Belgium · Peace and security
Search for Common Ground (SFCG)
Search for Common Ground
International non-profit organization
Conflict and differences are inevitable. Violence is not. We partner with people around the world to ignite shared solutions to destructive conflicts. We work at all levels of society to build sustainable peace through three main avenues: Dialogue+, Media+, and Community+.
- Founded
- 1982
- Income 2025
- €28.6M
- Public funds 2019
- 44%
Accounts
Income Expenditure
Source: EU Transparency Register — self-reported
Where the money comes from (2019)
Public funds 44% (€15.7M) · Other income 56%
Public funds: public funding (national, local and EU) declared by the organisation to the EU Transparency Register, which only itemised it until 2020. The budget is the one declared by the organisation.
Data table
| Year | Income | Expenditure | Public funds | Staff | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-31 | €28.6M | – | – | – | EU Transparency Register |
| 2024-12-31 | €28.7M | – | – | – | EU Transparency Register |
| 2022-12-31 | €2.7M | – | – | – | EU Transparency Register |
| 2021-12-31 | €32.2M | – | – | – | EU Transparency Register |
| 2020-12-31 | €28.3M | – | – | – | EU Transparency Register |
| 2019-12-31 | €35.9M | – | 44% | – | EU Transparency Register |
| 2018-12-31 | €27M | – | 92% | – | EU Transparency Register |
| 2017-12-31 | €18M | – | 100% | – | EU Transparency Register |
| 2016-12-31 | €21.6M | – | 100% | – | EU Transparency Register |
| 2015-12-31 | €16.3M | – | 100% | – | EU Transparency Register |
European Union funding
Data table
| Year | Development cooperation (INTPA) | Foreign policy (FPI) | Other EU programmes | Total committed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | €811,623 | – | €1.6M | €2.4M |
| 2024 | €460,000 | €2.3M | – | €2.8M |
| 2023 | €400,000 | €3.3M | – | €3.7M |
| 2022 | €1.2M | €2.5M | – | €3.7M |
| 2021 | €513,241 | €1.4M | – | €1.9M |
| 2020 | €1.5M | €9.4M | – | €10.8M |
| 2019 | €1.8M | €3.1M | €2M | €7M |
| 2018 | €69,937 | €5M | €2M | €7.1M |
| 2017 | €538,318 | €1.2M | €2M | €3.8M |
| 2016 | €675,000 | – | – | €675,000 |
| 2015 | €794,458 | €2.4M | – | €3.2M |
| 2014 | €618,444 | €6M | – | €6.6M |
Amounts committed each year by the European Commission to the organisation (contracts and grants), from the EU Financial Transparency System. A commitment often covers several project years and, in consortia, may include shares of other partners. They are not income for the year and should not be compared directly with the accounts.
Public funds from donor governments
Payments by donor in the last 5 years
| Donor | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Global Affairs Canada (Canada) | €1.8M | €4.1M | €3.3M | €2.9M | €870,809 |
| BZ (Netherlands) | €276,000 | €431,865 | €2.8M | €3.7M | €3.3M |
| Sida (Sweden) | €1.9M | €2.7M | €3M | €1.2M | – |
| State Department (United States) | €2.2M | €3M | €3.1M | €316,943 | – |
| USAID (United States) | €1.4M | €1.9M | €2M | €435,871 | – |
| DGD (Belgium) | €896,432 | €1.4M | €989,273 | €1.4M | €966,740 |
| Auswärtiges Amt (Germany) | €720,000 | €349,126 | – | – | – |
| Danida (Denmark) | – | – | €402,203 | €401,962 | – |
| Norad (Norway) | €108,883 | €122,540 | €62,998 | – | – |
| MEAE (France) | – | – | €150,004 | – | – |
Payments to the organisation reported by the aid agencies of 17 countries (USAID, FCDO, BMZ, Sida and others) in their own IATI data, converted to euros at the year's average rate. They include funds passed on to local partners. Not all donors name the recipient of their payments, so figures may be incomplete; EU funds are in their own section.
Spending on declared projects (IATI)
Only the projects the organisation publishes on IATI: usually a fraction of its total spending (median 14% in our checks).
Data to be checked. Some figures on this page show inconsistencies, almost always due to filing or transcription errors in the source:
- 2022, 2024: income or expenditure changes more than tenfold from the previous year. It may be real growth or an error in the source; the value remains visible.
Countries with projects published on IATI
Mali ↗ 7 · Nigeria ↗ 7 · Iraq ↗ 4 · Niger ↗ 3 · Afghanistan ↗ 2 · Belgium ↗ 2 · Congo - Kinshasa ↗ 2 · Kenya ↗ 2 · South Sudan ↗ 2 · Tunisia ↗ 2 · Burkina Faso ↗ 1 · Burundi ↗ 1 · Lebanon ↗ 1 · Nepal ↗ 1 · Palestinian Territories ↗ 1 · Yemen ↗ 1
Number of activities published on IATI that mention the country, added up over all years. Platforms that raise funds for other organisations publish every small project as a separate activity. Each country opens on d-portal the list of this organisation’s projects in that country.
Projects published on IATI (most recent and largest)
Titles are shown as published by the organisation, in their original language. Spending = disbursements and expenditure reported on IATI, in US$.
Official checks
- Public register
- BCE/KBO (Belgium) 0453975341 — number declared on IATI; that register is not one of our sources of accounts
Facts from public registers and certification bodies, not a judgement on the organisation; the absence of a label is not a negative sign. Methodology
Timeline
- Founded
- First publication on IATI
Identifiers
BE-BCE_KBO 0453975341 · EU-TR 162431991765-16 · EU-TR 809274824592-30 · IATI (d-portal) · Wikidata