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12. TI is not a NGO

Fri Apr 5, 2013, 06:04 PM

Apr 2013

their funding sources are not obscure at all, though. The vast majority of grants come from governments, some from major foundations, a limited amount from very large firms (BP, Shell, EADS etc.) - small donations from individuals only amount to 0.1 percent:

Donors 2011 (in Euro)

Governmental Agencies: 19,931,392
Foundations: 1,023,869
Other development Organisations: 418,122
Corporate Donors: 585,595
Individual Donors: 20,659
Total: 21,979,637

http://www.transparency.org/files/content/ouraccountability/TIS_2011AuditedFinancials.pdf
http://www.transparency.org/whoweare/accountability/who_supports_us/1/

TI was originally founded with grants from the German Development Agency GTZ (government money), USAID and the Ford foundation. Their directors are former high level officials in large government agencies and international bodies such as the World Bank. I happen to know, for instance, that Mr Elshorst, TI director from 1998-2002 was previously with the German Development Agency GTZ (CEO from 1974 to 1995) and the World Bank (1996-1997).

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NGO: Venezuela is the most corrupt country in Latin America [View all] Bacchus4.0 Apr 2013 OP

Stopped reading here: ocpagu Apr 2013 #1

you can read it again where Paraguay is farther down the list Bacchus4.0 Apr 2013 #2

Transparency International won't convince me... ocpagu Apr 2013 #5

no, its Uruguay my friend, it won't say Paraguay is n/t Bacchus4.0 Apr 2013 #7

Transparency International refuses to comply with NGO law Tempest Apr 2013 #3

USAID and NGO transparency: When in doubt, hide the data Tempest Apr 2013 #4

Lol naaman fletcher Apr 2013 #6

Transparency international controversial reports on Venezuela ocpagu Apr 2013 #8

Thank you for the citations. Tempest Apr 2013 #9

And thank you for your links too. ocpagu Apr 2013 #10

Same thing happened in another forum Tempest Apr 2013 #11

TI is not a NGO reorg Apr 2013 #12

All we need to know about these parasites is that in 2005, Enron was their official sponsor Catherina Apr 2013 #13

Great definition. ocpagu Apr 2013 #20

"their funding sources are not obscure at all, though" Tempest Apr 2013 #14

I suspect they don't want to disclose their contacts reorg Apr 2013 #16

I'm all for discussing TI naaman fletcher Apr 2013 #17

easy reorg Apr 2013 #18

Once the ICIJ Venezuela documents come to light... joshcryer Apr 2013 #15

I thought corruption was chavismo Bacchus4.0 Apr 2013 #19

Nope. ocpagu Apr 2013 #21

what's chavismo then? Bacchus4.0 Apr 2013 #22

Social spending is not buying votes. joshcryer Apr 2013 #23