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.
This information was last updated on 10 February 2026.
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.
Current funding
BHP Foundation
| 2025–2027 |
Amplify: The sustainability of crucial elements of the civil society ecosystem that have driven successful beneficial ownership transparency reforms |
$1,000,000 |
GIZ
| 2026 |
Full-scale overhaul of Zambia's business register to align with modern digital governance practices and enhance beneficial ownership transparency |
€390,734 |
Norad
| 2026 |
Enhancing beneficial ownership transparency |
$1,500,000 (year 4) |
| 2027 |
TBC (year 5) |
The United Kingdom's Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
| 2025–2026 |
Beneficial ownership transparency |
£1,096,519 (year 5) |
Past funding
BHP Foundation
| 2025 |
Amplifying BOT Impact |
$125,000 |
| 2025 |
Opening Extractives programme; joint 5-year grant with the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative |
$363,700 (year 5) |
| 2024 |
$463,454 (year 4) |
| 2023 |
$980,330 (year 3) |
| 2022 |
$1,128,234 (year 2) |
| 2021 |
$898,211 (year 1) |
The Brookings Institution
| 2024 |
Technical research on beneficial ownership for the Anti-Corruption, Democracy and Security (ACDS) Project |
$90,000 |
Luminate
| 2021–2022 |
Costs and benefits of beneficial ownership transparency |
$75,000 |
Norad
| 2025 |
Enhancing beneficial ownership transparency |
$1,500,000 (year 3) |
| 2024 |
$1,500,000 (year 2) |
| 2023 |
$1,500,000 (year 1) |
Open Society Foundations
| 2022–2024 |
Anti-money laundering and corruption reform in the UK |
$70,000 |
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
| 2024–2025 |
UK overseas territories |
£50,166 (year 2) |
| 2023–2024 |
£17,834 (year 1) |
| 2024–2025 |
Beneficial ownership transparency |
£850,000 (year 4) |
| 2023–2024 |
£750,000 (year 3) |
| 2022–2023 |
£600,000 (year 2) |
| 2021–2022 |
£700,000 (year 1) |
| 2021–2022 |
Kenya anti-corruption programme |
£74,341 |
| 2021–2022 |
British High Commission, South Africa |
£186,900 |
| 2020–2021 |
Transforming procurement systems |
£442,400 |
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
| 2022–2023 |
Stolen Asset Recovery (StAR) initiative, with the World Bank |
$350,000 |
| 2021–2022 |
Accelerating UNCAC implementation |
$70,000 |
USAID
| 2025 |
Cancelled: Zambia Accelerating Transparency & Integrity Tasking (ZATI) - Beneficial Ownership Transparency |
$188,782 |
| 2025 |
Cancelled: Task Force on Interoperable Beneficial Ownership Data |
$100,380 (year 2) |
| 2025 |
$100,380 (year 1) |
| 2026 |
Cancelled: Opening Extractives programme: tackling corruption risk in the extractive sector; joint programme with the EITI |
TBC (year 3) |
| 2025 |
$315,000 (year 2) |
| 2024 |
$293,124 (year 1) |
World Bank
| 2025 |
Beneficial ownership transparency in Sri Lanka |
$55,000 |
| 2025 |
Beneficial ownership transparency in Bhutan |
$60,000 |
| 2025 |
Beneficial ownership disclosure operationalization and register |
$70,000 |
| 2024 |
Beneficial ownership transparency in Malawi |
$65,410 |
| 2023 |
Beneficial ownership transparency in Kenya |
$99,590 |
| 2019–2020 |
Advancing open government partnership's thematic priorities |
$198,075 |
