Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
ADVANCING GIRLS EDUCATION IN AFRICA INC
ADVANCING GIRLS EDUCATION IN AFRICA INC (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 22 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,450,184 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($771,900). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 73% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2023
- $1.1M
- Funders on record
- 22
- Grants received
- $1.5M
- Net assets
- $956k
What Advancing Girls Education in Africa Inc does
Mission
To provide life-changing opportunities for young women in malawi through targeted initiatives in education, mentoring and leadership development
As stated on its FY2023 Form 990.
Programs
Age africa provides comprehensive scholarships to academically talented adolescent girls in rural malawi. In 2023, the organization supported 330 girls with demonstrated financial need and strong academic performance at approximately 42 secondary schools across eight districts in malawis central and southern regions. In a country with fewer than 22% of women hold a high school diploma, nearly 95% of age africa scholars complete four years of high school, 65% pursue tertiary education, and 100% graduate.
$150,613 spent18% of program spendingIn addition to scholarships, age africa provides girls at the organizations partner schools with age africas extracurriculat program chats throughout the year, and selected students participate in an annual all-scholars retreat. Chats equips girls with crital life and leadership skills while fostering peer support networks that strenghten their resilience and confidence. Chats focuses on leadership development, decision making, self-advocary, and pathways to higher education. Structured to three one-year modules, the chats evolves alongside participants, providing relevant guidance as they grow and face new challenges. In 2021, age africa expanded its lets chats radio programming nationwide, reaching approximately 4 million girls across malawi.
$180,058 spent22% of program spendingAge africa continues to strenghten its programs and deepening partnerships to ensure girls are supported in school and thriving as empowered leaders in their communities. In 2023, the organization began incorporating the adolescent girls agency survey into its monitoring and evaluation systems, enabling more meaningful measurement of girls agency and long-term impact of programs like chats. Age africa remains an active national girls education network member and servces as chait of the southern region chapter o fhte council for non-governmental organizations. Through ongoing commnity engagement, age africa is building stronger, more localized support for girls education while refining its data collection and evaluation practices to align with its evolving strategic goals.
$328,969 spent40% of program spendingAge africa supports secondary schoool alumnae as they transition into higher education and careers. In 2021, the organization launched a post-secondary scholarship program for secondary school scholarship recipients to continue their education at malawi public universities or vocational schools. Scholarships are awarded for up to four years to scholars meeting academic eligibility requirements, with 100 scholars currently receiving support.
$158,696 spent19% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $818,336.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 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 2020 to 2021, from $70k to $676k (+867%).
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: 2020 0% · 2021 4% · 2022 0% · 2023 81%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
97% of ADVANCING GIRLS EDUCATION IN AFRICA INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (97% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 7 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.
Chief executive
Concepcion Gaxiola
Executive director
Board chair
Darren Smith
Board chair
As listed on its FY2023 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 7 funders to 5 funders, grant income fell $101k → $44k.
10 of 22 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 73% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of ADVANCING GIRLS EDUCATION IN 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
ADVANCING GIRLS EDUCATION IN AFRICA INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 53% of grant income and the top three 76%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
80% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund ADVANCING GIRLS EDUCATION IN AFRICA INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 49% · 2018 56% · 2019 61% · 2020 36% · 2021 93% · 2022 47% · 2023 56% — growing more concentrated.
“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.
How long its funders stay
38% of ADVANCING GIRLS EDUCATION IN AFRICA INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 36% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
73% of ADVANCING GIRLS EDUCATION IN AFRICA INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $394k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 6 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.1M arriving through sponsors registered in 9 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. 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
ADVANCING GIRLS EDUCATION IN AFRICA INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 1,538 international nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,538 international nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2023
Organizations like ADVANCING GIRLS EDUCATION IN 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
77% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
55%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Advancing Girls' Education in Africa Malawi · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds ADVANCING GIRLS EDUCATION IN AFRICA INC?
- ADVANCING GIRLS EDUCATION IN AFRICA INC (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 22 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,450,184 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($771,900). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 73% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does ADVANCING GIRLS EDUCATION IN AFRICA INC have?
- IRS filings report 22 organizations giving $1,450,184 in grants to ADVANCING GIRLS EDUCATION IN AFRICA INC, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ADVANCING GIRLS EDUCATION IN AFRICA INC?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $771,900 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ADVANCING GIRLS EDUCATION IN 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.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2023 (financials across 2017–2023), and the filings of 22 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