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Mulago Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$23M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
97
Grants FY2024
110
Organizations funded FY2023
40%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$250,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$500,000
Organizations funded a year
75 to 118
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
20
Total assets, FY2024
$358M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 40% of the organizations Mulago Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 29% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 71% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7.2M went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
InternationalEnvironmentEducationHealthHuman ServicesSocial ScienceOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving91$23M27%
FY2023110$25M40%
FY2022102$20M46%
FY2021118$23M42%
FY2020113$19M37%
FY201994$19M28%
FY201883$18M33%
FY201775$16Mn/a
95% classified

What it funded, over time

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

International$62MEnvironment$32MHealth$25MEducation$8.7MFood & Nutrition$8.6MPhilanthropy$3.8MCommunity Improvement$3.4MYouth Development$3.4MOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

AK
ME
VT
NH
WA
ID
MN
IL
NY
MA
OR
NV
IN
OH
NJ
CT
CA
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MO
WV
VA
MD
DE
NM
TN
NC
DC
HI
OK
LA
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Nia Tero Foundation$10,000,00023%
Conservation International Foundation$3,050,00031%
Integrate Health Inc$2,825,000813%
Panorama Global$2,720,00062%
Project Healthy Children Inc$2,550,000820%
Muso Inc$2,475,00085%
Nexleaf Analytics$2,350,000810%
Noora Health$2,325,000816%
Villagereach$2,250,00086%
Last Mile Health$2,250,00073%
Show all 116 grantees
All grantees of Mulago Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Nia Tero Foundation$10,000,00023%
Conservation International Foundation$3,050,00031%
Integrate Health Inc$2,825,000813%
Panorama Global$2,720,00062%
Project Healthy Children Inc$2,550,000820%
Muso Inc$2,475,00085%
Nexleaf Analytics$2,350,000810%
Noora Health$2,325,000816%
Villagereach$2,250,00086%
Last Mile Health$2,250,00073%
Healthy Learners Inc$2,150,000840%
Visionspring Inc$2,143,00088%
Luminos Fund$2,000,00086%
Digital Green Foundation$1,900,00074%
World Resources Institute$1,850,00070%
Imagine Worldwide$1,850,000711%
Strongminds Inc$1,850,000810%
Bridges to Prosperity Inc$1,850,00065%
Intelehealth Inc$1,800,000560%
Lwala Community Alliance$1,650,00066%
Amani Global Works$1,650,000836%
Living Goods$1,600,00063%
One Acre Fund$1,500,00060%
Social Finance Inc$1,484,50043%
No Means No Worldwide$1,350,000725%
Medic Mobile Inc$1,300,00065%
Precision Development Inc$1,250,00076%
Pivot Works Inc$1,250,00075%
Educate Girls$1,250,00034%
Saha Global Inc$1,250,000638%
Myagro Farms$1,250,00053%
Maliasili Initiatives Inc$1,250,000215%
Semilla Nueva$1,250,000325%
The Global Development Incubator Inc$1,180,00053%
Dost Education$1,150,000643%
Savelife Foundation USA$1,000,000327%
Root Capital Inc$900,00032%
Young 1ove Foundation$775,000317%
Ubongo International$750,00034%
Planet Indonesia$600,000320%
Mass Design Group Ltd$550,00033%
ImpactMatters Inc$533,620245%
Id Insight Inc$525,00031%
Global Health Corps Inc$500,00054%
Earthenable Inc$500,00027%
Sanergy Inc$500,000211%
Aceli Africa Inc$500,00013%
The Nudge Foundation$350,00026%
Emerging Public Leaders Inc$350,000375%
Shamiri Institute Inc$350,000316%
Within Reach Inc$350,000212%
Rocket Learning Foundation$350,000328%
Legado Inc$335,000521%
The Boma Project Inc$330,00017%
Equalize Health Formerly D-Rev$300,00028%
The Yale-Mulago Medical Fellowship Corp$300,0003100%
Afef Inc$250,00013%
Kidogo Early Years Inc$250,00033%
Educate$250,00023%
Watsi Inc$250,00036%
The Friendship Bench Inc$250,0001n/a
Rare$250,00030%
Eyelliance Inc$200,000114%
Miraclefeet$200,00041%
Hello Tractor Inc$150,0002n/a
Nyaya Health$150,00013%
Innovations for Poverty Action a Nonprofit Corporation$100,00010%
Rainforest Alliance Inc$100,00020%
Rainforest Trust$100,00020%
Touch Health Inc$100,00012%
International Rivers Network$100,00022%
Friends of Pjl Madagascar$100,000155%
Thinkmd Inc$100,0002n/a
World Forest ID Association$100,00014%
Operation Fistula$100,000219%
Save the Waves Coalition$100,00026%
Cycle Connect Inc$100,000210%
University of New Mexico Foundation Inc$100,00010%
DTWO LTD DBA Awana Digital$100,00017%
Sanitation and Health Rights in India$100,000235%
Rights and Resources Institute Inc$100,00011%
CalCef Innovations$100,00021%
Wildaid Inc$100,00021%
Growth Teams Inc$100,000133%
Ocean Outcomes$100,00024%
Earth Law Center$100,000213%
Health in Harmony$100,00012%
American Friends of Happy Hearts Inc$100,000135%
Greenhouse Gas Experts Network Inc$50,00014%
Solar Freeze Inc$50,000125%
Manasseh's Children Dba Ujamaa-Africa$50,000125%
Goodland Inc$50,00014%
Edward Charles Foundation$50,00010%
University of California San Francisco Foundation$50,00010%
Future Generations Inc$50,000131%
Fortify Inc$50,00016%
Daring Girls$50,00014%
Climate Neutral$50,00015%
The Share Trust Inc$30,00017%
Building Tomorrow Inc$30,00011%
Angels For Angels$30,00011%
Global School Leaders$30,00016%
Ubuntu Center for Peace Inc$30,0001n/a
The Aspen Institute Inc$30,00010%
Health Access Connect Inc$30,000124%
The Understory Project Inc$30,000111%
Spring Impact Incorporated$28,00012%
Newtown Rotary Club Foundation Inc$23,500226%
Enfoque Ixcan$10,000116%
Hamilton Families$1,50010%
Alta Vista School$1,00010%
California Fire Foundation$50010%
Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc$50010%
Sustainable Conservation$50010%
Social Good Labs Incorporated$50010%
Gambiarising$50010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 220 recipients with no EIN on record ($75M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Mulago Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 18 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 112 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetNia Tero Foundation: $10,000,000 over 2y, 3.3% of budgetConservation International Foundation: $3,050,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetIntegrate Health Inc: $2,825,000 over 8y, 13% of budgetPanorama Global: $2,720,000 over 6y, 1.8% of budgetProject Healthy Children Inc: $2,550,000 over 8y, 20% of budgetMuso Inc: $2,475,000 over 8y, 5.2% of budgetNexleaf Analytics: $2,350,000 over 8y, 10% of budgetNoora Health: $2,325,000 over 8y, 16% of budgetVillagereach: $2,250,000 over 8y, 6.0% of budgetLast Mile Health: $2,250,000 over 7y, 2.6% of budgetHealthy Learners Inc: $2,150,000 over 8y, 40% of budgetVisionspring Inc: $2,143,000 over 8y, 7.7% of budgetLuminos Fund: $2,000,000 over 8y, 6.1% of budgetDigital Green Foundation: $1,900,000 over 7y, 4.4% of budgetWorld Resources Institute: $1,850,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetImagine Worldwide: $1,850,000 over 7y, 11% of budgetStrongminds Inc: $1,850,000 over 8y, 10% of budgetBridges to Prosperity Inc: $1,850,000 over 6y, 5.0% of budgetIntelehealth Inc: $1,800,000 over 5y, 60% of budgetLwala Community Alliance: $1,650,000 over 6y, 5.7% of budgetAmani Global Works: $1,650,000 over 8y, 36% of budgetLiving Goods: $1,600,000 over 6y, 2.7% of budgetOne Acre Fund: $1,500,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetSocial Finance Inc: $1,484,500 over 4y, 3.2% of budgetNo Means No Worldwide: $1,350,000 over 7y, 25% of budgetMedic Mobile Inc: $1,300,000 over 6y, 5.4% of budgetPrecision Development Inc: $1,250,000 over 7y, 6.0% of budgetPivot Works Inc: $1,250,000 over 7y, 4.6% of budgetEducate Girls: $1,250,000 over 3y, 4.3% of budgetSaha Global Inc: $1,250,000 over 6y, 38% of budgetMyagro Farms: $1,250,000 over 5y, 3.4% of budgetMaliasili Initiatives Inc: $1,250,000 over 2y, 15% of budgetSemilla Nueva: $1,250,000 over 3y, 25% of budgetThe Global Development Incubator Inc: $1,180,000 over 5y, 2.9% of budgetDost Education: $1,150,000 over 6y, 43% of budgetSavelife Foundation USA: $1,000,000 over 3y, 27% of budgetRoot Capital Inc: $900,000 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetYoung 1ove Foundation: $775,000 over 3y, 17% of budgetUbongo International: $750,000 over 3y, 3.9% of budgetPlanet Indonesia: $600,000 over 3y, 20% of budgetMass Design Group Ltd: $550,000 over 3y, 2.5% of budgetImpactMatters Inc: $533,620 over 2y, 45% of budgetId Insight Inc: $525,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetGlobal Health Corps Inc: $500,000 over 5y, 4.0% of budgetEarthenable Inc: $500,000 over 2y, 6.8% of budgetSanergy Inc: $500,000 over 2y, 11% of budgetAceli Africa Inc: $500,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetThe Nudge Foundation: $350,000 over 2y, 5.9% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 112.

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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.

Rippleworks IncCA66.3× affinity30 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Rippleworks Inc · Dovetail Impact Foundation (Fka David Weekley Family Foundation) · Skoll Fund · Gates Foundation · The Ray and Tye Noorda Foundation · The Skoll Foundation · The Iroh Foundation (Fka Ra5 Foundation) · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Wellspring Philanthropic Fund Inc · Sall Family Foundation · Impactassetsinc · Segal Family Foundation 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.

Compare Mulago Foundation with peer funders

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How do I get to Mulago Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Mulago Foundation 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.

About Mulago Foundation

How much does Mulago Foundation give?
Mulago Foundation reported 97 grants totaling $22,528,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 75 and 118 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Mulago Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are International (38%), Environment (20%), Health (15%).
Who are Mulago Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Nia Tero Foundation ($10M), Conservation International Foundation ($3.0M), Integrate Health Inc ($2.8M).
Does Mulago Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 40% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Mulago Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Mulago Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Rippleworks Inc, Dovetail Impact Foundation (Fka David Weekley Family Foundation), Skoll Fund.
Where is Mulago Foundation based?
Mulago Foundation is based in NY.

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 340 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-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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