finances

Financial supporters

  • AmplifyChange (agreement administered by Mannion Daniels Ltd.)
    • Building EROTICS Networks in India, Nepal and Sri Lanka
  • Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, through the Directorate of Development Cooperation (DGIS) FLOW II Fund via Creating Resources for Empowerment in Action (CREA)
    • All Women Count!
  • European Union, European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights (EIDHR)
    • Networking for freedom online and offline: Protecting freedom of information, expression and association on the internet in India, Malaysia and Pakistan
  • Fidelity Charitable
    • General support for APC Women’s Rights Programme 2016-2017
  • Ford Foundation
    • Support to research a feminist perspective on internet policy issues and build cross-movement collaboration with women’s rights groups in the global South
    • Core support for internet rights and gender justice and institutional strengthening
    • Regional Advocacy on Telecommunications Policy in the Americas
  • International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
    • Community Access Networks: How to connect the next billion to the internet
    • Mapping Gender and the Information Society
  • Mama Cash
    • Feminism and Technology: Politics and Safety
    • Making a Feminist internet
  • Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida)
    • Core support for the APC Strategic Action Plan 2016-2019
  • Wellspring Philanthropic Fund (WPF)
    • General support for the APC Women’s Rights Programme 2017-2108
  • Womanity Foundation
    • Adapt Take Back The Tech! in Mexico: Challenge norms, build awareness, amplify collective power, strengthen response
  • B-Change Technology
    • Training workshop on online privacy and security
  • EngageMedia
    • Implementation of the Southeast Asia Digital Rights Camp – COCONET
  • Institute of International Education (IIE) (Ford Foundation grant via IIE)
    • Training workshop ahead of the Internet Governance Forum 2017 focused on the Universal Periodic Review, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, and the use of regional and global human rights instruments.
  • Internet Policy Observatory
    • Decriminalisation of expression online in Cambodia and Thailand
  • iRights.info e.V. (BMZ project number 2016.0162.4)
    • IGF Academy: Fostering freedom of expression through the creation of inclusive and transparent national internet governance and policy processes – Internet Governance Forum 2017 workshops
  • South African Communications Forum
    • African DNS Study
  • United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
    • Defining Internet Universality Indicators
  • United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Gender and Justice Division
    • Workshops on gender-based violence in social networks in Mexico
  • Association for Women’s Rights in Development (AWID); Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice; Creating Resources for Empowerment in Action (CREA); FRIDA – The Young Feminist Fund; Urgent Action Fund for Women’s Human Rights (UAFWHR)
    • Contribution towards participation for Making A Feminist Internet: Movement Building in a Digital Age, Malaysia
  • Access Now
    • Contribution towards Disco-tech during the Internet Governance Forum 2017
    • Contribution towards African School on Internet Governance (AfriSIG)
  • ARTICLE 19
    • Contribution towards Disco-tech Logistical Security Meeting during the Internet Governance Forum 2017
  • Asia Pacific Network Information Centre (APNIC)
    • Contribution towards Global Information Society Watch 2017
  • Facebook, Google, Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), Public Interest Registry
    • Contribution towards African School on Internet Governance (AfriSIG)
  • African Union Commission; National Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (Egypt); New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) Planning and Coordinating Agency; United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO); Women’sNet
    • Support to AfriSIG through direct sponsorship of specific costs
  • IFEX
    • Contribution towards Disco-tech during the Internet Governance Forum 2017
  • Information Society Innovation Fund (ISIF Asia)
    • Contribution towards Global Information Society Watch 2017
  • Internet Society (ISOC)
    • Contribution towards African School on Internet Governance (AfriSIG)
    • Contribution towards Disco-tech during the Internet Governance Forum 2017
    • Contribution towards Global Information Society Watch 2017
  • Oak Foundation
    • Discretionary small grant for the APC Women’s Rights Programme
  • Small Media Foundation
    • Contribution towards Forum on Internet Freedom in Africa (FIFAfrica), Johannesburg
    • Editing and presentation of Advocacy Assembly course

APC financial statements for 2017

Balance Sheet at 31 December 2017

2017(USD) 2016(USD)
ASSETS 1,120,644 1,291,397
Non-current assets 2 2
Equipment 2 2
Current assets 1,120,642 1,291,395
Accounts receivable 58,440 157,442
Accrued income – grants 131,987 183,689
Cash and cash equivalents 930,215 950,264
TOTAL ASSETS 1,120,644 1,291,397
RESERVES AND LIABILITIES 1,120,644 1,291,397
Reserves and sustainability funds 385,236 477,429
Sustainability funds 348,782 447,496
Retained income 36,454 29,933
Current liabilities 735,408 813,968
Accounts payable 112,824 85,296
Deferred income from grants 563,523 692,076
Provision for leave pay 59,061 36,596
TOTAL RESERVES AND LIABILITIES 1,120,644 1,291,397

Income Statement for the year ended 31 December 2017

2017(USD) 2016(USD)
INCOME 3,098,712 2,696,117
Grants 2,843,531 2,435,064
Earned Income 255,181 261,053
      Commissioned services, contributions and event income 213,138 235,862
      Interest 324 333
      Membership fees 24,845 24,858
      Sales and sundry 16,874
EXPENDITURE 3,190,905 2,665,770
Governance, Programme Development, Monitoring and Evaluation and Administration 668,467 464,112
Communications 177,954 161,083
Technical Unit 114,606 65,871
Network Development Unit 351,468 403,618
Communications and Information Policy Programme 897,762 1,268,278
Global Advocacy and Policy Strategy 206,598
Women’s Rights Programme 774,051 302,808
SURPLUS/(DEFICIT) FOR THE YEAR -92,193 30,347

Note: Detailed information is available in the audited financial statements for 2017.