About Global Poverty Project
We envision a world free from extreme poverty. Global Citizen is an advocacy platform that mobilizes millions to defeat extreme poverty and defend the planet by driving policy change, financial investments, and collective action.
Focus Areas
poverty alleviation / defeat extreme povertyclimate change / defend the planeteducation & early lifejobs & employmentelectricity & connectivitycivic engagement / volunteering
Who They Fund
people living in extreme povertyyouth and young leaders/entrepreneurscommunities lacking reliable health, vaccine or energy access
Funding Style
policy advocacy and campaigning
About Global Poverty Project
A $500,000 grant to HeadCount for voter registration is the clearest recent signal from Global Poverty Project Inc.: the foundation uses large, program-specific awards to support civic participation alongside its broader anti-poverty agenda. As a public charity behind Global Citizen, it links grantmaking to policy change, collective action, and issue-based campaigning rather than to a single service model. The organization’s stated mission centers on defeating extreme poverty and defending the planet, and its active programs show that approach in practice through education, youth leadership, and public mobilization. One example is the Global Citizen Prize: Cisco Youth Leadership Award, which recognizes a young leader using technology to address poverty and social inequality and supports the winner’s organization. Another is the Youth Empowerment Fund, an $11 million initiative with Global Youth Mobilization and the European Union that backs youth-led solutions at community level. The mix of prize programs, partnerships, and targeted grants shows a funder that combines advocacy, convening, and catalytic support for work tied to the UN Global Goals.
What Global Poverty Project Funds
Education is a recurring channel for the foundation’s support. Through the FIFA Global Citizen Education Fund, it awards grants to grassroots and community-based organizations that combine education and sport for children worldwide. Youth leadership is another major theme: the Youth Empowerment Fund supports youth-led solutions advancing the UN Sustainable Development Goals, with funding, capacity building, and networking. Civic engagement appears in the foundation’s recent grant to HeadCount for voter registration, showing direct support for participation in elections. The Global Citizen Emerging Creatives Program adds an arts and advocacy angle, supporting emerging creatives in the Global South who use art to highlight civic space, social injustice, and the Global Goals.
How Global Poverty Project Gives
The published grant-size distribution is uniform: p25, median, and p75 are all $500,000, indicating a very concentrated award pattern in the latest filing. The organization is a public charity and a regular Funder, not a DAF, and it does not fund individuals. Its grantmaking also includes a mix of open and closed opportunities: some programs accept unsolicited applications, while others do not. The data points to a mostly recurring program structure, with annual prizes and standing initiatives such as the Global Citizen Prize, Global Citizen Waislitz Awards, and Youth Empowerment Fund.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$500K
Total Assets
$20.1M
Total Revenue
$45.1M
Total Expenses
$48.1M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $500K and $500K, with a median of $500K.
25th Percentile
$500K
Median
$500K
75th Percentile
$500K
Geographic Reach
Local1 state funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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