Run by the Cité de la musique – Philharmonie de Paris, Démos is supported by the French Government, and the Social Welfare boards (“CAF”). This funding is supplemented by local authorities participating in the initiative, and a community of patrons - companies, foundations, individual donors. It is sponsored by Lilian Thuram and his Education Against Racism Foundation, pianist Khatia Buniatishvili and philosopher Souleymane Bachir Diagne.