KEI is a U.S. tax exempt organization, under 501(3)(c) of the IRS rules.

In 2006 KEI received a MacArthur Award for Creative and Effective Institutions

• MacArthur Award
• KEI Acceptance Remarks

KEI receives contributions from individuals, by check, or through the web here.

We are also supported by grants, including in recent years from the following charitable foundations:

• Ford Foundation
• Gordon R Irlam Charitable Foundation
• The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
• Open Society Institute
• Perls Foundation
• Rockefeller Foundation

KEI has not received contributions from for-profit corporations.