Global Communities
Bethesda, MD · EIN 52-0846183. Reported 138 grants totalling $30.2M to 75 organizations across tax years 2020-2023, on Form 990 Schedule I.
Does this grantmaker accept applications?
Its tax return does not say, and we will not guess. Private foundations file Form 990-PF, which asks outright whether they fund only organizations they select themselves -- 78% say yes, and that one answer is what lets the rest of this site tell you which foundations are worth approaching. Grantmaking charities like this one file a regular Form 990 instead, and the IRS never puts the question to them. Anyone claiming to know the answer from the filing is inventing it.
Three things in the filing do bear on it:
- What kind of organization it is. For Global Communities, the IRS classifies it under international affairs rather than as a grantmaker (NTEE Q300) -- it is an operating charity that also makes grants.
- How spread out its giving is. 75 distinct organizations, with 14% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is genuinely spread out -- the mark of a funder making many independent decisions rather than underwriting one institution.
- How much its list changes. 61% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 3 year-to-year transitions. That is about the 57% median for grantmaking charities -- noticeably lower than the 67% private foundations manage. Organizations like this one rotate more of their list each year, which is where an opening for a newcomer tends to be.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $79,407. Half of what it reported fell between $18,000 and $299,180; the smallest was $5,125 and the largest $2,529,440. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by the EIN the filer reported, not by name, so an organization that was typed differently in two years appears once rather than twice.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Save the Children Federation Inc | Fairfield, CT | $4,260,957 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| International Development Enterprises | Denver, CO | $3,369,053 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Catholic Relief Services | Baltimore, MD | $1,980,444 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| World Vision | Federal Way, WA | $1,690,085 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Juarez and Associates Inc | Los Angeles, CA | $1,556,767 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Water 4 Inc | Oklahoma City, OK | $1,511,696 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| National Democratic Institute for International Affairs | Washington, DC | $1,316,407 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Aquaya Institute | Fairfax, CA | $1,224,065 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| The Manoff Group Inc | Washington, DC | $1,030,516 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Deloitte Consulting Llp | Arlington, VA | $1,024,933 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Safe Water Network | New York, NY | $968,304 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Wateraid America Inc | New York, NY | $915,958 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| The Kaizen Company | Washington, DC | $691,115 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Linc LLC | Washington, DC | $690,701 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Willis North America Inc | New York, NY | $633,870 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Begirl | Washington, DC | $555,156 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Democracy at Work Institute | San Francisco, CA | $534,172 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Rewild | Austin, TX | $499,877 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Jsi Research & Training Institute Inc | Norwood, MA | $485,821 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| International Advisory Products and Systems (i-Aps) | Alexandria, VA | $476,522 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Acute Incite LLC | Silver Spring, MD | $465,341 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Asia Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $388,700 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Overseas Strategic Consulting | Philadelphia, PA | $287,942 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Segura Consulting LLC | Potomac, MD | $265,516 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| American Institutes for Research in the Behavioral Sciences | Arlington, VA | $224,733 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Family Health International Foundation | Durham, NC | $221,911 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Trustees of Purdue University | Richmond, IN | $217,219 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| 3STRANDS Global Foundation | Sacramento, CA | $211,220 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Canopy Lab | Washington, DC | $164,971 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Willis North America Inc | New York, NY | $164,550 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Point Loma Nazarene University | San Diego, CA | $151,365 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Nickol Global Solutions LLC | Alexandria, VA | $149,048 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| How to Build Up Inc | San Francisco, CA | $142,299 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Imanis Village Inc | Okc, OK | $133,515 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| San Diego Community Birth Center | San Diego, CA | $125,975 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| For the Village Inc | Chula Vista, CA | $93,579 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Sesame Workshop | New York, NY | $90,308 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| New York University | New York, NY | $83,412 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Equimundo Center for Masculinities and Social Justice | Washington, DC | $75,603 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Intrahealth International Inc | Chapel Hill, NC | $66,289 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Khana Group LLC | New York, NY | $65,398 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Proximity International LLC | Las Vegas, NV | $65,394 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Viamo Pbc | Washington, DC | $62,421 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Ona Systems Inc | South Burlington, VT | $62,392 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Exponent Partners | Pasadena, CA | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Research Foundation of the City University of New York | New York, NY | $59,686 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| San Diego Lactation Equity Alliance | La Mesa, CA | $53,682 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| President and Fellows of Harvard College | Cambridge, MA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Dreamstart Labs Inc | San Diego, CA | $44,150 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Exponent Partners | Pasadena, CA | $40,375 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Search for Common Ground | Washington, DC | $39,749 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Family Health International | Durham, NC | $39,520 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| International City County Management Association | Washington, DC | $37,793 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Urban Restoration Counseling Center | San Diego, CA | $37,480 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Pact Inc | Washington, DC | $34,189 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Mebs Global Reach Lc | Chantilly, VA | $31,285 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Ktl Communications | Alexandria, VA | $29,085 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| San Diego County Breastfeeding Coalition Sdcbc | San Diego, CA | $27,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Women for Women International | Washington, DC | $22,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Ask Global Health | Del Mar, CA | $22,478 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Wise Roots Midwifery | Downey, CA | $20,645 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Aqua Research Inc | Albuquerque, NM | $20,565 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Blackbird Birthing | Hemet, CA | $19,270 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Broderickhaight Consulting LLC | San Francisco, CA | $18,095 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Sun Mountain | Coral Gables, FL | $18,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Stantec Consulting Services Inc | Washington, DC | $16,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Instiglio | Brooklyn, NY | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Cultural Practice LLC | Bethesda, MD | $14,820 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Kinetix International Logistics | San Marcos, CA | $14,807 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Nurturely | Eugene, OR | $11,020 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Tango International | Tucson, AZ | $9,200 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Social Science & Research Consultants | Hollywood, FL | $8,260 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Logenix International | Fairfax, VA | $7,110 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Regents of the University of California at San Diego | La Jolla, CA | $5,750 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Leaves of Change | Stowe, VT | $5,440 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
39 of 75 (52%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold. Remember the $5,000 floor: an organization funded every year at $3,000 shows up here as never funded at all.
What kind of organizations it funds
By each recipient's own IRS classification, for the 34 of 75 recipients we could match to a registered organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses -- Schedule I reports the recipient's EIN, so this is a lookup rather than a name match.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants reported | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 18 | $2,627,756 | $56,203 |
| 2021 | 45 | $7,349,698 | $75,603 |
| 2022 | 37 | $8,486,082 | $79,524 |
| 2023 | 38 | $11.8M | $118,036 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- Form 990 arrives about a year after the year it covers, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a grantmaker winding down.
Where its money goes
16% of its giving went to organizations in California. Community foundations and federated funds are usually the most geographically bounded funders there are -- being outside the footprint is normally disqualifying in a way that a weak programme fit is not.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These grantmakers and private foundations gave to organizations this one also funded. Shared grantees are the strongest signal available that two funders have overlapping priorities -- and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this grantmaker
- Look for a published programme first. Unlike most private foundations, organizations of this kind often do run open, deadlined grant cycles with written guidelines. Its own website is the authority on that; this page is the authority on who it has actually paid.
- Check you are its size. The median reported grant is $79,407 -- and because grants under $5,000 need not be reported, it very likely writes smaller cheques than this page can see.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in California.
- Read the recipient list for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer and a cheap one to get.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Global Communities's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2020-2023). Nothing here is scraped, inferred or estimated.
On its most recent return it told the IRS it made grants to 19 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 19 other organizations. That is the filer's own count for one year; the totals above cover every year we hold.
Address of record on the latest return: 7700 Wisconsin Avenue 1100 1100, Bethesda, MD, 20814.
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