The Citizen Science Foundation funding the study is all through private donations. Mostly people with LMHR LDL I would presume but probably also some people just interested in the research. No government money. No pharma money. Limited budget.

Feldman (introduced Budoff) seems to be a really nice guy. Very approachable. Met him on Low Carb Cruise 2023 after he gave a presentation and engaged in many of the other presentations.