Washington, D.C. · Public charity
Improving Economies for Stronger Communities
Iesc helps people improve their lives by catalyzing private sector growth and employment in economically developing countries.
- $10M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 5
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $885k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $220,783
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $309,285
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 14
- FY2018 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 5
- Total assets, FY2024
- $32M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations Improving Economies for Stronger Communities funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 5 | $885k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $791k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 11 | $1.1M | 18% |
| FY2021 | 9 | $750k | 44% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $865k | 14% |
| FY2019 | 11 | $1.7M | 9% |
| FY2018 | 14 | $2.5M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 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, FY2018 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mennonite Economic Development Associates | $1,688,677 | 3 | n/a |
| Global Cold Chain Foundation | $1,035,567 | 7 | 12% |
| University of Florida | $912,368 | 7 | n/a |
| Global Communities | $825,094 | 6 | 0% |
| International Citycounty Management Association | $653,977 | 4 | 1% |
| Trustees of Purdue University | $653,743 | 4 | n/a |
| Center for International Private Enterprise Inc | $611,893 | 5 | 0% |
| Arizona State University | $410,279 | 2 | n/a |
| Rpx | $324,229 | 1 | n/a |
| Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University Term | $323,477 | 2 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mennonite Economic Development Associates | $1,688,677 | 3 | n/a |
| Global Cold Chain Foundation | $1,035,567 | 7 | 12% |
| University of Florida | $912,368 | 7 | n/a |
| Global Communities | $825,094 | 6 | 0% |
| International Citycounty Management Association | $653,977 | 4 | 1% |
| Trustees of Purdue University | $653,743 | 4 | n/a |
| Center for International Private Enterprise Inc | $611,893 | 5 | 0% |
| Arizona State University | $410,279 | 2 | n/a |
| Rpx | $324,229 | 1 | n/a |
| Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University Term | $323,477 | 2 | n/a |
| Grameen Foundation USA | $236,013 | 4 | 2% |
| Kansas State University Foundation | $192,737 | 4 | 0% |
| Small Enterprise Assistance Funds | $144,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Linc LLC | $111,882 | 1 | n/a |
| Cooperative League of the United States of America | $108,936 | 2 | 0% |
| Paxton | $60,759 | 1 | n/a |
| Global Dairy Platform Inc | $40,643 | 2 | 1% |
| World Perspectives Inc | $34,160 | 1 | n/a |
| Fsqs Consulting LLC | $29,188 | 2 | n/a |
| Moxxy Marketing | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($222k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Improving Economies for Stronger Communities 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.
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How this is measured
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About Improving Economies for Stronger Communities
- How much does Improving Economies for Stronger Communities give?
- Improving Economies for Stronger Communities reported 5 itemized grants totaling $884,988, out of $10,175,160 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 14 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
- What does Improving Economies for Stronger Communities fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are International (42%), Education (29%), Food & Nutrition (12%).
- Who are Improving Economies for Stronger Communities's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: Mennonite Economic Development Associates ($1.7M), Global Cold Chain Foundation ($1.0M), University of Florida ($912k).
- Does Improving Economies for Stronger Communities fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Improving Economies for Stronger Communities?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Improving Economies for Stronger Communities based?
- Improving Economies for Stronger Communities is based in DC.
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