Examples of Mainly Corporate Funded Think Tanks: Brookings Institution With a budget of US$ 23 million and assets worth US$ 192 million the Brookings Institution, based in Washington D.C., in 1998 was funded by: Corporate and private donations (38 %), endowment (30 %), revenue from conferences and seminars (18 %), sales of publications (9 %), government support (2 %). Among the 138 corporate donors are: Bell Atlantic, Citibank, J.P. Morgan, Goldman Sachs, NationsBank, Exxon, Chevron, Microsoft, Hewlett Packard, Toyota, Pfizer, Johnson & Johnson, Dupont, Mobil and Lockheed Martin, and the foundations of companies like American Express, Travelers, AT&T and McDonnell Douglas. A few media conglomerates, like Time Warner and the Washington Post Co.. Contributions of individual donors include executives from Visa, Procter and Gamble, BankAmerica and U.S. Airways.

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Reason Foundation The Reason Foundation was created as "a think tank for liberty." Its initial mission was to publish a national magazine on current issues (Reason magazine) and to conduct conferences and seminars on classical-liberal ideas. Over time, its mission has broadened to include public policy research, via the Reason Public Policy Institute division. The Foundation is now a national research and educational organization that explores and promotes the twin values of rationality and freedom as the basic underpinnings of a good society. The Foundation supports the rule of law, private property, and limited government, and promotes voluntarism and individual responsibility in social and economic interactions, relying on choice and competition to achieve the best outcomes.

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