It would help if we actually knew who funded them, and for what purpose. You claim that they’re researching and proposing ideas, but at whose behest? Not great chucking paint in their offices but God knows, their “ideas” have done a damn sight more damage than can be solved by an interior decorator.
![Think tank Transparify, which is funded by the Open Society Foundations, ranked Policy Exchange as one of the three least transparent think tanks in the UK in relation to funding. Transparify's report How Transparent are Think Tanks about Who Funds Them 2016? rated them as 'highly opaque,' one of 'a handful of think tanks that refuse to reveal even the identities of their donors.'[44] However, Policy Exchange does list some sponsors inside its reports, such as the European Climate Foundation[45] and the Gates Foundation.[46] In 2017 ExxonMobil, donated £30,000 to a US based Policy Exchange fundraising arm,[47] and, in November 2022, the funding transparency website Who Funds You? gave Policy Exchange an E grade, the lowest transparency rating (rating goes from A to E).[7]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ery72hsw4m4xbdekfntfpmp5/bafkreifqphk2ajpg3r4maronzouv6xosms6cwc3xvwiw2morzveua6gj5a@jpeg)