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Institute for Public Relations

The Institute for Public Relations is an independent nonprofit that bridges the academy and the profession, supporting PR research and mainstreaming this knowledge into practice through PR education.

the science beneath
the art of public relations

Who Supports Us?

Since our founding in 1956, the leaders of our field have supported our mission to expand and document the intellectual foundations of public relations, and to make this knowledge available and useful to practitioners, educators, researchers and the clients they serve. Over time, this mission and the responsibility for funding it has passed from generation to generation.

Here is a listing of the corporations, agencies and individuals who helped fund our work in 2007

LEADER
$10,000 or more
3M
Allstate Insurance Company
APCO Worldwide
Burson-Marsteller

Edelman
General Motors
Henkel
Hill & Knowlton USA

International Truck & Engine
Johnson & Johnson
Nationwide Insurance Company
Royal Dutch Shell
State Farm Insurance Company
CHAMPION
$5,000 to $9,999
Ketchum
Abbott Laboratories
Cephalon

Likely Communications Strategies
Northwestern Mutual Foundation
Publicis

Rockwell Automation
Stacey Smith & Isobel Parke
The Coca-Cola Company
Wieck Media
PARTNER
$2,500 to $4,999
Bill Nielsen
Charles Schwab
Dr. Donald K. Wright

Elliot Schreiber
Entergy Corporation
ExxonMobil

Prudential Financial, Inc.
Public Affairs Council
Schering-Plough Corporation
PROFESSIONAL
1,000 to $2,499
Accenture
American International Group
Bob Evans Farms, Inc.
Dr. Don W. Stacks

Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
Laurie Consulting, Inc.
MasterCard Worldwide
Michelin North America

MWW Group
Swiss Re
The Management School London
Toyota Motor Sales, USA
ASSOCIATE
$500 to $999
E. Bruce Harrison
Curt Linke
Electrolux Group

Ellis N. Brandt
Lou Capozzi
M Booth & Associates

RES PUBLICA Consulting
Research Strategies Corporation
Stephen Latus
Vollmer Public Relations
ADVOCATE
$250 to $499
Anchin, Block & Anchin LLP
Christopher Atkins
CTCA
Future Value Associates

Heyman Associates, Inc.
Kimberly Krautter
Larry Foster
Michael Daily


RES PUBLICA Consulting
Research Strategies Corporation
Vollmer Public Relations
Michelle Hinson
FRIENDS
Up to $249
Bridge Global Strategies, LLC
Corporate Rain International
Dr. David Michaelson
Echo Research

Katz & Company, Inc.
Lou Williams
Pfizer
Ron Culp

Stephen Latus
Sucherman Consulting Group
The Fry Group
The Omega Group
EVENT SPONSORS
Allstate Insurance Company
Arthur W. Page Society
BurrellesLuce
CCW
Cephalon
Echo Research
General Motors
ITT Industries

Johnson & Johnson
KDPaine & Partners
Ketchum
Larry Thomas
Lawrence Erlbaum Associates
Porter Novelli
PR News
PRIME Research

PRSA Foundation
RF|Binder Partners
Rockwell Automation
Southwest Airlines
The Plank Center for Leadership
TNS
VMS
Vocus

Special thanks to the Unviersity of Florida; our media sponsor, PR News; and
Wieck Media, our online technology partner