The Montreal Economic Institute (MEI) is a non-profit organization funded by the voluntary donations of individuals, businesses and foundations that support its mission.

Sources of funding

Although the MEI discloses the amount and the breakdown of its funding, its policy is not to list specific donors. Publishing such a list would give organizations similar to the MEI an opportunity to solicit its donors directly, which is not desirable.

Furthermore, the MEI accepts no government funding and none of its private donors made a contribution representing more than 9% of its total funding. The MEI therefore has the elbow room to participate effectively in public debates.
 

Annual revenues

In its most recent Annual report, the MEI discloses that its annual revenues amount to 1.8 million dollars. In order to put this amount in perspective, here is a comparison with Quebec labour union revenues.
 

* The 795 million dollar figure is an estimate based on data from the Quebec Department of Finance and the Office des professions du Québec, since most central labour unions refuse to disclose their total revenues.