NISPAcee's long term objective is to achieve financial sustainability. In order to follow this objective NISPAcee has already launched membership fees and would create the necessary financial reserves of the organisation. The aim is to make a significant progress in a five-year period.

Several donors and partners support NISPAcee activities since the organisation's inception:

•	The Local Government and Public Service Reform Initiative, Open Society Institute, Hungaryd
•	The Austrian Federal Chancellery through the Austrian Federal Academy of Public Administration
•	SIGMA, France (SIGMA - Support for Improvement in Governance and Management in Central and Eastern European Countries is a joint initiative of OECD/CCET and EU/PHARE mainly financed by EU/PHARE)
•	The Pew Charitable Trusts, USA through the National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration (NASPAA), USA
•	USAID, through the National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration (NASPAA), USA
•	French government through International Institute of Public Administration (IIAP), France
•	Activities organised by EIPA (European Institute of Public Administration), funded by the European Commission and the Dutch Government
•	UNDP, Slovakia
•	Higher Education Support Programme, Open Society Institute, Hungary
•	In kind contributions of member Institutions in addition to the annual fees