Project Concern International (PCI) is a global humanitarian organization that partners with communities to deliver health, nutrition, food security, and economic development programs that improve the lives of vulnerable people.
Project Concern International’s recent giving is led by large program-support grants, including a $9,963,845 award to Global Communities Inc in 2024 and a $3,309,230 grant to Cooperative Housing Foundation in 2023. Those awards point to a funder that works through major implementing organizations rather than individual recipients, with project-based support as a clear pattern in its grant records. The foundation’s public profile and topic tags align with a portfolio centered on global health, nutrition, food security, WASH, economic development, and humanitarian assistance. Women and girls are also present in the record through a dedicated gender-equality grant. The 2025 filing year shows continued activity, including another large program-support grant to Global Communities Inc and a smaller award to American Institutes for Research. Across the recent grants list, the foundation’s support appears concentrated in institutional partnerships and thematic programming rather than a wide spread of small awards. That mix helps identify Project Concern International as a funder that channels resources into direct service and program delivery, with the grant record emphasizing implementation capacity and specific issue areas over open-ended philanthropy.
In global health and related service delivery, Project Concern International gave $19,172 to American Institutes for Research in 2025 for program support. That sits alongside the foundation’s stated focus areas of global health, nutrition, food security, WASH, economic development, and humanitarian assistance. Gender-focused work appears as a separate line of giving. In 2023, the foundation awarded $148,601 to Dalberg Design LLC for “HER - Gender Equality & The Empowerment Of Women & Girls,” linking the grant record to its topic taxonomy around gender equality, women’s rights and advocacy, and gender-focused program delivery. The larger awards in the file are framed as program support to implementing organizations. That pattern suggests the foundation favors project-based funding within established programs rather than unrestricted giving across a broad set of causes.
Typical grant size is highly skewed upward: p25 is $148,601, the median is $2,886,059, and p75 is $3,309,230. The recent record includes one very large award at $9,963,845, which helps explain why the median sits in the multi-million-dollar range. The grant list shows repeat support to the same organizations across different years, including Global Communities Inc in 2024 and 2025, and a prior grant to Cooperative Housing Foundation in 2023. Project Concern International is a regular funder, not a DAF, and it does not fund individuals or program-related investments. The recent grants are framed as program support and project-based funding.
$2.9M
$1.9M
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$3.5M
Most grants fall between $149K and $3.3M, with a median of $2.9M.
25th Percentile
$149K
Median
$2.9M
75th Percentile
$3.3M
About 0% of grants go to recipients in MD.
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Project Concern International’s recent grantmaking is concentrated in the United States, with 5 of 5 recent grants going to U.S. recipients. Maryland is the top state by grant count, and the named recipient cities include Silver Spring and Bethesda. Other recent recipient locations include New York, NY and Arlington, VA. Because the recent country distribution is entirely domestic, the grant record shows a U.S.-only pattern in the file provided. The foundation’s HQ is in San Diego, but none of the recent grants in the list went to California recipients.
The recent record shows support for established implementing organizations such as Global Communities Inc, Cooperative Housing Foundation, Dalberg Design LLC, and American Institutes for Research. The grants are described as program support, which points to institutional project funding rather than individual awards.
The foundation’s stated focus areas include global health, nutrition, food security, WASH, economic development, and humanitarian assistance. The topic taxonomy also points to gender equality, empowerment of women and girls, women’s rights and advocacy, and gender-focused program delivery.
The distribution is weighted toward large awards. Typical grant size is $148,601 at the 25th percentile, $2,886,059 at the median, and $3,309,230 at the 75th percentile. The recent record also includes a $9,963,845 grant.
In the recent grants list provided, all 5 grants went to U.S. recipients. The country distribution is 100.0% US, with recipient cities including Silver Spring, Bethesda, New York, and Arlington.
Yes. Global Communities Inc appears in both 2024 and 2025, and Cooperative Housing Foundation appears in 2023. That repeat pattern suggests ongoing institutional relationships in addition to one-off awards.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GLOBAL COMMUNITIES INC | BETHESDA, MD | $2,886,059 | 2025 | TO PROVIDE PROGRAM SUPPORT |
| AMERICAN INSTITUTES FOR RESEARCH | ARLINGTON, VA | $19,172 | 2025 | TO PROVIDE PROGRAM SUPPORT |
| GLOBAL COMMUNITIES INC | SILVER SPRING, MD | $9,963,845 | 2024 | TO PROVIDE PROGRAM SUPPORT |
| COOPERATIVE HOUSING FOUNDATION | SILVER SPRING, MD | $3,309,230 | 2023 | TO PROVIDE PROGRAM SUPPORT |
| DALBERG DESIGN LLC | NEW YORK, NY | $148,601 | 2023 | HER - GENDER EQUALITY & THE EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN & GIRLS |
DALBERG DESIGN LLC
$148,601HER - GENDER EQUALITY & THE EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN & GIRLS