The complete analytical output of the Belgium pilot investigation. 758 verified legal entities. €7.89 billion. 22,179 EU grant records. Four public registries. Ten structural findings. All documented. All sourced. All citable.
This is the source from which the NGO Transparency Dashboard draws its methodology. Published for journalists, parliamentary researchers, EU auditors, think tanks, and institutions.
· 22,179 records · March 2026
· Transparency of EU funding to NGOs
· 45 HR audits · €1.2M corrected · H2020 R&I
· OLAF: “no statistical data exists”
· 758 entities deep-verified
· Transparency and accountability
· Royal Decree 25/05/2024 · Law 27/12/2006
The complete Belgium NGO Funding Intelligence Pack contains 14 analytical charts, 758 verified entity profiles, and the full dataset across four public registries.
In every funding bracket below €50M, fewer than half of EU-funded Belgian NGOs file audited public accounts. Below €5M, where 549 of 758 entities sit, the audited share falls below 10%. The oversight gap is the structural baseline.
51.6% of verified entities score in the lowest public-visibility tier, managing €2.66 billion in EU grants. Score 4 alone, the single largest group, holds 183 entities and €2.29 billion. Only 75 entities out of 755 reach the highest tier. This is what the public can verify.
The public summary of the Belgium pilot investigation. Ten structural findings, each documented with named sources, precise figures, and applicable legal references. Written for journalists, MEPs, and anyone who needs to understand and cite what the oversight system is missing.
Not an allegation document. A measurement of what the public can verify about €7.89 billion in Belgian NGO EU grants.
→ The Name String Problem — 2,507 strings, 758 verified entities, 25% no VAT
→ The Invisible Workforce — €1.20B, 0–4 registered staff, 298 entities
→ The Financial Filing Gap — 37.6% with no public accounts, €1.74B invisible
→ The Parallel Grant Load — €5.47B, 251 entities, no cross-portfolio hour check
→ The Transparency score — four dimensions of public visibility
The complete analytical dataset underlying the Belgium pilot: every entity, every registry dimension, every transparency signal, every year. The source dataset from which the NGO Transparency Dashboard is built — packaged for professional and institutional use.
Built for: audit firms, parliamentary committees, investigative newsrooms, EU institutions, think tanks, academic researchers, and compliance professionals.
→ Excel dataset: 758 entities · all registry dimensions · 14 funding graphs · transparency scores (0–7) · HR split analysis · parallel grant load · 31 entities statistical watchlist
→ Auditor-style PDF report: full methodology · 10 blind spots in depth · structural findings by registry dimension · FOIA documents appended.
→ Methodology sheet: how each indicator is calculated · source for every data point · right of correction procedure
→ Source files: FTS Belgium export (official) · FOIA response documents · named registry cross-references
→ Licence: citable with attribution · formatted for MEP briefings · academic papers · journalism
The same four-registry cross-referencing methodology — FTS against national legal identity, employer registration, and financial disclosure registries — applies to every EU member state. €54.45 billion in total EU grants to non-profits across the EU-27. The Belgium pilot proves the method works. Each country is a new volume.
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