The Mastercard Foundation FY2020 filing

Not tax-deductible

Canada501(c)(4)Since 2005InternationalEIN 98-0543843Revenue $356.8M in FY2020

On file with the IRSmastercardfdn.orgToronto on M5b2l7, 00000-0000 · CanadaTax-exempt since Apr 2010

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The foundation's mission is to advance youth education and promote financial inclusion for financially disadvantaged persons and communities.

97¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$4.3M paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2020 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(4)
not on the IRS revocation list
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IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
No
Donations are not tax-deductible
Worth a look: the IRS does not list gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2024
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
1 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $281.8M a year · 17% of revenue · last 5 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 1 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
97%
of spending
Looks good: 97% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$4.3M
to officers and key staff · 0.5% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 0% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
1 mo
of spending, in cash
Fine: 1.4 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Liabilities
$5.9M
0.02% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 0% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
12
of 12 voting members
Looks good: 12 of 12 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$356.8M
Spent
$947.7M
To programs
97%
Net assets
$31.5B
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$356.8M
FY2020
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$356.8M
FY2021$422.9M
FY2022$424.1M
FY2023$680.3M
FY2024$6.5B
Expenses
$947.7M
FY2020
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$947.7M
FY2021$1.5B
FY2022$1.4B
FY2023$1.5B
FY2024$1.6B
Net assets
$31.5B
FY2020
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$31.5B
FY2021$30.8B
FY2022$29.2B
FY2023$42.2B
FY2024$50.3B

From the FY2020 Form 990 · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Apr 2010.

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Where the money goes

97 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 97% · $916.9M Management & general 3% · $30.8M

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

21 people listed on the 990; $4.3M paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
President/CEO
$1,042,780Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Operations Officer
$661,409Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Program Officer
$497,866Pt VII · Sec A
Regional Head, Eastern and Sou
$477,980Pt VII · Sec A
Regional Head, Western, Centra
$434,023Pt VII · Sec A
Head of Public Affairs & Commu
$330,000Pt VII · Sec A
Chief People & Culture Officer
$315,240Pt VII · Sec A
Head of Impact
$300,000Pt VII · Sec A

Reeta Roy’s $1.3M as President and CEO is at the 97th percentile of top reported officer pay among 88 $100M+ 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 · 8 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Reeta Roy$1,335,867$1,290,974$1,112,764$1,048,777$1,042,780
Peter Materu$754,437$750,217$604,499$548,626$497,866
David Marlow——$266,752$559,153$661,409
Douglas Kasambala$640,431$404,895———
Serge Auguste Kouakou$464,912$632,769$450,672——
Nathalie Gabala—$436,878$587,905$475,000$434,023
Oluwole Onabolo$577,806$442,559———
Julie Gichuru$340,902$564,359$417,283$345,833$330,000

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

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

Programs and updates

Empowers youth through education and promotes financial inclusion for disadvantaged individuals and communities.

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3 programs · $382.5M · in their own filed words · FY2020
01

Mastercard Foundation partners with Carnegie Mellon University in youth education. This partnership includes an endowment to sustain the education of scholars at CMU-Africa and activities to accelerate inclusive digital transformation in Africa.

$177.4Mprogram expense
02

Mastercard Foundation partners with African Leadership University Foundation in youth education. This partnership will develop and place two million young Africans into dignified and fulfilling work with a sustainable youth-led entrepreneurship and employment model across Africa.

$165.0Mprogram expense
03

Mastercard Foundation partners with African Field Epidemiology Network Limited in youth education. This partnership trains community health workers and Covid-19 surveillance rapid responders.

$40.1Mprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

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

Grants

Schedule I · this organization's grantmaking
Grants paid · 205 grants · $1.7B · 2020–2024
UNICEF the United Nations Children's FundFY2024$35,000,000
One Acre FundIL · FY2024$22,673,980
InkomokoWA · FY2024$18,133,840
American University of BeirutNY · FY2024$12,000,000
CorpsafricaDC · FY2024$10,338,483
American University of BeirutNY · FY2024$10,319,223
Heifer Project InternationalAR · FY2024$9,804,050
Trustees of Tufts CollegeMA · FY2024$9,434,798
Global Give Back CircleNY · FY2024$8,713,490
United Nations Capital Development FundFY2024$7,211,644
Capitalplus Exchange CorporationIL · FY2024$7,000,000
United Nations Development ProgrammeFY2024$6,434,649
EducateCO · FY2024$5,752,101
CrossboundaryFY2024$4,000,000
Heifer Project InternationalAR · FY2024$3,998,234
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By the numbers

The FY2020 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$356.8M
Ln 12
Investment incomeLn 3$356.6M
Other incomeLn 4–11$215K
Money outPt IX
$947.7M
Ln 25
Programscol B$916.9M
Managementcol C$30.8M
Owns and owesPt X
$31.5B
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$112.1M
Total assetsLn 16$31.5B
LiabilitiesLn 26$5.9M
PeoplePt VI, VII
21
listed · VII A
PaidVII A9
Voting boardVI 1a12
IndependentVI 1b12
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Investment incomeLn 3$356.6M
Other incomeLn 4–11$215K
Gains on assetsLn 7$178.3M
Total revenueLn 12$356.8M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$0
SavingsLn 2$112.1M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$112.1M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$31.36B
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$3.1M
Other assetsLn 15$0
Total assetsLn 16$31.5B
LiabilitiesLn 26$5.9M
Net assetsLn 32$31.5B
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 53
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY20End FY20
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$30.7M$112.1M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$27.56B$31.36B
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$3.4M$3.1M
Total assetsLn 16$27.60B$31.48B
LiabilitiesLn 26$10.7M$5.9M
Net assetsLn 32$27.59B$31.47B
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$250.8M$250.8M
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$0
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$635.9M$635.9M
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$2.7M$1.1M$1.6M
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$17.5M$8.8M$8.6M
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$5.7M$2.8M$2.9M
Payroll taxesLn 10$0
Management feesLn 11a$0
Legal feesLn 11b$576K$53K$523K
Accounting feesLn 11c$290K$290K
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$18.8M$13.4M$5.4M
Advertising and promotionLn 12$0
Office expensesLn 13$5.9M$5.9M
Information technologyLn 14$798K$798K
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$3.7M$1.7M$2.0M
TravelLn 17$1.1M$371K$732K
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$739K$733K$6K
InterestLn 20$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$924K$924K
InsuranceLn 23$328K$328K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$2.0M$1.2M$757K$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$947.7M$916.9M$30.8M$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest $6.5B$1.6B$4.9B$50.3B 990 PDF
FY2023 $680.3M$1.5B−$853.3M$42.2B 990 PDF
FY2022 $424.1M$1.4B−$953.2M$29.2B 990 PDF
FY2021 $422.9M$1.5B−$1.1B$30.8B 990 PDF
FY2020 Viewing $356.8M$947.7M−$590.9M$31.5B 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 FY2020 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $356,789,232 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $0$0
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $0$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $191,932,785$356,574,632
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $214,728$214,600
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $192,147,513$356,789,232
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $301,926,340$886,697,337
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $22,224,396$25,917,874
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $33,455,037$35,121,936
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $357,605,773$947,737,147
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$165,458,260−$590,947,915
Part VI · Governance 12 of 12 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body12
VI-1b Independent voting members12
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $356,789,232 across 7 lines filed
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$0
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $178,321,401$178,321,401
VIII-5 Royalties$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossExcluded from tax $214,600$214,600
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $178,253,231$178,253,231
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events$0
VIII-12 Total revenueExcluded from tax $356,789,232$356,789,232
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $947,737,147 across 30 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $250,844,662$250,844,662
IX-2 Grants to domestic individuals$0
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $635,852,675$635,852,675
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for members$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $1,098,171 · Management $1,617,499$2,715,670
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $8,840,501 · Management $8,630,484$17,470,985
IX-8 Pension plan contributions$0
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $2,812,136 · Management $2,919,083$5,731,219
IX-10 Payroll taxes$0
IX-11a Management fees$0
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $53,251 · Management $523,170$576,421
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $289,830$289,830
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11e Professional fundraising fees$0
IX-11f Investment management fees$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $13,387,559 · Management $5,398,211$18,785,770
IX-12 Advertising and promotion$0
IX-13 Office expensesManagement $5,875,602$5,875,602
IX-14 Information technologyManagement $797,990$797,990
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $1,729,136 · Management $1,997,281$3,726,417
IX-17 TravelPrograms $370,602 · Management $731,857$1,102,459
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $733,082 · Management $6,218$739,300
IX-20 Interest$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliates$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationManagement $923,564$923,564
IX-23 InsuranceManagement $328,038$328,038
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $1,219,465 · Management $757,080 · Fundraising $0$1,976,545
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $916,941,240 · Management $30,795,907 · Fundraising $0$947,737,147
Part X · Balance sheet $31,477,405,206 assets, 24 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $0$0
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $30,661,997$112,095,738
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $0$0
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $2,707,244$2,976,188
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $0$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $3,345,547$2,468,646
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $3,433,673$3,120,145
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $27,558,166,913$31,355,848,119
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $0$0
X-13 Program-related investmentsStart of year $0$0
X-14 Intangible assetsStart of year $598,997$896,370
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $0$0
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $27,598,914,371$31,477,405,206
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $9,601,440$5,865,729
X-18 Grants payableStart of year $1,038,400$60,000
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $0$0
X-20 Tax-exempt bond liabilitiesStart of year $0$0
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $0$0
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $19,357$19,746
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $10,659,197$5,945,475
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $30,088,261$115,611,612
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $27,558,166,913$31,355,848,119
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $27,588,255,174$31,471,459,731
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $27,598,914,371$31,477,405,206
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $31,471,459,731 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$356,789,232
XI-2 Total expenses$947,737,147
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$590,947,915
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$27,588,255,174
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$4,474,152,472
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$31,471,459,731

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2020 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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