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==Funding==
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The Independence Institute is not required to disclose its funders. Its major foundation funders, however, can be found through a search of the IRS filings of those foundations.
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===Partial List of 1995-2011 Funders===
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According to the American Bridge 21st Century Foundation, the Independence Institute was funded by the following major foundations:<ref>American Bridge 21st Century Foundation, [http://bridgeproject.com/?organization&id=275571 Recipient: Independence Institute], ''Bridge Project'' conservative transparency website, accessed December 2013.</ref>
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* [[Donors Capital Fund]]: $1,525,000 (2005-20110
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* [[Jaquelin Hume Foundation]]: $487,911 (2000-2011)
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* The [[Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation]]: $715,000 (2004-2011)
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* [[William H. Donner Foundation]]: $258,000 (1998-2011)
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* The [[Roe Foundation]]: $262,500 (1998-2011)
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* [[DonorsTrust]]: $202,000 (2010-2011)
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* [[State Policy Network]]: $122,113.18 (2002-2011)
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* Windway Foundation: $5,000.00 (2010)
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* The [[Vernon K. Krieble Foundation]]: $85,500 (2001-2009)
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* [[JM Foundation]]: $95,000 (1997-2009)
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* [[Castle Rock Foundation]]: $760,000 (1995-2008)
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===Partial List of 1985-1990 Funders===
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According to a 1991 report by the [[National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy]], the Independence Institute was funded in part by the following corporations, organizations, and foundations from 1985 to 1990:<ref>National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy, [http://legacy.library.ucsf.edu/tid/wpb87b00/pdf Special Report: Burgeoning Conservative Think Tanks], organizational report, Spring 1991.</ref>
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* Corporations & Organizations:
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** [[American Express|Amex Corp.]]
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** American Furniture Warehouse
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** Arapahoe Community College
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** [[ARCO|Arco Coal]]
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** Automated Business Services
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** Bailey Companies
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** Ball Corp.
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** Benson Mineral Group
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** Caim Companies
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** Calcon Constructors
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** Captiva Corp.
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** Celtech Corp.
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** [[Chevron|Chevron Oil]]
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** Ciruli Associates
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** Colorado Association of Commerce & Industry
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** Colorado Association of School Executives
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** Colorado Bar Association
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** Colorado Interstate Gas Co.
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** Colorado National Bankshares, Inc.
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** Colorado Springs Chamber of Commerce
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** Colorado Springs Gazette Telegraph
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** Columbine Venture Fund, Ltd.
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** Cooley Gravel Company
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** Coopers & Lybrand
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** Custom Envelope Corp.
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** David, Graham & Stubbs
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** Deloitte Haskins & Sells
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** Denver Technological Center
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** Denver West, Inc.
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** Dixon Paper
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** DTM Products
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** Duncan Cattle Company
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** Embassy Suites Hotel
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** Equity Syndication
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** Flatiron Companies
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** D.E. Frey and Co.
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** Frontier Oil and Refining
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** G.E. Johnson Construction
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** [[General Motors]]
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** Gerald Phipps Inc.
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** Great Southwest Construction Co.
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** Greater Denver Chamber of Commerce
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** [[Hewlett Packard]]
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** High Valley Group
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** Home Builders Association of Metro Denver
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** Hyatt Regency Denver
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** Ideal Basic Industries
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** Jostens Inc.
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** Kelmore Association
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** Keystone Resort Inc.
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** King Soopers
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** Koelbel and Co.
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** Louisiana Pacific Corp.
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** Lucas Oil and Gas
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** Martin Marietta
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** [[Marriott Hotels]]
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** [[Exxon Mobil|Mobil Oil Corp.]]
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** Mountain States Employers Council
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** North Central Life Insurance Co.
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** Oklahoma Publishing
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** One Source Management
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** Peat Marwick Main & Co.
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** [[PepsiCo|Pepsi-Cola]] Bottling Co. of Denver
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** Phelps, Inc.
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** Gerald Phipps Inc.
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** [Potential Inc.] (illeg.)
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** Presto Print
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** Public Service Co. of Colorado
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** The Pueblo Chieftain
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** [[Nestlé|Ralston Purina Co.]]
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** Ready-Mixed Concrete
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** Ridgewood Realty
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** Robinson Dairy
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** Roche Constructors
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** Rocky Mountain Oil and Gas Association
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** Rocky Mountain Orthodontics
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** Saunders Construction
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** Shuck Corp.
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** Security Life of Denver
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** Step Thirteen
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** Stock Imagery Inc.
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** Storage Technology
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** True Oil
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** United Banks of Colorado, Inc.
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** United Bank of Denver
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** U.S. West Communications
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** Vail Association
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** Vessels Oil and Gas Co.
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** Welbourne Co.
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** Woodford Manufacturing
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* Foundations:
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** [[Amoco]] Foundation
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** [[Anschutz Foundation]]
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** [[Atlas Foundation]]
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** Howard W. Callaway Foundation
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** [[Adolph Coors Foundation]]
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** Dobbins Foundation
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** El Pomar Foundation
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** Farley Foundation
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** Garvey Kansas Foundation
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** [[Gates Foundation]]
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** [[Searle Freedom Trust|G.D. Searle Charitable Trust]]
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** Hawkins Foundation
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** [[JM Foundation]]
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** [Mon Foundation] (illeg.)
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** Powell Family Foundation
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** Rawlings Foundation
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** Ruth and Vernon Taylor Foundation
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** White Foundation
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==Core Financials==
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'''<big>2011</big>'''<ref>Independence Institute, IRS form 990, 2011. [http://www.guidestar.org/ GuideStar].</ref>:
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*Total Revenue: $1,965,509
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*Total Expenses: $1,963,635
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*Net Assets: $2,417,013
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'''<big>2010</big>'''<ref>Independence Institute, IRS form 990, 2010. [http://www.guidestar.org/ GuideStar].</ref>:
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*Total Revenue: $1,965,509
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*Total Expenses: $1,963,635
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*Net Assets: $2,417,013
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'''<big>2009</big>'''<ref>Independence Institute, IRS form 990, 2009. [http://www.guidestar.org/ GuideStar].</ref>:
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*Total Revenue: $1,469,690
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*Total Expenses: $1,527,047
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*Net Assets: $2,403,353
==Personnel==
==Personnel==
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*Greg Bledsoe - Colorado Counties. Legislative Liaison for agricultural, wildlife and rural affairs issues
*Greg Bledsoe - Colorado Counties. Legislative Liaison for agricultural, wildlife and rural affairs issues
*[[Wendell Cox]]
*[[Wendell Cox]]
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==Core Financials==
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'''<big>2011</big>'''<ref>Independence Institute, IRS form 990, 2011. [http://www.guidestar.org/ GuideStar].</ref>:
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*Total Revenue: $1,965,509
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*Total Expenses: $1,963,635
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*Net Assets: $2,417,013
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'''<big>2010</big>'''<ref>Independence Institute, IRS form 990, 2010. [http://www.guidestar.org/ GuideStar].</ref>:
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*Total Revenue: $1,965,509
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*Total Expenses: $1,963,635
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*Net Assets: $2,417,013
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'''<big>2009</big>'''<ref>Independence Institute, IRS form 990, 2009. [http://www.guidestar.org/ GuideStar].</ref>:
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*Total Revenue: $1,469,690
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*Total Expenses: $1,527,047
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*Net Assets: $2,403,353
==Contact==
==Contact==