Voluntary Contributions
These contributions enable IARC to fulfil its medium-term strategy by complementing the financing from the Regular Budget. Total expenses incurred in 2023 amounted to 45.6 million euros. 54.6% were charged on regular budget, 42.7% on voluntary contributions, and the remaining 2.76% on other funds. The current donors are from various sectors, including government agencies, international organizations, nongovernmental organizations, foundations, and charity organizations. Major donors include the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the United States National Institutes of Health, the European Commission, the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport of the Netherlands, the Gulf Center for Disease Prevention and Control, World Cancer Research Fund International, the French National Cancer Institute, and Cancer Research UK.
Potential contributions to IARC are subject to our internal clearance and approval processes, including prior approval by the Governing Council for contributions with an annual budget of more than 0.5 million euros.
Due diligence and risk assessment are also carried out on potential contributions from non-state actors, i.e. nongovernmental organizations, private sector entities, philanthropic foundations, and academic institutions. IARC does not accept contributions from organizations or individuals that have links or associations of any kind with the tobacco or arms industries.
IARC has received increasing support from voluntary contributions, as shown in the figure below, which illustrates the new contracts signed in any one year. These contracts included several multi-year grants (3–5 years), where expenditure is spread over the duration of the award.
The annual revenue and expenditure from voluntary contributions during the past five years are shown in the figure below.
- Voluntary Contributions Account for the period 01-Jan-23 to 31-Dec-23 (Info Doc 3)
- List of currently active grants