Finances - where our money comes from

EMG has an annual turnover of approximately R2.5 million, the bulk of which is sources from international donor agencies. Funders over the last few years have included:

  • British High Commission to SA
  • DfID, UK
  • Global Mechanism of the Convention to Combat Desertification 
  • Development Bank of Southern Africa
  • Heinrich Böll Foundation, Germany
  • Irish Aid
  • Ibis, Denmark
  • International Rivers / Sigrid Rausing Trust
  • Ford Foundation
  • GEF Small Grants Programme / UNEP
  • Global Green Grants
  • Mellemfolkelight Samwirke, Denmark
  • Open Society Initiative of Southern Africa
  • Hivos
  • IDRC
  • United Nations Environment Programme
  • Desert Margins Programme
  • UN Dams & Development Programme
  • Department of Water Affairs and Forestry
  • Department of Environment and Tourism
  • Swedish Society for Nature Conservation
  • Siemenpuu Foundation
  • Swiss Agency for Development and Co-operation
  • Investec
  • Both Ends, The Netherlands
  • Water Research Commission
  • WWF / Table Mountain Fund
  • Fairtrade Foundation, UK
  • The Netherlands Embassy
  • Critial Ecosystems Partnership Fund
  • Solidaridad / Oaktree Foundation, The Netherlands
  • Gaia Foundation / Comic Relief, UK
  • African Fairtrade Network