The IPC activities have mainly been supported by governmental donors (most of them through FAO and IFAD grants): 

• Italy: support to the Liaison Office in 2003, 2004, 2006; support to the IPC meeting 2004; support to the regional consultations in 2004 and to the consultation in Africa in 2006; co-donor for the support to civil society participation to ICARRD and to the participation of the IPC land working group to the FAO special Forum in 2006; support to regional meetings and communications; support to working groups on agroecology, fisheries, and Indigenous Peoples. 

• Germany: support to the working group on the voluntary guidelines for the right to adequate food. Support to the follow-up to the World Summit on Food Security and the FAO conference as well as to the CSO/NGO parallel event People’s Food Sovereignty Forum held in Rome, November 2009.

• Brazil: support to the participation of civil society organisations in ICARRD in 2006. Support to the follow-up to the World Summit on Food Security and the FAO conference as well as to the CSO/NGO parallel event People’s Food Sovereignty Forum held in Rome, November 2009.

• Norway: support to participation of NGOs and Fisherfolk representatives to the 4SSF Conference. Support to the participation of representatives of farmer and indigenous peoples organisations and NGOs to the 3rd meeting of the Governing Body of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (Tunis, June 2009). Support to the follow-up to the World Summit on Food Security and the FAO conference as well as to the CSO/NGO parallel event People’s Food Sovereignty Forum held in Rome, November 2009.

• Switzerland: co-donor for the support to civil society participation to ICARRD and to the participation of the IPC land working group to the FAO special Forum in 2006. Support to the Interlaken Forum on Animal Genetic Resources in 2007. support to the participation of representatives of farmer and indigenous peoples organisations and NGOs to the 3rd meeting of the Governing Body of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture(Tunis, June 2009). Support to the follow-up to the World Summit on Food Security and the FAO conference as well as to the CSO/NGO parallel event People’s Food Sovereignty Forum held in Rome, November 2009.

• Finland: co-donor for the support to civil society participation to ICARRD and to the participation of the IPC land working group to the FAO special Forum in 2006.

• Catalonia: follow-up to the World Summit on Food Security and the FAO conference in Rome, november 2009. Support to the follow-up of FAO technical Committee on WFS and meeting of IPC working group on Global Governance, IPC general meeting.

• City of Rome: Support to the follow-up to the World Summit on Food Security and the FAO conference as well as to the CSO/NGO parallel event People’s Food Sovereignty Forum held in Rome, November 2009.

• Spain: support to the CSO Consultations parallel to FAO regional conferences 2010.

The total IPC funds channelled via the FAO and IFAD each year were: 200.000 US$ in 2003, 112.000 US$ in 2004, 60.000 US$ in 2005, 495.000 US$ in 2006, 305.000 US$ in 2008, 368.572 US$ in 2009.

The IPC has also received direct funds from the Swiss government in 2007 and 2009 and the German government in 2009.

Several NGOs have also supported financially the IPC, among which: Action Aid, IUCN, Norwegian Development Fund, NOVIB/Searice, Oxfam Solidarité, Oxfam UK, Vredeseilanden. 

Since the IPC does not have a legal entity, some Organisations with a history of working on Food Sovereignty issues guarantee the legal framework of the IPC. The Centro Internazionale Crocevia (CIC) and the Associazione Italiana per l’Agricoltura Biologica (AIAB) are the main partners in Italy helping the IPC to implement its activities. Regional Consultations were carried out thanks to the commitment of a local partner that worked as host organisation. Since 2008, the IPC is studying the possibility to provide the Secretariat with a structure with a legal entity exclusively for administrative purposes in order to be able to deal directly with the contracts with donors and with the IPC staff.