Washington, D.C. · Public charity
Dalberg Catalyst
Dalberg Catalyst exists to co-create and actively accelerate systems solutions that have a tangible and durable impact on the pressing societal and planetary challenges of our time. We tackle challenges with agility and accountability, doing what it takes to have transformative impact. Our solutions combine: 1. The systems approach that…
- $2.0M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 5
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $285k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $50,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 5
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $7.1M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 100% of the organizations Dalberg Catalyst funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $215k 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 | 4 | $235k | 75% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $215k | 100% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $861k | 80% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $150k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $66k | 100% |
| FY2017 | 2 | $33k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| World Resources Institute | $581,300 | 2 | 0% |
| University of California Davis | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Igarape Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Arizona State University | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Inspire Project Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 37% |
| Just Capital Foundation Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Future Earth | $70,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Amref Health Africa Inc Inc (Amref) | $66,263 | 1 | 1% |
| Surgical Systems Research Group | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| World Resources Institute | $581,300 | 2 | 0% |
| University of California Davis | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Igarape Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Arizona State University | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Inspire Project Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 37% |
| Just Capital Foundation Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Future Earth | $70,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Amref Health Africa Inc Inc (Amref) | $66,263 | 1 | 1% |
| Surgical Systems Research Group | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Madre Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Multiplier | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Earth Genome | $30,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Millennium Campus Network Inc | $30,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Vera Solutions | $17,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Global Alliance for Surgical Obstetric Trauma and Anaesthesia Care | $15,338 | 1 | 3% |
Where it is load-bearing
Dalberg Catalyst 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: The Rockefeller Foundation · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
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About Dalberg Catalyst
- How much does Dalberg Catalyst give?
- Dalberg Catalyst reported 5 itemized grants totaling $285,000, out of $2,044,575 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 5 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Dalberg Catalyst fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Environment (59%), International (18%), Employment (4%).
- Who are Dalberg Catalyst's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: World Resources Institute ($581k), University of California Davis ($100k), Igarape Inc ($100k).
- Does Dalberg Catalyst fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Dalberg Catalyst?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Rockefeller Foundation, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is Dalberg Catalyst based?
- Dalberg Catalyst is based in DC.
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