IRGC’s income derives from voluntary donations from governments, companies and other organisations that support IRGC’s mission and work.
IRGC has a dynamic funding structure.
General funds are used to support the organisation’s work on the concept of risk governance and its high-level application to a number of emerging risks, the preparation of proposals for larger projects, our decision making processes and our administration. These larger projects and our general conferences are financed by separate income. We also welcome in-kind contributions, which can considerably reduce our expenditure.
Our policy is to seek funding from multiple sources, to ensure the independence both of our organisation and of our projects and the publications and recommendations that they generate. To date, our income has mostly derived from governments (50%) and industry (50%). IRGC receives strong financial support by the Swiss Federal Department of the Interior.
Since 2003, we have received financial support from:
Allianz Center for Technology
ALPIQ (formerly ATEL; Aare-Tessin AG für Elektrizität)
Alstom Power Service
Austrian Federal Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology
Carnegie Mellon University/the US National Science Foundation
Centre of Strategic Futures, Government of Singapore
Electricité de France (EDF)
E.ON Energie AG
ETH Domain
Government of Quebec
Korean National Program for Tera-Level Nanodevices
Oliver Wyman Inc.
Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation
Swiss Reinsurance Company
Swiss State Secretariat for Education and Research
US Environmental Protection Agency and Department of State
Since 2003, we have received substantial in-kind contributions from:
Allianz Center for Technology
Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation
Chinese Academy of Engineering
Chinese National Center for Disease Control
Chinese National Influenza Center
Crow Prince Court, Emirate of Abu Dhabi
Ernst & Young
European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (Ispra)
Ministry of Science and Technology of the People’s Republic of China
Ministry of Science, Technology and Higher Education of Portugal
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
Oliver Wyman Inc.
Paul Scherrer Institut
Republic and Canton of Geneva
Resources For the Future
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich
Swiss Reinsurance Company and the Swiss Re Centre for Global Dialogue
Technical University of Delft
World Business Council for Sustainable Development
The World Conservation Union (IUCN)
Additional information:
As a Swiss-based foundation, IRGC is subject to supervision by the Swiss Federal Supervisory Board for Foundations. Its annual review of IRGC includes an examination of our budget and use of funds.