Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
Equal Access International
Equal Access International (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $10,985,220 to it, the largest being JOHN D AND CATHERINE T MACARTHUR FOUNDATION ($4,555,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $11M
- Funders on record
- 11
- Grants received
- $11M
- Net assets
- $1.8M
What Equal Access International does
Mission
To create positive social change for millions of under-served people across the developing world by providing critically needed information and education through innovative media, appropriate technology and direct community engagement.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Cote d'Ivoire Programs: Resilience for Peace (R4P) -CI07In 2023, the USAID-funded Resilience for Peace project strengthened local governance, started our GBV (Gender-Based Violence) component delivering workshops and activities which contribute to improving services for GBV survivors, published, and presented eight research reports, and continued working alongside its 13 local radio partners to produce media content to reduce the spread of misinformation and build community resilience.IOM Partnership -CI08In 2023, EAI worked with the IOM to strengthen trust in government services in northern Cte d'Ivoire, and to strengthen the capacities of administrative authorities in the delivery of identity and transport document via an expanded One-Stop Mobile Clinic with over 6,500 documents and services distributed across all R4P regions.Innovative Collaboration for Enhancing Civil Military Engagement in Northern Cte d'Ivoire (ICE) - CI09In 2023, EAI worked with the Dutch-funded ICE project to expand work with the CCMs (Civil-Military Committees / Cellules Civilo-Militaires) in northern Cte d'Ivoire. Through ICE, the Resilience for Peace team facilitated high-level participation of Security…
$4,015,460 spentof which $699,896 as grants45% of program spendingKenya and Somalia Programs:Nabadaynta Soomaaliya SO03An extension of SO-01 & SO02, Nabadaynta Soomaaliya took up where Nabadgelinta dropped off. Now managed by International Office of Migration (IOM), during this period Nabadaynta completed the Area-Based Problems, a participatory process led by EAI where community members identify challenges in accessing equitable justice. The team also broadcasted a radio drama on security and justice issues. Nabadgelinta Program-SO01 & SO02The team in Kenya and Somalia completed the validation of research products with community in both Baidoa and Kismayo, designed the implementation plan for phase 1 (2023-2025), and conducted community consultations on SBC (Social and Behaviour Change), norms and trauma healing needs and approaches. In July of 2023, UNOPS ceased to be the fund manager for this project.UNICEF SBCC Phase I KE08In 2023, EAI partnered with UNICEF on this project and aired 20 episodes of the radio program Xaldoon (Search for Truth) comprised of a dilemma, vox pops, feature story, and interview segments that interacted with over 110 people on topics of climate change and health WASH habits. There were 180 Listening, Discussion, and…
$1,681,244 spentof which $377,036 as grants19% of program spendingNigeria Programs:Securing Nigerian Communities (SNC) NG21In 2023, the SNC project strengthened and expanded the Early Warning Early Response (EWER) mechanisms established in previous years of the project by adding new members to the Civilian Security Platforms and Community Accountability Forums, and training new and existing members on peacebuilding, civilian security, advocacy, and mediation efforts. We also connected these groups with local resource organizations that will continue to support these groups beyond the project funding. The Local Action Plans drafted in previous years were validated in each community, garnering community and local government support and buy-in.Strengthening Media Support for Community Accountability Measures, Phase 3 (SMS4CAM 3) NG22In 2023, the SMS4CAM 3 project produced and broadcast episodes 27-52 of both drama series Dadin Kowa and Kwana Casa'in in partnership with Network Arewa24 Ltd aimed at strengthening demand for and galvanizing behavior change toward transparent and accountable governance in Nigeria. The endline evaluation of the project was completed in partnership with Real-Time Interactive World-Wide Intelligence (RIWI) to measure…
$1,253,302 spentof which $540,431 as grants14% of program spendingOther Programs (Pakistan, Tajikistan , Burkina, Chad, Nepal, and Philippines) Together for Justice (T4J)-AF83In 2023, EAI conducted a survey of 105 individuals and 14 in-depth interviews across six target districts, assessing the BTS radio program's impact on reinforcing T4J curricula among adolescents, their families, and communities. Seven case studies were produced, highlighting the program's positive influence in target provinces. 48 planned repackaged radio episodes (24 in Dari, 24 in Pashto) were successfully produced and broadcast across six target provinces. 48 illustrations were designed for social media, with a total of 2 million people reached via the BTS Facebook page. This content raised national awareness of bacha bazi, extending beyond the target districts. A total of 32 posts (videos and images in both Dari and Pashto) were created, with 16 radio episodes uploaded to YouTube and 26 posts shared on Instagram to promote child protection and end bacha bazi.Sahel Collaboration and Communication (Burkina Faso and Niger) -SH06SCC (Sahel Collaboration and Communication) continued to promote USAID's resilience story and brand in FY23 through media events, workshops, social…
$1,878,086 spentof which $222,777 as grants21% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $8,828,092.
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 2018 to 2019, from $7.6M to $3.6M (−53%).
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 62% · 2018 63% · 2019 78% · 2020 81% · 2021 80% · 2022 79% · 2023 74% · 2024 60%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of Equal Access International’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (7% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 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
Graham Couturier
President and CEO
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 6 funders to 2 funders, grant income fell $1.5M → $200k.
4 of 11 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 Equal Access International’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
Equal Access International leans on a few funders — its largest provides 41% of grant income and the top three 82%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
50% 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 Equal Access International.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 43% · 2018 39% · 2019 50% · 2020 37% · 2021 63% · 2022 58% · 2023 100% — 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
56% of Equal Access International's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 55% 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
Equal Access International draws 80% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 6 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $80k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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
Equal Access International is better cushioned than half of the 4,580 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,580 health nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Government funding Equal Access International receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $56.4M on record.
- Agency for International Development$53.9M
- Department of State$2.5M
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 Equal Access International
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
81% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
92%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- Change Media International Inc · corp_trust
- Network Arewa24 Limited · corp_trust
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Equal Access International: 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 Equal Access International?
- Equal Access International (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $10,985,220 to it, the largest being JOHN D AND CATHERINE T MACARTHUR FOUNDATION ($4,555,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Equal Access International have?
- IRS filings report 11 organizations giving $10,985,220 in grants to Equal Access International, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Equal Access International?
- JOHN D AND CATHERINE T MACARTHUR FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $4,555,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Equal Access International 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 11 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