Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
CENTER FOR GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT
CENTER FOR GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 59 organizations whose IRS filings report $120,789,354 to it, the largest being GATES FOUNDATION ($53,631,522). 32 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $28M
- Funders on record
- 59
- Grants received
- $121M
- Net assets
- $68M
What Center for Global Development does
Mission
Reduce global poverty and improve lives through innovative economic research that drives better policy and practice by the world's top decision makers. We focus on the intersection of developing countries and the governments, institutions and corporations that can help them deliver greater progress.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Global health-as more countries rise out of poverty, cgd is focusing on the inequities and emerging problems that jeopardize global health progress: how should governments allocate scarce health budgets rationally? How can global health donors and other development partners advance global health security, pandemic preparedness, and health systems strengthening? What can be done to address health inequities in low- and middle-income countries? What are evidence-informed policies to address market failures that span from early-stage pharmaceutical research and development to supply chain efficiency and ensure health product markets work for the poor? Cgd research helps policymakers build sustainable health systems, respond to shifting realities, and deliver value for money.sustainable development finance-to meet the sustainable development goals the world must ramp up development financing from billions to trillions of dollars. This requires us to not only expand the existing pathways, but also unlock new resources, while respecting the dignity and independence of the world's most disadvantaged people. Cgd's sustainable development finance program works to advance these goals in…
$15,948,808 spentof which $2,848,454 as grants$235,345 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $15,948,808.
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 2024 to 2025, from $66M to $78M (+19%).
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: 2018 5% · 2019 15% · 2020 11% · 2021 5% · 2022 4% · 2024 2% · 2025 10%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
93% of CENTER FOR GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (21% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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.
Board chair
Lawrence Summers
Chair (until 11/25)
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 18 funders to 19 funders, grant income rose $11M → $17M.
15 of 59 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 12% 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 CENTER FOR GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 59 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
CENTER FOR GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT leans on a few funders — its largest provides 44% of grant income and the top three 66%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 46% · 2018 58% · 2019 46% · 2020 70% · 2021 39% · 2022 35% · 2023 38% — 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
37% of CENTER FOR GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 54% 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
CENTER FOR GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT draws 99% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 12 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $14M arriving through sponsors registered in 10 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
CENTER FOR GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 2,297 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,297 human services nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like CENTER FOR GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT
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
83% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
66%
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
- Center for Global Development Europe (Cgde) · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for CENTER FOR GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT: 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 CENTER FOR GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT?
- CENTER FOR GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 59 organizations whose IRS filings report $120,789,354 to it, the largest being GATES FOUNDATION ($53,631,522). 32 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CENTER FOR GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT have?
- IRS filings report 59 organizations giving $120,789,354 in grants to CENTER FOR GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT, 32 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CENTER FOR GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT?
- GATES FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $53,631,522 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CENTER FOR GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 59 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