The Nelson Mandela Museum received most of its funding from the subsidy allocations from National Government through the Department of Arts and Culture. Total revenue collected by the Nelson Mandela Museum for the year under review increased by 11.75% from R 20 197 813 million to R 22 571 767 million. The subsidy from the Department of Arts and Culture accounted for 65.38 % of the total revenue while 0.38 % was from donor funding, 32.74 % from project funding recognized as revenue, 1.84 % realized as the Museum's own income generated through interest bank investments of the amount received from various project funders, rental of conference venue and charges for accommodation at the Qunu Youth and Heritage Centre. The operating expenditure for the year under review was R 22 596 964 million eliciting an increase of 3.55 % from that recorded the previous year.