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How we are funded

IPPR is an independent registered charity, and our work would not be possible without the support offered to us by a wide range of funders, including charitable trusts, foundations, businesses, unions, voluntary sector organisations, local government, national government departments and individuals. We never accept money from political parties.

IPPR recognises that there is a public interest in the funding of think tanks, and we are committed to increasing transparency in this area. Every year, we publish our annual report, which outlines how our income is raised and spent. Who Funds You? has awarded IPPR its highest transparency rating of 'A', and Transparify has awarded IPPR its four-star 'broadly transparent' rating.

Browse our annual reports to find out more.

We are extremely grateful to all of those who worked with us and supported our work in 2021. Our sources of income are listed below in bands.

AbbVie Ltd £40,001 - £50,000
Abdn Financial Fairness Trust £10,001 - £20,000
Alex Ferry Foundation £10,001 - £20,000
AstraZeneca UK Ltd £100,001 - £120,000
Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council £20,001 - £30,000
BBC £10,001 - £20,000
Big Change Charitable Trust £50,001 - £60,000
BMS  Pharmaceuticals Ltd £80,001 - £100,000
British Private Equity and Venture Capital Association £10,001 - £20,000
Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority £20,001 - £30,000
Centre for Ageing Better £10,001 - £20,000
Centre for Homelessness Impact £10,001 - £20,000
CIPD £1,000 - £5,000
City of Glasgow College £20,001 - £30,000
College Development Network £5,001 - £10,000
Cornwall Council £10,001 - £20,000
Crisis UK £1,000 - £5,000
Electoral Reform Society £10,001 - £20,000
Eli Lilly & Company Ltd £30,001 - £40,000
Equality & Human Rights Commission £1,000 - £5,000
Esmee Fairbairn Foundation £80,001 - £100,000
European Climate Foundation £20,001 - £30,000
Eventbrite £5,001 - £10,000
Fairer Tax Campaign CIC £40,001 - £50,000
Friedrich Ebert Stiftung - London £5,001 - £10,000
Gilead Sciences £60,001 - £80,000
GlaxoSmithKline £60,001 - £80,000
Google £5,001 - £10,000
Greater London Authority £60,001 - £80,000
Heriot-Watt University £10,001 - £20,000
Imperial College London £40,001 - £50,000
Janssen £5,001 - £10,000
John Wiley & Sons Limited £20,001 - £30,000
Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust £40,001 - £50,000
Joseph Rowntree Foundation £10,001 - £20,000
Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust  £10,001 - £20,000
JPMorgan Chase Foundation £150,000 + 
Justice Together £50,001 - £60,000
KPMG  £10,001 - £20,000
Laudes Foundation £50,001 - £60,000
Lloyds Banking Group £30,001 - £40,000
Local Trust £10,001 - £20,000
London School of Economics and Political Science £1,000 - £5,000
Manchester Metropolitan University £20,001 - £30,000
Microsoft  £30,001 - £40,000
Migration Yorkshire  £60,001 - £80,000
Millfield House Foundation £40,001 - £50,000
National Grid £5,001 - £10,000
Nationwide Foundation £5,001 - £10,000
Net Zero Carbon Campaign  £20,001 - £30,000
New Economics Foundation £10,001 - £20,000
Pool Fund on International Energy £30,001 - £40,000
Post Office £10,001 - £20,000
Power to Change £10,001 - £20,000
Resolution Foundation £10,001 - £20,000
Santander £40,001 - £50,000
Scotland's Centre for Regional Inclusive Growth £10,001 - £20,000
Scottish Government £1,000 - £5,000
Scottish Policy Foundation £5,001 - £10,000
Scottish Power £50,001 - £60,000
Siemens Healthineers £10,001 - £20,000
Social Enterprise UK £5,001 - £10,000
Solicitors Regulation Authority  £5,001 - £10,000
SSE  £5,001 - £10,000
STUC £1,000 - £5,000
Tate & Lyle £5,001 - £10,000
The Blagrave Trust £20,001 - £30,000
The Joffe Charitable Trust £10,001 - £20,000
The John Ellerman Foundation £20,001 - £30,000
The Legal Education Foundation £20,001 - £30,000
The Legatum Institute Foundation £10,001 - £20,000
The NP11 (Northern Powerhouse 11) £80,001 - £100,000
Tideway - Bazalgette Tunnel Ltd £1,000 - £5,000
Uber B.V. £10,001 - £20,000
UK Finance £5,001 - £10,000
University College London £1,000 - £5,000
University of Strathclyde £10,001 - £20,000
V. Kann Rasmussen Foundation £150,000 + 
Youth Endowment Foundation £50,001 - £60,000

Our 2020 Funders

AbbVie Ltd £40,001 - £50,000
Alex Ferry Foundation £10,001 - £20,000
Association of British Insurers £20,001 - £30,000
Association of Colleges £5,001 - £10,000 
Association of Medical Research Charitie £1,000 - £5,000
Association of Personal Injury Lawyers £20,001 - £30,000
AstraZeneca UK Ltd £60,001 - £80,000
Barrow Cadbury Trust £20,001 - £30,000
Belfast City Council £5,001 - £10,000 
Big Change Charitable Trust  £10,001 - £20,000
British Heart Foundation £10,001 - £20,000
British Private Equity and Venture Capital Association £10,001 - £20,000
Cancer Research UK £10,001 - £20,000
Centre for Ageing Better £60,001 - £80,000
CIPD Scotland £5,001 - £10,000 
City of London Corporation £10,001 - £20,000
Diabetes UK £1,000 - £5,000
Doctors of the World £30,001 - £40,000
EDF Energy Ltd £5,001 - £10,000 
Eli Lilly & Company Ltd £60,001 - £80,000
Equality & Human Rights Commission £1,000 - £5,000
Esmée Fairbairn Foundation £80,000 - £100,000
European Climate Foundation £80,000 - £100,000
Fraser of Allander Institute £30,001 - £40,000
Friedrich Ebert Stiftung - London £5,001 - £10,000 
Friends Provident Foundation £30,001 - £40,000
Gilead Sciences £60,001 - £80,000
GlaxoSmithKline £100,001 - £120,000
Global Dialogue £5,001 - £10,000 
Global Witness £1,000 - £5,000
Heriot-Watt University £50,001 - £60,000
Independent Age £10,001 - £20,000
Islington Council £10,001 - £20,000
Janssen £10,001 - £20,000
John Smith Centre - University of Glasgow £20,001 - £30,000
John Wiley & Sons Limited £40,001 - £50,000
Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust £40,001 - £50,000
JP Morgan Chase Foundation £250,001 - £300,000
Liverpool City Region Combined Authority £20,001 - £30,000
Lloyds Banking Group £10,001 - £20,000
Local Government Association £10,001 - £20,000
Local Trust £30,001 - £40,000
Lowell Financial Ltd £40,001 - £50,000
Luminate £40,001 - £50,000
MIGRATION YORKSHIRE £30,001 - £40,000
Millfield House Foundation £50,001 - £60,000
National Grid £10,001 - £20,000
Nationwide Foundation £10,001 - £20,000
New Economics Foundation £10,001 - £20,000
Newcastle University £1,000 - £5,000
Nothern Housing Consortium £20,001 - £30,000
Novo Nordisk UK £30,001 - £40,000
Paul Hamlyn Foundation £140,001 - £160,000
Plate Heat Exchanger Services Ltd. £1,000 - £5,000
Post Office £10,001 - £20,000
Poverty and Inequality Commission £10,001 - £20,000
Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC £80,000 - £100,000
Resolution Foundation £10,001 - £20,000
Royal College of Midwives £5,001 - £10,000 
Royal College of Nursing £1,000 - £5,000
Scotland's Centre for Regional Inclusive Growth £10,001 - £20,000
Scottish Policy Foundation £5,001 - £10,000 
Siemens Healthineers £20,001 - £30,000
Social and Sustainable Housing £30,001 - £40,000
Standard Life Foundation £100,001 - £120,000
Stonewater £40,001 - £50,000
Strategic Insights Unit - Scottish Government £10,001 - £20,000
The Blagrave Trust £10,001 - £20,000
The John Ellerman Foundation £60,001 - £80,000
The Legal Education Foundation £40,001 - £50,000
The Legatum Institute Foundation £10,001 - £20,000
The NP11 (Northern Powerhouse 11) £10,001 - £20,000
The UK in a Changing Europe £1,000 - £5,000
Tideway - Bazalgette Tunnel Ltd  £10,001 - £20,000
Trades Union Congress £1,000 - £5,000
Trust for London £30,001 - £40,000
Unbound Philanthropy £10,001 - £20,000
Vodafone £20,001 - £30,000

Our 2019 Funders

AbbVie Ltd £40,001 - £50,000
AECOM £10,001 - £20,000
Anthony Collins Solicitors £1,000 - £5,000
Asda £10,001 - £20,000
Astrazeneca UK Ltd £10,001 - £20,000
Aviva £10,001 - £20,000
Barrow Cadbury Trust £40,001 - £50,000
Be the business £5,001- £10,000
British Private Equity & Venture Capital Association (BVCA) £10,001 - £20,000
Capita Plc £5,001- £10,000
Carnegie UK Trust £5,001- £10,000
Centre for Ageing Better £80,001 - £100,000
Child Poverty Action Group £5,001- £10,000
Child Poverty Action Group in Scotland (CPAG Scotland) £1,000 - £5,000
City of London Corporation £60,001 - £80,000
Claire Jones £1,000 - £5,000
Clydesdale and Yorkshire Banking Group £10,001 - £20,000
Deloitte MCS Limited £60,001 - £80,000
Diabetes UK £5,001- £10,000
Economic Change Unit £5,001- £10,000
EDF Energy £5,001- £10,000
European Climate Foundation £50,001 - £60,000
European Union - Horizon 2020 £20,001 - £30,000
Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung London £1,000 - £5,000
Friends Provident Foundation £100,001 - £120,000
Further Education Trust for Leadership £30,001 - £40,000
Future Care Capital £1,000 - £5,000
Garfield Weston Foundation £40,001 - £50,000
Gilead Science Inc £60,001 - £80,000
GlaxoSmithKline plc £50,001 - £60,000
Golin/Harris International Ltd £5,001- £10,000
Guernsey Community Foundation £10,001 - £20,000
HSBC £5,001- £10,000
Imperial College London £5,001- £10,000
Independent Age £10,001 - £20,000
Internet Association £5,001- £10,000
Janssen Pharmaceutica £20,001 - £30,000
Joseph Rowntree Foundation £80,001 - £100,000
JP Morgan Chase Foundation £250,001 - £300,000
KPMG £10,001 - £20,000
Laura Devine Immigration £1,000 - £5,000
Legal & General Capital Investments Limited £30,001 - £40,000
Liverpool City Region Combined Authority £20,001 - £30,000
Lloyds Banking Group £60,001 - £80,000
Local Trust £30,001 - £40,000
LTE Group £5,001- £10,000
Martin Taylor £140,001 - 160,000
MHA £5,001- £10,000
Migration Yorkshire £80,001 - £100,000
Millfield House Foundation £80,001 - £100,000
MSD Ltd £20,001 - £30,000
National Grid £5,001- £10,000
Nationwide Building Society £5,001- £10,000
Nationwide Foundation £30,001 - £40,000
New Economics Foundation £10,001 - £20,000
Newcastle City Council £10,001 - £20,000
Northern Health Science Alliance (NHSA) £1,000 - £5,000
Northern Powergrid £5,001- £10,000
One Parent Families Scotland £1,000 - £5,000
Oxfam GB £40,001 - £50,000
Pfizer Ltd £20,001 - £30,000
Poverty and Inequality Commission (Scotland) £20,001 - £30,000
Power to Change £20,001 - £30,000
Prospect £5,001- £10,000
Rail Delivery Group £20,001 - £30,000
Resolution Foundation £20,001 - £30,000
Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) £5,001- £10,000
Scottish Government Strategic Insights Unit £1,000 - £5,000
Scottish Policy Foundation £20,001 - £30,000
Scottish Trades Union Congress (STUC) £1,000 - £5,000
Sellafield Ltd £5,001- £10,000
SGN £5,001- £10,000
Siemens Healthineers £20,001 - £30,000
Sir Trevor Chinn £10,001 - £20,000
Tax Justice UK £1,000 - £5,000
The Health Foundation £10,001 - £20,000
The Legal Education Foundation £10,001 - £20,000
The Legatum Institute Foundation £20,001 - £30,000
Tinsley Charitable Trust £1,000 - £5,000
Trades Union Congress £5,001- £10,000
Transport Salaried Staffs' Association (TSSA) £1,000 - £5,000
Trust for London £20,001 - £30,000
UK in a Changing Europe £1,000 - £5,000
UK2070 Commission £1,000 - £5,000
Unison North West £10,001 - £20,000
Visa £5,001- £10,000
West Yorkshire Combined Authority £10,001 - £20,000

Wiley

£20,001 - £30,000
WWF - UK £5,001- £10,000