New York · Nonprofit
NATURAL RESOURCE GOVERNANCE INSTITUTE
NATURAL RESOURCE GOVERNANCE INSTITUTE (New York) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $43,255,496 to it, the largest being THE WILLIAM & FLORA HEWLETT FOUNDATION ($10,555,000). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $14M
- Funders on record
- 14
- Grants received
- $43M
- Net assets
- $4.6M
What Natural Resource Governance Institute does
Mission
Nrgi envisions a world where natural resources enable fair, prosperous and sustainable societies, instead of undermining them. Nrgi exists because decisions about how natural resources are governed determine the well-being of people in resource-rich countries and of the planet.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Cross-cutting work on resource governance: in 2024, nrgi advanced resource governance through cross-country learning, training, and advocacy. It convened partners from seven countries to define an institutional approach, resulting in a framework published in the oecd's 2024 development co-operation report. Nrgi ran executive courses with the university of oxford and eth zurich and hosted regional trainings in africa. These efforts helped integrate inclusive, rights-based approaches into resource governance and energy transition policy.
$5,300,686 spentof which $1,609,434 as grants44% of program spendingTransforming the governance of minerals:in 2024, nrgi advanced the governance of transition minerals by supporting equitable, transparent, and sustainable value chains. As one of two civil society members of the un panel on critical energy transition minerals, nrgi shaped global standards and justice-focused recommendations. It supported reforms in countries including chile, colombia, ghana and indonesia, emphasizing anticorruption, traceability, and value addition. Nrgi convened global dialogues and partnered with the iea and oecd to improve oversight of state-state mineral deals, reinforcing its role as a leader in transition mineral governance
$4,176,297 spentof which $1,609,434 as grants35% of program spendingTransforming the governance of fossil fuels: nrgi supported resource governance in fossil fuel-producing countries through dialogue, research, and policy engagement. In 2024, it worked across colombia, mexico, peru, tunisia, senegal, uganda, and nigeria to advance revenue transparency, economic diversification, and energy governance. Key efforts included research on pemex in mexico, indigenous-led dialogue in peru, and anticorruption work in nigeria. Nrgi also supported countries in strengthening emission disclosure and transparency, building a foundation for more accountable and sustainable transitions.
$2,570,032 spentof which $1,609,434 as grants21% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $12,047,015.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2019 to 2020, from $9.3M to $14M (+50%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 36% · 2018 35% · 2019 56% · 2020 38% · 2021 46% · 2022 41% · 2023 53% · 2024 46%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of NATURAL RESOURCE GOVERNANCE INSTITUTE’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (96% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Suneeta Kaimal
President & CEO
Board chair
Gilbert F Houngbo
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 12 funders, grant income rose $3.5M → $9.1M.
2 of 14 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 8% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of NATURAL RESOURCE GOVERNANCE INSTITUTE’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
NATURAL RESOURCE GOVERNANCE INSTITUTE has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 24% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 45% · 2018 63% · 2019 87% · 2020 58% · 2021 58% · 2022 49% · 2023 22% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
100% of NATURAL RESOURCE GOVERNANCE INSTITUTE's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 86% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
NATURAL RESOURCE GOVERNANCE INSTITUTE draws 50% of its grant income from funders outside New York, across 4 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $3.4M arriving through sponsors registered in 2 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
NATURAL RESOURCE GOVERNANCE INSTITUTE is better cushioned than half of the 363 international nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 363 international nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Government funding NATURAL RESOURCE GOVERNANCE INSTITUTE receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $8.4M on record.
- Agency for International Development$8.4M
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like NATURAL RESOURCE GOVERNANCE INSTITUTE
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
83% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
64%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 5 related entities
- Natural Resource Charter Ltd · exempt
- Nrgi Lebanon · exempt
- Nrgi Eu Asbl · exempt
- Nrgi Tz Limited · exempt
- Nrgi Tunisia · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds NATURAL RESOURCE GOVERNANCE INSTITUTE?
- NATURAL RESOURCE GOVERNANCE INSTITUTE (New York) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $43,255,496 to it, the largest being THE WILLIAM & FLORA HEWLETT FOUNDATION ($10,555,000). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does NATURAL RESOURCE GOVERNANCE INSTITUTE have?
- IRS filings report 14 organizations giving $43,255,496 in grants to NATURAL RESOURCE GOVERNANCE INSTITUTE, 12 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NATURAL RESOURCE GOVERNANCE INSTITUTE?
- THE WILLIAM & FLORA HEWLETT FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $10,555,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NATURAL RESOURCE GOVERNANCE INSTITUTE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 14 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing