Public Information and Policy Research

ExxonMobil is committed to supporting organizations that research significant domestic and
foreign policy issues and promote informed discussion on issues of direct relevance to the
business community and the Corporation’s operations. In 2005, worldwide contributions for
Public Information and Policy Research totaled $6.8 million with $6.6 million focused within the
United States.
We support programs that foster international understanding and engagement. For example, we
support the Council on Foreign Relations to promote constructive public and private discussions,
and to publish Foreign Affairs, a journal on global issues. Our involvement with the Asia Society,
the Africa Society, the Corporate Council on Africa, the Arab American Institute, Mosaic, the
Business Council for International Understanding, and other similar organizations facilitates
American understanding about other societies and cultures. Many also support the building of
economic and cultural linkages across nations and cultures.
Several organizations dedicated to researching free-market solutions to public policy problems
receive support from ExxonMobil. For example, we support the American Enterprise Institute for
Public Policy Research, and the Competitive Enterprise Institute. Both organizations are
dedicated to strengthening the foundations of freedom and to the principles of free enterprise.
We also contribute to organizations committed to civil society in parts of the world where
institution-building is a crucial issue. One such organization is the Central and East European
Law Initiative Institute, which engages in legal education and skills training for lawyers, judges
and other legal professionals.

✓ Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty, Grand Rapids, Michigan
Advertising Council, Inc., New York, New York
/AEI-Brookings Joint Center for Regulatory Studies, Washington, D.C.
Africa Grantmakers Affinity Group*, New York, New York
Membership
Africa Society*, Washington, D.C.
Africare*, Washington, D.C.
American Conservative Union Foundation, Alexandria, Virginia
^American Council for Capital Formation Center for Policy Research,
Washington, D.C.
American Council on Germany, Inc.*, New York, New York
John J. McCloy Award Dinner
>' American Council on Science and Health, New York, New York
✓ American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, Washington, D.C.
Annual Dinner*
General Operating Support
American Friends of Lubavitch*, Washington, D.C.
Annual Benefit Event
/American Legislative Exchange Council, Washington, D.C.
Annual Conference*
Energy Sustainability Project
General Operating Support
Subtotal
American Spectator Foundation*, Arlington, Virginia
Americas Society, Inc.*, New York, New York
Sponsorship Dinner
-/Annapolis Center for Science-Based Public Policy Inc., Maryland
Arab American Institute Foundation*, Washington, D.C.
Kahlil Gibran Awards
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$ 50,000
20,000
25,000
7,500
25,000
10,000
50,000
360,000
10,000
25,000
5,000
235,000
5,000
90,000
80,000
71.500
$241,500
15,000
10,000
30,000
10,000

 Public Information and Policy Research

Asia Society*, Washington, D.C.
Annual Dinner
General Operating (including DC Metro and NY)
Silver Anniversary Tiger Ball 2005 - Houston, Texas
Subtotal
Asian American Journalists Association*, San Francisco, California
Annual National Convention
/Aspen institute, Inc.*, Queenstown, Maryland
/A tla s Economic Research Foundation, Arlington, Virginia
Baker Institute For Public Policy - Rice University*, Houston, Texas
Energy Forum Membership
National Oil Companies Study
Brookings Institution, Washington, D.C.
General Operating Support*
Project Support
Business Council for International Understanding*, New York, New York
Commercial Diplomacy Program
/Capital Research Center, Washington, D.C.
Center for American and International Law, Plano, Texas
CAIL Rogers Award Dinner (February 2006)*
Institute for Energy Law
Institute for Transnational Arbitration
International and Comparative Law
Other contributions*, each under $5,000
Other contributions, each under $5,000
Subtotal
C enter for Strategic and International Studies Inc., Washington, D.C.
Conference Support*
General Operating Support
Other contributions*, each under $5,000
Subtotal
Renter for the Defense of Free Enterprise, Bellevue, Washington
/Center for the Study of Carbon Dioxide and Global Change, Tempe, Arizona
Central and East European Law Initiative Institute, Washington, D.C.
General Operating Support
Judge and Lawyer Training Program ($100,000: 2002-2005)
/Centre for New Europe - USA, Washington, D.C.
City of Irving*, Texas
8th Annual Texas Transportation Summit
/Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow, Washington, D.C.
/Communications Institute*, Pasadena, California
^Competitive Enterprise Institute, Washington, D.C.
General Operating Support
General Operating Support*
Congress of Racial Equality, New York, New York
Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, Inc.*, Washington, D.C.
Annual Legislative Dinner
Corporate Council on Africa*, Washington, D.C.
General Operating Support
US-Africa Business Summit
Council of State Governments*, Lexington, Kentucky

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$ 25,000
45,000
25,000
$ 95,000
5,000
10,000
100,000
50,000
10,000
95,000
75,000
50,000
50,000
6,000
8,000
6,500
5,000
2,500
100
$ 28,100
25,000
150,000
2.500
$177,500
60,000
25,000
50,000
25,000
50,000
5,000
90,000
75,000
90,000
180,000
75,000
15,000
10,000
100,000
6,000

 Public Information and Policy Research

Council on Foreign Relations, Inc.*, New York, New York
Africa Initiative
Annual Corporate Membership
Annual Subscription to Corporate Program
Roundtable Dinner-Washington, D.C.
Subtotal
CPR Institute for Dispute Resolution, Inc.*, New York, New York
East-West Center*, Washington, D.C.
Membership - US Asia Pacific Council
Eisenhower Exchange Fellowships Inc., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2005 Arab Middle East Program
Q Environmental Law Institute*, Washington, D.C.
Star Sponsor - October 19, 2005 Award Dinner
O Environmental Literacy Council, Washington, D.C.
(^Federal Focus*, Washington, D.C.
Data Quality Rapid Response Fund
./Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies, Washington, D.C.
Financial Executives Research Foundation, Inc.*, Florham Park, New Jersey
Florida International University*, Miami
Foreign Policy Association*, New York, New York
Foundation for American Communications*, Pasadena, California
OFoundation for Public Affairs*, Washington, D.C.
/Foundation for Research on Economics and the Environment,
Bozeman, Montana
Foundation for the Center for Energy, Marine Transportation and Public
Policy at Columbia University*, New York, New York
Foundation of the International Association of the Defense Counsel,
Chicago, Illinois
/Free Enterprise Education Institute, Inc., Potomac, Maryland
./Frontiers of Freedom Institute, Chantilly, Virginia
Annual Gala and General Operating Support*
General Operating Support
Fund for Peace*, Washington, D.C.
/George C. Marshall Institute, Washington, D.C.
Awards Dinner and General Operating Support*
General Operating Support
/G eorge Mason University Foundation, Inc., Fairfax, Virginia
Law & Economics Center
Georgetown University, Center Contemporary Arabic Studies, Washington, D.C.
/Heartland Institute, Chicago, Illinois
General Operating Support*
General Operating Support
Henry L. Stimson Center, Washington, D.C.
/Heritage Foundation, Washington, D.C.
/Hoover Institution, Stanford, California
Houston Bar Foundation Records Preservation*, Texas
Historic Court Records Preservation
Houston Forum*, Texas
/Hudson Institute Inc., Washington, D.C.
/Independent Institute, Inc., Oakland, California
Independent Women's Forum, Washington, D.C.
institute for Energy Research*, Houston, Texas
Institute for Research on the Economics of Taxation*, Washington, D.C.
Qnstitute for Senior Studies, Arlington, Virginia

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$ 50,000
60,000
60,000
3.000
$173,000
10,000
15,000
40,000
10,000
50,000
125,000
15,000
10,000
5,000
15,000
50,000
5,000
30,000
75,000
10,000
70,000
50,000
90,000
15,000
25,000
90,000
30,000
30,000
90,000
29,000
10,000
30,000
20,000
10,000
6,500
10,000
30,000
15,000
65,000
5,000
30,000

 Public Information and Policy Research

./Institute for the Study of Earth and Man*, Dallas, Texas
Hollis D. Hedberg Award
Institute for Trade, Standards, and Sustainable Development, Inc.*,
Princeton, New Jersey
Institute of Internal Auditors Research Foundation*, Altamonte Springs, Florida
Research Program
International Foundation for Election Systems, Washington, D.C.
Democracy Dinner*
General Operating Support
/International Policy Network - North America*, Washington, D.C.
✓ International Republican Institute, Washington, D.C.
Johns Hopkins University, School for Advanced International Studies,
Washington, D.C.
Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies*, Washington, D.C.
2005 Annual Dinner
Kuwait-America Foundation*, Washington, D.C.
Benefit Dinner
/Landmark Legal Foundation, Kansas City, Missouri
Environmental Accountability Insurance
/Lindenwood University, St. Charles, Missouri
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge
Energy Policy Studies
vli/ledia Institute, Arlington, Virginia
/Media Research Center, Arlington, Virginia
Mentor Group, Boston, Massachusetts
Court Forum
Mexican Cultural Institute*, Washington, D.C.
Mexico Institute*, Dallas, Texas
Middle East Institute, Washington, D.C.
Annual Conference and Banquet*
General Operating Support
Middle East Policy Council, Washington, D.C.
Mosaic Foundation*, McLean, Virginia
Annual Gala
/National Association of Neighborhoods, Washington, D.C.
National Association of Women Judges*, Bellaire, Texas
Annual Conference
National Black Caucus of State Legislators*, Washington, D.C.
/National Black Chamber of Commerce, Washington, D.C.
National Bureau of Asian Research*, Seattle, Washington
NBR Chairman's Council
Program Support
National Bureau of Economic Research*, Cambridge, Massachusetts
^National Center for Policy Analysis, Dallas, Texas
v^Jational Center for Public Policy Research Inc., Washington, D.C.
General Support and Educational Activities
National Center for State Courts, Williamsburg, Virginia
National Conference of State Legislatures Foundation for State Legislatures*,
Denver, Colorado
Foundation for Legislatures
General Operating Support
National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations*, Washington, D.C.
Conference Support
National Democratic Institute for International Affairs, Washington, D.C.

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$ 10,000
15,000
5,000
10,000
10,000
130,000
10,000
75,000
15,000
100,000
10,000
5,000
75,000
20,000
50,000
30,000
5,000
5,000
10,000
40,000
20,000
100,000
25,000
10,000
14,000
60,000
15,000
38,000
25,000
75,000
55,000
25,000

15,000
5,000
20,000
20,000

 Public Information and Policy Research

National Foreign Trade Council Foundation, Inc.*, Washington, D.C.
World Trade Dinner
National Governors Association Center for Best Practices*, Washington, D.C.
National Judicial College, Reno, Nevada
/National Legal Center for the Public Interest, Washington, D.C.
©National Taxpayers Union Foundation, Alexandria, Virginia
v/Pacific Legal Foundation, Sacramento, California
/Pacific Research Institute for Public Policy, San Francisco, California
p ro p e rty and Environment Research Center (PERC), Bozeman, Montana
Public Affairs Research Council of Louisiana, Inc.*, Baton Rouge
Rand Institute for Civil Justice*, Santa Monica, California
Distinguished Scholar Program
General Operating Support
/Reason Foundation, Los Angeles, California
Regents of the University of California, Berkeley
Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory
(^Regulatory Checkbook*, Mt. Vernon, Virginia
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory*, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Southern Legislative Conference*, Montgomery, Alabama
Conference
Southern Methodist University Law School Foundation, Dallas, Texas
Stanford University, California
Center for International Development*
Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research
Tax Council Policy Institute, Washington, D.C.
Tax Foundation*, Washington, D.C.
Annual Conference and Dinner
Annual Sponsorship
Texas A&M University*, College Station
U.S.-China Relations Conference
Texas Civil Rights Project*, Austin
14th Annual Bill of Rights Dinner
Texas Cultural Trust Councils*, Austin
Texas Medal of Arts Award Leadership Dinner
Texas Women's Alliance*, Austin
Fall Encampment
Transparency International USA, Washington, D.C.
University of Houston Law Foundation, Texas
Annual Gala*
General Operating Support
Institute for Energy, Law, and Enterprise
Subtotal
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Air Quality Research Support
University of Texas at Austin*
University of Texas Law School Foundation*, Austin
/Washington Legal Foundation, D.C.
Western Governors' Association*, Denver, Colorado
Women in Government*, Washington, D.C.
Women in Government Business Council
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars*, Washington, D.C.
Annual Dinner - Dallas, Texas
Awards Dinner - Houston, Texas
General Operating Support
Subtotal

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$10,000
15,000
45,000
25,000
70,000
15,000
95,000
20,000
30,000
15,000
85,000
20,000
25,000
45,000
105,000
10,000
10,000
25,000
80,000
20,000
5,500
25,500
100,000
6,500
20,000
5,000
50,000
15,000
25,000
5.000
$45,000
80,000
50,000
10,000
30,000
15,000
20,000
25,000
25,000
25.000
$75,000

 Public Information and Policy Research

World Affairs Council*
Conversations with History - Houston, Texas
General Operating Support - Dallas, Texas
General Operating Support - Washington, D.C.
Global Education Dinner-Washington, D.C.
Subtotal
World Press Institute, St. Paul, Minnesota
Wyoming Heritage Foundation*, Casper
Leadership Development
Exxon Mobil Corporation*
Other contributions, each under $5,000
ExxonMobil Foundation
Other contributions, each under $5,000

$

$

15,000
2o ooo
10^000
5^000
50,000
20,000
10,000
9,500

14,000

Total Public Policy Contributions Made Through the United States

$6,682,100

Contributions Benefiting Communities in the United States
Contributions Benefiting Countries Outside the United States"

$6,592,100
$ 185,900

Total Worldwide Public Policy Contributions"

$6,778,000

Exxon Mobil Corporation*
ExxonMobil Foundation

$3,088,900
$3,689.100

Total Public Information and Policy Research"

$6,778,000

Grants made by ExxonMobil Foundation except where indicated by:
* Exxon Mobil Corporation
#

May include contributions to nonprofit and NGO organizations; direct spending on community-serving projects;
social bonus projects required under agreements with host governments by Exxon Mobil Corporation, its
divisions and affiliates’ and, ExxonMobil’s share of community expenditures paid by joint ventures operated by
other companies.

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