Competitive Enterprise Institute:

Other documents in the LTDL show that CEI has received funding directly from various tobacco companies.[6],[7],[8] For example, the listing on the Philip Morris Glossary of Names: C gives the note “Received public policy grant from Philip Morris (1995); Pro-market public interest group dedicated to advancing the principles of free enterprise and limited government.”

ExxonMobil Corporation was a major donor to CEI, with over $2 million in contributions between 1998 and 2005. [9] In 2002 the company gave $405,000;[10] in 2004 it gave CEI $180,000 that was earmarked for “global climate change and global climate change outreach.” [9] In 2006, the company announced that it had ended its funding for the group.[11]