Financial Transparency EU

Our EU office is a not-for-profit association (ASBL) registered in Belgium. We receive the majority of our funding from a number of philanthropic foundations, and a few individual donors. Our list of funders is below.

For more detailed information about our funders, finances and achievements over the years, please see our Annual Reports and Financial Statements at the bottom of this page.

Income and expenditure

In the financial year ending 31 December 2024, our total income was €905k, which came almost entirely from grants.

In terms of expenditure, our main costs were salaries for our team of staff and contractors, while our overheads were kept low. In the same financial year, 80% of our total expenditure went to staff costs and for research, advocacy and campaigning. Our expenditure on contractors mainly covered our head of communications, our advocacy officer in France, but also other external support for our communications. It also covered researchers working on Positive Money Europe research projects, project coordination and external advocacy support. A further 2% of costs went to communications and 1% went to events, primarily to our monetary policy and inequality event from May 2024. Other costs included office administration costs of 8% (including rent in our new office as of May 2024), and other sundry costs amounting to 9%, including travel, subsistence and staff development, as well as legal, accounting and payroll fees.

List of funders

Organisations from whom we received funding within the last financial year, ending 31 December 2024, and the amounts they provided are listed below, with the name of the project or area of work funded.

We are extremely grateful for the generous support of all of our funders. 

Without your support, our work would simply not be possible!

Laudes Foundation - €378,078: To influence EU central banks decision makers combining robust research, strong and persistent parliamentary scrutiny and coordinated external public pressure.

European Climate Foundation - €206,200: To ensure that the European Central Bank’s strategic review leads the ECB to align its strategy and monetary policies with the EU’s sustainable finance agenda.

Open Philanthropy - €70837: To support research and advocacy on macroeconomic policy in Europe.

The Sunrise Project - €77,841: To engage European citizens and civil society in key countries for the European Central Bank to take decisive climate action

WWF - €21,000: To produce a report on the Collateral framework.