US Department of Defense
Total contributed to think tanks for all years available:
971,533,572
| Think Tank | Donor | Min Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Atlantic Council | US Department of Defense | 3,500,000 |
| Brookings Institution | US Air Force | 50,000 |
| Brookings Institution | US Coast Guard | 25,000 |
| Brookings Institution | US Department of Defense (via Army War College) | 25,000 |
| Brookings Institution | US Naval War College | 10,000 |
| Carnegie Endowment for International Peace | US Department of Defense (via Defense Threat Reduction Agency) | 125,000 |
| Carnegie Endowment for International Peace | US Department of Defense (via United States European Command) | 1,250,000 |
| Center for a New American Security | US Department of Defense (via Defense Threat Reduction Agency) | 850,000 |
| Center for a New American Security | US Department of Defense (via Office of the Secretary of Defense, Office of Net Assessment) | 600,000 |
| Center for a New American Security | US Department of Defense, US European Command, Russia Strategic Initiative (via Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII), Inc.) | 300,000 |
| Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments | Secretary of Defense Corporate Fellows Program | 0 |
| Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments | US Air Force | 0 |
| Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments | US Deparment of Defense (via U.S. Pacific Fleet) | 0 |
| Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments | US Department of Defense (via Air Force Office of Commercial and Economic Analysis) | 0 |
| Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments | US Department of Defense (via Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) | 0 |
| Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments | US Department of Defense (via Defense Threat Reduction Agency) | 0 |
| Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments | US Department of Defense (via Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Nuclear, Chemical, and Biological Defense Programs) | 0 |
| Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments | US Department of Defense (via Office of the Secretary of Defense, Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation) | 0 |
| Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments | US Department of Defense (via Office of the Secretary of Defense, Office of Net Assessment) | 0 |
| Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments | US Department of Defense (via Office of the Secretary of Defense, Under Secretary of Defense for Acquistion and Sustainment) | 0 |
| Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments | US Department of Defense (via Office of the Secretary of Defense, Under Secretary of Defense for Policy) | 0 |
| Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments | US Department of Defense (via Russia Strategic Initiative) | 0 |
| Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments | US Department of the Navy | 0 |
| Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments | US European Command | 0 |
| Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments | US Marine Corps | 0 |
| Middle East Institute | Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies | 23,465 |
| Potomac Institute for Policy Studies | Department of Defense (via Office of the Secretary of Defense) | 2,679,373 |
| Potomac Institute for Policy Studies | US Air Force | 6,326,778 |
| Potomac Institute for Policy Studies | US Department of the Navy | 3,715,107 |
| Potomac Institute for Policy Studies | US Marine Corps | 8,422,739 |
| Potomac Institute for Policy Studies | US Space Force | 3,405,021 |
| RAND | US Air Force | 48,400,000 |
| RAND | US Department of Defense (via Army) | 237,600,000 |
| RAND | US Department of Defense (via Office of the US Secretary of Defense "and other national security agencies") | 405,700,000 |
| Stimson Center | US Department of Defense | 145,250 |
| Stimson Center | US Department of Defense (via Defense Threat Reduction Agency) | 1,134,874 |
| Brookings Institution | US Department of Defense (via Department of the Air Force) | 100,000 |
| Brookings Institution | US Marine Corps University | 100,000 |
| Carnegie Endowment for International Peace | US Department of Defense (via Office of the Secretary of Defense, Under Secretary of Defense for Policy) | 25,000 |
| Center for a New American Security | US Department of Defense (via Secretary of the Air Force Concepts Development and Management, Office of Commercial and Economic Analysis) | 1,000,000 |
| Center for a New American Security | US Department of Defense, US European Command, Russia Strategic Initiative (via Alion Science and Technology Corporation) | 100,000 |
| Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments | US Department of Defense (via Army Futures Command) | 0 |
| Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments | US Department of Defense (via Army Strategic Studies Group) | 0 |
| Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments | US Department of Defense (via Army War College) | 0 |
| Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments | US Department of Defense (via China Aerospace Studies Institute) | 0 |
| Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments | US Department of Defense (via Department of the Navy) | 0 |
| Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments | US Department of Defense (via National Defense University) | 0 |
| Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments | US Department of Defense (via Office of the Under Secretary of Defense, Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics) | 0 |
| Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments | US Department of Defense (via United States European Command) | 0 |
| Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments | US Department of Defense (via United States Marine Corps) | 0 |
| National Bureau of Asian Research | US Department of Defense (via Defense Threat Reduction Agency) | 0 |
| National Bureau of Asian Research | US Department of Defense (via National Defense University) | 0 |
| National Bureau of Asian Research | US Department of Defense (via Office of the Secretary of Defense, Office of Net Assessment) | 0 |
| RAND | US Department of Defense (via Department of the Air Force) | 241,200,000 |
| Brookings Institution | US Department of Defense (via Army) | 50,000 |
| Center for a New American Security | US Air Force | 500,000 |
| Center for a New American Security | US Department of Defense (via United States European Command) | 25,000 |
| German Marshall Fund | US Department of Defense (via Office of the Secretary of Defense, Under Secretary of Defense for Policy) | 10,000 |
| National Bureau of Asian Research | US Department of Defense | 0 |
| National Bureau of Asian Research | US Department of Defense (via Army War College) | 0 |
| National Bureau of Asian Research | US Department of Defense (via United States Indo-Pacific Command) | 0 |
| New America | US Department of Defense (via Army War College) | 75,000 |
| Stimson Center | US Department of Defense (via Department of the Navy) | 15,000 |
| Brookings Institution | US Department of Defense (via Department of the Army) | 100,000 |
| Carnegie Endowment for International Peace | US Department of Defense (via United States Indo-Pacific Command) | 225,000 |
| Carnegie Endowment for International Peace | US European Command | 1,000,000 |
| National Bureau of Asian Research | US Department of Defense (via United States Air Force Academy) | 0 |
| Stimson Center | US Department of Defense (via Defense Technology Security Administration) | 81,613 |
| Stimson Center | US Department of Defense (via National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency) | 842,626 |
| Atlantic Council | MIT Lincoln Laboratory | 125,000 |
| Atlantic Council | US Department of Defense (via Department of the Navy) | 25,000 |
| Atlantic Council | US Department of Defense (via Office of the Secretary of Defense, Office of the Director of Net Assessment) | 100,000 |
| Atlantic Council | US Department of Defense (via United States Air Force) | 25,000 |
| Atlantic Council | US Department of Defense (via United States Marine Corps) | 75,000 |
| Carnegie Endowment for International Peace | The Naval Postgraduate School | 25,000 |
| Carnegie Endowment for International Peace | US Department of Defense (via United States Air Force Academy) | 200,000 |
| Center for a New American Security | US Department of Defense (via Office of the Secretary of Defense, Under Secretary of Defense for Policy) | 100,000 |
| Inter-American Dialogue | US Department of Defense (via National Defense University) | 1,000 |
| Inter-American Dialogue | US Southern Command | 1,000 |
| Potomac Institute for Policy Studies | Department of Defense (via Defense Health Agency) | 343,289 |
| Potomac Institute for Policy Studies | US Department of Defense | 457,719 |
| Stimson Center | US Department of Defense (via OUSD Policy Resource Management Office) | 100,718 |
| Atlantic Council | US Department of Defense (via Army Future Studies Group) | 100,000 |
| Atlantic Council | US Marine Corps University | 50,000 |
| Brookings Institution | US Department of Defense (via Department of the Navy) | 25,000 |
| Brookings Institution | US Department of Defense (via Minerva Research Initiative) | 25,000 |
| Chicago Council on Global Affairs | US Department of Defense (via United States Navy, Federal Executive Fellowship) | 18,000 |
