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Funding sources

The Workshop relies on a three-pronged approach to funding: the Workshop’s endowments, external grants, and university funds. On average, university funds make up roughly half of the Workshop’s $1.2 million annual budget. These varied sources of funding enable the Workshop to engage in a wide range of activities, and to sustain its research interests over time.

In addition to university funding, the Workshop draws on its endowments, the largest of which is the Tocqueville Fund for the Study of Human Institutions, valued at $3.3 million as of July 2008.  It also receives generous support from a number of external granting agencies such as the National Science Foundation, MacArthur Foundation, Ford Foundation, and the US Agency for International Development.

Table 1. Workshop Funding Overview, Calendar Year 2008

 

SOURCES

USES/NEEDS

IU General Fund

Internal grants

External grants

Endowments

Fees

Other

TOTAL

Salaries & Fringes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Staff (including academic & hourly)

$308,497

$14,427

$146,257

$140,180

$798

$39,063

$649,222

Research assistants

 

$38,500

$10,000

 

 

 

$48,500

Fringes

$110,667

$4,887

$39,840

$60,447

$17

$7,594

$223,452

Total Salaries & Fringes

$419,164

$57,814

$196,097

$200,627

$815

$46,657

$921,174

Visiting scholars

 

$5,266

 

$53,644

 

 

$58,910

S&E expenses

$30,844

$1,200

$17,190

$1,707

$253

$472

$51,666

Publications

 

 

 

 

 

$4,068

$4,068

IEL workstations replacements

 

 

 

 

 

$40,000

$40,000

Travel/colloquia/ seminars

$2,241

$1,000

$53,390

$979

$1,072

 

$58,682

Grad student fieldwork/research

 

 

$1,497

 

 

 

$1,497

Subcontract/host country exp

 

 

$159,261

 

 

 

$159,261

Teleconferencing equipment

 

 

 

 

 

$7,193

$7,193

Total Uses of Funds

$452,249

$65,280

$427,435

$256,957

$2,140

$98,390

$1,302,451

% of Total Uses

34.7%

5.0%

32.8%

19.7%

0.2%

7.6%

100%