In addition to revenue funding from the National College of Art and Design, and annual funding from the Arts Council under the RFO programme, NIVAL has received numerous project grants for indexing, digitisation, and database projects. 

The generous support of The Heritage Council, The Higher Education Authority (PRTLI IV and V), the Department of Tourism, Culture and Sport, the Arts Council of Northern Ireland, and Design History Society, UK, is gratefully acknowledged.

NIVAL is a member of the Art Libraries Society (ARLIS) UK & Ireland, the Library Association of Ireland (LAI) and the Archives and Records Association UK & Ireland (ARA). NIVAL is an institutional member of the Digital Repository of Ireland (DRI).