Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
WORLD COCOA FOUNDATION INC
WORLD COCOA FOUNDATION INC (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,609,663 to it, the largest being GATES FOUNDATION ($3,608,663). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $7.0M
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $3.6M
- Net assets
- $4.0M
What World Cocoa Foundation Inc does
Programs
Field programs: field programs include various country engagement and policy dialogue such as cocoa forest initiative, greenhouse gas studies, social development, and gender policy.wcf's flagship program is the cocoa and forests initiative (the initiative), which is the first and largest sector wide public-private partnership in the cocoa sector. The initiative represents a ground-breaking commitment to transforming the cocoa industry by stopping and reversing deforestation and increasing forest restoration.(continued on statement #20)
$1,422,832 spentMonitoring & evaluation: monitoring and evaluation activities occur in various countries and include climate focused programs, forest impact monitoring, household income study, land use mapping, and sustainability benchmarks.
$1,013,388 spentGrants: with support from wcf, in october 2018, leading members of brazil's chocolate and cocoa sector launched cocoaaction brazil to address a range of sustainability issues in the country's cocoa sector. Cocoaaction brazil is a coalition that works to find solutions that increase productivity, improve the quality of brazil's cocoa, control pests and diseases, improve farmer's living and working conditions, strengthen farmers organizations, and support sustainable forest-positive cocoa production systems.
$878,474 spentPartnership meeting: the partnership meeting unites cocoa farmers and experts from companies, governments, academia, civil society, and media in a single forum for discussion on shared challenges, progress, and learnings on sustainability in a conducive dialogue centered on alignment for global action. The conference takes place each year in a different country, one with either producer or consumer ties to cocoa. The partnership meeting is the leading global event focused on cocoa sustainability and provides a platform for all representatives of the cocoa supply chain. The partnership meeting was held in amsterdam in 2024.
$476,006 spent
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-PF.
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.
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 $8.4M to $6.2M (−26%).
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
Chris Vincent
CEO
Board chair
Tricia Brannigan
Wcf chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990-PF.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2020: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $640k → $3k.
From the IRS filings of WORLD COCOA FOUNDATION INC’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
WORLD COCOA FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 100% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% — broadly stable.
“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.
Where its funders are
WORLD COCOA FOUNDATION INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 2 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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.
Government funding WORLD COCOA FOUNDATION INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $4.1M on record.
- Agency for International Development$4.0M
- Department of Agriculture$86k
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.
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Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds WORLD COCOA FOUNDATION INC?
- WORLD COCOA FOUNDATION INC (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,609,663 to it, the largest being GATES FOUNDATION ($3,608,663). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does WORLD COCOA FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $3,609,663 in grants to WORLD COCOA FOUNDATION INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of WORLD COCOA FOUNDATION INC?
- GATES FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $3,608,663 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like WORLD COCOA FOUNDATION 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.
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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 2017–2024), and the filings of 2 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