organizations, as well as by the sales of our publications." It does list its "patrons" between 1995 and 2005 in its 2004-2005 Annual Report, and acknowledges the ongoing support of "several anonymous donors".  AIMS president, Brian Lee Crowley, is also on the Board of Directors of a similar think tank, the [[Frontier Institute for Public Policy]], in Manitoba. [http://www.aims.ca/aboutaims.asp?cmPageID=85]Brian Lee Crowley has a regular column in the Halifax Chronicle Herald, Nova Scotia's major newspaper. The Institute promotes free-market ideology, and is at the forefront of the battle against public health care in CAnada. Among its sponsors or "patrons" it lists the pharmaceutical giants, Pfizer and Merck Frosst.