Designated Grants
IISD receives funding from a variety of public and private sources to finance specific projects relating to its strategic objectives. Projects may carry on over more than one year. The related designated grants are recorded when the funding commitment is made and recognized in revenue as the projects progress. A comparative summary of designated grant funding committed during the year is as follows:

 

2002
($000's)

2001
($000's)

Governments and agencies

 

 

Canada

$ 2,385

$ 3,069
International

2,634

2,218
 

5,019

5,287

United Nations agencies

530

208

International organizations

640

752

Philanthropic foundations

58

1,220
Private sector and other

421

765

 

$ 6,668

$ 8,232

Designated grant revenue for 2001-2002 is summarized by activity area as follows:

Activity Area

Designated Grants
($000's)

Reporting Services

$ 2,492

Trade and Investment 1,252
Natural Resources Management 1,068
Knowledge Communications 916
Economic Policy 835
Climate Change and Energy 763
Measurement and Indicators 311
New Project Development 29
Administration, Fund Development and Outreach 28
 

$ 7,694

Operating Grants
IISD has entered into renewed funding arrangements with the Government of Canada (Environment Canada and the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)). The arrangement with CIDA provides operating grants for the five year period April 1, 2000 to March 31, 2005. Environment Canada renews its contribution annually. A renewed five-year funding agreement with the Government of Manitoba has also been concluded. It covers the period from April 2001 to March 31, 2006. It includes a core operating grant component aggregating $4,583,600 plus specific project funding of up to an additional $1,145,900 over the period.

A summary of the funding is as follows:

 

Funding

Commitment

Funding Recorded

Funding

Commitment

Remaining

2002

Prior years

 

($000’s)

($000’s)

($000’s)

($000’s)

Government of Canada

 

 

 

 

Environment Canada

$ 1,000

$ 200

$200

$600

Canadian International Development Agency

5,000

1,000

1,000

3,000

Government of Manitoba

4,584

1,060

3,524

Operating grant revenue

$10,584

$2,260

$1,200

$ 7,124

2001-2002
Designated Grant Revenue by Donor

Total designated grant revenue of $7,694,117

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2001-2002
Revenue and Expenses by Activity Area

Total expenses of $10,722,698

Financed by:

Operation Grants
Designated Grants and Other Revenue


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Sustaining Excellence: The 2001-2002 Annual Report of the International Institute for Sustainable Development is also available in PDF format in English and French.

All figures expressed in Canadian dollars.