Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
THE GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT INCUBATOR INC
THE GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT INCUBATOR INC (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 60 organizations whose IRS filings report $45,008,433 to it, the largest being Rural India Supporting Trust ($5,007,439). 29 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $22M
- Funders on record
- 60
- Grants received
- $45M
- Net assets
- $11M
What The Global Development Incubator Inc does
Mission
The global development incubator, inc. (gdi) provides strategic, operational, programmatic, and implementation support services to build startups and partnerships driving social impact around the world.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Agricultural: (e.g. Aceli africa, csaf, isf advisors)gdi's agriculture portfolio brings together diverse players from across agriculture, finance, and climate, who otherwise may have never collaborated despite their shared goals. Aceli africa is the first of its kind market incentive facility aligning capital supply and demand to mobilize private sector lending to agricultural small and medium enterprises (smes) in africa. Csaf is the leading global network of lending practitioners promoting an inclusive finance market for agricultural smes. Isf advisors publishes industry leading research alongside financial and strategic advisory work to mobilize capital towards a more sustainable, equitable, and productive global food system.
$13,327,824 spentof which $12,746,616 as grants$645,915 earned by the program70% of program spendingHealth: (e.g. Leapfrog to value, disability impact fund, health enabled)gdi's health portfolio focuses on moving from volume to value and cuts across issues ranging from mental health to community livelihoods, digital health systems, and everything in between. Working at the intersection of public health and technology, health.enabled has been co-creating equitable solutions that drive whole-person health for over a decade, including launching the global digital health monitor (gdhm) a data platform that helps countries to benchmark, prioritize, and monitor digital health progress at the country, regional, and global levels. The leapfrog to value report and initiative has led to a portfolio of pilots designed to improve outcomes and cost-effectiveness of health systems. The disability impact fund merges impact investing with venture-building expertise to revolutionize assistive technology access in low and middle-income countries.
$2,210,111 spentof which $469,383 as grants$1,786,774 earned by the program12% of program spendingEarly childhood development: (e.g. Nurture first)gdi's early childhood development portfolio works to increase evidence-based ecd programs at scale, catalyze new funding through financing mechanisms, and work in collaboration with leaders from adjacent movements including gender equality and livelihoods attainment so that all young children have the foundational nurturing care they need. Nurture first is a global funder and capacity builder bringing together thinkers, doers, and activists to improve the systems that support home-based childcare (hbcc) providers globally so they can provide evidence-based, affordable, culturally relevant childcare wherever they are.
$921,273 spentof which $570,575 as grants$157,129 earned by the program5% of program spendingMigration
$741,165 spentof which $28,103 as grants$630,095 earned by the program4% of program spendingJobs and livelihoods
$698,868 spentof which $424,375 as grants4% of program spendingInclusive societies
$493,968 spent3% of program spendingClimate and ecosystems
$407,033 spentof which $180,424 as grants$261,878 earned by the program2% of program spendingOther programs
$324,342 spent$363,888 earned by the program2% of program spending
The 8 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $19,124,584.
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 2017 to 2018, from $4.5M to $13M (+192%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 23% · 2018 6% · 2019 12% · 2020 24% · 2021 33% · 2022 33% · 2023 21% · 2024 15%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
78% of THE GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT INCUBATOR INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (96% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 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
Andrew Stern
CEO
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 8 funders to 14 funders, grant income rose $4.9M → $10M.
19 of 60 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 31% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $6k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Aceli Africa Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money THE GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT INCUBATOR INC raised.
From the IRS filings of THE GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT INCUBATOR INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 60 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
THE GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT INCUBATOR INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 11% of grant income, and it takes 6 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 6 funders to its left
67% 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 GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT INCUBATOR INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 40% · 2018 35% · 2019 33% · 2020 41% · 2021 25% · 2022 17% · 2023 48% — growing more concentrated.
“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
29% of THE GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT INCUBATOR INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 48% 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
THE GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT INCUBATOR INC draws 89% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 13 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $14M arriving through sponsors registered in 9 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 GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT INCUBATOR INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 363 international nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 363 international nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Government funding THE GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT INCUBATOR INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $18.8M on record.
- Agency for International Development$18.8M
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 THE GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT INCUBATOR 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.
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
89% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
80%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 7 related entities
- Gdi Solutions LLC · disregarded
- Aceli Africa Inc · exempt
- Isf Advisors Inc · exempt
- Gdi Solutions Inc · exempt
- Colibri Catalyst Inc · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT INCUBATOR INC?
- THE GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT INCUBATOR INC (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 60 organizations whose IRS filings report $45,008,433 to it, the largest being Rural India Supporting Trust ($5,007,439). 29 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT INCUBATOR INC have?
- IRS filings report 60 organizations giving $45,008,433 in grants to THE GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT INCUBATOR INC, 29 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT INCUBATOR INC?
- Rural India Supporting Trust is the largest funder on record, with $5,007,439 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT INCUBATOR 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 60 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