The University, as an Institution of the ELCT, has been receiving funding support from the ELCT through strategies prepared by the ELCT in collaboration with the University. The University receives contributions from the Dioceses of the ELCT as well as special contributions from individuals or Institutions who have accepted to become “Friends of Tumaini University”. Friends of Tumaini University contribute a minimum amount of Twenty Thousand (T.Shs 20,000/-) per year.