Delaware · Private foundation
Umsizi Fund
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.
- $670k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 4
- Grants FY2024
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 40%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $30,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $620,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 17
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 4
- Total assets, FY2024
- $7.3M
- 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 Umsizi Fund funded were first-time grantees, receiving 5% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $40k 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 | 4 | $670k | 25% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $875k | 40% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $735k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $667k | 75% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $278k | 20% |
| FY2018 | 17 | $418k | 53% |
| FY2017 | 12 | $464k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| African Leadership Foundation | $2,493,000 | 4 | 11% |
| Education for Employment | $316,102 | 3 | 2% |
| Ubuntu Pathways Inc | $266,666 | 2 | 5% |
| Educate | $90,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Generation You Employed Inc | $45,000 | 2 | 0% |
| West Africa Vocational Education Inc | $31,692 | 2 | 10% |
| 1to4 | $30,000 | 3 | 10% |
| Ciyota Inc Dba Coburwas | $26,000 | 3 | 19% |
| One World Childrens Fund | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The Synergos Institute Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 18 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| African Leadership Foundation | $2,493,000 | 4 | 11% |
| Education for Employment | $316,102 | 3 | 2% |
| Ubuntu Pathways Inc | $266,666 | 2 | 5% |
| Educate | $90,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Generation You Employed Inc | $45,000 | 2 | 0% |
| West Africa Vocational Education Inc | $31,692 | 2 | 10% |
| 1to4 | $30,000 | 3 | 10% |
| Ciyota Inc Dba Coburwas | $26,000 | 3 | 19% |
| One World Childrens Fund | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The Synergos Institute Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Brooklyn Community Bail Fund Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Toniic Institute | $24,000 | 4 | 0% |
| American Friends of the School of St Jude Tanzania Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Education for All Children | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Digital Divide Data | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Education Development Center Inc | $2,333 | 1 | 0% |
| Jumpstart Academy Africa | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Network of Engaged International Donors Global Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 15 recipients with no EIN on record ($663k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Umsizi Fund 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.
Open a dossier: Impactassetsinc · The Skoll Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Boston Foundation Inc · The Issroff Family Foundation · Mastercard Foundation · Segal Family Foundation Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation
How this is measured
About Umsizi Fund
- How much does Umsizi Fund give?
- Umsizi Fund reported 4 grants totaling $670,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 17 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Umsizi Fund fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are International (75%), Education (8%), Employment (8%).
- Who are Umsizi Fund's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: African Leadership Foundation ($2.5M), Education for Employment ($316k), Ubuntu Pathways Inc ($267k).
- Does Umsizi Fund fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 40% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Umsizi Fund 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 Umsizi Fund?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Impactassetsinc, The Skoll Foundation, Silicon Valley Community Foundation.
- Where is Umsizi Fund based?
- Umsizi Fund is based in DE.
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