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RESULTS FOR DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE INC

RESULTS FOR DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE INC (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 35 organizations whose IRS filings report $118,073,828 to it, the largest being GATES FOUNDATION ($70,430,328). 22 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$49M
Funders on record
35
Grants received
$118M
Net assets
$982
22/35 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 84%
01What it does

What Results for Development Institute Inc does

Mission

We work with change agents around the globe to create self-sustaining systems that support healthy, educated people.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Health:results for development provides evidence, advice, support and connections to change agents as they drive the progress needed to deliver high-quality, affordable health services for all. Key areas of focus include health system strengthening, health financing, primary care, community health, information systems, and leadership development.

    $16,422,748 spentof which $2,142,594 as grants
    40% of program spending

  2. Cross-cutting approaches:r4d has deep expertise in several cross-cutting approaches that are applied to our work in health, education and nutrition resulting in highly effective programs. These include collaborative learning (a peer-to-peer learning approach we pioneered), adaptive learning (a rapid-feedback, iterative approach to make programs more impactful), scaling innovations, evidence-informed decision-making; market shaping, and accountability and citizen engagement.

    $13,631,946 spentof which $4,348,378 as grants$104,000 earned by the program
    33% of program spending

  3. Education:results for development works with change agents to strengthen their education systems by providing analysis, support and connections, while generating key evidence and putting it into action. Key areas of focus include education technology, teacher professional development, early childhood development and parent/community engagement.

    $9,370,541 spentof which $4,054,212 as grants$97,727 earned by the program
    23% of program spending

  4. Nutrition:results for development work with change agents to finance and address urgent malnutrition challenges. Key areas of focus include nutrition financing, using data for decision-making, and shaping markets and food systems.

    $1,840,602 spentof which $97,000 as grants$18,736 earned by the program
    4% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $41,265,837.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($33M) Expenses 100 ($27M) Net assets 100 ($30M)2018 Revenue 59 ($19M) Expenses 99 ($26M) Net assets 76 ($23M)2019 Revenue 85 ($28M) Expenses 125 ($33M) Net assets 58 ($17M)2020 Revenue 85 ($28M) Expenses 139 ($37M) Net assets 27 ($8.1M)2021 Revenue 123 ($40M) Expenses 167 ($45M) Net assets 12 ($3.7M)2022 Revenue 139 ($46M) Expenses 190 ($51M) Net assets -5 ($-1531078)2023 Revenue 155 ($51M) Expenses 187 ($50M) Net assets -2 ($-606635)2024 Revenue 150 ($49M) Expenses 181 ($49M) Net assets 0 ($982)
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Revenue (150)Expenses (181)Net assets (0)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $30M to $21M (−30%).

$35M
$28M
$26M
$23M
$17M
$23M
$30M
$21M
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2017 24% · 2018 51% · 2019 53% · 2020 52% · 2021 73% · 2022 64% · 2023 70% · 2024 60%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

100% of RESULTS FOR DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (96% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 391 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$6.0M
’17
−$7.2M
’18
−$5.6M
’19
−$9.2M
’20
−$4.4M
’21
−$5.1M
’22
$895k
’23
$595k
’24
2.0
months of
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

David De Ferranti

Chair/senior fellow

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

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Listed3434333231343327
Joined·+7+3+11+4+6+6+2
No longer listed·74125378
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 8 funders to 13 funders, grant income rose $9.4M → $15M.

Funder
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'18
'19
'20
'21
'22
'23
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'25*
'26*
total
Gavi Allianceunclassified
$5.8M
Johns Hopkins Universityunclassified
$5.6M
Jhpiego Corporationunclassified
$4.3M
The Brookings Institutionunclassified
$2.4M
Internews Networkunclassified
$1.2M
The Clear Fundunclassified
$1.0M
Pathunclassified
$986k
Skoll Fundnew
$75k
funders
8
8
11
14
13
17
13
15
9
1

8 of 35 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 6% 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 RESULTS FOR DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 35 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

RESULTS FOR DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 60% of grant income and the top three 69%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

32% 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 RESULTS FOR DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE INC.

60%
largest funder
69%
top three
~3
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 58% · 2018 75% · 2019 48% · 2020 69% · 2021 67% · 2022 67% · 2023 48% — 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

56% of RESULTS FOR DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 63% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y+6y

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

RESULTS FOR DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE INC draws 92% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 12 states in all.

WA
MN
IL
NY
MA
CT
RI
CA
MD
NC
DC
TX

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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Washington, D.C. out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $7.4M arriving through sponsors registered in 7 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

RESULTS FOR DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE INC's funding base is broadening — from 8 funders to 13 as grant income climbed.

Operating margin1% · below the median
Months of reserve2.0mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)6% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 363 international nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024

Government funding RESULTS FOR DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE INC receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $77.8M on record.

Federal$77.8M
grants $77.2Mcontracts $617k
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Top agencies
  • Agency for International Development$77.2M
  • Millennium Challenge Corporation$617k

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 RESULTS FOR DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE INC

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.

The Global Development Incubator Inc87%Results for America86%National Democratic Institute for International Affairs86%Refugee Investment Network Inc86%Initiative for Global Development85%Development Gateway Inc85%Education Reimagined85%Humanity Forward Foundation85%

Nationally

The Global Development Incubator Inc87%Results for America86%Achieving the Dream Inc86%National Democratic Institute for International Affairs86%Global Action Platform86%Refugee Investment Network Inc86%Rural Development Initiatives Inc85%Center on Rural Innovation Inc85%
05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

85% of spending goes to programs.

Program 85%Management 15%Fundraising 0%

Governance

13
board members
92%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

82%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

DC

Part of a family of 2 related entities

  • Results for Development Limited · corp_trust
  • Results for Development Institute Ghana Lbg · corp_trust

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Questions and answers

Who funds RESULTS FOR DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE INC?
RESULTS FOR DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE INC (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 35 organizations whose IRS filings report $118,073,828 to it, the largest being GATES FOUNDATION ($70,430,328). 22 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does RESULTS FOR DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE INC have?
IRS filings report 35 organizations giving $118,073,828 in grants to RESULTS FOR DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE INC, 22 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of RESULTS FOR DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE INC?
GATES FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $70,430,328 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like RESULTS FOR DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE INC 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.

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 35 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