== Funding ==
The Independent Institute is supported by hundreds of foundations, businesses, civic organizations, and individuals through its membership program and through the sale of publications and tickets for events. As such, the Institute accepts no government nor ''any'' form of contract funding.
The Independent Institute received from Philip Morris in 1997 a donation of $10,000 [http://www.pmdocs.com/getimg.asp?if=&DOCID=2063351196/1220&PGNO=2063351215] and in 1998 a donation of $25,000. [http://www.pmdocs.com/getimg.asp?DOCID=2065243965/3979&PGNO=2065243972]