Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
CNFA
CNFA (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,401,590 to it, the largest being VOLUNTEERS FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH ALLIANCE ($7,244,442). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $70M
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $7.4M
- Net assets
- $6.7M
What Cnfa does
Mission
To stimulate economic growth and improve livelihoods by cultivating entrepreneurship.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Amalima loko zimbabwe:Cnfa and its partners will support usaid and the government of zimbabwe (goz) to sustainably improve food security through increased food access and sustainable watershed management among extremely poor and chronically vulnerable households and communities in the matabeleland north province of zimbabwe.
$22,479,219 spentof which $8,089,474 as grants39% of program spendingYalwa project niger:project in niger supports usaid's regional resilience in the sahel enhanced (rise) ii objectives by transforming market ecosystems in the maradi, tillabri, and zinder regions. Yalwa will expand and improve market linkages; build individual and institutional capacities; encourage vulnerable populations to buy and consume safe and nutritious foods; and engage processors and traders to profitably meet this demand. Yalwa will train and mentor a cadre of service providers who can provide market actors with high-quality services. New market linkages and better services will increase the organizational, financial, and risk-management capacity of farmer organizations, livestock market management committees, and small and medium-sized enterprises (smes) agrodealers, traders, processors and generate increased sales and incomes along targeted value chains. Through a mix of catalytic grants and private-sector financing, women and young entrepreneurs will bring productivity enhancing innovations and services to market. The yalwa collaborating, learning, and adapting approach will leverage knowledge generated through reviews of performance monitoring data, cost benefit…
$6,030,728 spentof which $1,829,604 as grants10% of program spendingMod ag hinga wunguke rwanda:the five-year feed the future rwanda hinga wunguke activity (2023-2028) aims to increase incomes and improve nutrition in rwanda by sustainably increasing agricultural productivity and strengthening the domestic consumption and market for high-value and nutritious agricultural products. Hinga wunguke, which translates to "grow profitable" in kinyarwanda, utilizes a market systems approach, engaging and working through existing public and private market actors and structures to facilitate inclusive, locally driven, and sustainable change.
$5,859,929 spentof which $348,552 as grants10% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$23,307,553 spentof which $6,673,189 as grants40% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $57,677,429.
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 2022 to 2023, from $31M to $22M (−27%).
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 93% · 2018 91% · 2019 99% · 2020 100% · 2021 99% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% · 2024 100%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of CNFA’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (96% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 8 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
Sylvain Roy
President/CEO
Board chair
A Michael Espy
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $3.4M → $50k.
1 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 1% 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 CNFA’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
CNFA leans on a few funders — its largest provides 98% 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
100% 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 CNFA.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 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
99% of CNFA's grant income comes from Washington, D.C. funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $98k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
CNFA's revenue grew 28% between 2017 and 2024.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 363 international nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Government funding CNFA receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $619.4M on record.
- Agency for International Development$485.1M
- Department of Agriculture$134.0M
- Millennium Challenge Corporation$246k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like CNFA
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
82% 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
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Cnfa Europe · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for CNFA: 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 CNFA?
- CNFA (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,401,590 to it, the largest being VOLUNTEERS FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH ALLIANCE ($7,244,442). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CNFA have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $7,401,590 in grants to CNFA, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CNFA?
- VOLUNTEERS FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH ALLIANCE is the largest funder on record, with $7,244,442 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CNFA 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 2017–2024), 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