Public Charity

CENTER FOR GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT

CENTER FOR GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT is a Public Charity headquartered in WASHINGTON, DC. Financial data from the 2025 filing: $27.9M revenue, $19.2M expenses, $78.1M total assets. 76 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $20.7M, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 522351337 WASHINGTON, DC Human Service Organizations NTEE: P20 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$27.9M
Total Expenses$19.2M
Total Assets$78.1M
Grant Records76
Funding Total$20.7M
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

REDUCE GLOBAL POVERTY AND IMPROVE LIVES THROUGH INNOVATIVE ECONOMIC RESEARCH THAT DRIVES BETTER POLICY AND PRACTICE BY THE WORLD'S TOP DECISION MAKERS. WE FOCUS ON THE INTERSECTION OF DEVELOPING COUNTRIES AND THE GOVERNMENTS, INSTITUTIONS AND CORPORATIONS THAT CAN HELP THEM DELIVER GREATER PROGRESS.

Where $100 goes at Center for Global Development

How Center for Global Development divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 9 years.

$86 Programs the work itself
$10 Management running the organization
$4 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $86 for programs

$86
Global health-as more countries rise out of poverty, cgd is focusing on the inequities and emerging problems that jeopardize global health progress: how should governments allocate scarce health…
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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Officers & Directors

DIRECTOR (UNTIL 4/25) Afsaneh Beschloss
DIRECTOR Amrita Ahuja
DIRECTOR Bertrand Badre
DIRECTOR (UNTIL 11/25) Bobby Pittman
DIRECTOR Bob Mccarthy
DIRECTOR Brian Deese

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

International Aid & Development
$7,145,143 8 grants
General Support
$5,437,776 46 grants
Economic Development
$2,075,000 2 grants
Human & Social Services
$1,900,450 9 grants
Public Safety & Disaster Relief
$332,986 2 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $27.9M $19.2M $78.1M
2024 $23.6M $18.1M $65.8M
2023 $15.7M $21.0M $60.3M
2022 $21.7M $19.7M $63.1M
2021 $14.3M $20.0M $65.8M

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $14.3M to $27.9M (+95%), with total assets most recently reported at $78.1M.

Interactive year-over-year charts and full filing details available with membership.

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