Looking at the financial situation of think tanks, different funding patterns can be found. While financial contributions from foundations play an important role especially for conservative think tanks, also contributions from governments are made to certain institutions. Yet one of the most important funding sources are corporate donors and individual contributors. Although the extent to which - in most cases conservative - think tanks rely on corporate funding varies, from the US$ 158 million spent by the top 20 conservative think tanks, more than half of it was contributed by corporations or businessmen.
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The CPS, headquartered in London, is a center-right think tank which develops and publishes public policy proposals and arranges seminars and lectures on topical policy issues. Part of its mission is to influence policy around the world. It also maintains a range of informal contacts with politicians, policymakers, civil servants and the press, in Britain and abroad. The CPS was founded by Mrs. Thatcher and Sir Keith Joseph (as they then were) to build, and to take to the country, policies of conviction based on limited government, the understanding of market forces and sound money.