Institute was awarded $100,000 for its documentary film “Poverty, Inc.” In 2020, the Center for Indonesian Policy Studies won the award for its Affordable Food for the Poor Initiative. In 2021, India's Centre for Civil Society was the winner. In 2022, the Sri Lanka-based Advocata Institute, an Atlas Network partner, won its Asia Liberty Award and the Templeton Freedom Award. The organization's Think Tank Shark Tank competition allows professionals to pitch their projects to judges. In 2018, Dhananath Fernando won the Asia Think Tank Shark Tank championship for his research on the high cost of construction in Sri Lanka and his proposal to lower the taxes on construction materials. Students for Liberty Brasil won the 2021 Latin America competition for their project on educating Brazilian favela residents about property rights. Financials As a non-governmental 501(c)(3) organization, Atlas Network receives donations from foundations, individuals, and corporations, but not government funding. It has received major funding from Koch family foundations including the Charles Koch Foundation and the Charles Koch Institute, along with Koch-affiliated funds such as Donors Trust. Other donors include the Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, the John Templeton Foundation and the Lilly Endowment. As of 2005, Atlas Network had received $440,000 from ExxonMobil, and has received at least $825,000 USD from the tobacco company Philip Morris. Of Atlas Network partners, 57% in the United States had received funding from the tobacco industry. Atlas Network said that corporate funding accounted for less than 2% of its total donations in 2020. National Review said that "fossil-fuel and tobacco interests" have provided less than 1% of Atlas’ funding over the last two decades. As of 2020, Atlas Network had assets of $15,450,264. Funding details as of 2020: References Further reading Marie Laure Djelic: Building an architecture for political influence: Atlas and the transnational institutionalization of the neoliberal think tank. In: Christina Garsten, Adrienne Sörbom (eds.), Power, Policy and Profit. Corporate Engagement in Politics and Governance. Elgar, Cheltenham 2017, External links Atlas Network – Charity Navigator Organizational profile – National Center for Charitable Statistics (Urban Institute) Political and economic think tanks in the United States Non-profit organizations based in Washington, D.C. Libertarian think tanks Libertarian organizations based in the United States