GFI is entirely supported by grants and donations.79 Their three largest donors provided a total of around 25 - 40 % of their funding in 2016, and we would expect those donors to provide a similar, perhaps slightly larger, amount of funding in 2017 — though GFI's intention is to raise significantly more
money overall.80, 81 GFI's fiscal
management strategy is to spend each year what it raised the prior year; this enables them to budget on a rolling 12 - month timeframe.82, 83 Overall, we think that while their funding sources are not especially diverse, they do rely on a relatively broad donor base and take a responsible and
sustainable approach to their finances.