Core Funders
- The Konrad Adenauer Foundation
- The Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency
Schedule of major donors
| Programme Funders | Project |
| Department for International Development | Global Economic Governance – Phase 2 |
| Bradlow Foundation | Bradlow Fellowship |
| Konrad Adenauer Foundation | KAS Masters Internships |
| Centre for International Governance Innovation | Africa Portal (2010 – 2020) |
| United States Agency for International Development | Accelerating Responsive Transparent Extractive Industry Resource Governance |
| Chatham House | Chatham House Fellowship |
| Jean Monnet | Policy debates with the academic world |
| Terre des Hommes | Organising workshops/study assistance/guidance on how to debate/learning about the United Nations – for high school children and university students |
| Southern Africa Trust (DFID) | Marine and Coastal Ecosystem-based Adaptation for Enhanced Resilience in Southern Africa (MEMBARSA) |
| Embassy of Finland | Youth@SAIIA focal area on democracy, governance, strong civil society |
| European Union | Youth@SAIIA Promoting broader and effective participation of South African civil society in environmental governance |
| United Nations Children’s Education Fund | Youth Participation Training Programme |
| United States Department of State | Youth – Strengthening civil society, child & youth participation on advocacy |
| Kids Rights | Youth – Increasing child and youth participation in environmental sustainability in South Africa as agreed in the Collaboration agreement |
| Ekurhuleni Municipality | Youth@SAIIA Events |
| Gauteng Provincial Government | Youth@SAIIA Events |
| International Development Research Centre | Macroeconomic Policy Responses to COVID-19 in Africa |
| Norwegian Foreign Ministry | Atoms for Development |
Consultancies and commissioned research
| Programme Funders | Project |
| German Development Institute | South Africa’s changing role in global development structures |
| Humane Society International | Assess the economic value and potential risk to wild lion populations of South Africa’s predator breeding industry |
| Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa | African peer review mechanism sensitisation project in Namibia (ASPIN) |
| Danish Embassy | Event: Meeting of Danish ambassadors in Africa |
| Global Governance Futures Fellowship | Implementing the GGF programme |
| Japan International Cooperation Agency | To produce a customised report for Japanese businesses to promote infrastructure development in SADC |
| German Foreign Office Policy Unit | Event: Africa’s role in a changing global order |
| Department of Planning Monitoring and Evaluation | Technical support for 25 year review: Chapter on international relations |
| Southern African Development Community Secretariat | To construct a study titled “Towards a SADC blue economy strategy” |
| Embassy of Japan | Event: Japan and South Africa’s joint interest in the Indian Ocean |
| Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany | Ecosystem-based adaptation in South African coastal cities |
| Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflection | Chapter for edited volume on geopolitics and Africa |