Global Fairness Initiative

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Washington, DC501(c)(3)Since 2003InternationalEIN 05-0563219Revenue $3.9M in FY2025

On file with the IRSglobalfairness.org1666 Connecticut Ave Nw Ste 222, 20009-1039 · Washington, DCTax-exempt since Apr 2004Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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The Global Fairness Initiative (gfi) promotes a more equitable, sustainable approach to economic development for the world's working poor by advancing fair wages, equal access to markets, and balanced public policy to ensure a more just, secure future for workers. Gfi's approach is to engage multiple players including workers, employers, private enterprises and governments to find economic solutions and create economic opportunity, partner with locally established organizations to have the greatest impact and leave behind lasting results.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
91¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 16 volunteers and 4 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2025 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
5 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $475K a year · 18% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 5 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
91%
of spending
Looks good: 91% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$243K
to officers and key staff · 7% of spending
Top officer’s pay higher than 86% of similar orgs
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 7% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
11 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 11.0 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
3
named funders · $65K
Looks good: 3 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$2.9M
55% of total assets
Fine: liabilities are 55% of assets; 50% to 65%.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
16
of 16 voting members
Looks good: 16 of 16 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$3.9M
+85% vs prior year
Spent
$3.6M
To programs
91%
Net assets
$2.4M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$3.9M
FY2025▲ +85%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$1.7M
FY2021$2.1M
FY2022$2.1M
FY2023$3.5M
FY2024$2.1M
FY2025$3.9M
Expenses
$3.6M
FY2025▲ +19%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$1.4M
FY2021$1.7M
FY2022$1.4M
FY2023$1.4M
FY2024$3.1M
FY2025$3.6M
Net assets
$2.4M
FY2025▲ +14%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$601K
FY2021$627K
FY2022$924K
FY2023$3.0M
FY2024$2.1M
FY2025$2.4M

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending September 2025) · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Apr 2004.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

91 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 91% · $3.3M Management & general 8% · $307K Fundraising 0% · $11K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

17 people listed on the 990; $243K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2024); the FY2025 filing did not itemize Part VII
Executive Director
$242,551Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer/Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Caleb Shreve’s $243K as Executive Director is at the 86th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1168 $1–10M international nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 1 named individual · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2020
Caleb Shreve$242,551$230,537$212,439$202,557$193,077

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aNo

Programs and updates

Promotes fair wages and market access for the working poor to foster equitable economic development and end poverty.

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3 programs · $2.5M · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Sparc inc-provide fiscal management support for affinity organization focused on increasing transparent access to data and knowledge produced through public grants.

$1.5Mprogram expense
02

Partner building climate resilience-supporting women owned enterprises in india to identify and access climate smart technologies and improve practices to reduce the impact of climate-related livelihood shocks.

$517Kprogram expense
03

Global center for women in work-conducts studies and convenes stakeholders to understand the challenges facing women workers in the informal economy and develop solutions to create more secure decent work for women in africa.

$476Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2024
Onward TogetherFY2024$25K
Total grants receivedfrom 3 funders$65K
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Grants paid · 1 grant · $14K · 2024–2024
Unitemized GrantFY2024$13,600

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$3.9M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$3.8M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$74K
Investment incomeLn 3$53K
Money outPt IX
$3.6M
Ln 25
Programscol B$3.3M
Managementcol C$307K
Fundraisingcol D$11K
Owns and owesPt X
$2.4M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$3.3M
Total assetsLn 16$5.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26$2.9M
PeoplePt VI, VII
17
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a16
IndependentVI 1b16
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$3.8M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$74K
Investment incomeLn 3$53K
Total revenueLn 12$3.9M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$136K
SavingsLn 2$3.2M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$3.3M
Other assetsLn 15$352K
Total assetsLn 16$5.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26$2.9M
Net assetsLn 32$2.4M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 54
VolunteersI 616
Fiscal year endsHeaderSeptember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.1M$3.3M
Total assetsLn 16$3.1M$5.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26$983K$2.9M
Net assetsLn 32$2.1M$2.4M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$14K$14K
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$768K$768K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$284K$145K$139K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$447K$387K$61K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$4K$1K$3K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$22K$20K$2K
Payroll taxesLn 10$32K$25K$7K
Management feesLn 11a$1.6M$1.6M$10K
Legal feesLn 11b$1K$1K
Accounting feesLn 11c$30K$28K$2K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$207K$202K$5K
Office expensesLn 13$3K$2K$861
Information technologyLn 14$7K$3K$3K$486
OccupancyLn 16$71K$64K$7K
TravelLn 17$74K$27K$48K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$21K$11K$10K
InterestLn 20$11K$11K
InsuranceLn 23$3K$250$3K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$60K$56K$3K$220
All other expensesLn 24e$3K$669$2K
Total functional expensesLn 25$3.6M$3.3M$307K$11K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $3.9M$3.6M$288K$2.4M 990 PDF
FY2024 $2.1M$3.1M−$924K$2.1M 990 PDF
FY2023 $3.5M$1.4M$2.1M$3.0M 990 PDF
FY2022 $2.1M$1.4M$696K$924K 990 PDF
FY2021 $2.1M$1.7M$432K$627K 990 PDF
FY2020 $1.7M$1.4M$232K$601K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
See the full FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $3,933,996 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $2,094,049$3,806,201
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $0$74,320
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $36,524$53,475
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $2,130,573$3,933,996
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $1,116,183$781,548
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $588,485$789,940
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $1,350,023$2,074,038
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $3,054,691$3,645,526
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$924,118$288,470
Part VI · Governance 16 of 16 board members independent, 2 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body16
VI-1b Independent voting members16
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $3,933,996 across 5 lines filed
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$3,806,201
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$3,806,201
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $74,320$74,320
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $53,475$53,475
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $74,320 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $53,475$3,933,996
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $3,645,526 across 20 lines filed
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $13,600$13,600
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $767,948$767,948
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $144,927 · Management $139,454$284,381
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $386,658 · Management $60,640$447,298
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $1,323 · Management $3,059$4,382
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $20,190 · Management $1,974$22,164
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $24,656 · Management $7,059$31,715
IX-11a Management feesPrograms $1,573,680 · Fundraising $10,000$1,583,680
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $1,495$1,495
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $28,221 · Management $1,591$29,812
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $201,833 · Management $5,396$207,229
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $1,795 · Management $861$2,656
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $3,337 · Management $2,772 · Fundraising $486$6,595
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $63,855 · Management $7,366$71,221
IX-17 TravelPrograms $26,577 · Management $47,765$74,342
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $11,188 · Management $9,620$20,808
IX-20 InterestManagement $10,840$10,840
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $250 · Management $2,888$3,138
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $55,995 · Management $3,357 · Fundraising $220$59,572
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $669 · Management $1,981$2,650
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $3,328,197 · Management $306,623 · Fundraising $10,706$3,645,526
Part X · Balance sheet $5,356,493 assets, 12 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $38,413$136,212
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $1,077,430$3,191,042
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $1,587,196$1,677,102
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $399,442$352,137
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $3,108,172$5,356,493
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $85,021$21,604
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $465,076$2,500,676
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $983,086$2,942,937
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year −$935,269−$1,193,433
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $3,060,355$3,606,989
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $2,125,086$2,413,556
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $3,108,172$5,356,493
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $2,413,556 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$3,933,996
XI-2 Total expenses$3,645,526
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$288,470
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$2,125,086
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$2,413,556

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