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In 2008, ===Remarkable recent increases===The Center's yearly grants and contributions have increased markedly since 2005:<ref>2005-2009 numbers come from the Center reported on 's 2009 IRS Form 990, 2003-2004 from its 2007 990 form to the IRS that it received more than , on Guidestar.org (EIN: 86-0902777).</ref>:2009: $1,548,145:2008: $1 million in grants and contributions, a large increase than the nearly 065,971:2007: $ 674,725:2006: $ 300,554:2005: $ 25,563 :2004: $ 30,422 :2003: $700 25,000 it reported the year before. 449  

On itthe Center's website , [[Sherwood B. Idso]] writes that "our typical response is that we never discuss our funding. Why? Because we believe that ideas about the way the world of nature operates should stand or fall on their own merits, irrespective of the source of support for the person or organization that produces them ... It is self-evident, for example, that one need not know from whence a person's or organization's funding comes in order to evaluate the reasonableness of what they say, if - and this is a very important qualification - one carefully studies the writings of people on both sides of the issue."<ref name="funding">Sherwood B. Idso, [http://www.co2science.org/about/position/funding.php "What Motivates the Center for the Study of Carbon Dioxide and Global Change?"], Center for the Study of Carbon Dioxide and Global Change, accessed April 2008.</ref>