Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
CODESPA AMERICA
CODESPA AMERICA (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $144,849 to it, the largest being FOOD FOR THE POOR INC ($62,500). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 52% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $417k
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $145k
- Net assets
- $28k
What Codespa America does
Mission
We are on a mission to elevate 10 million people from poverty to prosperity in the most underserved regions of latin america, africa, and asia through our community-led, scalable approach to rural market development and empowering entrepreneurs by providing them access to knowledge, markets, and financial services.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Promoting entrepreneurship, employment, community savings and credit groups to provide economic and capital opportunities to the families of huaral - peru, phase 2during phase 2, the project has been able to generate 2,500 jobs for the local communities. We have strengthened 289 businesses and accelerated the creation of 159 innovative businesses, creating clusters of business networks to connect to the formal market. The average income of the project participants has gone from $275 a month to $1,175 a month. About 264 young adults have been trained and certified in technical skills making them great candidates for local company positions. 194 young adults have been employed in local companies thanks to this training. Additionally, there are now 19 savings and credits groups with 241 members that have granted over 540 loans and raised approximately $70,600 in shared capital. The products of some of the entrepreneurs can now be purchased through the online store www.huaralemprende.com ensuring access to the market and the project's long-term success.
$62,660 spent24% of program spendingPromote the productive inclusion of 200 rural families in the dairy and alpaca fiber value chains in ecuador. This project will contribute to improving the quality of life of 200 families of small producers in the ecuadorian andes. It will strengthen the productive skills of dairy cattle and alpacas and the food security of 200 farming families in the communities of sacha and cumbij, in the province of cotopaxi. This project will also help the families improve their collection, processing, marketing, and business management capacities.
$51,180 spent19% of program spendingMarket study for economic activities in guatemala that would yield higher incomes for the population in guatemala.this study aims to identify economic activities or sectors with the greatest potential for developing or strengthening entrepreneurship and employability in 7 communities of palencia municipality (guatemala): los cedritos, el carmen, los vertientes, lo de silva, el bejucal, el zapote, and el morrito. The study employs a value chain approach, focusing on innovation and analyzing all links of the production process from input purchase to final consumer sales.
$138,422 spent$121,271 earned by the program52% of program spendingImproving the employability of the vulnerable youth in nicaragua.to contribute to the reduction of economic inequality and increase income generation through the promotion of employment and entrepreneurship for vulnerable youth in nicaragua. As well as promoting employment and entrepreneurship opportunities for 150 vulnerable youth in five departments of nicaragua.
$12,036 spent5% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $264,298.
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 2021 to 2022, from $64k to $745k (+1058%).
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: 2021 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
71% of CODESPA AMERICA’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (100% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 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
Michelle Hnizda
Executive director
Board chair
William Moss
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2022 and FY2023 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $3k → $46.
4 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 52% 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 CODESPA AMERICA’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
CODESPA AMERICA leans on a few funders — its largest provides 43% of grant income and the top three 91%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
95% 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 CODESPA AMERICA.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 98% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 53% · 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
52% of CODESPA AMERICA'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 $70k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 3 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $75k 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
CODESPA AMERICA has grown faster than half of the 2,468 international nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,468 international nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like CODESPA AMERICA
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
63% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
93%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for CODESPA AMERICA: 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 CODESPA AMERICA?
- CODESPA AMERICA (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $144,849 to it, the largest being FOOD FOR THE POOR INC ($62,500). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 52% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does CODESPA AMERICA have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $144,849 in grants to CODESPA AMERICA, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CODESPA AMERICA?
- FOOD FOR THE POOR INC is the largest funder on record, with $62,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CODESPA AMERICA 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 7 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