Initial funds to launch the organization were provided by the Ford Foundation and the United Nations Foundation (UNF). Today, Conectas main donors are:

• European Commission
• Foundation Open Society Institute (OSI, OSISA, OS-Justice Initiative)
• Natura Cosmetics
• The Ford Foundation
• The Oak Foundation
• The Overbrook Foundation
• The Tinker Foundation
• The United Nations Foundation (UNF)
• United Nations Democracy Fund
• United Nations Development Program

Other donors and partners:

• Ashoka
• Avina
• Irish Consulate for Brazil
• Friedrich Ebert Foundation - Brazil
• The British Council
• United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights