Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
GLOBAL FAIRNESS INITIATIVE
GLOBAL FAIRNESS INITIATIVE (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 22 organizations whose IRS filings report $9,942,594 to it, the largest being Humanity United ($2,685,000). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $3.9M
- Funders on record
- 22
- Grants received
- $9.9M
- Net assets
- $2.4M
What Global Fairness Initiative does
Mission
The Global Fairness Initiative (gfi) promotes a more equitable, sustainable approach to economic development for the world's working poor by advancing fair wages, equal access to markets, and balanced public policy to ensure a more just, secure future for workers. Gfi's approach is to engage multiple players including workers, employers, private enterprises and governments to find economic solutions and create economic opportunity, partner with locally established organizations to have the greatest impact and leave behind lasting results.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2024 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
Sparc inc.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
Sparc inc-provide fiscal management support for affinity organization focused on increasing transparent access to data and knowledge produced through public grants.
$1,543,680 spent$64,320 earned by the program46% of program spendingPartner building climate resilience-supporting women owned enterprises in india to identify and access climate smart technologies and improve practices to reduce the impact of climate-related livelihood shocks.
$517,457 spentof which $391,948 as grants16% of program spendingGlobal center for women in work-conducts studies and convenes stakeholders to understand the challenges facing women workers in the informal economy and develop solutions to create more secure decent work for women in africa.
$475,651 spentof which $31,000 as grants14% of program spendingAfrica future of work study, global coalition for future work, hum sab exhibit, building partner capacity, other various programsafrica future of work study-a multi-country assessment of the conditions of work in key sectors of africa's informal economy and to assess the profile and growth of new forms of work, including platform work.global coalition of future work-global initiative, anchored in africa and india, focused on convening worker-led organizations in the informal economy to share knowledge, collaborate on livelihood solutions and collectively advocate for improved protections for informal workers.hum sab exhibit-traveling exhibition focused on the impact of climate change and health and livelihood shocks on women in rural india.building sewa capacity-works to strengthen the core management and administrative systems of a 2 million+ women-led organization to better meet member needs and prepare for membership expansion.
$791,409 spentof which $358,600 as grants$10,000 earned by the program24% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,328,197.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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 $1.5M to $4.0M (+168%).
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: 2019 14% · 2020 6% · 2021 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
97% of GLOBAL FAIRNESS INITIATIVE’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (97% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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.
Chief executive
Caleb Shreve
Executive director
Board chair
H E Kabine Komara
Board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 8 funders, grant income rose $1.0M → $1.8M.
6 of 22 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 3% 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 FAIRNESS INITIATIVE’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 FAIRNESS INITIATIVE has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 27% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 67% · 2019 97% · 2020 42% · 2021 48% · 2022 59% · 2023 56% — 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
50% of GLOBAL FAIRNESS INITIATIVE's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 50% 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 FAIRNESS INITIATIVE draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 8 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $257k 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 FAIRNESS INITIATIVE holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 718 international nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 718 international nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like GLOBAL FAIRNESS INITIATIVE
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
91% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for GLOBAL FAIRNESS INITIATIVE: 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 FAIRNESS INITIATIVE?
- GLOBAL FAIRNESS INITIATIVE (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 22 organizations whose IRS filings report $9,942,594 to it, the largest being Humanity United ($2,685,000). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does GLOBAL FAIRNESS INITIATIVE have?
- IRS filings report 22 organizations giving $9,942,594 in grants to GLOBAL FAIRNESS INITIATIVE, 11 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of GLOBAL FAIRNESS INITIATIVE?
- Humanity United is the largest funder on record, with $2,685,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like GLOBAL FAIRNESS INITIATIVE 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 2019–2025), and the filings of 22 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