Washington, D.C. · Public charity
The Malala Fund
We work to ensure all girls can access and complete 12 years of education. By completing 12 years of quality schooling, girls will have the knowledge, skills and confidence they need to reach their full potential, make their own life choices (continued on schedule o) and engage meaningfully with the world around them.
- $13M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 8
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $1.5M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $150,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $450,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 8
- FY2021 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 6
- Total assets, FY2025
- $55M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 100% of the organizations The Malala Fund funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $800k 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 | 6 | $1.3M | 67% |
| FY2024 | 8 | $800k | 100% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $302k | 100% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $450k | 100% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $50k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.
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, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Atlantic Council of the United States Inc | $550,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Institute for State Effectiveness | $339,000 | 2 | 14% |
| Defaw Inc | $250,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Vital Voices Global Partnership Inc | $200,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Women's Environment and Development Organization | $152,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Too Young to Wed Inc | $150,000 | 1 | 8% |
| Wartists Inc | $150,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Impact Mapper Pbc | $140,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Learn Afghan Inc | $130,000 | 1 | 13% |
| The International Network for Aid Relief and Assistance Inc | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 21 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Atlantic Council of the United States Inc | $550,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Institute for State Effectiveness | $339,000 | 2 | 14% |
| Defaw Inc | $250,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Vital Voices Global Partnership Inc | $200,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Women's Environment and Development Organization | $152,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Too Young to Wed Inc | $150,000 | 1 | 8% |
| Wartists Inc | $150,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Impact Mapper Pbc | $140,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Learn Afghan Inc | $130,000 | 1 | 13% |
| The International Network for Aid Relief and Assistance Inc | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| American Near East Refugee Aid | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Unrwa USA National Committee Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Karam Foundation | $100,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Palestine Children's Relief Fund | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Kids in Need of Development Education and Relief Kinder USA | $100,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Roots and Wings Inc | $80,000 | 1 | 7% |
| The Brookings Institution | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Global Campaign for Education-Us | $50,000 | 1 | 8% |
| Kolba Inc | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Afghans Empowered Corp | $20,000 | 1 | 36% |
| Care About Climate Inc | $10,441 | 1 | 10% |
Where it is load-bearing
The Malala Fund supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 16 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.
Open a dossier: The Ford Foundation · Choose Love Inc · Cultures of Resistance Network Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · Network for Good · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Malala Fund
- How much does The Malala Fund give?
- The Malala Fund reported 8 itemized grants totaling $1,523,000, out of $13,095,096 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 8 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
- What does The Malala Fund fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are International (51%), Civil Rights (13%), Education (11%).
- Who are The Malala Fund's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: Atlantic Council of the United States Inc ($550k), Institute for State Effectiveness ($339k), Defaw Inc ($250k).
- Does The Malala Fund fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Malala Fund?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Ford Foundation, Choose Love Inc, Cultures of Resistance Network Foundation.
- Where is The Malala Fund based?
- The Malala Fund is based in DC.
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