California · Nonprofit
THE GIVING EXCHANGE
THE GIVING EXCHANGE (California) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,425,227 to it, the largest being RAYMOND JAMES CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT FUND ($505,017). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 98% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $842k
- Funders on record
- 13
- Grants received
- $1.4M
- Net assets
- $2.4M
What The Giving Exchange does
Mission
The Giving Exchange provides business training and seed capital that equip local leaders to start and run self-sustainable microenterprises benefiting their community.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Skills and business trainings: these programs in east africa provide comprehensive vocational training and entrepreneurship education to underserved communities. Through these initiatives, participants gain valuable skills in areas such as tailoring, basketry, plastic bottle brick making, welding, beauty, and hairdressing, coupled with training in business management, sales and marketing, and leadership skills. The programs aim to empower individuals with the tools and knowledge needed to start and sustain their own business, fostering long-term economic independence and sustainable community development.
$186,301 spentof which $123,733 as grants57% of program spendingMicro-enterprise and infrastructure: these programs support small-scale producers and cooperatives with the equipment, infrastructure, and training needed to launch or scale income-generating activities in east africa. Initiatives included microenterprises servicing: ankara paper making; shea butter production; shoe sales; sanitary pad production; black soldier fly farming to produce affordable, sustainable animal feed; plastic waste conversion; and more. These projects promote innovation, reduce dependency on external resources, and create long-term pathways for economic resilience and self-sufficiency.
$70,658 spentof which $46,928 as grants22% of program spendingAnimal rearing and agricultural enterprise: these programs in kenya and zimbabwe provide training and resources to farmers, empowering them to enhance food security, increase agricultural productivity, and improve livelihoods. Through practical training and education, participants learn best practices in areas such as pig rearing, poultry farming, dairy production and aquaculture, leading to long-term economic stability and community resilience.
$70,593 spentof which $46,885 as grants22% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $327,552.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 $551k to $1.8M (+219%).
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.
70% of THE GIVING EXCHANGE’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. 0 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
Ming Richie
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 10 funders, grant income rose $8k → $328k.
11 of 13 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 98% 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 THE GIVING EXCHANGE’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
THE GIVING EXCHANGE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 35% of grant income and the top three 70%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
98% 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 THE GIVING EXCHANGE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 98% · 2021 54% · 2022 34% · 2023 29% — 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
100% of THE GIVING EXCHANGE's funders are still giving 2 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
98% of THE GIVING EXCHANGE'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 $32k that is directly attributable, 90% of it comes from funders outside California, across 2 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.4M 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
THE GIVING EXCHANGE runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 2,673 international nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,673 international nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like THE GIVING EXCHANGE
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 California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
60% 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
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE GIVING EXCHANGE: 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 THE GIVING EXCHANGE?
- THE GIVING EXCHANGE (California) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,425,227 to it, the largest being RAYMOND JAMES CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT FUND ($505,017). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 98% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does THE GIVING EXCHANGE have?
- IRS filings report 13 organizations giving $1,425,227 in grants to THE GIVING EXCHANGE, 9 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE GIVING EXCHANGE?
- RAYMOND JAMES CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $505,017 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE GIVING EXCHANGE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 2021–2025), and the filings of 13 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