| Examples of Mainly Corporate Funded Think Tanks: Manhattan Institute 
 The Manhattan Institute, founded by
  William Casey, who later became President Reagan's  CIA director, besides subsidies from a number of large conservative foundations has gained funding from such corporate sources as: The  Chase Manhattan Bank,  Citicorp,  Time Warner,  Procter & Gamble and  State Farm Insurance, as well as the Lilly Endowment and philantropic arms of  American Express,  Bristol-Myers Squibb,  CIGNA and  Merrill Lynch. Boosted by major firms, the Manhattan Institute budget reached US$ 5 million a year by the early 1990s. 
 
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