Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
STRATEGIES FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
STRATEGIES FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 16 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,180,912 to it, the largest being JOHN F AND MARY A GEISSE FOUNDATION ($365,000). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $436k
- Funders on record
- 16
- Grants received
- $1.2M
- Net assets
- $196k
What Strategies for International Development does
Mission
Strategies for International Development (SID) develops, applies, and promotes better methods for eradicating rural poverty. We help small farmers make the transition from subsistence to successful commercial farming. We carryout programs in the poorest regions of Guatemala and Peru.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2024 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
In 2024, we began a new regional program in the Kagera Region of Tanzania. The program's goal is to give 44,000 robusta coffee farming families in the region the chance to graduate from poverty.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
In Guatemala, in 2024, we started a second phase in Alta Verapaz in response to some further needs from the farmers in the area. The project aims to help farmers access the specialty coffee market. Coffee with a quality rating over 80 is considered specialty coffee, and farmers in the project produce coffee that rates between 81 and 86.5. In order to help farmers access the specialty coffee market, we are helping them comply with the Starbucks Coffee and Farmer Equity (C.A.F.E.) criteria. In addition, 241 families in the project established a producers' association, and we are helping the association's members to take on the marketing of their coffee. Farmers are doing a good job of adopting the Starbucks practices. Their adoption rate was above 50% for most groups of practices and in the high 80s for a few. Members of the Alta Verapaz producers' association sold a micro-lot of 10, 69-kilo bags of coffee to Zeke's Coffee, a D.C. roaster. Zeke's already expressed their interest in ordering another micro-lot for this harvest, plus an additional 40 bags to blend with other coffees.
$117,643 spent$121,107 earned by the program42% of program spendingIn Uganda, in 2024, we continued our regional program in the Luweero District. Farmers in the general population are increasing their knowledge and adopting practices to help them graduate from poverty. The farmers in the early-adopter villages increased their productivity from 113 to 172 kilos per 1/4 acre of coffee, sold more coffee in dried cherries, and had significant price increases. As a result, they increased their income from $227 to $1,212. Also, the number of participating families increased from 1,705 to 1,861. 1,145 women started or expanded 28 different types of second businesses. All the women made business plans for their second businesses and evaluated their results. The average annual income for all the businesses was $92.
$67,276 spent$84,000 earned by the program24% of program spendingIn Malawi, in 2024, we continued our regional program in the Central Region of the country, helping dairy producers graduate from poverty. We provide monthly technical assistance to 945 families in 63 villages, where the dairy farmers have agreed to adopt all the practices. We have provided the farmers with Lukina seeds and Rhodes grass to increase the cows' feeding and productivity. We also doubled the number of Artificial Insemination technicians and trained farmers on crucial animal health practices. 945 early-adopter families increased their productivity (liters per cow per day) from 8.50 to 10.33, their days of milk per year from 212 to 231, and their annual net income went from $165 to $547.
$47,051 spent$79,015 earned by the program17% of program spendingIn September 2024, we began a new project with 44,000 coffee-farming families in the Kagera Region of Tanzania. The project supports farmers in the Kagera Cooperative Union (KCU) and Kagera District Cooperative Union (KDCU). Most farmers there have only 70-150 coffee trees per acre, far below the recommended 450. The government offers free seedlings, and we helped organize their collection and planting. Since our program began in September, farmers planted 131,200 trees in 7 KCU villages and 321,000 in 11 KDCU villages. We provided technical support for planting, pruning, pest control, and mulching. By June, 2,522 families in over 100 villages increased productivity from 254 to 280 kilos of dried cherries per quarter acre and raised their income from $488 to $923.
$28,149 spent$44,418 earned by the program10% of program spendingIn Peru, in 2024 we continued to provide technical assistance to the dairy-producing families that receive loans from our micro-credit program. We helped farmers make business plans as well as improve their land-use plans. We provided technical assistance in the practices that improve the health and nutrition of their dairy cows.
$21,458 spent$21,655 earned by the program8% of program spending
The 5 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $281,577.
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 2023 to 2024, from $134k to $206k (+54%).
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.
100% of STRATEGIES FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations 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. 2 of the last 5 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
Charles Patterson
Executive Director
Board chair
Nancy Hirschhorn
Board President
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 11 funders, grant income rose $10k → $291k.
6 of 16 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 15% 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 STRATEGIES FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT’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
STRATEGIES FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT leans on a few funders — its largest provides 31% of grant income and the top three 61%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
26% 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 STRATEGIES FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 73% · 2019 43% · 2020 32% · 2021 56% · 2022 34% · 2023 43% — 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
67% of STRATEGIES FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 69% 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
STRATEGIES FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT 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. $179k 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
STRATEGIES FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 4,524 international nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,524 international nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
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In Washington, D.C.
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
79% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds STRATEGIES FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT?
- STRATEGIES FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 16 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,180,912 to it, the largest being JOHN F AND MARY A GEISSE FOUNDATION ($365,000). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does STRATEGIES FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT have?
- IRS filings report 16 organizations giving $1,180,912 in grants to STRATEGIES FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, 11 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of STRATEGIES FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT?
- JOHN F AND MARY A GEISSE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $365,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like STRATEGIES FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT 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 FY2024 (financials across 2020–2024), and the filings of 16 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