Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
ACELI AFRICA INC
ACELI AFRICA INC (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,600,644 to it, the largest being GATES FOUNDATION ($1,500,644). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $17M
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $2.6M
- Net assets
- $3.9M
What Aceli Africa Inc does
Mission
Aceli's mission is to unlock the growth and impact of agricultural small- and medium-sized enterprises (smes) by bridging the gap between capital supply and demand.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Aceli africa's target is to unlock $1.6b in private sector lending for inclusive agricultural smes in east africa through year-end 2030. With access to lending, agricultural smes can drive improvements in the productivity and market access of smallholders, while creating jobs across the value chain. During our first four years of operations (september 2020-december 2024), 42 active aceli lending partners registered loans totaling $283m across the initial four focus countries (kenya, rwanda, tanzania, uganda) and newly, zambia. Of these loans, 61% are to new borrowers (defined as not having received a loan of $25k+ from any lender in the prior three years), 57% meet our high standard for providing economic opportunities to women, 69% contribute to food security in africa, and 17% meet our climate & environment impact bonus. The smes receiving aceli-supported loans have created market access for 1.5m smallholder farmer suppliers and employment for 52k full-time workers.as of december 2024, 42 lenders had signed legal agreements with aceli and an additional 8 were in negotiations or in the process of signing. Of the 42 accredited lenders, three-quarters are commercial banks or…
$14,310,706 spentof which $1,818,381 as grants99% of program spendingAceli americas facilitates learning exchange through an advisory partnership with a mexican non-profit organization to design a local incentive facility, coa. Aceli provides strategic support to inform coa's set-up and design and gathers learning to inform future aceli advisory.
$70,454 spent0% of program spendingCsaf convenes an alliance of lending institutions to build an inclusive and sustainable financial market for small- and medium-sized enterprises (smes) in the agriculture sector. Members share learning, develop industry standards, and engage other stakeholders to facilitate market growth, promote responsible lending practices, and strengthen the sme ecosystem.
$61,530 spent$65,069 earned by the program0% of program spendingOther advisory programs
$1,853 spent$4,750 earned by the program0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $14,444,543.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $8.3M to $15M (+84%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2021 20% · 2022 20% · 2023 28% · 2024 19%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
98% of ACELI AFRICA INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (96% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 4 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Who funds it, year by year
2022 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $600k → $751k.
Left out of every figure on this page: $21M from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest The Global Development Incubator Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money ACELI AFRICA INC raised.
From the IRS filings of ACELI AFRICA INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
ACELI AFRICA INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 58% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
ACELI AFRICA INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 3 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
ACELI AFRICA INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 363 international nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 363 international nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Organizations like ACELI AFRICA INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Washington, D.C.
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
95% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 6 related entities
- The Global Development Incubator Inc · exempt
- Gdi Solutions Inc · exempt
- Isf Advisors Inc · exempt
- Colibri Catalyst Inc · exempt
- Aceli Africa Company Limited - Rwanda · corp_trust
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds ACELI AFRICA INC?
- ACELI AFRICA INC (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,600,644 to it, the largest being GATES FOUNDATION ($1,500,644). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ACELI AFRICA INC have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $2,600,644 in grants to ACELI AFRICA INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ACELI AFRICA INC?
- GATES FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,500,644 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ACELI AFRICA INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington, D.C.. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2021–2024), and the filings of 3 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing