Funding search · EIN 824717403 · Purchase, NY

Mastercard Impact Fund

Name: Mastercard Impact Fund grants, 2021–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

258
grants reported: $274.9M
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $486,963
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

business small impact data social financial security strive

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Where the money goes

Small business and micro-entrepreneur digital enablement, largely through the Strive program
Data for Social Impact research partnerships with universities and data nonprofits
Employee giving match administered through third-party giving platforms
Financial security and climate resilience prizes, mostly international
Black-owned and underserved US small business support via intermediaries

Typical grant

Median grant is about $487,000, with the middle half between $200,000 and $1 million. The very large checks, $2 million to $17.7 million, go to global implementing partners running Strive and small business programs (DAI Global, Caribou Digital, CARE, Aspen, Accion, New Venture Fund); university and research grants cluster at $150,000 to $1.07 million. Repeat funding is the norm, with the same names appearing in consecutive years at similar or identical amounts (AUC Consortium at $2,159,600 twice, Weill Cornell at $1 million twice, Washington University at $403,196 twice).

Their words

Phrases from their own grant descriptions, worth speaking back to them.

“SMALL BUSINESS”
“DATA FOR SOCIAL IMPACT”
“SMALL BUSINESS - STRIVE”
“FINANCIAL SECURITY”
“FUTURE OF WORKERS”

Positioning adjacent work

Anchor to "DATA FOR SOCIAL IMPACT": that is where nearly every university grant here sits.
Ask $250,000 to $1 million; that band covers Columbia, UVA, Chicago, Howard and Washington University.
Frame findings as usable by small business or micro-entrepreneur programs, not as standalone academic output.
If work touches labor markets, tie to "FUTURE OF WORKERS," funded at Urban Institute and Bruegel scale.

Worth knowing: A handful of implementers absorb most of the money: DAI Global took $28.7 million across two years, and Caribou Digital, CARE, Aspen, Accion and New Venture Fund account for much of the rest, so university grants are a small slice of a large pool. Giving is heavily DC and NY based with a strong international tilt (London, Geneva, Toronto, Jakarta, Panama, Bengaluru), and the roster changes little year to year, which reads as relationship-driven renewal rather than open competition.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Dai Global Llc3 grants · $30.9M
Caribou Digital (UK) Ltd4 grants · $20.9M
The Aspen Institute4 grants · $17.9M
New Venture Fund5 grants · $16.0M
Gavi Alliance1 grant · $15.8M
Accion International4 grants · $12.4M
American India Foundation3 grants · $9.4M
Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere Inc (Care)3 grants · $8.7M
Yourcause Processing Services1 grant · $5.1M
American Online Giving Foundation1 grant · $4.7M

Giving over time

$77.5M

2021

$62.0M

2022

$73.3M

2023

$62.1M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 258 grants.

$17.7M
Dai Global Llc · Bethesda, MD · 2024
Small business
$15.8M
Gavi Alliance · 2021
Covid-19 emergency response
$11.0M
Dai Global Llc · Bethesda, MD · 2023
Small business - strive
$9.0M
American India Foundation · New York, NY · 2021
Covid-19 emergency response
$8.7M
Caribou Digital (UK) Ltd · 2023
Small business - strive
$7.8M
New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2022
Data for social impact
$6.6M
Caribou Digital (UK) Ltd · 2021
Small business - strive
$5.4M
The Aspen Institute · Washington, DC · 2022
Other strategic
$5.4M
The Aspen Institute · Washington, DC · 2023
Other strategic
$5.2M
Accion International · Washington, DC · 2022
Small business
$5.1M
Yourcause Processing Services · Plano, TX · 2021
Employee matching gift program - additional info available upon request
$4.7M
American Online Giving Foundation · Newark, DE · 2024
Employee giving match
$4.1M
Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere Inc (Care) · Atlanta, GA · 2024
Small business
$4.1M
Your Cause · Plano, TX · 2023
Employee match
$3.6M
New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
Data for social impact
$3.6M
The Aspen Institute · Washington, DC · 2021
Inclusive growth
$3.5M
The Aspen Institute · Washington, DC · 2024
Other strategic
$3.5M
Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere Inc (Care) · Atlanta, GA · 2023
Small business - strive
$3.5M
Caribou Digital (UK) Ltd · 2024
Small business
$3.4M
New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
Data for social impact
$2.8M
Accion International · Washington, DC · 2024
Small business
$2.8M
Datakind · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
Data for social impact
$2.5M
President and Fellows of Harvard College · Cambridge, MA · 2022
Discretionary
$2.5M
The Earthshot Prize · 2023
Financial security / climate resilience
$2.3M
Accion International · Washington, DC · 2023
Small business
$2.2M
Black Economic Alliance Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023
Small business
$2.2M
Black Economic Alliance Foundation · Washington, DC · 2021
Financial security/ individuals
$2.2M
Dai Global Llc · Bethesda, MD · 2022
Small business - strive
$2.2M
Auc Consortium · Atlanta, GA · 2024
Data for social impact
$2.2M
Auc Consortium · Atlanta, GA · 2023
Data for social impact
$2.0M
Caribou Digital (UK) Ltd · 2022
Small business - strive
$2.0M
The Eric and Wendy Schmidt Fund for Strategic Innovation · Palo Alto, CA · 2023
Discretionary
$2.0M
Accion International · Cambridge, MA · 2021
Small business/fsps
$2.0M
French Red Cross · 2021
Covid-19 emergency response
$2.0M
World Food Program USA · Washington, DC · 2021
Covid-19 emergency response
$2.0M
Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere · Atlanta, GA · 2021
Small business
$2.0M
Tufts University · Medford, MA · 2022
Other strategic
$1.9M
New York University · New York City, NY · 2021
Financial security/ small business
$1.9M
Fundacion Capital Fundak · 2024
Small business
$1.8M
Fundacin Capital Fundak · 2022
Small business
$1.7M
The Urban Institute · Washington, DC · 2021
Financial security/ economic development
$1.7M
Caribou Digital (UK) Ltd (Eur) · 2024
Small business
$1.6M
Datakind · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
Data for social impact
$1.5M
Community Reinvestment Fund · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
Small business
$1.5M
National Urban League · New York, NY · 2021
Covid-19 emergency response
$1.4M
Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere · Atlanta, GA · 2022
Small business
$1.4M
American Online Giving Foundation · Newark, DE · 2023
Employee match
$1.4M
Community Reinvestment Fund · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
Small business
$1.2M
The Howard University · Washington Dc, DC · 2021
Impact data science
$1.2M
The Earthshot Prize · 2024
Financial security
$1.2M
Founders4school (Digital Boost) · 2023
Small business - strive
$1.2M
Yayasan Mercy Corps Indonesia (Ymci) · 2023
Small business - strive
$1.1M
Accelerator for America · Los Angeles, CA · 2021
Financial security/economic development cities
$1.1M
The Urban Institute · Washington, DC · 2022
Future of workers
$1.1M
Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere Inc (Care) · Atlanta, GA · 2023
Small business
$1.1M
The Howard University · Washington, DC · 2024
Data for social impact
$1.1M
The Howard University · Washington, DC · 2022
Data for social impact / racial justice
$1.1M
New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2021
Data.org
$1.0M
Business for Social Responsibility · New York, NY · 2024
Financial security
$1.0M
National Urban League · New York, NY · 2024
Small business
$1.0M
The Governing Council of the University of Toronto · 2024
Other strategic
$1.0M
Weill Cornell Medical College · New York, NY · 2024
Other strategic
$1.0M
National Urban League · New York, NY · 2023
Small business
$1.0M
Philanthropy Asia Alliance Ltd · 2023
Data for social impact
$1.0M
Weill Cornell Medical College · New York, NY · 2023
Discretionary
$1.0M
Accelerator for America · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Economic development
$1.0M
Capital Impact Partners · Arlington, VA · 2022
Small business
$1.0M
National Urban League · New York, NY · 2022
Small business
$1.0M
Social Progress Imperative · Washington, DC · 2022
Data for social impact
$1.0M
Weill Cornell Medical College · New York, NY · 2022
Discretionary
$1.0M
The Advertising Council · New York, NY · 2021
Covid-19 emergency response
$1.0M
Weill Cornell Medical College · New York, NY · 2021
Racial justice
$1.0M
World Vision · Federal Way, WA · 2021
Covid-19 emergency response
$999,800
Impact Foundation · 2023
Small business
$958,764
Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere · Atlanta, GA · 2022
Small business - strive
$952,793
Frontier Innovations Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
Small business - strive
$879,026
Fundacion Capital Fundak · 2021
Small business
$875,000
The Productivity Group · 2022
Small business - strive
$870,017
Washington University · St Louis, MO · 2022
Other strategic
$850,000
Bankable Frontier Associates Llc · Cambridge, MA · 2024
Small business
$850,000
Bankable Frontier Associates Llc · Cambridge, MA · 2022
Small business - strive
$842,500
American Red Cross · New York, NY · 2022
Disaster relief
$833,334
Tsinghua Education Foundation (Na) · Menlo Park, CA · 2021
Schwarzman scholars program
$776,000
Enterprise Nation · 2021
Small business - strive
$770,000
Founders4schools · 2021
Small business - strive
$750,000
Cyberpeace Institute · 2023
Data for social impact
$750,000
Partnership for Central America · Washington, DC · 2023
Financial security
$750,000
Cnote Group · Oakland, CA · 2022
Small business
$750,000
Cyberpeace Institute · 2022
Data for social impact
$750,000
Benefits Data Trust · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
Impact data science
$717,690
The UK Online Giving Foundation · 2024
Employee giving match
$706,000
Duke University · Durham, NC · 2022
Small business
$700,000
The Productivity Group · 2021
Small business - strive
$699,000
Duke University · Durham, NC · 2021
Financial security/workers
$656,250
The Urban Institute · Washington, DC · 2023
Future of workers
$650,000
Community Reinvestment Fund · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
Small business
$650,000
The Asia Foundation · San Franciso, CA · 2023
Small business - strive
$650,000
Benefits Data Trust · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Data for social impact
$640,000
American Red Cross · New York, NY · 2021
Disaster relief
$636,833
The Governing Council of the University of Toronto · 2021
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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.