How iRead To Live is registered, resourced and held accountable.
iRead To Live Initiative is a nonprofit organisation registered in Nigeria with the Corporate Affairs Commission as the Incorporated Trustees of iRead To Live Initiative, registration number 105407, and founded in 2012. We rely on the support of individuals, foundations, companies and other institutions to carry out independent research on Nigerian higher education, and we publish how that support is raised and used.
iRead is in its establishment phase as a higher education policy think tank. Since repositioning in 2026, it has received no grants, contracts or donations from companies, foundations, governments or other institutions. As a result, our first research programme, including policy briefs on university admissions and student loan financing, was produced entirely free of funder influence. Our staff and operating costs have been met by private contributions from individuals within the organisation, who have no role in determining our research findings. Members of our Board of Trustees and Academic Advisory Council serve without compensation. We are now building a diversified base of support from foundations, individuals and institutions that share our commitment to independent research. Every gift we accept will be reviewed under our Donor Guidelines and listed on this page.
iRead publishes information about its finances and its donors every year. Our first financial statements and donor list will cover the first financial year in which we receive funding, and will appear on this page, grouped by giving level. When a donor supports a specific publication, project or event, we acknowledge that support on the publication or at the event. Companies, corporate foundations and government bodies, whether Nigerian or foreign, may not give anonymously. Requests for anonymity from individuals and private foundations are considered case by case and are generally discouraged, and an anonymous gift still undergoes the full review described in our Donor Guidelines. We do not accept a gift whose source we cannot identify. These disclosures allow readers to judge for themselves whether our funding could influence our work.
iRead reviews foreign funders with particular care. Before accepting support from a foreign government, public agency or international organisation, we consider its record of respecting independent research, academic freedom, civil society and the rule of law. Every foreign funder must accept our Donor Guidelines in writing, including the principle that our researchers have the final word on their research. iRead does not act on behalf of any government, and no funder, foreign or Nigerian, may direct our research or our engagement with Nigerian public officials.
iRead files annual returns with the Corporate Affairs Commission as an incorporated trustee. Financial statements will be published here for the first financial year in which iRead receives income, within six months of that year’s end.
