Colorado · Nonprofit
AFRICA DEVELOPMENT PROMISE
AFRICA DEVELOPMENT PROMISE (Colorado) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $825,096 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($447,780). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 70% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $340k
- Funders on record
- 17
- Grants received
- $825k
- Net assets
- $119k
What Africa Development Promise does
Mission
Africa Development Promise is a Colorado based nonprofit organization whose mission is to improve the lives and livelihoods of rural women in East Africa through training and resources that support their collective efforts to operate competitively in the marketplace.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
In Rwanda, ADP focused on boosting the agricultural capacity of 8 cooperatives (500+ women farmers) by promoting crop diversification, integrated pest management (IPM) training, and improved irrigation systems for sustainable water use. A highlight was the construction of a farm packhouse for the KAJU Cooperative, which equips the cooperative to receive, clean, grade, cool, and store fresh produce for market. This critical infrastructure allows farmers to reduce post-harvest losses and sell produce when prices peak, improving both income and food security.
$62,635 spent33% of program spendingADP also continued the IPM project through Farmer Field Schools to address crop damage from pests and disease, a recurring challenge in drought-prone Bugesera District. By strengthening farmers' ability to adapt to changing conditions, the program improves yields, supports economic development, and contributes to community well-being.
$62,635 spent33% of program spendingIn Uganda, ADP expanded its vocational training programs with the construction of a new classroom and the purchase of sewing machines. The tailoring program now offers a second year of advanced training, enabling Level 1 graduates to become professional tailors. In addition, ADP continued to provide cooperative members, students, and community members with training in computer literacy and entrepreneurship. In total, ADP trained 87 students through the vocational program in 2024, while in Rwanda, 40 students completed microbusiness development courses. These efforts reflect ADP's commitment to building skills that empower individuals, strengthen cooperatives, and foster long-term resilience.
$62,635 spent33% of program spendingIn Uganda, ADP's vocational training offers cooperative members, middle and high school students, and community members access to computer literacy, sewing, and entrepreneurship courses. In 2023, ADP trained 79 students while in Rwanda ADP trained 40 students through our microbusiness development
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The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $187,905.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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 2023 to 2024, from $92k to $171k (+87%).
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.
75% of AFRICA DEVELOPMENT PROMISE’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (91% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 6 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
Monica Labiche Brown NonVoting
Executive Director
Board chair
Ilke McAliley PE
Board Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2019 and FY2020 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 5 funders, grant income rose $25k → $111k.
6 of 17 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 70% 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 AFRICA DEVELOPMENT PROMISE’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
AFRICA DEVELOPMENT PROMISE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 54% of grant income and the top three 75%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
93% 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 AFRICA DEVELOPMENT PROMISE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 47% · 2019 44% · 2020 46% · 2021 89% · 2022 67% · 2023 50% — 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
50% of AFRICA DEVELOPMENT PROMISE's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 41% 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
70% of AFRICA DEVELOPMENT PROMISE'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 $247k that is directly attributable, 86% of it comes from funders outside Colorado, across 10 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $578k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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
AFRICA DEVELOPMENT PROMISE runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 21,616 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 21,616 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like AFRICA DEVELOPMENT PROMISE
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 Colorado
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
72% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for AFRICA DEVELOPMENT PROMISE: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds AFRICA DEVELOPMENT PROMISE?
- AFRICA DEVELOPMENT PROMISE (Colorado) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $825,096 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($447,780). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 70% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does AFRICA DEVELOPMENT PROMISE have?
- IRS filings report 17 organizations giving $825,096 in grants to AFRICA DEVELOPMENT PROMISE, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of AFRICA DEVELOPMENT PROMISE?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $447,780 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like AFRICA DEVELOPMENT PROMISE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Colorado. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2019–2024), and the filings of 17 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