SOURCES OF SUPPORT

The annual operating budget of The Ecosystems Center for 2007 was $7,040,000. Approximately 78% of the income of the center comes from grants for basic research from government agencies. The other 22% comes from gifts and grants from private foundations, including support for the Semester in Environmental Science, as well as from institutional support for administration and income from the center's reserve and endowment funds.These non-governmental funds provide flexibility for the development of new research projects, public policy activities and educational programs. Over the past five years, the center has received support from these foundations, corporations and industry consortia:

Arthur Vining Davis Foundation Blum-Kovler Foundation, Inc. The Clowes Fund, Inc. Exxon Mobil Corporation The Harken Foundation Horizon Foundation, Inc.		The Kohlberg Foundation, Inc. Massachusetts Environmental Trust The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation The Harold Whitworth Pierce Charitable Trust The Starr Foundation