Who funds Open Ownership?
The graphic below shows Open Ownership’s supporters over recent years. A table of past funders is shown at the base of the page.
Open Ownership is able to receive funding from a range of donors, including government agencies, multilateral institutions, foundations, the private sector, and individuals. Funding can be unrestricted or tied to specific projects or programmes.
We are deeply grateful for all contributions to our work and would like to express our sincere appreciation to the people and organisations that have supported Open Ownership since our inception.
Past Funding
BHP Foundation
| 2021 |
Opening Extractives programme; joint 5-year grant with the EITI (year 1) |
$898,211 |
| 2022 |
Opening Extractives programme; joint 5-year grant with the EITI (year 2) |
$1,128,234 |
| 2023 |
Opening Extractives programme; joint 5-year grant with the EITI (year 3) |
$980,330 |
Luminate
| 2021–2022 |
Costs and benefits of beneficial ownership transparency |
$75,000 |
Norad
| 2023 |
Enhancing beneficial ownership transparency (year 1) |
$1,500,000 |
The United Kingdom's Department for International Development (DfID)
| 2017–2021 |
International action against corruption: beneficial ownership register |
£3,786,000 |
The United Kingdom's Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
| 2020–2021 |
Transforming procurement systems |
£442,400 |
| 2020–2021 |
UK overseas territories |
£105,000 |
| 2021–2022 |
Beneficial ownership transparency (year 1) |
£700,000 |
| 2021–2022 |
British High Commission, South Africa |
£186,900 |
| 2021–2022 |
Kenya anti-corruption programme |
£74,341 |
| 2022–2023 |
Beneficial ownership transparency (year 2) |
£600,000 |
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
| 2021–2022 |
Stolen Asset Recovery (StAR) initiative, with the World Bank |
$350,000 |
| 2021–2022 |
Accelerating UNCAC implementation |
$70,000 |
World Bank
| 2019–2020 |
Advancing open government partnership's thematic priorities |
$198,075 |
| 2023 |
Beneficial ownership transparency in Kenya |
$99,590 |
