The Thami Mnyele Foundation receives annual support from Amsterdam City Council. In the past it occasionally also received funds from the Fund for Art, the Anjer Fund, the Ministries of Education, Culture and Science, Economic Affairs, and Development Cooperation, and the Mondriaan Foundation. The Thami Mnyele Foundation also gratefully receives donations from private individuals.
Past and present partners of the Thami Mnyele Foundation include Rijksakademie Amsterdam, Artoteek Zuidoost Amsterdam, Tropenmuseum Amsterdam, Universiteit Leiden, Transartists, Afrovibes, Africaserver, African colours, Stedelijk Museum Bureau Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum Zwolle, Holland South Africa Line, CBK Emmen, Jan van Eyck Akademie, Gemeente Museum Arnhem, Prins Claus Fonds, the Gate Foundation, Zam Magazine, Gallerie 23 SBK, ResArtis, Transartist and Platform AIR nl and the Gerrit Rietveld Academie