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International Initiative for Impact Evaluation Inc

3ie is dedicated to transforming people's lives by providing various evaluation and synthesis evidence services.

$2.4M
Granted FY2025still arriving
2
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$174k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

International$6.7MEducation$4.8MFood & Nutrition$3.1MSocial Science$807kHealth$756kCommunity Improvement$526kScience & Tech$447kEnvironment$409k
02FY2025 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 2 grants below total $199,563, the rows itemized in this filing. The $2,448,023 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $2,248,460 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k1 grant · $26k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $174k
$173,770
Median grant
2
States reached
$26M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ATHENA INFONOMICS LLC$173,770
INNOVATIONS FOR POVERTY ACTION$25,793
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 81% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA: $160k → 11%STANFORD UNIVERSITY: $258k → 7%THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA: $237k → 10%SOCIETY FOR IMPLEMENTATION SCIENCE IN NUTRITION INC: $184k → 16%INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE: $159k → 17%WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY: $220k → 28%IMAGO GLOBAL GRASSROOTS: $320k → 14%MERCY CORPS: $213k → 12%UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT: $132k → 11%INNOVATIONS FOR POVERTY ACTION (IPA): $1.3M → 12%THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL: $372k → 13%EMORY UNIVERSITY: $208k → 14%PATH: $185k → 9%THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS: $113k → 19%ZERIHUN ASSOCIATES: $178k → 7%BUSINESS-COMMUNITY SYNERGIES LLC: $159k → 8%JHPIEGO CORPORATION: $139k → 19%HARVARD UNIVERSITY: $602k → 8%THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA: $142k → 10%SOCIETY FOR IMPLEMENTATION SCIENCE IN NUTRITION INC: $157k → 16%INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE: $121k → 17%CENTER FOR DISEASE DYNAMICSECONOMICS & POLICY INC: $170k → 14%INNOVATIONS FOR POVERTY ACTION (IPA): $953k → 12%THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL: $146k → 13%EMORY UNIVERSITY: $185k → 14%PATH: $123k → 9%JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $162k → 19%HARVARD UNIVERSITY: $455k → 8%THE POPULATION COUNCIL INC: $114k → 17%IMAGO GLOBAL GRASSROOTS: $140k → 14%INNOVATIONS FOR POVERTY ACTION (IPA): $828k → 12%PATH: $123k → 9%HARVAD UNIVERSITY: $123k → 8%IMAGO GLOBAL GRASSROOTS: $112k → 14%INNOVATIONS FOR POVERTY ACTION: $696k → 12%ATHENA INFONOMICS LLC: $174k → 8%INNOVATIONS FOR POVERTY ACTION (IPA): $688k → 12%CENTER FOR DISEASE DYNAMICS ECONOMICS & POLICY: $170k → 8%KHUSHI BABY INC: $142k → 12%UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CO LLC: $160k → 8%UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CO LLC: $112k → 8%INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE (IFPRI): $781k → 14%INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE (IFPRI): $535k → 14%INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE (IFPRI): $449k → 14%INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE (IFPRI): $332k → 14%INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE (IFPRI): $143k → 14%INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE (IFPRI): $131k → 14%AMERICAN INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH: $322k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
MT
MN
IL
NY
MA
OR
CT
CA
CO
VA
MD
KS
NC
DC
OK
GA

Grants abroad, by region: $2.2M on the FY2025 return

Schedule F, as filed: 4 regions. The IRS asks for region and purpose, not the recipient, so no country or grantee can be named here.

Europe (including Iceland and Greenland)$2.0M · 88% · 17 grants

Stated purpose: IMPACT EVALUATION

Sub-Saharan Africa$115k · 5% · 2 grants

Stated purpose: IMPACT EVALUATION

South Asia$105k · 5% · 3 grants

Stated purpose: IMPACT EVALUATION

South America$54k · 2% · 1 grant

Stated purpose: IMPACT EVALUATION

How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving. Grants abroad on Schedule F are filed by region, purpose and amount with no recipient name, so they are shown by region and cannot be placed on the country map or matched to a grantee.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

97%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$16M · 28 repeat orgs$444k to everyone else

28 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2025, 26 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

28
7

Total granted

$16M
$444k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+24%
+33%

Still filing today

61%
43%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
InternationalEducationSocial ScienceFood & NutritionHealthAnimalsOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • IF
    INNOVATIONS FOR POVERTY ACTION A NONPROFIT CORPORATION
    8× · 2017–2025 · $4.5M · revenue +24%
  • IG
    IMAGO GLOBAL GRASSROOTS
    6× · 2019–2024 · $692k · revenue +154%
  • EU
    Emory University
    5× · 2017–2021 · $490k · revenue +80%

Funded once

  • JC
    JHPIEGO CORPORATION
    one grant, 2017 · $139k · revenue -30%
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT
    one grant, 2017 · $132k
  • LA
    LEAD ANALYTICS INC
    one grant, 2017 · $63k
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
2
New York University

Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.

Education
3
Research Triangle Institute

Research Triangle Institute is one of the world's leading research institutes, dedicated to improving the human condition by turning knowledge into practice. Our staff of more than 3,700 provides research and technical (continued on…

Science & Tech
4
International Aids Vaccine Initiative Inc

A global nonprofit biomedical research organization that develops vaccines and antibodies for hiv, tuberculosis, and emerging infectious diseases.

International
5
International Center for Research On Women

The international center for research for women (icrw) is a global research institute, with a mission to advance rights and opportunities for women, girls, and structurally excluded populations with actionable evidence and solutions.

International
6
The George Washington University

The mission of the george washington university (gw) is to educate individuals in liberal arts, languages, sciences, learned professions, and other courses and subjects of study, and to conduct scholarly research and publish the findings…

Education
7
The Trustees of Princeton University

Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…

Education
8
Lehigh University

The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…

Education
9
MRIGlobal

To improve the lives of people through innovative scientific and engineering research.

Science & Tech
10
Trustees of Boston University

Organization's mission: boston university is an international, comprehensive, private research university, committed to educating students to be reflective, resourceful individuals ready to live, adapt, and lead in an interconnected world.…

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11
William Marsh Rice University

As a leading research university with a distinctive commitment to undergraduate education, Rice University aspires to path breaking research, unsurpassed teaching, and contributions to the betterment of our world. It seeks to fulfill this…

Education
12
International Vaccine Institute

To discover, develop and deliver safe, effective and affordable vaccines for global public health. its vision is developing countries free of suffering from infectious disease.

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Family Health International Inc; the most unlike its peers is Khushi Baby Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

24 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 24 of the 38 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
23/24
Grantees still filing
16/24
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

INNOVATIONS FOR POVERTY ACTION A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $4,514,452 · Social ScienceINNOVATIONS FOR POVERTY ACTION …AMERICAN INSTITUTES FOR RESEARCH IN THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES: $331,824 · Social ScienceAMERICAN INSTITUTES FOR RESEARC…UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL: $650,479 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF NORTH CA…UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CO (URC): $447,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY RESEARCH CO…REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT BERKELEY: $423,772 · OtherREGENTS OF THE UNIVERS…UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA: $395,972 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF MINNESOT…THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS: $290,835 · OtherTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES …ZERIHUN ASSOCIATES: $237,531 · OtherZERIHUN ASSOCIATESATHENA INFONOMICS LLC: $224,817 · OtherATHENA INFONOMICS LLCBUSINESS-COMMUNITY SYNERGIES LLC: $209,955 · OtherBUSINESS-COMMUNITY SYN…UNVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA: $163,102 · OtherMONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY: $149,675 · OtherJHPIEGO CORPORATION: $139,133 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT: $131,877 · Other+3 more: $121,158 · OtherINTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE: $2,568,074 · Food & NutritionINTERNATIONAL FOOD …SOCIETY FOR IMPLEMENTATION SCIENCE IN NUTRITION INC: $499,923 · Food & NutritionSOCIETY FOR IMPLEME…President and Fellows of Harvard College: $1,179,972 · EducationPresident and Fello…Emory University: $489,637 · EducationEmory UniversityTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $416,070 · EducationTHE BOARD OF TRUSTE…Cornell University: $337,929 · EducationCornell UniversityJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $262,000 · EducationJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVE…Research Foundation of the City University of New York: $162,625 · EducationResearch Foundation…+2 more: $116,419 · EducationIMAGO GLOBAL GRASSROOTS: $692,072 · InternationalIMAGO GLOBAL GR…PATH: $430,878 · InternationalPATHInternational Rescue Committee INC: $280,296 · InternationalInternational R…Mercy Corps: $252,662 · InternationalMercy CorpsKhushi Baby Inc: $191,980 · InternationalKhushi Baby IncFamily Health International Inc: $186,956 · InternationalFamily Health I…THE POPULATION COUNCIL INC: $170,135 · InternationalTHE POPULATION …ID INSIGHT INC: $137,184 · InternationalID INSIGHT INCCENTER FOR DISEASE DYNAMICS ECONOMICS & POLICY INC: $424,810 · HealthWildlife Conservation Society: $408,843 · AnimalsKICKSTART INTERNATIONAL INC: $30,000 · Philanthropy
Social Science$4,846,276Other$3,585,306Food & Nutrition$3,067,997Education$2,964,652International$2,342,163Health$424,810Animals$408,843Philanthropy$30,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetINNOVATIONS FOR POVERTY ACTION A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $4,514,452 over 8y, 2.9% of budgetINTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE: $2,568,074 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetPresident and Fellows of Harvard College: $1,179,972 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetIMAGO GLOBAL GRASSROOTS: $692,072 over 6y, 14% of budgetSOCIETY FOR IMPLEMENTATION SCIENCE IN NUTRITION INC: $499,923 over 4y, 86% of budgetEmory University: $489,637 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPATH: $430,878 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCENTER FOR DISEASE DYNAMICS ECONOMICS & POLICY INC: $424,810 over 3y, 7.2% of budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $416,070 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWildlife Conservation Society: $408,843 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCornell University: $337,929 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN INSTITUTES FOR RESEARCH IN THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES: $331,824 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $280,296 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $262,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMercy Corps: $252,662 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetKhushi Baby Inc: $191,980 over 3y, 72% of budgetFamily Health International Inc: $186,956 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE POPULATION COUNCIL INC: $170,135 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetResearch Foundation of the City University of New York: $162,625 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJHPIEGO CORPORATION: $139,133 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetID INSIGHT INC: $137,184 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetYale University: $95,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetKICKSTART INTERNATIONAL INC: $30,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetTrustees of Tufts College: $21,419 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds INNOVATIONS FOR POVERTY ACTION A NONPROFIT CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds President and Fellows of Harvard College ↗
  • Who funds IMAGO GLOBAL GRASSROOTS ↗
  • Who funds SOCIETY FOR IMPLEMENTATION SCIENCE IN NUTRITION INC ↗
  • Who funds Emory University ↗
  • Who funds PATH ↗
  • Who funds CENTER FOR DISEASE DYNAMICS ECONOMICS & POLICY INC ↗
  • Who funds THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds Wildlife Conservation Society ↗
  • Who funds Cornell University ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN INSTITUTES FOR RESEARCH IN THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES ↗
  • Who funds International Rescue Committee INC ↗
  • Who funds JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds Mercy Corps ↗
  • Who funds Khushi Baby Inc ↗
  • Who funds Family Health International Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE POPULATION COUNCIL INC ↗
  • Who funds Research Foundation of the City University of New York ↗
  • Who funds JHPIEGO CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds ID INSIGHT INC ↗
  • Who funds Yale University ↗
  • Who funds KICKSTART INTERNATIONAL INC ↗
  • Who funds Trustees of Tufts College ↗

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.

Gates FoundationCooperative for Assis…Georgetown UniversityJohns Hopkins Univers…The George Washington…Cornell UniversityYale UniversityThe Trustees of Colum…Wellspring Philanthro…Save The Children Fed…Population Services I…Family Health Interna…
Gates FoundationWA24.8× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Gates Foundation · Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere Inc · Georgetown University · Johns Hopkins University · The George Washington University · Cornell University · Yale University · The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York · Wellspring Philanthropic Fund Inc · Save The Children Federation Inc · Population Services International · Family Health International Inc

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization International Initiative for Impact Evaluation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from International Initiative for Impact Evaluation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%23%51%90%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 13%
  • Jhpiego Corporation: 65% of income from government
  • Mercy Corps: 47% of income from government
  • Center for Disease Dynamics Economics & Policy Inc: 16% of income from government
  • Trustees of Tufts College: 13% of income from government
  • Johns Hopkins University: 12% of income from government
  • Yale University: 12% of income from government
  • President and Fellows of Harvard College: 7% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
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Find your warmest path to International Initiative for Impact Evaluation Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 38 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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