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.
Mada organizacija ima ogranak koji funkcioniše kao komercijalni biznis, veliki deo rada BIRN-a obavlja neprofitni sektor koji finansira oko deset filantropskih institucija -- uključujući Fond braće Rokfeler i Balkanski fond za demokratiju -- i evropske vlade, Holandija i Norveška.