NRGI donor partners
The Natural Resource Governance Institute receives contributions and grants from foundations, governments and international financial institutions. NRGI's staff are extremely grateful for the generous support of past and present donor partners.
NRGI's donors for 2020 include the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Ford Foundation, Luminate, the Open Society Foundations and the William & Flora Hewlett Foundation; and public sector donors including the governments of Germany, Norway, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States, and multilateral institutions such as the World Bank, United Nations Democracy Fund, the Open Government Partnership and the African Legal Support Facility as well as the University of California, Berkeley.
NRGI takes seriously its commitment to transparency and so it discloses additional financial information beyond what is traditionally made available in annual financial statements and IRS tax forms. With support from and in consultation with donor partners and its governing board, NRGI publishes information for contributions and grants of $100,000 or more. In total, these account for more than 90 percent of NRGI’s annual contributions.
See the links below for contributions and grants in 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018.
In parallel, NRGI is reviewing the International Aid Transparency Initiative requirements with the ambition of taking additional steps toward transparency.
2019 funders (previous years)
| Total contribution/grant | ||||
| Contributor | 2019 amount* (USD, millions) (1) | Amount (original currency, millions) | Time period | Purpose |
| William & Flora Hewlett Foundation | $1.20 | $3.00 | March 2019 - March 2021 | General operating support |
| Open Society Foundation | $3.85 | $8.20 | January 2018 - December 2020 | General operating support |
| Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation | $0.53 | CHF 1.10 | September 2018 - September 2020 | General operating support |
| Luminate Group | $0.59 | 2.30 | April 2019 - March 2022 | General operating support |
| Department for International Development (UK) | $4.71 | $7.59 | April 2019 - March 2021 | Releasing the Transformational Potential of Extractives for Economic Development |
| Ford Foundation | $0.03 | $0.45 | August 2019 - July 2021 | For support to assist resource-rich territories dependent on the extraction and export of minerals and fossil energies to build a diversified, socially inclusive and environmentally sustainable economic base for growth and financial return for public benefit. |
| Ford Foundation | $0.05 | $0.35 | May 2017 - April 2019 | For support to produce research and train civil society organizations, community-based organizations and leaders to reinforce their capacities to set strategies around extractives industries. |
| Ford Foundation | $0.04 | $0.05 | October 2018 - May 2019 | For support to explore current arrangements and alternatives in Extractive Industries Benefit Sharing |
| Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation | $1.26 | NOK 21.80 | October 2018 - April 2021 | Strengthening accountability actors for improved governance |
| African Legal Support Facility | $0.13 | $0.25 | April 2018 - December 2020 | i) Increase the number of resource contracts and associated documents available in the public domain; ii) Make published contracts and documents more accessible; iii) Improve how host governments, civil society, affected communities and other stakeholders understand investment contracts and use their knowledge to improve outcomes from the natural resource sector; iv) Support government agencies to become contract publishers. |
| Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) | $0.43 | CHF 1.90 | April 2015 - December 2019 | To support work on mandatory disclosure, SOEs, contract transparency and the Resource Governance Index |
| State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) | $0.17 | CHF 0.60 | April 2019 - March 2022 | NRGI Eurasia Knowledge Hub in Azerbaijan |
| Deutsche Gesellschaft Furr Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) | $0.04 | $0.04 | May 2018 - May 2019 | Civil Society Capacity Building to Enhance the Extractive Sector Contributions to the Achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals |
| Deutsche Gesellschaft Furr Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) | $0.02 | EUR 0.02 | July 2019 - September 2019 | Enhance the Extractive Sector Contributions to the Achievement of SDG 08 and SDG 09 |
| Deutsche Gesellschaft Furr Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) | $0.01 | EUR 0.04 | December 2019 - November 2021 | Integrated Economic Development in the Mining Sector - DRC |
| Deutsche Gesellschaft Furr Internationale Zusammenarbeit(GIZ) | $0.01 | EUR 0.29 | December 2019 - June 2021 | Regional Resource Governance - Guinea |
| Deutsche Gesellschaft Furr Internationale Zusammenarbeit(GIZ) | $0.01 | EUR 0.18 | December 2019 - July 2021 | Regional Cooperation on Sustainable Mining in the Andean Countries - Chile |
| Open Contracting Partnership | $0.02 | $0.02 | April 2019 - December 2019 | For an expense sharing arrangement for the services provided by consultants for the documentation of Ghana’s first bid and oil licensing round 2018/19 by tracking implementation and highlighting success, lessons and challenges, from FCNY to NRGI in return for NRGI’s implementation of same project. |
| Open Governmant Partnership | $0.01 | $0.20 | July 2019 - June 2021 | |
| William & Flora Hewlett Foundation | $0.01 | $0.05 | June 2019 - June 2020 | For a new communications strategy |
| University of California Berkeley | $0.02 | $0.02 | April 2019 - March 2020 | To explore potential pathways for the electric vehicle and battery industries to contribute more effectively to good governance in mineral-producing regions |
| U.S. Department of State | $0.04 | $0.55 | July 2017 - December 2020 | To conduct a program with local civil society organizations and other accountability actors to promote transparency, accountability and resource-sharing in Myanmar |
To download a spreadsheet or pdf:
- 2013 Contributions and Grants: XLS | PDF
- 2014 Contributions and Grants: XLS | PDF
- 2015 Contributions and Grants: XLSX | PDF
- 2016 Contributions and Grants: XLSX | PDF
- 2017 Contributions and Grants: XLSX | PDF
- 2018 Contributions and Grants: XLSX | PDF
Our financial accounts are audited annually by Lutz & Carr, LLP. View our latest financial summaries:
Natural Resource Governance Institute Audited Financial Statements for 2019 (pdf)
Natural Resource Governance Institute Audited Financial Statements for 2018 (pdf)
Natural Resource Governance Institute Audited Financial Statements for 2017 (pdf)
Natural Resource Governance Institute Audited Financial Statements for 2016 (pdf)
Natural Resource Governance Institute Audited Financial Statements for 2015 (pdf)
Natural Resource Governance Institute Audited Financial Statements for 2014 (pdf)
Natural Resource Governance Institute Audited Financial Statements for 2013 (pdf)
Revenue Watch Institute Audited Financial Statements for 2012 (pdf)
Revenue Watch Institute Audited Financial Statements for 2011 (pdf)
Revenue Watch Institute Audited Financial Statements for 2010 (pdf)
Revenue Watch Institute Audited Financial Statements for 2009 (pdf)
Revenue Watch Institute Audited Financial Statements for 2008 (pdf)
Revenue Watch Institute Audited Financial Statements for 2007 (pdf)
Revenue Watch Institute Audited Financial Statements for 2006 (pdf)
Natural Resource Governance Institute IRS Form 990 for 2018 (pdf)
Natural Resource Governance Institute IRS Form 990 for 2017 (pdf)
Natural Resource Governance Institute IRS Form 990 for 2016 (pdf)
Natural Resource Governance Institute IRS Form 990 for 2015 (pdf)
Natural Resource Governance Institute IRS Form 990 for 2014 (pdf)
Natural Resource Governance Institute IRS Form 990 for 2013 (pdf)
Revenue Watch IRS Form 990 for 2012 (pdf)
Revenue Watch IRS Form 990 for 2011 (pdf)
Revenue Watch IRS Form 990 for 2010 (pdf)
Revenue Watch IRS Form 990 for 2009 (pdf)
Revenue Watch IRS Form 990 for 2008 (pdf)
Revenue Watch IRS Form 990 for 2007 (pdf)
Revenue Watch IRS Form 990 for 2006 (pdf)
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