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The IEA is a registered educational and research charity.<ref>{{EW charity|235351|The Institute of Economic Affairs Limited}}</ref> The organisation states that it is entirely funded by "voluntary donations from individuals, companies and foundations who want to support its work, plus income from book sales and conferences."<ref name=IEA-about /> It is "independent of any political party or group.".<ref name=IEA-about /> The IEA has written policy papers arguing against government funding for pressure groups and charities involved in political campaigning <ref>{{cite web|last1=Snowden|first1=Christopher|title=Sock Puppets: How the government lobbies itself and why|url=http://www.iea.org.uk/publications/research/sock-puppets-how-the-government-lobbies-itself-and-why|publisher=IEA Discussion Paper 39|accessdate=17 March 2015}}</ref>
The organisation does not formally disclose their sources of funding, but have been funded by tobacco companies including British American Tobacco, Philip Morris and Japan Tobacco International since 1963. This has led to criticism of a perceived conflict of interest due to lobbying on topics favorable to the tobacco industry.<ref>http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jul/15/cigarette-packaging-corporate-smokescreen-liberty</ref> Of known funding from the tobacco industry, British American Tobacco have confirmed donations totalling £11,000 in 2011 and £20,000 in 2012. Other tobacco companies have confirmed their donations, but refused requests for further details.<ref>http://www.theguardian.com/society/2013/jun/01/thinktanks-big-tobacco-funds-smoking</ref> In 2002 a leaked letter revealed that a prominent member of the IEA, [[Roger Scruton]] received payments of £54,000 p.a. from [[Japan_Tobacco|Japan Tobacco]], and he asked for increased payment in exchange for publishing further articles in the media attacking measures to reduce tobacco use. In response the IEA stated that they would change their policies to avoid a recurrence of such a conflict of interest.<ref>http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2002/jan/24/advertising.tobaccoadvertising</ref> The IEA was accused of receiving $215,000 through an organisation called 'American Friends of the IEA' from two secretive funds as of 2010 - the US-based [[Donors Trust]] and [[Donors Capital Fund]]; anonymous trusts which support libertarian causes.<ref name="guardian.co.uk">http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/feb/18/charities-pr-rightwing-ultra-rich</ref>
Think tank [[Transparify]] ranked the IEA as one of the three least transparent think tanks in the UK in relation to funding.<ref name="sarahneville">Sarah Neville, [http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ae6968c4-b5ec-11e4-b58d-00144feab7de.html#axzz3SekS8nmf British think-tanks ‘less transparent about sources of funding’], ''Financial Times'', February 17, 2015</ref>
==Notable people==▼
▲==Notable people==
===Personnel and fellows===
* [[Mark Littlewood]], Director General and [[Ralph Harris, Baron Harris of High Cross|Ralph Harris]] Fellow
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