Funders
NRGI team members are grateful for the generosity of all our past and present funders. Diverse and secure funding enables NRGI to progress toward our vision of a world where natural resources enable fair, prosperous and sustainable societies, instead of undermining them.
Sources of funding
NRGI receives both restricted and unrestricted funding from a range of donors including national governments, multilateral institutions and philanthropic foundations. Committed to transparency, accountability and good governance, NRGI solicits and accepts direct support that is aligned with our mission, upholds our core values, and maintains our reputation and independence. NRGI does not solicit or accept direct philanthropic support from oil, gas or mining corporations, or individuals currently employed by such corporations. Our gift acceptance policy outlines our criteria for accepting funding.
Current funders
| Total contribution/grant | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Funder | Total amount (USD, millions) | Amount (original currency) | Time period | Purpose |
| Deutsche Gesellschaft Furr Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) | $215,006 | €215,006 | July 2022 - June 2024 | Empowering government and oversight actors for transparent and effective domestic resource mobilization in the mining sector in DRC |
| Deutsche Gesellschaft Furr Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) | $331,754 | €275,937 | November 2021 - October 2023 | Diagnosing and reducing extractive sector corruption risks |
| Deutsche Gesellschaft Furr Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) | $105,835 | €100,043 | December 2022 - May 2023 | Study on subnational revenues in the mining sector in DRC |
| Ford Foundation | $2,100,000 | $2,100,000 | January 2022 - December 2025 | General operating support, and programmatic support for institutional strengthening |
| Ford Foundation | $635,000 | $635,000 | January 2021 - December 2023 | Preventing the weakening of extractive and infrastructure governance in Colombia and Peru through monitoring and advocacy actions |
| Energy Transition Fund | $165,000 | $165,000 | October 2022 - September 2023 | Supporting NOCs in Ghana and Mexico to build energy transition plans and investment strategies |
| Heising Simons Foundation | $100,000 | $100,000 | September 2022 - August 2023 | Preventing corruption in critical mineral supply chains |
| Luminate | $750,000 | $750,000 | January 2023 - December 2024 | General operating support |
| Ministry for Foreign Affairs Finland | $1,200,000 | €1,200,000 | September 2021 - July 2023 | Strengthening civil society and increase tax revenues and transparency |
| Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation | $3,000,000 | NOK 30,000,000 | January 2023 - December 2025 | Developing capacity on extractive sector domestic resource mobilization amid the energy transition |
| Open Society Foundations | $5,000,000 | $5,000,000 | February 2022 - January 2024 | General operating support |
| Open Society Foundations, Latin America | $400,000 | $400,000 | August 2022 - March 2024 | Advancing economic and climate justice through the governance of transition minerals in Chile and Colombia |
| Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) | $31,580 | $31,580 | May 2022 - December 2023 | Comparative action-research on just transitions for thermal coal-mining dependent regions in Colombia, South Africa, and Indonesia |
| Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) | $1,605,000 | CHF 1,500,000 | April 2020 - March 2023 | General Operating Support |
| The World Bank | $900,000 | $900,000 | December 2022 - December 2023 | Extractives Global Programmatic Support (EGPS) - Implementing the Civil Society Strategy in the Extractive Industries |
| United Nations Democracy Fund (UNDEF) | $495,000 | $495,000 | March 2022 - February 2026 | Promoting democratic space for marginalized communities in oil-producing areas of Tunisia |
| USAID | $10,000,000 | $10,000,000 | September 2022 - August 2026 | USAID TRACES - Promoting transparency of the mining, oil and gas sectors in Senegal through effective oversight mechanisms and revenue management |
| William & Flora Hewlett Foundation | $2,500,000 | $2,500,000 | April 2021 - March 2023 | General operating support |
Spending
NRGI spends its funds on a variety of programs and initiatives in line with our mission:
NRGI’s impact
Our work has helped to improve natural resource governance, strengthen civil society, and promote transparency and accountability in the extractive sector around the world.
For more details, explore NRGI’s latest end-of-year review.
NRGI has a Charity Navigator rating of 100 percent, and Transparify awarded NRGI a five-star rating, reflecting transparency in public disclosure of funding.