It also lends financial and other support to IOM programs elsewhere. IOM has a staff of about 2,000, of whom 80 are assigned to its Geneva headquarters and the others in more than 100 offices throughout the world. In the U.S. IOM has offices in Washington D.C., New York, Miami, Chicago, San Francisco, Seattle and Los Angeles. IOM's main governing body, the Council, usually meets once a year, in November. IOM's 2000 administrative budget is 34 million Swiss Francs.
Financing is through contributions from Member States according to a scale of assessment.
In addition, IOM has an operational budget that is based on voluntary contributions from governments and multilateral donors.