Missouri · Nonprofit
MICROFINANCING PARTNERS IN AFRICA
MICROFINANCING PARTNERS IN AFRICA (Missouri) receives grants from 25 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,511,308 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($972,534). 16 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 80% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $701k
- Funders on record
- 25
- Grants received
- $1.5M
- Net assets
- $1.0M
What Microfinancing Partners in Africa does
Mission
Microfinancing Partners in Africa (mpa) provides grants for the strengthening and expansion of microfinancing programs in africa, to empower those living in extreme poverty to lift themselves up with dignity through access to financial services and education.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Education program - we aim to break the cycle of intergenerational poverty through leveraging the power of education. Educators identify and award scholarships to students facing extreme poverty, provide them with mentors, integrate microfinancing into the curriculum, and guide them through pay-it-forward activities. Other program beneficiaries receive access to professional growth opportunities, including business development and vocational trainings.
$119,356 spentof which $119,356 as grants27% of program spendingLiving loans program - in many rural areas of africa, livestock farming, particularly cow rearing, offers a promising income-generating opportunity for farmers. Our program trains farmers in agricultural best practices and helps them prepare to receive a cow. The cows provide a steady supply of milk, which can be sold to a local dairy for profit.
$68,000 spentof which $68,000 as grants16% of program spendingLoans program - microfinance loan programs are a powerful tool in breaking the cycle of extreme poverty, offering opportunities for individuals and communities to generate sustainable income and achieve financial stability. One in three africans live below the global poverty line which is currently $2.15 usd/day. Poverty means daily hunger; child malnutrition; lack of access to clean water, shelter, and healthcare; little or no opportunity to go to school or learn a trade; constant fear for the future; and increased risk of exploitation and abuse. Our microfinance program challenges members to invest or save first, create a sense of community by helping group members overcome obstacles while managing income projects, and manage clear and fixed repayment terms.
$59,500 spentof which $59,500 as grants14% of program spendingThe two other programs are the health program and the clean water program. Microfinancing Partners in Africa's safe woman/health program helps mothers thrive via access to pre-natal care, education and microfinancing. Microfinancing Partners in Africa equips midwives with ultrasounds to identify three high-risk obstetric conditions that would mandate referral to a health facility with an obstetrician and educating the mothers on the importance of delivering at the village health center. Microfinancing Partners in Africa's water program funds bore holes and easy-to-maintain water filters to support groups to manage clean water as group income projects, help families in poverty afford clean water via small loans or pay-it-forward plans, and empowers members to train others.
$188,343 spentof which $72,860 as grants43% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $435,199.
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 2020 to 2021, from $849k to $992k (+17%).
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.
89% of MICROFINANCING PARTNERS IN AFRICA’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. 4 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
Christian Wargo
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 6 funders to 14 funders, grant income rose $184k → $217k.
8 of 25 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 80% 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 MICROFINANCING PARTNERS IN AFRICA’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
MICROFINANCING PARTNERS IN AFRICA leans on a few funders — its largest provides 64% of grant income and the top three 80%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
88% 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 MICROFINANCING PARTNERS IN AFRICA.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 68% · 2018 98% · 2019 73% · 2020 88% · 2021 58% · 2022 71% · 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
53% of MICROFINANCING PARTNERS IN AFRICA's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 64% 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
80% of MICROFINANCING PARTNERS IN AFRICA'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 $306k that is directly attributable, 78% of it comes from funders outside Missouri, across 11 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.2M arriving through sponsors registered in 8 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
MICROFINANCING PARTNERS IN AFRICA receives grants from 25 organizations whose IRS filings report $1.5M to it.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,524 international nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like MICROFINANCING PARTNERS IN AFRICA
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 Missouri
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
57% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
92%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds MICROFINANCING PARTNERS IN AFRICA?
- MICROFINANCING PARTNERS IN AFRICA (Missouri) receives grants from 25 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,511,308 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($972,534). 16 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 80% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does MICROFINANCING PARTNERS IN AFRICA have?
- IRS filings report 25 organizations giving $1,511,308 in grants to MICROFINANCING PARTNERS IN AFRICA, 16 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MICROFINANCING PARTNERS IN AFRICA?
- DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC is the largest funder on record, with $972,534 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MICROFINANCING PARTNERS IN AFRICA find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Missouri. 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 25 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