Global Fund for Children Impact Report 2024–2025

 We Stand with Children

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Our Vision and Mission

Global Fund for Children (GFC) envisions a future where all children are safe, strong, and valued.

We boldly pursue this vision by partnering with community-based organizations around the world to help children and young people access equal resources and opportunities, and live free from violence, discrimination, and exploitation.

Welcome

From the Co-CEOs

John Hecklinger

John Hecklinger

Co-CEO,
Global Fund for Children

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Hayley Roffey

Co-CEO,
Global Fund for Children

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This past year was one to reckon with, and we are deeply proud that Global Fund for Children navigated it with care and courage. We saw our partners, young leaders, staff, and communities rally together to overcome challenges – including the funding freeze leveled by the US government last January, which has impacted thousands of community-based organizations and countless children and families.

Amid major changes in the philanthropic landscape, GFC pivoted to adapt while continuing to serve our partners, and the children and young people they support. In March 2025, we launched the We Stand with Children campaign to reinforce our support following the halt in global aid funding. As GFC embarks on a new five-year vision during this time of global uncertainty, we will continue to stand in solidarity with children and youth – as we have done for more than 30 years.

We invite you to listen as we reflect on the year behind us, what anchors our commitment to children and young people, and our hopes for the future.

From the Board Chairs

Swatee Deepak

Swatee Deepak

Co-Chair,
Global Board of Directors

Greg Wallig

Greg Wallig

Co-Chair,
Global Board of Directors

Mark Wilson

Chair,
UK Trust Board of Trustees

Milena Rusu

Chair,
Youth Leadership Council

Reflections on the year

This year’s annual report reflects a period of profound challenge and meaningful progress – one that reaffirmed Global Fund for Children’s model. In a rapidly shifting global context, GFC remained grounded in its purpose and steadfast in its commitment to children and young people, thanks to the leadership of its team, the resilience of its partners, and the trust of its supporters.

During the year, GFC awarded over $11 million in flexible funding to 405 partner organizations across 42 countries. At a time when instability disrupted long-standing funding systems, GFC prioritized responsiveness – directing resources to partners facing acute pressure and supporting them as they adapted to new realities. Nearly 50% of partners were directly affected by external funding shocks, and GFC worked alongside them to sustain essential services, organizational continuity, and community trust.

The Board worked closely with leadership throughout this period, confident in the strength of GFC’s approach, grounded in long-term relationships, flexible funding, and deep respect for local leadership. The resilience shown by partners reinforced what GFC’s experience over more than 30 years has consistently demonstrated: that locally led organizations, when trusted and adequately supported, are best positioned to navigate uncertainty and sustain impact for children and youth.

The Board is particularly proud of how GFC’s values were put into practice during this period. The organization’s commitment to partnership extended beyond financial support, encompassing strategic accompaniment, learning, care for organizational wellbeing, and a commitment to listening to and investing in young people directly – factors partners consistently identify as critical to their sustainability. Insights from GFC’s learning and impact work, including its recently launched Global Impact Study, are strengthening evidence for these approaches and shaping how the organization evolves its programs and support models.

The Board also remained focused on GFC’s internal strength. We continued to prioritize staff wellbeing, leadership capacity, and organizational systems, including support for the Co-CEO leadership model during a demanding year. These investments reflect our responsibility to steward an organization capable of meeting both present challenges and future opportunities.

Looking ahead, the Board sees both urgency and opportunity. The disruptions of the past year have underscored the need for approaches to philanthropy and global cooperation that are more equitable, resilient, and accountable to the communities they intend to serve. GFC’s 30+ years of experience offer compelling evidence that trust-based, locally led models are not niche solutions, but essential foundations for lasting social change. The Board remains committed to supporting GFC’s role as a champion for these approaches, and to strengthening relationships with funders who share this vision.

We are deeply grateful to the partners, supporters, and staff who make GFC’s work possible. In a year marked by uncertainty, your trust and collaboration enabled GFC to remain a steady presence alongside children and young people working toward greater security and opportunity for children worldwide.

With appreciation,

Swatee Deepak
Greg Wallig
Mark Wilson
Milena Rusu

Please watch this short video highlighting our work with children and young people, communities, and partners over the past year.

Year in Review

With your generous donations, we provided flexible funding to 405 organizations around the world. Explore the interactive map to see where our community-based partners work.

Our impact at a glance

Your support enabled these grassroots partners to assist children and families facing emergencies, help communities dismantle barriers to progress, make space for young leaders to propel change, and so much more.  

Disbursed across 654 grants

Countries across Latin America, Africa, Europe and Central Asia, and South and East Asia

Partner organizations, including emergency grant recipients

of our partners are youth-led

*These numbers do not include GFC’s Phoenix Way partners

of our partners are women-led

*These numbers do not include GFC’s Phoenix Way partners

of our partners are led by young women

*These numbers do not include GFC’s Phoenix Way partners

New community-based partners

We were pleased to welcome 125 new partners based in 10 countries across the globe, including Mexico, Hungary, and Vietnam.

GFC Initiatives

In the past fiscal year, we convened 20 initiatives that brought together community-based organizations working on shared challenges – such as advancing girls’ rights, supporting youth leadership, protecting the environment, and strengthening social justice – across the globe.

Net Promoter Score

Our partners say we deliver on our promises.

When asked whether GFC does what it says it will do, we earned a Net Promoter Score of 86 (on a scale from –100 to +100). In practice, this means the vast majority of our community-based partners rated our dependability a 9 or 10 out of 10.

*Net Promoter Score (NPS) is a tool that helps us measure how satisfied our partners are with their relationship with GFC.

Convenings and workshops

We organized 198 gatherings to foster collaboration among partners addressing similar issues or working within the same region. Convenings and workshops provide opportunities for partners to expand their knowledge, exchange insights, and strengthen networks.

These events are part of the holistic, wraparound support that our programs team provides to our partners, along with critical flexible funding.

We Stand with Children

Across our six focus areas – education, gender justice, youth power, climate resilience, safety and wellbeing, and solidarity in emergencies – our partners worked alongside children and young people to design community-rooted solutions. These efforts enabled access to education and essential services, advanced gender justice, amplified youth leadership and voice, strengthened responses to climate and humanitarian crises, and built safer, more resilient communities.

When the US government announced a funding freeze on development aid in January 2025, it became even more critical to stand with our partners and the children and young people they serve. In response, we launched the We Stand with Children campaign – not only to raise awareness about the real-world impacts of these funding cuts, but also to mobilize emergency grants for affected partners.

Through the campaign, we raised emergency grants for organizations facing sudden funding gaps, helping them continue delivering vital services including education, health and psychosocial support, safe spaces, livelihood and leadership training, mentorship, and platforms for advocacy. At the same time, the campaign highlighted how fragile these essential services become when funding is withdrawn – and why sustained investment is critical for children and young people, to shape their futures.

This abiding belief in the potential of children and young people has always driven Global Fund for Children.

For more than 30 years, we have worked alongside community-based and youth-led organizations to ensure that children and young people are treated not as passive recipients of aid but as leaders, changemakers, and rights holders. In a year of profound disruption, that commitment guided how we showed up for partners and shaped the initiatives we have advanced together.

Key Initiatives

Corey Oser

Senior Vice President, Programs
Global Fund for Children

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Across Latin America, Europe and Central Asia, Africa, and Asia, our partners are leading bold solutions in education, climate action, mental wellbeing, and gender justice – even amid global uncertainty.

Join Senior Vice President of Programs at Global Fund for Children, Corey Oser, for a one-minute journey around the world to see what locally led change has made possible.

Learn more about some of these initiatives from the past year:

 

Thriving Through Play

In 2025, GFC launched Thriving Through Play (TTP), a three-year initiative supported by the Lego Foundation, partnering with 20 community-based organizations in Kenya and Uganda to strengthen the mental health and psychosocial wellbeing of children in refugee and host communities.

Grounded in the belief that play is a powerful pathway to healing, TTP supports children aged 6-12 to build emotional resilience, confidence, and social connection. GFC’s partners in the TTP initiative use culturally-grounded, play-based approaches – including art, dance, sports, games, and storytelling – to create safe spaces where children can express themselves, develop coping skills, and receive consistent mentorship alongside their caregivers.

In its first year, TTP partners engaged children through safe, inclusive play spaces across their communities, reaching children who often have limited access to mental health support. To protect the mental health and wellbeing of our grassroots partners’ teams, GFC also provided wellbeing grants and capacity development support. This investment strengthened partner organizations themselves – creating space for reflection and strengthening safeguarding and collaboration – enabling them to deliver more sustainable, high-quality support for children and families.

Looking ahead, planned TTP activities include a training series on play-based mental health and psychosocial support in the East African context, enhanced safeguarding practices, and continued program delivery support. The initiative will also fund collaboration grants, enabling partners to co-design and test new play-based approaches, share learning across communities, and extend what works to reach more children.

Together, these investments are helping lay the groundwork for lasting change — strengthening community-led systems of care so children affected by displacement can not only recover but truly thrive.

Learn more about the initiative

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Supporting Early Education and Development

Honduras is a resource-rich country with strong community networks, cultural knowledge, and a deep commitment to children’s wellbeing. At the same time, the country continues to navigate a long history of interconnected systemic challenges that land hardest on the country’s young people, especially the children under the age of eight at the heart of our partners’ work in Honduras.

It is within this context that the Supporting Early Education and Development (SEED) initiative was created to expand access to inclusive early learning. The SEED initiative works with community-based organizations in Honduras to reach children who face the greatest barriers to early education – including children with learning disabilities, developmental delays, and other additional support needs – so they can access and thrive in inclusive, nurturing learning environments.

With support from the Evelyn S. and K.E. Barrett Foundation and Two Lilies Fund alongside early funding from the Bainum Family Foundation, SEED provides flexible funding and hands-on support to organizations working directly with children, families, and educators. This enables partners to strengthen early learning programs, train teachers and caregivers, and adapt learning approaches so children with different abilities can participate fully and confidently in their classrooms and communities.

Over the past year, SEED partners reached more than 2,500 children and supported over 1,100 families across 116 communities. Children benefited from more inclusive classrooms, improved teaching practices, and stronger support from caregivers, while families gained tools to better support their children’s learning at home.

Looking ahead, SEED will expand into new communities, strengthen partner networks, and share evidence from the field to inform local policy and advocacy. Through continued training, technical support, and opportunities for collaboration, the initiative will help more children with diverse learning needs access quality early education – while supporting community-based partners to sustain and grow their impact over time.

In his blog Hope, joy, and complexity in Honduras,” John Hecklinger reflects on a recent visit that revealed both the deep challenges facing children and the powerful community-led solutions rising to meet them. Through vivid moments with GFC’s partners, he captures the warmth, resilience, and determination shaping everyday life in the country.

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Spark Fund: Youth-Led Climate Action in Southeast Asia initiative

In Thailand and Vietnam, GFC’s Spark Fund supports youth-led climate action by placing young people at the heart of grantmaking and community-driven solutions. Through this participatory funding model, young leaders identify, select, and invest in youth-led and youth-focused organizations that are driving community-rooted responses to the climate crisis and strengthening peer learning across the region.

Supported by the Avery Dennison Foundation, Porticus, Lien AID, RS Group, and Garawake, this initiative empowers young leaders to design and implement climate solutions that respond to local realities, while developing skills in leadership, advocacy, and organizational management. This approach recognizes young people not only as climate advocates, but as capable decision-makers and system shapers.

Over the past year, youth leaders in Vietnam translated personal growth into tangible community impact. Ten independent climate fellows strengthened leadership skills, formalized their initiatives, and accessed national and international opportunities while implementing projects that:

  • Expanded regenerative agriculture practices in rural and Indigenous communities
  • Reforested 1.7 hectares in the Van Long Wetland, supporting the return of endangered species
  • Brought climate education to over 1,000 children through hands-on workshops and eco-storytelling
  • Developed climate-resilient livelihoods, including organic farming and creative Indigenous tourism

In Thailand, six youth-led partner organizations achieved direct policy influence, including integrating a flood warning system into a mayoral campaign and submitting a National Youth Statement to global climate negotiations. Partners also strengthened organizational systems, built a regional youth platform, responded rapidly to climate shocks, and expanded community engagement.

Looking ahead, GFC hopes to scale this youth-led model to additional Southeast Asian countries, deepen investment in organizational capacity, and document learnings to inform donors, policymakers, and peer organizations – ensuring that youth-led climate solutions continue to grow, influence systems, and deliver lasting impact across the region.

Check out this new report Sparking Change: Shifting Power and Resources to Youth to see how youth‑led climate action is redefining philanthropy. The report highlights how young leaders in Southeast Asia are directing funding, influencing policy, and building lasting networks through participatory grantmaking. It shows why shifting power and flexible resources to youth isn’t just more equitable – it leads to more innovative, resilient solutions.

Learn more about the initiative

A Global Approach to Healthy Masculinities

At Global Fund for Children, we champion girls’ rights while also promoting forms of masculinity rooted in empathy, care, and respect. Harmful gender norms don’t only limit the potential of girls and young women, they also prevent boys and men from fully embracing their strengths and identities. Gender justice is critical for every child to feel safe, valued, and confident in their potential to thrive.

GFC leads the sector in supporting community-based organizations that design and implement healthy masculinities programming. GFC’s partners in the Americas and the UK have been advancing and learning from this approach for years, while partners in India and West Africa are exploring the most effective ways to engage boys and young men – all grounded in local leadership, cultural context, and lived experience.

Boys Beyond Bias

A major highlight in 2025 was the launch of #BoysBeyondBias, a digital storytelling campaign developed in collaboration with UK partners and co-created with the boys themselves, supported by Supported by The National Lottery Community Fund and the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) through the #iwill Fund and People’s Postcode Lottery.

The campaign amplifies the voices of boys as they share their perspectives, creativity, and contributions to their communities. Through four short videos, the campaign challenges stereotypes and celebrates boys as thoughtful leaders, caregivers, and change-makers. By centering young people’s voices and lived experiences, the campaign invites you to reimagine what is possible when boys are supporting with trust, opportunity, and care.

Watch the #BoysBeyondBias films

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Promoting Youth Leadership for Gender Justice

Alongside this work, partners in GFC’s Promoting Youth Leadership for Gender Justice (HEEL) Initiative in Latin and Central America addressed an urgent question: how can individuals and organizations actively engage boys and young men in the struggle for gender justice? In response, we co-created a Healthy Masculinities Toolkit – a practical, child-and youth-centered resource grounded in playful and participatory methodologies.

The toolkit offers accessible entry points for conversations around gender, care, identity, and respect, centering young people’s voices.

Looking ahead, GFC will deepen cross-regional learning and advocacy to advance gender justice through healthy masculinities, ensuring that boys and young men have the skills, confidence, and support to grow into community leaders.

Read more about our global approach

Influencing the sector through evidence and learning: our Global Impact Study

Understanding GFC’s impact

With funding from a MacKenzie Scott donation in 2022, GFC initiated a Global Impact Study to assess the effects of our funding and partnership model on community-based organizations and the children and communities they serve. The study engaged 49 partner organizations across 27 countries.

The findings demonstrated that GFC’s flexible funding, non-financial support, and trust-based relationships contribute meaningfully to organizational growth, sustainability, and community impact.

An inclusive, participatory approach to data collection was central to the study’s methodology, reflecting GFC’s commitment to trust-based practice.

Using a Peer Participatory Action Research (PPAR) model, 31 partner representatives from organizations in Guatemala, India, Kenya, and the UK were trained as co-researchers alongside our research partner, ECORYS. These co-researchers led interviews and creative research activities with fellow partners in their countries, complemented by online research methods.

Going forward, GFC will continue strengthening this peer-led approach as a more ethical, effective, and relationship-centered model for impact assessment – with the aim of influencing learning and evaluation practices across philanthropy.

GIS report findings

By strengthening partner organizations through flexible funding, trust-based relationships, and long-term support, GFC helped drive meaningful change across the communities they serve.

GFC's impact on communities

  • Improved access to and retention in quality education (62% of partners) 
  • Shifts in harmful social norms, including attitudes around child marriage and gender equity (50%) 
  • Community-led action addressing systemic challenges (50%) 
  • Improved life opportunities and career pathways, particularly for young people (88%) 
  • Increased confidence, self-belief, and wellbeing, especially among youth (75%) 
  • Greater awareness of rights and key social issues (54%) 

Impacts of GFC's funding approach

  • Flexible, unrestricted funding enables impact: 46 of 49 partners reported greater ability to respond to community needs, strengthen systems, expand services, and sustain programming — including during crises.
  • Trust-based partnerships drive innovation and wellbeing: All partners described feeling trusted and supported by GFC, allowing them to remain mission-driven, take thoughtful risks, and build healthier, more motivated teams.
  • Long-term funding builds sustainability: Multi-year and higher-level funding had the strongest effect on organizational confidence, infrastructure, and the durability of community-led solutions.

Extending impact through shared infrastructure: Our hosted initiatives 

GFC’s impact extends beyond the partners we directly fund by strengthening the wider sector and supporting peer initiatives to thrive. We host two independent entities within our fiscal and administrative framework, while they maintain their own leadership, identity, and mission. These initiatives extend the reach of GFC’s philanthropic model – centering community-led solutions, participatory approaches, and equitable resourcing. At the same time, our hosting enables these organizations to focus on driving impact, fostering community-led solutions, and scaling their programs effectively.

GFC’s hosting approach shows what is possible when strong governance, shared infrastructure, and trust in community leadership come together – creating the conditions for initiatives to thrive, adapt, and deliver meaningful impact at a time when the philanthropic system must be more responsive, collaborative, and people-centered than ever.

Learn more about our hosted initiatives below:

Funder Safeguarding Collaborative

Hosted by GFC since 2021, Funder Safeguarding Collaborative (FSC) is a network dedicated to improving safeguarding practices across philanthropy. FSC connects foundations and grant-makers to share learning, strengthen policies, and access expert guidance, helping organizations prevent harm and protect the communities they serve.

Key highlights include:

FSC launched a research project with Accountable Now to gather evidence on how funders can support effective safeguarding through their grant making. The research draws on insights from funders, grantee partners and sector experts to help us build a robust evidence base to inform the co-creation of evidence-based practice standards for funders. The results of the research will be published in early 2026.

Read the study

FSC published a landscape analysis on the state of safeguarding in Asia. The analysis provides an overview of the current legal and regulatory framework, identifies key stakeholders, and explores FSC’s role in supporting and strengthening safeguarding efforts within the philanthropic ecosystem.

FSC facilitated a Community of Practice of safeguarding professionals to develop a Resource Guide, which offers practical steps to strengthen safeguarding, with a focus on the distinctive factors that influence the risk of harm and shape safeguarding practice in Bangladesh, India and Pakistan.

Together the findings of the landscape analysis and the Resource Guide will facilitate FSC’s collective efforts to improve safeguarding practices across the sector.

Read the Safeguarding in Asia analysis

Read the Safeguarding in South Asian Contexts Resource Guide

FSC’s global network of members continued to grow and we welcomed our 100th member, The David and Lucile Packard Foundation. Together our members are helping to transform the role of funders in promoting and supporting safe organizational cultures and practices.

FSC’s network of members benefit from contextually relevant information, knowledge, spaces and support services tailored to the needs of funder organizations and grounded in research and evidence.

Meet our members

Learn more about FSC

The Iris Project

The Iris Project is an organization that invests in young people driving environmental action. Focused primarily in the Global South, they identify, fund, and amplify youth-led initiatives tackling the planet’s most urgent challenges, from protecting biodiversity to reducing waste and regenerating ecosystems. Through their flagship programme, The Iris Prize, they provide flexible funding, mentorship, and networks so young leaders can scale their impact and inspire change.

Key highlights include:

In 2025, The Iris Prize saw extraordinary global demand. Over 5,000 people completed the eligibility quiz, leading to 1,552 full applications from 111 countries – with 70% meeting the criteria. The Iris Project funded 9 projects this year, bringing the total supported since 2022 to 28.

About the Iris Prize

The Iris Prize is often a first step into formal funding. 90% of winners told The Iris Project it was their first-ever external grant. All winners are still active in their projects 24 months on, and 100% have gone on to receive multi-year support from The Iris Project.

Meet the 2025 winners

Environmental wins backed by The Iris Prize are already visible on the ground: Project Mila has diverted 40+ tonnes of organic waste from landfill through circular systems; in Bolivia, Uru Uru Team has helped bring Andean flamingo back to restored wetlands; and in Sierra Leone, Bangs Circular has established 300+ beehives, contributing to an 80% increase in bee populations – around 2 million more bees in the community.

 

Learn about The Iris Project

Our Commitment to Safeguarding

GFC is not only a funder, but a sector leader committed to transforming philanthropy to be more equitable, and more accountable – trailblazing best practice in safeguarding both through our own work and through our leadership of initiatives such as the Funder Safeguarding Collaborative (FSC).

In the last year, we launched our new Global Safeguarding Policy, setting out a strengthened and more context-responsive approach to keeping children, young people, and communities safe. The policy affirms GFC’s commitment to working with partners through locally grounded concepts of care, wellbeing, protection, and safety, while recognizing that safeguarding must be shaped by culture, context, and community realities in order to be meaningful and effective.

The policy also introduced two important commitments to partners. First, we acknowledge the power GFC holds as a funder and commit to accountability, openness, and actively listening to partner feedback on how safeguarding is practiced.

Second, rather than withdrawing support when serious safeguarding incidents occur – a response that can unintentionally destabilize organizations and the communities they serve – we commit to working alongside partners through difficult moments to protect people, address harm, and strengthen systems together.

To ensure accessibility and equity, the Global Safeguarding Policy was launched in eight languagesBengali, Brazilian Portuguese, English, French, Hindi, Spanish, Thai, Ukrainian with a shorter version produced in Vietnamese.

These languages were selected by GFC’s programs team to reflect the needs of partners and staff and to support language justice across the organization’s global network. While safeguarding policies are often shared only in English, this multilingual rollout reflects GFC’s commitment to equity in practice, ensuring partners and staff can engage fully with safeguarding expectations in the languages they use every day.

Our Donors

Thank you for standing with children and youth and for believing in a better future for them.

We are immensely grateful for all contributions, large and small. These lists include donors at the $1,000 level and above.

  • Anonymous (1)
  • Benzuly-Schaffzin Family Fund
  • The Brimstone Fund
  • The W. Robert Cotton Fund
  • Flora Family Foundation
  • E.H. Gimon Charitable Fund
  • Girls Rights Project
  • Goyal Foundation
  • The Grace Jones Richardson Trust
  • Harrington Family Foundation
  • Hawk Rock Foundation
  • Help Is Passed on Fund
  • John and Julia Hinshaw Charitable Fund
  • Hurlbut Johnson Charitable Trusts
  • Hutton Family Foundation
  • The Jain Foundation Fund
  • Kenyon Family Foundation Trust
  • The Donald & Iris Kim Foundation
  • Lade Family Charitable Fund
  • The Manifold Fund
  • Marc Haas Foundation
  • Michael Marsh Annual Giving Fund
  • Pichai Family Foundation
  • Sanghera Foundation
  • Sheridan Foundation Ltd
  • Garawake
  • Anonymous (8)
  • Marine Abiad
  • Benny Adler
  • Maya Ajmera & David H. Hollander Jr.
  • Esther & Michel Antakly
  • Amit Bhalla
  • Flora Birdzell
  • Bernadette Black
  • David Blumenstein
  • Diane Boogaard
  • Joshua D. Brown
  • James M. Cain Esq.
  • Julia & Kevin Callaghan
  • Stephanie & Antoine de Guillenchmidt
  • Judith Diers
  • Maulik & Priya Doshi
  • Alessandro Dusi
  • Manal Eldumiati
  • Kristen Klemperer Fenster
  • Loic Fery
  • Jeanne Donovan Fisher
  • Martha Okie & Anthony Fouracre
  • Ty Fujimura
  • Ian Glasner
  • Johannes Groeller
  • Emmanuel Gueroult
  • Priya Gupta
  • Susan Gutchess
  • Gail Ewing Hall
  • James Harrison
  • Lisa and Lance West
  • Caroline & Mark J. Wilson
  • John Hecklinger
  • Richard Hecklinger
  • John and Holly Hemphill
  • Erdit Hoxha
  • Jennifer A Hunt
  • Chris and Jeannie Kmetz
  • Michael Kolotylo
  • Jennifer Lee
  • Spencer Rogers and Karen Leu
  • Tamara & Scott Levenson
  • John Phillip Lipsky
  • Joan Lombardi
  • Alka and Prakash Lothe
  • Teresa Luchsinger
  • Marine Mallinson
  • Kenneth Mantey
  • Xavier Mayer
  • Debbie McGoldrick
  • Maryline Mertz
  • Stacey H. Mitchell
  • Kiran Moorthy
  • Eric Murciano
  • Margot Perot
  • Cecile Reed
  • Derek Robinson
  • Lila and Andrew Rymer
  • Marc Friedman and Gina Schaefer
  • Gabriel Schwartz
  • Miriam E. Sexton
  • Anne Spar
  • Pamela Wall
  • Gregory Wallig
  • Maryam Wasim
  • Jenny Zhen
  • Anonymous (2)
  • Applovin
  • Indus Charitable Foundation
  • Ivy House
  • Tea Collection
  • Tennis Australia
  • US Cellular
  • Wool&Prince
  • Anonymous (1)
  • Advancing Girls Fund, a fund of Tides Foundation
  • Avery Dennison Foundation
  • Bainum Family Foundation
  • The Children’s Investment Fund Foundation
  • Comic Relief USA
  • Co-Op Foundation
  • David & Lucile Packard Foundation
  • Dorothea Haus Ross Foundation
  • The Evelyn S. and K.E. Barrett Foundation
  • Focus Central America
  • Fondation CHANEL
  • Give Lively Foundation Inc.
  • GlobalGiving US
  • Imaginable Futures
  • Laudes Foundation
  • The LEGO Foundation
  • Lesley Family Foundation
  • National Lottery Community Fund
  • Oak Foundation
  • People’s Postcode Lottery
  • Porticus
  • Pathy Family Foundation
  • The Schooner Foundation
  • Stichting Benevolentia
  • The Summit Foundation
  • Tinker Foundation
  • Trone Family Charitable Fund
  • Two Lilies Fund
  • Vibrant Village Foundation
  • Ward Foundation
  • Women Win
  • Youth Endowment Fund
  • Lemongrass Consulting
  • Lincoln Electric Employee Giving
  • Microsoft Matching Gifts Program
  • Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
  • Eversheds Sutherland LLP

We are deeply grateful to those who have generously chosen to include GFC in their estate planning, leaving a lasting legacy that will continue to support children, young people, and communities for generations to come. 

  • Maya Ajmera & David H. Hollander Jr.
  • Antonella Antonini & Alan Stein
  • Colleen Brinkmann
  • Warren L. Kessler
  • Iara Lee
  • John Presley
  • Adele Richardson Ray

Our Leadership

  • Swatee Deepak – Co-Chair
    London, United Kingdom
  • Greg Wallig  – Co-Chair
    Theia Analytics Group
    Washington, DC
  • Lila Rymer – Treasurer
    Marsh
    New York, NY
  • James M. Cain
    Eversheds Sutherland
    Washington, DC
  • Antoine de Guillenchmidt
    Rothschild & Co
    London, United Kingdom
  • Judy Diers
    Senior Advisor
    New York, NY
  • Maulik Doshi
    Steward Redqueen
    Washington, DC
  • Ian Glasner
    HSBC
    London, United Kingdom
  • Richa Gupta
    Labhya
    Delhi, India
  • John Hecklinger
    Global Fund for Children
    Washington, DC
  • Nicole Kamaleson
    Global Social Impact
    St Thomas, US Virgin Islands
  • Joan Lombardi
    Early Opportunities LLC
    Washington, DC
  • Stacey H. Mitchell
    Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
    Washington, DC
  • Willice Onyango
    The Youth Café
    Nairobi, Kenya
  • Hayley Roffey
    Global Fund for Children
    London, United Kingdom
  • Milena Rusu
    Feminismd
    GFC’s Youth Leadership Council
    Chisinau, Moldova
  • Marijana Savic
    NGO Atina
    Belgrade, Serbia
  • Mark Wilson
    Goldman Sachs & Company
    London, United Kingdom
  • Mark Wilson – Chair
    Goldman Sachs & Company
  • Antoine de Guillenchmidt – Treasurer
    Rothschild & Co
  • Marine Abiad
    Goldman Sachs & Company
  • Michel Antakly
    PJT Partners
  • John Hecklinger
    Global Fund for Children
  • Carol Liew
    ECCA Family Foundation
  • Kiran Moorthy
    Consello Group
  • Sonal Sachdev Patel
    GMSP Foundation
  • Hayley Roffey
    Global Fund for Children
  • Muna Wehbe
    Strategic Advisor

GFC’s Partner Advisory Group is a collaborative forum where trusted partners share expertise and perspectives to inform each organization’s strategy, innovation, and continuous improvement.

  • Bishnu Hari Bhatta
    Director
    Partnership for Sustainable Development
    Nepal
  • Tatiana Costev-Cosuleanu
    Executive Director
    Institute for Rural Initiatives
    Moldova
  • Amanda Hall
    Development & Partnerships Coordinator
    Organization for Youth Empowerment
    Honduras
  • Emmy Zoomlamai Okello
    Founder & Executive Director
    Foundation for Inclusive Community Help
    Uganda
  • Kolawole Olatosimi
    National Coordinator & Senior Program Officer
    Child & Youth Protection Foundation
    Nigeria
  • Jesús Villalobos
    General Director
    Utopia
    Mexico
  • Sara Kekuš
    Director
    Center for Peace Studies
    Croatia
  • Camelia Proca
    Director
    Asociația pentru Libertate și Egalitate de Gen
    Romania
  • Luz Bonilla
    Director
    Niñas de Luz
    Colombia
  • Mustapha Keita
    Program Manager
    CASE SALONE
    Sierra Leone
  • Irma González
    Executive Director
    Center for Integrated Care for Women
    Mexico
  • Hira Naz Awan
    Program Director
    Chanan Development Association
    Pakistan
  • Milena Rusu,
    Chair
    Moldova
  • Nojus Saad,
    Vice Chair
    Iraq
  • Adibeli Chidinma,
    Nigeria
  • Ayuba Huudu,
    Ghana
  • Stephani Paliza,
    Peru
  • Maria Veronica O. Papa,
    Phillipines
  • Paloma J. Paul,
    Chile
  • Rostyslav Semka,
    Ukraine

Our Financials

Statement of Financial Position

as of June 30, 2025 

Statement of Financial Position

as of  June 30, 2024

Statement of Activities

as of June 30, 2025 

Statement of Activities

as of June 30, 2024

Funder Safeguarding Collaborative Statement of Activities

For the year ended June 30, 2025 and June 30, 2024

Contact Us

Global Fund for Children 

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Washington, DC 20005
​​​​​​​United States

www.globalfundforchildren.org

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London EC2A 4BT
United Kingdom

www.globalfundforchildren.org

uktrust@globalfundforchildren.org

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