Washington, D.C. · Public charity
Innovations for Poverty Action a Nonprofit Corporation
Innovations for poverty action discovers and promotes effective solutions to global poverty.
- $3.5M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 32
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 17
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 35%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $1.8M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $360,457
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 23
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 13
- Total assets, FY2024
- $33M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 35% of the organizations Innovations for Poverty Action a Nonprofit Corporation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 19% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $238k 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 | 18 | $1.4M | 33% |
| FY2023 | 17 | $1.3M | 35% |
| FY2022 | 17 | $1.1M | 53% |
| FY2021 | 12 | $1.1M | 50% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $1.3M | 10% |
| FY2019 | 11 | $1.1M | 27% |
| FY2018 | 13 | $832k | 15% |
| FY2017 | 23 | $1.9M | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Regents of the University of California at Berkeley | $2,037,168 | 8 | n/a |
| International Rescue Committee INC | $950,833 | 7 | 0% |
| University of California San Francisco | $894,875 | 4 | n/a |
| Regents of the University of Michigan | $611,091 | 6 | n/a |
| Search for Common Ground | $511,642 | 6 | 1% |
| Regents of the University of California at San Diego | $473,437 | 4 | n/a |
| Community Partners International | $460,164 | 3 | 1% |
| The Freedom Fund | $425,559 | 3 | 1% |
| Northwestern University | $368,006 | 1 | 0% |
| International Food Policy Research Institute | $291,835 | 4 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Regents of the University of California at Berkeley | $2,037,168 | 8 | n/a |
| International Rescue Committee INC | $950,833 | 7 | 0% |
| University of California San Francisco | $894,875 | 4 | n/a |
| Regents of the University of Michigan | $611,091 | 6 | n/a |
| Search for Common Ground | $511,642 | 6 | 1% |
| Regents of the University of California at San Diego | $473,437 | 4 | n/a |
| Community Partners International | $460,164 | 3 | 1% |
| The Freedom Fund | $425,559 | 3 | 1% |
| Northwestern University | $368,006 | 1 | 0% |
| International Food Policy Research Institute | $291,835 | 4 | 0% |
| End Modern Slavery Initiative Foundation | $291,296 | 3 | 4% |
| International Bank for Reconstruction and Development | $255,000 | 1 | n/a |
| William & Mary | $178,396 | 4 | n/a |
| University of Chicago | $167,781 | 2 | 0% |
| New York University | $150,813 | 2 | 0% |
| Carnegie Mellon University | $149,815 | 3 | 0% |
| University of California Davis | $136,013 | 2 | n/a |
| Intuit | $130,018 | 1 | n/a |
| Trustees of Tufts College | $124,970 | 2 | 0% |
| Rector & Visitors of the University of Virginia | $111,576 | 3 | n/a |
| Board of the University of Alabama | $111,065 | 2 | n/a |
| Center for Global Development | $103,291 | 2 | 1% |
| William & Mary Foundation | $83,749 | 4 | 0% |
| Michigan State University | $79,198 | 2 | n/a |
| Duke University | $69,892 | 3 | 0% |
| Precision Development Inc | $51,868 | 1 | 1% |
| Busara Center for Behavioral Economics Inc | $51,429 | 1 | 1% |
| University of Vermont and State Agricultural College | $51,170 | 1 | n/a |
| Eleison Foundation | $50,000 | 2 | 51% |
| The Research Foundation for The State University of New York | $42,753 | 1 | 0% |
| Community Health Center Inc | $39,822 | 1 | 0% |
| Network for Empowerment & Progressive Initiatives - Nepi Inc | $38,298 | 3 | 26% |
| Georgetown University | $38,014 | 3 | 0% |
| Florida State University Research Foundation Inc | $34,364 | 1 | 0% |
| Regents Univ of California | $28,939 | 1 | n/a |
| Johns Hopkins University | $27,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Trustees of Boston University | $26,599 | 1 | 0% |
| The Freedom Story | $26,565 | 2 | 3% |
| Regents of the University of California | $25,083 | 1 | n/a |
| World Hope International Inc | $24,796 | 1 | 0% |
| Oregon State University | $22,163 | 2 | n/a |
| Willow International Everfree | $18,417 | 1 | 1% |
| Money Management International Financial Education Foundation | $16,137 | 1 | n/a |
| Emory University | $16,084 | 1 | 0% |
| Oklahoma State University | $15,781 | 1 | n/a |
| International Youth Foundation | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Sistemafutura LLC | $14,000 | 1 | n/a |
| American University | $12,521 | 1 | 0% |
| World Learning Inc | $12,217 | 1 | 0% |
| International Justice Mission | $10,900 | 1 | 0% |
| George Mason University | $9,241 | 2 | n/a |
| Meeting Tomorrow | $8,455 | 1 | n/a |
| Job Opportunities Task Force Inc | $4,459 | 1 | 0% |
| International Health Research Associates | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($62k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Innovations for Poverty Action a Nonprofit Corporation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 33 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.
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How this is measured
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About Innovations for Poverty Action a Nonprofit Corporation
- How much does Innovations for Poverty Action a Nonprofit Corporation give?
- Innovations for Poverty Action a Nonprofit Corporation reported 32 itemized grants totaling $1,833,777, out of $3,482,661 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 23 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Innovations for Poverty Action a Nonprofit Corporation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (30%), International (29%), Education (26%).
- Who are Innovations for Poverty Action a Nonprofit Corporation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Regents of the University of California at Berkeley ($2.0M), International Rescue Committee INC ($951k), University of California San Francisco ($895k).
- Does Innovations for Poverty Action a Nonprofit Corporation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 35% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Innovations for Poverty Action a Nonprofit Corporation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Wellspring Philanthropic Fund Inc, Gates Foundation, The Rockefeller Foundation.
- Where is Innovations for Poverty Action a Nonprofit Corporation based?
- Innovations for Poverty Action a Nonprofit Corporation is based in DC.
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