The important point here is that (I believe) the 1.4 billion above doesn't account for all the work done directly by institutes. Institutes pay CERN, but they a

The important point here is that (I believe) the 1.4 billion above doesn't account for all the work done directly by institutes. Institutes pay CERN, but they also channel government grants to fund a huge amount of work directly. Most of the people I know who "worked at" CERN never got a pay check that said CERN on it.