The Institute of Economic Affairs is a charity that advances education for the public benefit (Charity number: 235351). Our educational mission is to improve understanding of the fundamental institutions of a free society by analysing and expounding the role of markets in solving economic and social problems. We are funded by voluntary donations from individuals, foundations and companies who support our mission.

Thank you to our supporters   

The Institute of Economic Affairs gratefully acknowledges the generous support of the following individuals, foundations, and companies, each of whom has contributed £5,000 or more towards our work in 2024-25.   

AFIEA 

Alison Rankin Frost 

Alternate Cyber Ltd 

Bruno Prior 

Guinness Asset Management Ltd 

Moynitrust 

Neil Record 

Prof. David Myddelton 

Prof. Tim Congdon CBE 

Rising Tide Foundation 

The Alan and Janet Morgan Charitable Trust 

Uyea Trust 

80-20 Charitable Trust 

About the IEA’s funding   

The IEA is funded primarily by donations from individuals, foundations, and companies. It accepts no government funding and does not carry out commissioned research. Its work is also supported by two expendable endowment funds, which had a combined balance of £5.2m at 31 March 2025.  

In 2024-25, the last complete financial year, the IEA received donations totalling £1.3m. A breakdown of these funds by source is shown here.