South Carolina · Nonprofit
IBU Foundation
IBU Foundation (South Carolina) receives grants from 38 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,239,997 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($235,700). 21 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 50% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $913k
- Funders on record
- 38
- Grants received
- $1.2M
- Net assets
- $143k
What IBU Foundation does
Mission
Our mission is to expand markets for global women artisans, and help build their capacity for success with structural enhancements such as workspace and training.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
The Ibu Movement Marketplace is a key pillar of our mission to support global women artisans. By providing a marketplace for their handmade goods, Ibu provides a stable source of funds and allows our artisan partners to plan their budgets and hiring capacities. By designing with groups, Ibu is able to expand their markets to a much broader consumer base. Ibu negotiates fair wages with the artisan groups and pays for the product upon receipt, thereby taking on the risk and expense of marketing and sales. Currently, Ibu Movement Marketplace partners with 90 groups in 50 countries. In addition to a brick and mortar store, Ibu offers a robust online shopping experience and presents trunk shows around the US.
$187,230 spent$344,550 earned by the program44% of program spendingCapacity Building Grant to Kandahar Treasure: In 2023, Ibu Foundation continued its activities with Kandahar Treasure from the $378,662 grant received from the U.S. Department of State, covering the period from October 2022 to March 2024. The purpose of the grant, "Promoting Cultural Traditions While Improving Afghan Women's Economic Stability" has done just that by expanding KT's market both nationally and internationally, by giving the women artisans opportunity through business and personal development training, and by opening up conversations with these women on shared values, equal rights and education.
$109,729 spent$132,379 earned by the program26% of program spendingColombiana Event: Celebrating the rich heritage and diverse culture of Colombia, Ibu brought 11 artisan leaders to Charleston, SC, from various regions to share their crafts and the incredible impact their work is making on the indigenous communities, particularly women. These artisans presented their experiences at a panel discussion on November 15 at the Charleston Library Society, moderated by Ibu Founder and Creative Director, Susan Hull Walker, to an audience of more than 100. In the evening, 100 ticket holders dined in small groups at 9 private Charleston homes, enjoying a classic Colombian meal designed by author, chef and food-stylist Mariana Velasquez, based on her publication Colombiana. Following dinner, the patrons strolled to a final destination for dessert and shopping, featuring the handmade artisan designs of the artisan groups represented.
$47,419 spent$84,930 earned by the program11% of program spendingProgram Service Expenses.
$82,726 spentof which $224,278 as grants19% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $427,104.
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 $168k to $286k (+70%).
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.
84% of IBU Foundation’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.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 13 funders, grant income rose $10k → $280k.
12 of 38 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 50% 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 IBU Foundation’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 38 funders by total. 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
IBU Foundation has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 19% of grant income, and it takes 5 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 5 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 IBU Foundation.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 40% · 2020 31% · 2021 23% · 2022 26% · 2023 34% — 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 IBU Foundation'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
50% of IBU Foundation'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 $614k that is directly attributable, 98% of it comes from funders outside South Carolina, across 15 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $626k arriving through sponsors registered in 10 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
IBU Foundation has grown faster than three-quarters of the 4,527 international nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,527 international nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like IBU Foundation
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 South Carolina
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
64% 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
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for IBU Foundation: 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 IBU Foundation?
- IBU Foundation (South Carolina) receives grants from 38 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,239,997 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($235,700). 21 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 50% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does IBU Foundation have?
- IRS filings report 38 organizations giving $1,239,997 in grants to IBU Foundation, 21 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of IBU Foundation?
- DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC is the largest funder on record, with $235,700 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like IBU Foundation find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in South Carolina. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2019–2024), and the filings of 38 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing