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On its website the think tank states that "the Institute's board of directors funds the basic operations of the Show-Me Institute. In addition, we seek financial support from individuals, foundations, and corporations who share our vision for the state and want to improve the quality of the public debate. To preserve our independence, we accept no government funding, and we do not perform contract work."<ref name="Show-Me About"/> SMI receives close to a million a year from the Sinquefield Charitable Foundation, a group established by Rex Sinquefield, the founder of SMI, and his wife.<ref name="bf">Brendan Fischer and Lisa Graves, [httphttps://www.prwatch.org/news/2014/04/12459/show-me-money-meet-multimillionaire-squeezing-missouris-schools Show Me the Money: Meet the Multimillionaire Squeezing Missouri's Schools], ''PRWatch'', April 29, 2014.</ref>