The OSI community is very grateful for the support it receives from partners, sponsors, delegates, and volunteer organizers. OSI partners include the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the Science Communication Institute (which oversees OSI), and the universities who help develop, host, and make this event possible every year (George Mason University in 2016, George Washington University in 2017, and American University in 2018). Sponsors contribute funding only and do not influence OSI’s agenda or findings, which is determined by OSI’s participants and leadership. The sponsors for each year are listed below (in US$):
Source | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 YTD |
| Doris Duke Charitable Foundation | $0 | $25,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| UNESCO | $48,000 | $25,000 | $13,000 | $0 | $0* | $0* |
| Alfred P. Sloan Foundation | $20,000 | $20,000 | $20,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Elsevier | $7,500 | $20,000 | $10,000 | $5,000 | $0 | $0 |
| PressForward Institute (via Sloan) | $5,500 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Taylor & Francis (Informa) | $0 | $5,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Nature Publishing Group (Macmillan) | $5,000 | $10,000 | $10,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| George Mason University | $4,500 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Wiley | $7,500 | $10,000 | $10,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Laura & John Arnold Foundation | $5,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Sage Publications | $5,000 | $5,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Copyright Clearance Center | $2,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| ResearchMedia | $500 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Emerald Publishing Ltd. | $0 | $0 | $0 | $1,000 | $1,000 | $0 |
| Research Consulting Ltd. | $0 | $0 | $0 | $1,000 | $0 | $0 |
| Delta Think | $0 | $0 | $0 | $500 | $0 | $0 |
| Cactus Communications | $0 | $0 | $0 | $5,000 | $0 | $0 |
| Cabell’s | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $5,000 | $0 |
| Conference participants (@ $500 ea) | $58,000 | $14,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Private donations | $350 | $300 | $0 | $375 | $500 | $850 |
| Total income | $168,850 | $134,300 | $63,000 | $13,000 | $6,850 | — |
