GlobalGiving
Giving Basket disabled: not listed with the IRSDevelopment and Relief Services | EIN: 30-0108263 | Washington DC
Mission: GlobalGiving is a nonprofit that helps fellow nonprofits thrive. Our mission is to transform aid and philanthropy to accelerate community-led change. We make it poss ... (More)
GlobalGiving is a 501(c)(3) organization, with an IRS ruling year of 2003, and donations are tax-deductible. Note: This organization was not on the most recent list of organizations provided by the IRS, the Business Master File (BMF). It will be removed from our website if it is not listed in the BMF for three consecutive months.
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Contact Information
1 Thomas NW
Suite 800
Washington DC 20005
Important note on the timeliness of ratings
The IRS is significantly delayed in processing nonprofits' annual tax filings (Forms 990). As a result, the Financial and Accountability & Transparency score for GlobalGiving is outdated and the overall rating may not be representative of its current operations. Please check with the charity directly for any questions you may have.
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Star Rating System by Charity Navigator
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Exceptional
This charity's score is 98.23, earning it a 4-Star rating. Donors can "Give with Confidence" to this charity.
This score is calculated from two sub-scores:
Finance: 97.50 View details
Accountability & Transparency: 100.00 View details
This score represents Form 990 data from 2019, the latest year published by the IRS.
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Program Expense Ratio
97.8%
The Program Expense Ratio is determined by Program Expenses divided by Total Expense (average of most recent three 990s).
This measure reflects the percent of its total expenses a charity spends on the programs and services it exists to deliver. Dividing a charity's average program expenses by its average total functional expenses yields this percentage. We calculate the charity's average expenses over its three most recent fiscal years.
Source: IRS Form 990
Administrative Expenses
2.0%
As reported by charities on their IRS Form 990, this measure reflects what percent of its total budget a charity spends on overhead, administrative staff and associated costs, and organizational meetings. Dividing a charity's average administrative expenses by its average total functional expenses yields this percentage. We calculate the charity's average expenses over its three most recent fiscal years.
Source: IRS Form 990
Fundraising Expenses
0.1%
This measure reflects what a charity spends to raise money. Fundraising expenses can include campaign printing, publicity, mailing, and staffing and costs incurred in soliciting donations, memberships, and grants. Dividing a charity's average fundraising expenses by its average total functional expenses yields this percentage. We calculate the charity's average expenses over its three most recent fiscal years.
Source: IRS Form 990
Liabilities to Assets Ratio
3.6%
The Liabilities to Assets Ratio is determined by Total Liabilities divided by Total Assets (most recent 990).
Part of our goal in rating the financial performance of charities is to help donors assess the financial capacity and sustainability of a charity. As do organizations in other sectors, charities must be mindful of their management of total liabilites in relation to their total assets. This ratio is an indicator of an organization’s solvency and or long term sustainability. Dividing a charity's total liabilities by its total assets yields this percentage.
Source: IRS Form 990
Fundraising Efficiency
$0.00
The amount spent to raise $1 in charitable contributions. To calculate a charity's fundraising efficiency, we divide its average fundraising expenses by the average total contributions it receives. We calculate the charity's average expenses and average contributions over its three most recent fiscal years.
Source: IRS Form 990
Working Capital Ratio
0.73 years
Determines how long a charity could sustain its level of spending using its net available assets, or working capital, as reported on its most recently filed Form 990. We include in a charity's working capital unrestricted and temporarily restricted net assets, and exclude permanently restricted net assets. Dividing these net available assets in the most recent year by a charity's average total expenses, yields the working capital ratio. We calculate the charity's average total expenses over its three most recent fiscal years.
Source: IRS Form 990
Program Expense Growth
17.92%
We compute the average annual growth of program expenses using the following formula: [(Yn/Y0)(1/n)]-1, where Y0 is a charity's program expenses in the first year of the interval analyzed, Yn is the charity's program expenses in the most recent year, and n is the interval of years passed between Y0 and Yn.
Source: IRS Form 990
Governance
Charity Navigator looks to confirm on the Form 990 that the organization has these governance practices in place.
Sources Include: IRS Form 990
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| No Material Diversion of Assets ... (More) A diversion of assets – any unauthorized conversion or use of the organization's assets other than for the organization's authorized purposes, including but not limited to embezzlement or theft – can seriously call into question a charity's financial integrity. We check the charity's last two Forms 990 to see if the charity has reported any diversion of assets. If the charity does report a diversion, then we check to see if it complied with the Form 990 instructions by describing what happened and its corrective action. This metric will be assigned to one of the following categories:
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| Audited Financials Prepared by Independent Accountant ... (More) Audited financial statements provide important information about financial accountability and accuracy. They should be prepared by an independent accountant with oversight from an audit committee. (It is not necessary that the audit committee be a separate committee. Often at smaller charities, it falls within the responsibilities of the finance committee or the executive committee.) The committee provides an important oversight layer between the management of the organization, which is responsible for the financial information reported, and the independent accountant, who reviews the financials and issues an opinion based on its findings. We check the charity's Form 990 reporting to see if it meets this criteria.
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| Does Not Provide Loan(s) to or Receive Loan(s) From Related Parties ... (More) | |
| Documents Board Meeting Minutes ... (More) | |
| Distributes 990 to Board Before Filing ... (More) | |
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Policies
Charity Navigator looks to confirm on the Form 990, or for some metrics on the charity's website, that the organization has these policies in place.
Sources Include: IRS Form 990 and organization's website
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| Records Retention and Destruction ... (More) | |
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| Donor Privacy ... (More) Donors can be reluctant to contribute to a charity when their name, address, or other basic information may become part of donor lists that are exchanged or sold, resulting in an influx of charitable solicitations from other organizations. Our analysts check the charity's website to see if the organization has a donor privacy policy in place and what it does and does not cover. Privacy policies are assigned to one of the following categories:
The privacy policy must be specific to donor information. A general website policy which references "visitor" or "user" personal information will not suffice. A policy that refers to donor information collected on the website is also not sufficient as the policy must be comprehensive and applicable to both online and offline donors. The existence of a privacy policy of any type does not prohibit the charity itself from contacting the donor for informational, educational, or solicitation purposes. (Less) |
Transparency
Charity Navigator looks to confirm on the Form 990, or for some metrics on the charity's website, that the organization makes this information easily accessible.
Sources Include: IRS Form 990 and organization's website
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| Form 990 Available on Website ... (More) |
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Total Revenue and Expenses
This chart displays the trend of revenue and expenses over the past several years for this organization, as reported on their IRS Form 990.
Salary of Key Persons
Presented here are this organizations key compensated staff members as identified by our analysts. This compensation data includes salary, cash bonuses and expense accounts and is displayed exactly how it is reported to the IRS. The amounts do not include nontaxable benefits, deferred compensation, or other amounts not reported on Form W-2. In some cases, these amounts may include compensation from related organizations. Read the IRS policies for compensation reporting
Alix Guerrier, CEO
$204,167 (0.31% of Total Expenses)
Current CEO and Board Chair can be found in the Leadership & Adaptability report below.
Source: IRS Form 990 (page 7), filing year 2019
Business Master File Data
Below are some key data points from the Exempt Organization IRS Business Master File (BMF) for this organization. Learn more about the BMF on the IRS website
Activities:
Activity data not reported from the IRS
Foundation Status:
Organization which receives a substantial part of its support from a governmental unit or the general public 170(b)(1)(A)(vi) (BMF foundation code: 15)
Affiliation:
Independent - the organization is an independent organization or an independent auxiliary (i.e., not affiliated with a National, Regional, or Geographic grouping of organizations). (BMF affiliation code: 3)
Data Sources: IRS Forms 990
The Form 990 is a document that nonprofit organizations file with the IRS annually. We leverage finance and accountability data from it to form Encompass ratings. Click here to view this organization's Forms 990 on the IRS website (if any are available).
Pandemic Response
Due to the unprecedented nature of the pandemic, we give charities such as this one the opportunity to share the story of COVID's impact on them. Charities may submit their own pandemic responses through their nonprofit portal.
GlobalGiving reported being impacted by COVID-19 in the following ways:
Program Delivery
How COVID-19 impacted the organization's operations financially:
GlobalGiving applied for and received a Paycheck Protection Program loan and thus were able to employ a full staff. The PPP loan has been forgiven. Ultimately, we were able to persevere, and hit a fundraising milestone, helping to raise more than $105 million for charitable projects around the world, including COVID-19 relief and prevention. We also launched an emergency microgrants initiative to provide flexible, trust-based grants to our nonprofit partners impacted by COVID-19 around the world.
How COVID-19 impacted the organization's delivery of programs:
GlobalGiving quickly shifted to being fully remote in order to continue supporting our nonprofit partners and donors and ensure the safety of all. We have a strong disaster response program and found early on that all of our nonprofit partners had become, legitimately, coronavirus response providers. To help address emerging needs, we launched a Coronavirus Relief Fund and an emergency microgrant program, delivering small grants of $1,000 to more than 500 nonprofits around the world. An additional 300 grantees received funds from our Coronavirus Relief Fund, which raised nearly $13 million for relief in 2020. We removed traditional barriers to grant applications and project requirements in recognition of the strain of the pandemic and the need for flexibility in funding. For microgrants, we asked only for a 1-3 sentence explaining the need. We then analyzed all applications and shared the data. We helped corporate partners replicate this flexible approach in their programs.
How this organization adapted to changing conditions caused by COVID-19:
GlobalGiving is forever changed because of the pandemic. A year and a half later, we have doubled down on our commitment to put the communities we work with in the driver’s seat of change and support our staff's wellbeing. Foremost, this means building strong relationships with our partners, listening to them and understanding their needs, and being flexible, trusting, and responsive in our programming, grantmaking, and every day work. The traumatic events and social justice movement of 2020 also led to self-reflection amongst staff and the organization. GlobalGiving has a responsibility to current and future stakeholders to prioritize its equity work. We have now standardized the hiring process to eliminate bias, and partnered with a Race, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusiveness consulting company, Building for Mission. We are committed to achieving long-term REDI objectives such as organizational and team alignment, REDI capacity, and relationships, empathy, and trust-building.
Innovations the organization intends to continue permanently after the pandemic:
Our work during the pandemic reinforced the importance of being community led, and we're actively focused on building capabilities to be more community led in the future. For us this means a commitment to sharing power and co-creating with our partners. It means listening and being responsive, fostering deeper relationships and inviting our partnerships to transform us. We also aspire to be transparent, reliable, and accountable partners, and identify and remove barriers to equity. One example of the importance of listening from the pandemic is our exploration of virtual field visits. By listening and adapting, we found many of our partners are excited about the idea of virtual visits. This also cuts the cost and risk of travel. Listening to partners also inspired our emergency microgrants initiative. Through the pandemic, we learned that we can meet our mission successfully in a virtual environment, and that staff, like our nonprofits partners, value flexibility.
Historical Ratings
| Date Published | Form 990 FYE | Overall Score | Overall Rating |
| Rating Version: 2.1 | |||
| 6/1/2022 | 2019 | 98.23 | |
| 9/1/2021 | 2019 | 96.66 | |
This organization received multiple star ratings within this fiscal year, due to an update to its Accountability and Transparency data and/or the receipt of an amended Form 990. | |||
| 4/1/2020 | 2018 | 98.23 | |
| 5/1/2019 | 2017 | 98.23 | |
| 6/1/2018 | 2016 | 96.46 | |
| 7/1/2017 | 2015 | 96.46 | |
| 6/1/2016 | 2014 | 98.23 | |
| Rating Version: 2.0 | |||
| 3/1/2015 | 2013 | 96.26 | |
| 5/1/2014 | 2012 | 97.94 | |
| 5/3/2013 | 2011 | 96.02 | |
| 6/1/2012 | 2010 | 95.85 | |
| 4/1/2012 | 2010 | 88.61 |  |
| 9/20/2011 | 2009 | 82.42 | |
| Rating Version: 1.0 | |||
| 12/1/2010 | 2009 | 88.42 | |
| 9/1/2009 | 2008 | 93.30 | |
| 8/1/2008 | 2007 | 88.07 | |
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Impact & Results
This score estimates the actual impact a nonprofit has on the lives of those it serves, and determines whether it is making good use of donor resources to achieve that impact.
Impact & Results Score
Not Currently Scored
GlobalGiving cannot currently be evaluated by our Encompass Rating Impact & Results methodology because either (A) it is eligible, but we have not yet received data; (B) we have not yet developed an algorithm to estimate its programmatic impact; (C) its programs are not direct services; or (D) it is not heavily reliant on contributions from individual donors.
Note: The absence of a score does not indicate a positive or negative assessment, it only indicates that we have not yet evaluated the organization.
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Largest Programs
GlobalGiving reported its largest program on its FY 2019 Form 990 as:
$65,260,548
Spent in most recent FY
100%
Percent of program expenses
Connecting Donors with Global Projects
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Leadership & Adaptability
This score provides an assessment of the organization's leadership capacity, strategic thinking and planning, and ability to innovate or respond to changes in constituent demand/need or other relevant social and economic conditions to achieve the organization's mission.
Leadership & Adaptability Score
100
out of 100
The score earned by GlobalGiving is a passing score. This score has no effect on the organization's Star Rating.
Encompass Rating V4 provides an evaluation of the organization's Leadership & Adaptability through the nonprofit organization submitting a survey response directly to Charity Navigator.
Leadership & Adaptability Report
100
of 100 points
Mission
The nonprofit organization presents evidence of strategic thinking through articulating the organization’s mission
To transform aid and philanthropy to accelerate community-led change
Source: Nonprofit submitted responses
Vision
The nonprofit organization presents evidence of strategic thinking through articulating the organization’s vision.
Unleashed potential of people to make positive change happen.
Source: Nonprofit submitted responses
Strategic Goals
The nonprofit organization presents evidence of strategic thinking and goal setting through sharing their most important strategic goals.
Goal One: Driving significantly more funding to community-led nonprofits around the world is one of our most important goals. To do so, we will invest in world-class products, services, and programs for giving.
Goal Type: Focus on core programs to achieve mission and scale back on programs not seen as core.
Goal Two: Growing support for community-led approaches as a more equitable and just alternative to funder-driven work is one of our most important goals. This entails being community-led ourselves in all we do.
Goal Type: Grow, expand, scale or increase access to the existing programs and services.
Goal Three: Amplifying the voices of our nonprofit partners is one of our most important goals. We're now building our capacity to center Race, Equity, Diversity + Inclusiveness principles in our work.
Goal Type: Invest in the capacity of our organization (financial, management, technical, etc.).
Source: Nonprofit submitted responses
Leadership Development
The nonprofit provides evidence of investment in leadership development
Describe an investment in leadership
We hired a facilitator to host two Compassion Fatigue workshops for staff experiencing secondary trauma in safeguarding vulnerable populations and reviewing and moderating sensitive content. We hosted a second free session for managers, in order to build leadership skills to better prevent and manage trauma on our teams.
Source: Nonprofit submitted responses
Mobilizing for Mission
The nonprofit provides evidence of leadership through focusing externally and mobilizing resources for the mission.
This organization mobilizes for mission in the following ways:
Strategic Partnerships
Networks of Collective Impact Efforts
Thought Leadership
Raising Awareness
Community Building
What are this organization’s external mobilizaton efforts?
GlobalGiving has strong strategic partnerships across sectors and geographies, and we continually engage in collective impact efforts and thought leadership. One recent example of our thought leadership is our development of Ethos, a decision-making framework and how-to-guide for managing ethical dilemmas. We offer Ethos tools at no cost through our Ethos website. GlobalGiving partnered with the Global Fund for Community Foundations to research what it means to be community-led and how to assess whether your organization is community led, and our findings are open to all. Our Learn Library is a repository of free tips, tools, and resources for anyone who wants to make the world a better place. In 2020, the library reached more than 1M views. Our staff present at conferences and in virtual training opportunities routinely. A recent example is from the 14th Annual Peak Grantmaking Conference, where we presented on “Local Voices in the Lead: Tools for Community-Led Grantmaking.”
Source: Nonprofit submitted responses
Story of Adaptability
The nonprofit has an opportunity to tell the story of how the organization adapted to tremendous external changes in the last year.
Our HR team rapidly developed a comprehensive COVID-19 response plan using resources from local and global health organizations to guide GlobalGiving employees to keep themselves, their families, and their colleagues healthy and safe. The plan was a living document that we updated based on staff surveys and input, which we collected regularly. As a result of staff feedback, we developed several adaptive policies to prioritize staff well-being and productivity during a pandemic that continues to disrupt life through outbreak waves and COVID-19 variants. Two policies that we are proud of are our organizational-wide “No Meeting Days” and our “GG Health Days.” During our “No Meeting Days,” we collectively committed to moving all non-essential meetings, so all staff could have more uninterrupted time for strategic work, long-term planning, or work that requires quiet, focused time to complete. This was in response to feedback from staff, who found that in our mostly remote work environment requests for meetings had sky-rocketed. We also added several “GG Health Days.” These are days when the office and entire staff received an extra day of collective PTO. We found through feedback that a remote work environment had, for some, created a self-imposed expectation of “always being on.” This mental load can be exacerbated by virtual environments like Slack, where hundreds of messages are crafted and sent sometimes daily at a lightning speed, and boundary-setting varies from individual to individual. Our “Health Days” permit us to all step back from work at the same time, thus reducing staff stress that they’ll miss something important by being away. The feedback on these policies in this time of uncertainty has been resoundingly positive, and these pandemic innovations will continue long after COVID-19 is contained.
Source: Nonprofit submitted responses
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Organization Leadership
Donna Callejon
Interim CEO
Brian Walsh
Board Chair
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Culture & Community
This score provides an assessment of the organization's culture and connectedness to the community it serves. Learn more about how and why we rate Culture & Community.
Culture & Community Score
Not Currently Scored
GlobalGiving is currently not eligible for a Culture & Community score because we have not received its Constituent Feedback or Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion data. Nonprofit organizations are encouraged to fill out the How We Listen and Equity Practices sections of their Candid profile.
Note: The absence of a score does not indicate a positive or negative assessment, it only indicates that we have not yet evaluated the organization.
Culture & Community Report
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Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
This organization has not provided information regarding the diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) practices it is presently implementing. As such, the organization has not earned a score on this metric. Charity Navigator believes nonprofit organizations implementing effective DEI policies and practices can enhance a nonprofit's decision-making, staff motivation, innovation, and effectiveness.
Methodology
We are utilizing data collected by Candid to document and assess the DEI practices implemented by the organization. Nonprofit organizations are encouraged to fill out the Equity Strategies section of their Candid profiles to receive a rating.
Learn more about the methodology.
Constituent Feedback
Constituent Feedback and Listening Practice data are not available for this organization. Charity Navigator believes nonprofit organizations that engage in inclusive practices, such as collecting feedback from the people and communities they serve, may be more effective.
Methodology
We've partnered with Candid to survey organizations about their feedback practices. Nonprofit organizations can fill out the How We Listen section of their Candid profile to receive a rating.
Learn more about the methodology.
Analysis and Research
Like the overall Encompass Rating System, the Culture & Community Beacon is designed to evolve as metrics are developed and ready for integration. Below you can find more information about the metrics we currently evaluate in this beacon and their relevance to nonprofit performance.
Constituent Feedback
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
