California · Nonprofit
CAMFED USA FOUNDATION
CAMFED USA FOUNDATION (California) receives grants from 243 organizations whose IRS filings report $88,089,921 to it, the largest being NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST ($25,126,266). 128 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 75% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $30M
- Funders on record
- 243
- Grants received
- $88M
- Net assets
- $75M
What Camfed USA Foundation does
Mission
Camfed catalyzes the power of the most vulnerable girls and young women to create the future they imagine for themselves, for their communities, and for africa.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Multiplying girls' educational opportunities: a program of educational support for girls and vulnerable boys operating in zimbabwe, zambia, ghana, tanzania, malawi, and kenya. Support includes the provision of materials (uniforms, shoes, books, school fees) and the training of female teacher mentors and learner guides in partner schools to provide psycho-social support, resulting in increased enrollment and retention of girls in school, a more child-friendly class environment, and improved child protection.
$15,373,847 spentof which $15,157,547 as grants63% of program spendingEnabling educated women to lead change: the camfed association - the leadership network of camfed graduates - supports young women in zimbabwe, zambia, ghana, tanzania, malawi, and kenya to transition to work and positions of leadership. Through training in business, financial literacy, technology, agriculture and health, camfed association members support themselves and their families, become leaders in their communities and countries, and in turn support the next generation of girls to go to school.
$6,499,876 spentof which $6,247,904 as grants26% of program spendingImproving education systems and advocacy: partnerships with governments transform education systems to better serve the needs of all children, and participation in national and international level forums on girls' education, governance and child protection shares best practices and advocates for greater investment in girls' education and young women's support in africa. This advocacy also included the use of film and other communications technology.
$1,144,805 spentof which $222,184 as grants5% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$1,565,699 spentof which $1,528,385 as grants6% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $24,584,227.
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 2023 to 2024, from $50M to $72M (+43%).
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: 2017 4% · 2018 1% · 2022 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
91% of CAMFED USA FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (96% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 9 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
Brooke Hutchinson
Executive director, secretary
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 25 funders to 111 funders, grant income rose $1.4M → $13M.
42 of 243 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 75% 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 CAMFED USA FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 243 funders by total. 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
CAMFED USA FOUNDATION has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 29% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
84% 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 CAMFED USA FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 62% · 2018 45% · 2019 55% · 2020 25% · 2021 78% · 2022 17% · 2023 30% — diversifying over time.
“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
42% of CAMFED USA FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 53% 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
75% of CAMFED USA FOUNDATION'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 $22M that is directly attributable, 71% of it comes from funders outside California, across 31 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $66M arriving through sponsors registered in 22 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
CAMFED USA FOUNDATION has grown faster than three-quarters of the 190 international nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 190 international nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like CAMFED USA FOUNDATION
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 California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
91% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
57%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 37 states
Part of a family of 11 related entities
- Camfed International · exempt
- Camfed Canada · exempt
- Camfed Ghana · exempt
- Camfed Malawi · exempt
- Camfed Tanzania · exempt
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for CAMFED USA FOUNDATION: 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 CAMFED USA FOUNDATION?
- CAMFED USA FOUNDATION (California) receives grants from 243 organizations whose IRS filings report $88,089,921 to it, the largest being NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST ($25,126,266). 128 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 75% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does CAMFED USA FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 243 organizations giving $88,089,921 in grants to CAMFED USA FOUNDATION, 128 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CAMFED USA FOUNDATION?
- NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $25,126,266 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CAMFED USA FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 243 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing