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 2019 include philanthropies like 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 and the African Legal Support Facility.
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.
2018 Funders Previous Years
| Total contribution/grant | ||||
| Contributor | 2018 amount* (USD, millions) (1) | Amount (original currency, millions) | Time period | Purpose |
| Open Society Foundations | $4.35 | $8.20 | January 2018 - December 2019 | General operating support |
| Luminate | $1.3 | $2.80 | April 2016 - March 2019 | General operating support |
| Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation | $0.48 | CHF 1.6 | April 2015 - March 2019 | To support work on mandatory disclosure, SOEs, contract transparency and the Resource Governance Index |
| State Secretariat for Economic Affairs SECO | $0.27 | 0.88 | July 2015 - September 2018 | To support the Eurasia Regional Knowledge Hub |
| Open Society Foundations | $0.10 | $0.10 | October 2017 - December 2018 | To make Tunesia civil society groups including small farmer organizations more knowledgeable about natural resources, including the impacts of phosphate extraction, and to help them formulate alternative policies that will address related issues |
| Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation | $0.55 | NOK 13.6 | Januaury 2017 - December 2018 | To promote sound petroleum management through effective parliamentary scrutiny, media oversight and multi-stakeholder collaboration to be implemented in Ghana, Tanzania, Uganda and Myanmar |
| UK Department for International Development | $3.92 | £14.2 | August 2014 - June 2019 | To support components of NRGI's 2014-2019 strategic plan |
| William & Flora Hewlett Foundation | $1.45 | $3.00 | March 2017 - March 2019 | General Operating Support |
| William & Flora Hewlett Foundation | $0.08 | $0.08 | February 2017 - February 2018 | For organizational planning |
| Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation | $0.08 | $0.08 | February 2017 - February 2018 | For organizational planning |
| Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation | $0.82 | $2.10 | November 2015 - November 2018 | To Strengthen natural resource revenue management in four countries: DRC, Ghana, Nigeria & Tanzania |
| USDO US DOS:02 DRL | $0.08 | $0.40 | September 2016 - May 2018 | To support activities in Tunisia |
| USDO US DOS:02 DRL MM | $0.20 | $0.30 | July 2017 - January 2019 | Strengthening Transparency & Accountability through good goverenence of Natural resources in Myanmar |
| FORD FORD:05 US Andean Region | $0.17 | $0.35 | May 2017 - April 2019 | To produce research and train civil society organizations, community-based organizations and leaders to reinforce their capacities to set strategies around extractives industries. |
| UKFC UK FCO | $0.08 | £.234 | September 2017 - March 2018 | Improving the Libyan Investment Authority's governanace & Adherence to the santiago Pronciples |
| Deutsche Gesellschaft Furr Internationale Zusammenarbeit(GIZ) | $0.08 | EUR .0759 | November 2017-September 2018 | To enhance the contribution of mining and the extractive sector at large to the achievement of sustainable development goals the in Andean Region |
| Deutsche Gesellschaft Furr Internationale Zusammenarbeit German Development Cooperation GIZ Blockchain research | $0.09 | EUR .073 | 01 December 2017-30 November 2018 | To enhance awareness among stakeholders about how issues of governance and accountability can be considered from the very start in the development of DLT based systems with specific focus on the extractives sector |
| Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation | $0.05 | $0.90 | November 2015 - November 2018 | General operating support |
| Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation | $0.30 | $1.10 | September 2018 - September 2020 | General operating support |
| Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD) | $0.08 | NOK 0.7 | June 2018 - Novrmber 2018 | New producers communications workshop |
| Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD) | $0.58 | NOK 21.8 | October 2018 - April 2021 | Strengthening accountability actors for improved governance |
| Ford Foundation | $0.05 | $0.05 | October 2018 - May 2019 | Natural Resources and Climate Change: Benefit Sharing Research |
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(1) 2016 amounts that are TBD will be finalized at year-end. (2) Includes all in progress grants, contributions for some multi-year grants may be reflected in other years. |
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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
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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