How we are funded

How we are funded

BEUC is an independent not-for-profit making consumer organisation, registered under Belgian law as an AISBL (Association internationale sans but lucratif) under number 422 071 051.

Our funding principle

It is BEUC’s policy to only seek funding in priority areas identified by national consumer organisations as important for consumers. This funding can be either unrestricted (to support our core work) or tied to a specific project or programme. All potential funders are carefully vetted through a due diligence process to ensure that they align with BEUC’s goals and do not threaten the integrity or independence of the organisation.

The latest information on the organisation’s funding is available in our annual report: https://annualreport.beuc.eu/

Our funders in March 2023 were:

National consumer organisations

    • For a full list of our members see here.

European Union through the European Commission

    • EISMEA, Single Market Programme (Consumer organisations)
    • DG Justice and Consumers, Single Market Programme (Consumers)
    • DG Environment, through a project with the EEB (EU Ecolabel scheme)
    • DG Energy, through a project with ANEC (Ecodesign policy)
    • CINEA, through the Horizon 2020 Programme (obsolescence)
    • CINEA, through the Horizon 2020 Programme (Energy consumers)

Foundations

    • Adessium Foundation
    • Climate Finance Fund (CFF)
    • Children’s Investment Fund Foundation, via the European Climate Foundation
    • Civitates Opportunity Fund
    • European Climate Foundation (ECF)
    • Healthy Food, Healthy Planet, through a collaboration with the Eurogroup for Animals
    • Swiss Philanthropy Foundation, through the EEHI
    • Ford Foundation
    • KR Foundation
    • Luminate
    • Stiftung Mercator
    • Omidyar Network
    • Open Society Foundation (OSF)
    • Kristian Gerhard Jebsen Foundation, through a collaboration with Zero Waste Europe