The funds for the research work come from the government budget and donors.
More than 80 percent of the money comes from donors.
The money behind the group, the professor said, comes entirely from private donors.
The money came from donors, including members of the museum's committee on modern and contemporary art.
Another 15 percent comes from private donors, who are also likely to give less during a recession.
The rest has come from close to 500 other donors, most of whom have given between $1,000 and $10,000.
The rest came from donors in Maryland and other states.
The big surprise was that it came from small donors.
The money, the men hope, would come from the state, private donors and local corporations.
About two-thirds of the $130.8 million raised by the Bush campaign has come from $2,000 donors.