Since moving to Canada in 1986 until 1998, IFIAS received core funding from the Canadian International Development Agency. In previous years, this funding totaled $250,000 on an annual basis. Revenues from membership fees have not been invoiced recently, but historically totalled approximately $60,000 annually.
Funding for programmes and projects comes from a variety of international sources. Major funders since the IFIAS Secretariat relocated to Canada include the following:
- Rockefeller Brothers Fund, New York
- Province of Limberg, the Netherlands
- City of Maastricht, the Netherlands
- Salen Foundation, Stockholm
- Wallenberg Foundation, Stockholm
- UNESCO, Paris
- Exxon Education Foundation, New York
- Province of Ontario, Canada
- Tyler Foundation
- UNIFEM, New York
- International Development Research Centre, Canada
- GTZ, Germany
- Ministry of International Affairs, the Netherlands