Washington, D.C. · Public charity
Cnfa
To stimulate economic growth and improve livelihoods by cultivating entrepreneurship.
- $17M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 9
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 9%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $4.2M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $353,743
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $833,501
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 15
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 6
- Total assets, FY2024
- $18M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 9% of the organizations Cnfa funded were first-time grantees, receiving 9% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $558k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 8 | $4.2M | 13% |
| FY2023 | 11 | $5.9M | 9% |
| FY2022 | 13 | $5.1M | 8% |
| FY2021 | 12 | $3.9M | 8% |
| FY2020 | 15 | $2.1M | 47% |
| FY2019 | 10 | $4.9M | 10% |
| FY2018 | 13 | $4.2M | 8% |
| FY2017 | 13 | $4.6M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| International Medical Corps | $5,888,084 | 8 | 1% |
| Je Austin | $4,057,443 | 7 | n/a |
| Mercy Corps (Amalima Loko) | $3,278,057 | 4 | n/a |
| Helen Keller International | $3,182,573 | 5 | 1% |
| Devworks International | $3,036,970 | 3 | 13% |
| The Manoff Group Inc | $2,198,837 | 8 | n/a |
| Development Gateway Inc | $1,563,075 | 3 | 8% |
| Catholic Relief Services | $1,419,183 | 4 | n/a |
| Center for International Private Enterprise Inc | $1,381,397 | 4 | 1% |
| Plan International USA Inc | $1,357,142 | 6 | 1% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| International Medical Corps | $5,888,084 | 8 | 1% |
| Je Austin | $4,057,443 | 7 | n/a |
| Mercy Corps (Amalima Loko) | $3,278,057 | 4 | n/a |
| Helen Keller International | $3,182,573 | 5 | 1% |
| Devworks International | $3,036,970 | 3 | 13% |
| The Manoff Group Inc | $2,198,837 | 8 | n/a |
| Development Gateway Inc | $1,563,075 | 3 | 8% |
| Catholic Relief Services | $1,419,183 | 4 | n/a |
| Center for International Private Enterprise Inc | $1,381,397 | 4 | 1% |
| Plan International USA Inc | $1,357,142 | 6 | 1% |
| Connexus Corporation (Nigeria Ag - Invest ) | $1,306,702 | 4 | n/a |
| Africare | $1,233,503 | 4 | 4% |
| Marketshare Associates Inc (Rwanda Hinga Wunguke) | $789,028 | 2 | n/a |
| Global Cold Chain Foundation | $776,228 | 7 | 9% |
| Winrock International Institute for Agricultural Development | $591,023 | 4 | 0% |
| Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere Inc | $567,608 | 3 | 0% |
| Souktel | $451,583 | 3 | n/a |
| Carana Corporation (Palladium) | $430,817 | 2 | n/a |
| Wcc International Inc (Azerbaijan Psa) | $367,079 | 4 | n/a |
| Pax Mondial LLC | $315,794 | 2 | n/a |
| Innovations for Poverty Action a Nonprofit Corporation | $280,254 | 3 | 0% |
| AgriCorps Inc | $256,560 | 1 | 67% |
| International Development Group LLC | $86,043 | 1 | n/a |
| Nathan Associates Inc | $80,767 | 1 | n/a |
| Arizona State University | $32,455 | 1 | n/a |
| Trustees of Purdue University | $28,354 | 1 | n/a |
Where it is load-bearing
Cnfa supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 12 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Gates Foundation · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Cnfa
- How much does Cnfa give?
- Cnfa reported 9 itemized grants totaling $4,192,474, out of $16,940,819 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 15 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Cnfa fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Food & Nutrition (43%), International (31%), Community Improvement (10%).
- Who are Cnfa's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: International Medical Corps ($5.9M), Je Austin ($4.1M), Mercy Corps (Amalima Loko) ($3.3M).
- Does Cnfa fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 9% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Cnfa?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Gates Foundation, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Cnfa based?
- Cnfa is based in DC.
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