Washington, D.C. · Public charity
Global Fund for Children
GLOBAL FUND FOR CHILDREN partners with grassroots organizations around the world to help children and youth reach their full potential and advance their rights.
- $5.1M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 1
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $35k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $35,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $35,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 11
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $20M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Global Fund for Children funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 1 | $35k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 1 | $45k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $62k | 33% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $212k | 22% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $101k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 8 | $197k | 13% |
| FY2019 | 11 | $237k | 36% |
| FY2018 | 8 | $140k | 88% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homies Unidos Inc | $226,876 | 8 | 4% |
| The Tahirih Justice Center | $123,463 | 5 | 0% |
| Al Otro Lado | $97,470 | 5 | 1% |
| Georges Malaika Foundation Inc | $90,000 | 3 | 7% |
| Nicaraguan Education Resource Center | $86,523 | 3 | 5% |
| Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs (See) Inc | $85,102 | 4 | 0% |
| Womens Justice Initiative Inc | $75,029 | 4 | 3% |
| RefuSHE Inc | $50,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Courtneys House Inc | $38,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Church World Service Inc | $36,707 | 4 | 0% |
Show all 18 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homies Unidos Inc | $226,876 | 8 | 4% |
| The Tahirih Justice Center | $123,463 | 5 | 0% |
| Al Otro Lado | $97,470 | 5 | 1% |
| Georges Malaika Foundation Inc | $90,000 | 3 | 7% |
| Nicaraguan Education Resource Center | $86,523 | 3 | 5% |
| Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs (See) Inc | $85,102 | 4 | 0% |
| Womens Justice Initiative Inc | $75,029 | 4 | 3% |
| RefuSHE Inc | $50,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Courtneys House Inc | $38,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Church World Service Inc | $36,707 | 4 | 0% |
| Creating Hope International | $27,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Fihankra Akoma Ntoaso | $26,000 | 3 | 4% |
| Connectedconectando Educacion | $22,194 | 1 | 9% |
| Creative Life Foundation Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 10% |
| Organization for Youth Empowerment | $18,986 | 1 | 5% |
| National Day Laborer Organizing Network | $16,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Candid | $14,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Project Create | $9,000 | 1 | 1% |
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Global Fund for Children supplied at peak.
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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: Globalgiving Foundation Inc · Together Women Rise · Greater Washington Community Foundation · Tides Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Global Fund for Children
- How much does Global Fund for Children give?
- Global Fund for Children reported 1 itemized grants totaling $35,000, out of $5,062,073 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 11 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Global Fund for Children fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Crime & Legal (49%), International (22%), Education (8%).
- Who are Global Fund for Children's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Homies Unidos Inc ($227k), The Tahirih Justice Center ($123k), Al Otro Lado ($97k).
- Does Global Fund for Children fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Global Fund for Children?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Globalgiving Foundation Inc, Together Women Rise, Greater Washington Community Foundation.
- Where is Global Fund for Children based?
- Global Fund for Children is based in DC.
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