The program's principal funder is Anders Sandrews' Foundation. This grant enables research on the significance of human values and attitudes for how society functions. Particular emphasis is placed on the role of tolerance, trust, and religion in shaping the functioning of the economy, the political system, and civil society (including the cultural sector). Economic research has increasingly addressed cultural phenomena, yet this remains a nascent field of inquiry – one that this grant enables us to explore.
In addition, the program receives project-specific funding from a number of sources. Our project funders include the John Templeton Foundation, the Torsten Söderberg Foundation, the Jan Wallander and Tom Hedelius Foundation, Riksbankens Jubileumsfond, the Länsförsäkringar Research Foundation, KEFU, the Swedish Research Council (Vetenskapsrådet), the Marianne and Marcus Wallenberg Foundation, the Kamprad Family Foundation, the Lundberg Foundations, the Swedish Competition Authority (Konkurrensverket), IFAU, and FORTE.