Minnesota · Nonprofit
GLOBAL INITIATIVE FOR ECONOMIC SOCIAL & CULTURAL
GLOBAL INITIATIVE FOR ECONOMIC SOCIAL & CULTURAL (Minnesota) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,120,013 to it, the largest being WELLSPRING PHILANTHROPIC FUND INC ($2,270,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $329k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $3.1M
- Net assets
- $1.3M
What Global Initiative for Economic Social & Cultural does
Mission
To transform power relations to enable every person and community to enjoy their economic, social and cultural (ESC) rights and all other human rights, now and in the future. Our visiion is a world in which every person and community lives in dignity and in harmony with nature.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Public Services and Care: In 2025, the public services program advanced advocacy for the rights to education and health by generating evidence on the impacts of austerity, privatisation, and fiscal constraints on access to essential services. The program produced legal and policy analysis on states obligations to finance public services and developed country-level studies in Kenya and Ghana examining the effects of austerity on education and health systems. It also engaged in regional education initiatives and international policy discussions to promote inclusive and equitable education systems, while supporting global advocacy efforts calling for stronger regulation of private actors in healthcare and education. These activities strengthened collaboration with civil society coalitions and contributed to policy debates on the sustainable financing of rights-based public services.
$261,396 spentof which $1,503 as grants44% of program spendingEconomic Justice: In 2025, the economic and fiscal justice program strengthened its leadership in advancing human rights-based approaches to taxation, debt, and global financial governance. The program actively engaged in international policy processes including the UN Framework Convention on International Tax Cooperation negotiations and the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD4), convening strategic briefings and contributing expert analysis to support Global South perspectives. At the regional and national levels, the program supported initiatives on tax justice and illicit financial flows in Africa and Latin America, facilitated dialogue among governments and civil society, and produced research highlighting the links between fiscal policy, public services, and human rights. Through these activities, the program promoted progressive taxation, debt justice, and equitable financing for sustainable development.
$184,772 spentof which $1,202 as grants31% of program spendingClimate and Environmental Justice: In 2025, the environmental justice program advanced efforts toward a gender-just and rights-based energy transition by amplifying community voices and influencing international climate governance processes. The program published and launched research documenting the gendered impacts of transition-mineral extraction in Zimbabwe and contributed to UN processes on climate change, energy access, and the water-energy nexus. It also engaged in UNFCCC negotiations and global policy discussions shaping the pathway toward COP30, advocating for the integration of human rights and gender justice in climate action and just transition policies. Through strategic partnerships and participation in international forums, the program strengthened civil society coordination and elevated Global South perspectives in debates on the energy transition and climate governance.
$141,248 spentof which $301 as grants$329,030 earned by the program24% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $587,416.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 2020 to 2021, from $1.1M to $2.1M (+85%).
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: 2022 15% · 2023 21% · 2024 35%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
4% of GLOBAL INITIATIVE FOR ECONOMIC SOCIAL & CULTURAL’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. 3 of the last 6 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
Camila Barretto Maia
Executive Director
Board chair
Rachel Moussie
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2023 and FY2024 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $515k → $35k.
2 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 22% 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 INITIATIVE FOR ECONOMIC SOCIAL & CULTURAL’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 INITIATIVE FOR ECONOMIC SOCIAL & CULTURAL leans on a few funders — its largest provides 73% 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
27% 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 INITIATIVE FOR ECONOMIC SOCIAL & CULTURAL.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 73% · 2018 67% · 2019 100% · 2020 71% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 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.
Where its funders are
GLOBAL INITIATIVE FOR ECONOMIC SOCIAL & CULTURAL draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Minnesota, across 1 state in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $700k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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 INITIATIVE FOR ECONOMIC SOCIAL & CULTURAL holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters 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 GLOBAL INITIATIVE FOR ECONOMIC SOCIAL & CULTURAL
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 Minnesota
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
83% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
85%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for GLOBAL INITIATIVE FOR ECONOMIC SOCIAL & CULTURAL: 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 INITIATIVE FOR ECONOMIC SOCIAL & CULTURAL?
- GLOBAL INITIATIVE FOR ECONOMIC SOCIAL & CULTURAL (Minnesota) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,120,013 to it, the largest being WELLSPRING PHILANTHROPIC FUND INC ($2,270,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does GLOBAL INITIATIVE FOR ECONOMIC SOCIAL & CULTURAL have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $3,120,013 in grants to GLOBAL INITIATIVE FOR ECONOMIC SOCIAL & CULTURAL, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of GLOBAL INITIATIVE FOR ECONOMIC SOCIAL & CULTURAL?
- WELLSPRING PHILANTHROPIC FUND INC is the largest funder on record, with $2,270,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like GLOBAL INITIATIVE FOR ECONOMIC SOCIAL & CULTURAL find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Minnesota. 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 2020–2025), and the filings of 4 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