Iako organizacija ima jedan ogranak koji radi kao komercijalno preduzeće, većina BIRN-ovog rada obavlja se u njegovom neprofitnom sektoru, koji finansiraju desetak filantropskih institucija -- uključujući tu i Fond braće Rockefeller i Balkansku zakladu za demokratiju -- te evropske vlade, Holandija i Norveška.
Although the organisation has an arm that operates as a commercial business, the bulk of BIRN's work is done by its non-profit sector, which is bankrolled by close to a dozen philanthropic institutions -- including the Rockefeller Brothers Fund and the Balkan Trust for Democracy -- and European governments, The Netherlands and Norway.