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:
| |
Funding Commitments
|
| |
2003
($000's)
|
2002
($000's)
|
|
Governments and agencies
|
|
|
| Canada |
$ 3,361
|
2,385 |
| International |
3,347 |
2,634 |
| |
6,708
|
5,019
|
| |
|
|
|
United Nations agencies
|
471 |
530 |
| International organizations |
923 |
640 |
| Philanthropic foundations |
224
|
58 |
| Private sector and other |
405 |
421 |
| |
$ 8,731 |
$ 6,668 |
Designated grants and other revenue which includes publication sales and cost recoveries are summarized by activity area as follows:
|
Activity Area
|
Other Revenue
($000's)
|
Designated Grants
($000's)
|
Total
($000's)
|
|
Reporting Services
|
$ -
|
$ 2,681
|
$ 2,681
|
| Trade and Investment |
61 |
2,010 |
2,071 |
| Climate Change and Energy |
66 |
1,078 |
1,144 |
| Knowledge Communications |
5 |
782 |
787 |
| Economic Policy |
16 |
752 |
768 |
| Natural Resources Management |
68 |
688 |
756 |
| Measurement and Indicators |
33 |
314 |
347 |
| Administration, Fund Development and Outreach |
12 |
12 |
24 |
| New Project Development |
- |
15 |
15 |
| |
$261 |
$ 8,332 |
$8,593 |
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. IISD also entered into a renewed five-year funding agreement with the Government of Manitoba which 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
|
|
2003
|
Prior years
|
| |
($000's)
|
($000's)
|
($000's)
|
($000's)
|
|
Government of Canada
|
|
|
|
|
| |
Canadian International Development Agency |
$ 5,000
|
$ 1,000
|
$2000
|
$2,000
|
| |
Environment Canada |
1,000
|
200
|
400
|
400
|
| Government of Manitoba |
4,584
|
963
|
1,060
|
2,561
|
| Operating grant revenue |
$10,584 |
$2,163 |
$3,460 |
$ 4,961 |
|
