ICRICT was initiated by a coalition of the following intergovernmental, civil society and labor organizations: Action Aid, Alliance-Sud, the Arab NGO Network for Development, the Center for Economic and Social Rights, Christian Aid, the Council for Global Unions, the Global Alliance for Tax Justice, Oxfam, Public Services International, Tax Justice Network, South Center and the World Council of Churches. The creation and work of ICRICT is supported by Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, The Joffe Charitable Trust, The American Assembly, The Network for Social Change, Friends Provident, and The Andrew Wainwright Reform Trust