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GLOBAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP NETWORK
GLOBAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP NETWORK (Virginia) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $10,459,439 to it, the largest being EWING MARION KAUFFMAN FOUNDATION ($5,178,620). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2023
- $18M
- Funders on record
- 13
- Grants received
- $10M
- Net assets
- $6.7M
What Global Entrepreneurship Network does
Mission
The Global Entrepreneurship Network operates programs in 180 countries aimed at making it easier for anyone, anywhere to start and scale a business. By fostering deeper cross-border collaboration between entrepreneurs, researchers, policymakers and entrepreneurial support organizations, gen works to fuel healthier start and scale ecosystems that create more jobs, educate individuals, accelerate innovation and strengthen economic growth. Gen ensures members have uncommon access to the most relevant knowledge,networks, communities and programs. A major focus of gen's work is in identifying and removing barriers to entrepreneurship faced by historically underrepresented communities, including economically disadvantaged communities at risk of deterioration lgbtq+, women, latinx, black and veterans communities. With most net new jobs coming from firms less than 5 years old, gen works to foster more inclusive and sustainable entrepreneurial ecosystems that can assist in reducing the burden o
As stated on its FY2023 Form 990.
Programs
Small business grants and access to credit program: gen's grant and equitable access to credit program helps small businesses, especially from disadvantaged communities, in their journey to sustainability, growth and hiring more americans. Through partnerships with philanthropy, gen provides small grants to entrepreneurs in need who gen sees as having strong potential as future employers in their communities. Gen, through its partnership with the hello alice platform and philanthropic funders, also provides credit and technical assistance for those seeking to improve their credit score in order to qualify for traditional bank and sba loans to support their business.
$11,638,187 spentof which $10,355,000 as grants76% of program spendingEntrepreneurship world cup (ewc): the ewc supports entrepreneurs with a no-strings-attached cash prize incentive to further develop their ideas and with gen's help and the help of peers, become more likely to succeed. Many of those who apply come from communities where talent is plentiful but opportunity is not. Ewc attracts entrepreneurs who do good while seeking to do well. For example, an increasing number of applicants focus on solutions to everyday problems that improve the environment and help achieve climate and sustainability goals. Resources are spent on supporting entrepreneurs, prizes and the costs of gathering them in person once a year as a peer network.
$1,626,555 spent11% of program spendingGlobal entrepreneurship week (gew): gew inspires more americans and citizens from other countries to consider the path of entrepreneurship. Organizations actively supporting entrepreneurs host a festival-type campaign with live and virtual events in communities everywhere that invite ordinary citizens to better understand what local, national and global resources are available to them. Program resources are used to establish partnerships with organizations and volunteer campaign leaders who host activities for the public - especially women and youth and those who have historically been left out from distressed communities in the united states. The campaign is anchored by the kauffman foundation in kansas city.
$1,351,279 spent9% of program spendingGen policy: gen policy brings governments closer to firm founders and the organizations and ecosystems that support them at all stages of the public policy and program lifecycle, from identifying barriers to implementing solutions, offering opportunities for policy dialogue and peer advice, and sourcing evidence-based recommendations that can drive smart policy design and implementation gen also provides live events, including the global entrepreneurship congress (gec). The gec is a gathering of startup champions from around the world - where entrepreneurs, investors, entrepreneurial support organizations, researchers, thought leaders and policymakers share program and policy ideas and work together to bring ideas to life, drive economic growth and expand human welfare.
$689,959 spentof which $181,000 as grants5% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $15,305,980.
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 $5.3M to $11M (+116%).
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 91% · 2018 94% · 2019 30% · 2020 4% · 2021 6% · 2022 6% · 2023 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of GLOBAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP NETWORK’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (23% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 7 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
Jeff Hoffman
Chairman
As listed on its FY2023 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 4 funders, grant income rose $545k → $3.8M.
6 of 13 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 29% 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 GLOBAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP NETWORK’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
GLOBAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP NETWORK leans on a few funders — its largest provides 50% of grant income and the top three 80%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
46% 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 GLOBAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP NETWORK.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 82% · 2019 100% · 2020 69% · 2021 97% · 2023 79% — 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
29% of GLOBAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP NETWORK's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 15% 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
GLOBAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP NETWORK draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Virginia, across 5 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $3.0M arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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
GLOBAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP NETWORK holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 3,812 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,812 education nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2023
Government funding GLOBAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP NETWORK receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $5.6M on record.
- Department of State$5.6M
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 GLOBAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP NETWORK
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 Virginia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
99% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
54%
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 GLOBAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP NETWORK: 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 GLOBAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP NETWORK?
- GLOBAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP NETWORK (Virginia) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $10,459,439 to it, the largest being EWING MARION KAUFFMAN FOUNDATION ($5,178,620). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does GLOBAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP NETWORK have?
- IRS filings report 13 organizations giving $10,459,439 in grants to GLOBAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP NETWORK, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of GLOBAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP NETWORK?
- EWING MARION KAUFFMAN FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $5,178,620 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like GLOBAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP NETWORK find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Virginia. 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 FY2023 (financials across 2017–2023), and the filings of 13 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