The Institute is constituted as a company limited by guarantee and is additionally registered as a charity. Its business is managed by an Executive Committee, which consists of between 10 and 20 members who are the charity’s trustees. They are advised on strategic matters by the Council, which consists of between 20 and 30 members.
The budgeted turnover for fiscal year 2006 is £7.2 million. Research is supported by a wide range of international bodies and foundations which fund programmes and fields of study. Membership income is received from Corporate, Individual and Student Members. The Institute's publications raise income from either syndication, subscription, or sales of individual journals and books. The Institute accepts no -general support funding from governments, but does receive funding for the organisation of meetings and major conferences, and for research from government departments.
Budgeted expenditure for 2006 is £7.1 million. The major elements of expenditure include the associated conference costs, research, operations, publications, administration, and the library.
IISS Capital Appeal
The IISS Capital Appeal aims to raise some $25,000,000 to strengthen the charity’s reserves and recover the acquisition and redevelopment costs of its London headquarters at Arundel House. The Institute’s new headquarters have substantially increased its international visibility and influence and have allowed the IISS to pursue more ambitious research and outreach programmes that in turn have had a wider impact. New research, publications and outreach proposals, however, can only be implemented if we sustain the pace of the Capital Appeal. Donations made to IISS offices in London, Washington and Singapore are, in certain circumstances, tax deductible in those jurisdictions.
Arundel House is a prestigious building at the heart of London. It is equidistant between Parliament and Whitehall, the City of London and major academic and media centres. The building has been comprehensively renovated and has embedded state-of-the-art technology including video-conferencing in a number of rooms and a television studio. Meeting rooms in Arundel House are frequently in use for IISS meetings with international experts and by the corporate community. Overall, the IISS has become a magnet for the world's political and diplomatic leadership to debate issues of strategy and security, and for those in the business community who need to understand security risks.
The IISS is offering individual and corporate donors attractive naming opportunities for offices, major meetings rooms, conference facilities and even Arundel House itself. Mixed donations that go both to the building and to support major research programmes are particularly welcome. The IISS has a policy of recognising key donors in the best possible way and to involve them, to the degree that they wish, in Institute activities and special events.
For more information on the Arundel House Campaign, please email Sarah Grant at capitalappeal@iiss.org 
