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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by AGRA.

Totals

Total revenue
$128,035,331
Total expenses
$84,681,247
Contributions and grants received
$124,702,574
Grants paid
$24,720,235
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$3,293,392
Other revenue
$39,365
Total assets, end of year
$153,779,250
Total liabilities, end of year
$50,919,338
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$102,859,912
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$72,769,904
Management and general expenses
$11,911,343
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$72,769,904

Program services were 85.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $124,702,574

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $2,790,993 · excluded $2,790,993

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $502,171 · other assets $4,260

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $0 · other assets $4,032

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $502,171 · other assets $228

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $502,399 · excluded $502,399

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $39,365 · related or exempt $39,365

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $39,365

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $24,720,235 · program services $24,720,235

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $2,804,765 · program services $2,228,510 · management and general $576,255

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $18,111,529 · program services $14,390,411 · management and general $3,721,118

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $5,997,960 · program services $4,765,645 · management and general $1,232,315

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $2,247,765 · program services $1,785,949 · management and general $461,816

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $15,295 · program services $14,188 · management and general $1,107

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $206,275 · program services $191,349 · management and general $14,926

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $47,914 · program services $47,914

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $12,413,221 · program services $11,514,979 · management and general $898,242

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $37,919 · program services $19,755 · management and general $18,164

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $1,582,959 · program services $824,668 · management and general $758,291

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $1,318,853 · program services $687,078 · management and general $631,775

  • 17 · Travel

    total $3,357,497 · program services $2,969,482 · management and general $388,015

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $6,034,947 · program services $5,957,483 · management and general $77,464

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $693,076 · management and general $693,076

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $68,826 · program services $35,856 · management and general $32,970

  • 24a · Other expenses: TRAINING

    total $1,750,791 · program services $912,103 · management and general $838,688

  • 24b · Other expenses: BOARD/COUNCIL EXPENSE

    total $1,280,236 · program services $666,960 · management and general $613,276

  • 24c · Other expenses: PROJECT EXPENSES

    total $926,406 · program services $482,626 · management and general $443,780

  • 24d · Other expenses: RECRUITMENT COSTS

    total $613,773 · program services $319,755 · management and general $294,018

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $451,005 · program services $234,958 · management and general $216,047

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $4,226 · end of year $16,990

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $57,398,892 · end of year $104,278,469

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $2,470,440 · end of year $4,105,469

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $980,078 · end of year $1,151,622

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $5,661,656

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $5,249,744

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $620,992 · end of year $411,912

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $27,900,850 · end of year $29,205,534

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $14,694,798 · end of year $13,523,553

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $435,996 · end of year $775,581

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $307,057 · end of year $310,120

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $26,288,243 · end of year $29,696,277

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $2,260,461 · end of year $2,710,525

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $21,996,193 · end of year $17,687,238

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $825,298

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $6,436,907 · end of year $4,385,676

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $47,831,525 · end of year $98,474,236

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

AGRA'S MISSION IS TO CATALYZE THE GROWTH OF SUSTAINABLE FOOD SYSTEMS ACROSS AFRICA BY INFLUENCING AND LEVERAGING PARTNERS TO BUILD A ROBUST ENABLING ENVIRONMENT WHERE PRIVATE SECTOR THRIVES AND SMALLHOLDER FARMERS ARE EMPOWERED TO PRODUCE SUFFICIENT, HEALTHY FOOD.

  • PIATA-PARTNERSHIP FOR INCLUSIVE AGRICULTURAL TRANSFORMATION IN AFRICA (PIATA),WHOSE PURPOSE IS TO ENABLE AFRICAN AGRICULTURE ACTORS TO DO BUSINESS DIFFERENTLY AS THEY SUPPORT LEADERS TO DRIVE AN INCLUSIVE AGRICULTURAL TRANSFORMATION.THE INNOVATIVE PARTNERSHIP AIMS FOR INTEGRATED DELIVERY WITHIN AGRO-ECONOMIC ZONES AND ACROSS VALUE CHAIN ENHANCED IN-COUNTRY COORDINATION TO LEVERAGE WIDER INVESTMENTS AND DELIBERATE ENGAGEMENT WITH PRIVATE SECTOR TO BUILD,SUSTAINABLE SYSTEMS THAT WILL TRANSITION AGRICULTURE FROM SUBSISTENCE INTO A BUSINESS THAT WORKS.THE PROGRAM HAS FOUR KEY COMPONENTS;(1) INCREASED STAPLE CROP PRODUCTIVITY (2) STRENGTHENED AND EXPANDED ACCESS TO NATIONAL AND REGIONAL MARKETS (3) INCREASED CAPACITY OF SMALL HOLDER FARMING HOUSEHOLDS AND AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS TO BETTER PREPARE FOR AND ADAPT TO SHOCKS AND STRESSES AND (4) STRENGTHENED CONTINENTAL, REGIONAL AND GOVERNMENT MULTI-SECTORAL COORDINATION AND MUTUAL ACCOUNTABILITY IN THE AGRICULTURE SECTOR.

    Expenses $52,046,484 · Grants $12,314,068 · Revenue $39,365

  • AFRICAN ENTERPRISE CHALLENGE FUND- AECF PROJECTS IN AFRICA. AECF SUPPORTS BUSINESSES WORKING IN AGRIBUSINESS, RURAL FINANCIAL SERVICES,RENEWABLE ENERGY AND TECHNOLOGIES THE AAECF IS ESSENTIALLY BOUT STIMULATING PRO-POOR GROWTH IN THE FOLLOWING WAYS;-INCREASING THE PACE OF ECONOMIC GROWTH BY STIMULATING PRIVATE SECTOR INVESTMENT IN GRIBUSINESS,FINANCIAL SERVICES,RENEWABLE ENERGY;IMPROVING THE PATTERN OF GROWTH BY ENABLING THE RURAL POOR TO PARTICIPATE IN GROWTH AS AGENTS AND BENEFICIARIES,ENSURING THAT THE CROSS-CUTTING DIMENSIONS OF POVERTY AND ENVIRONMENT ARE TACKLED IN MUTUALLY REINFORCING WAYS EMPOWERING THE POOR BY IMPROVING THEIR VOICE AND ROLE IN THE ECONOMY AS WELL AS THEIR INCOME.

    Expenses $17,863,650 · Grants $12,406,167

  • AFRICA FOOD SYSTEMS FORUM (AFS FORUM) (FORMERLY THE AGRF) IS THE WORLD'S PREMIER FORUM FOR AFRICAN AGRICULTURE AND FOOD SYSTEMS, BRINGING TOGETHER STAKEHOLDERS TO TAKE PRACTICAL ACTION AND SHARE LESSONS THAT WILL MOVE AFRICAN FOOD SYSTEMS FORWARD. AFRICA FOOD SYSTEMS FORUM'S MISSION IS TO INFORM, INFLUENCE AND CATALYZE THE TRANSITION TO SUSTAINABLE, RESILIENT AND INCLUSIVE FOOD SYSTEMS.

    Expenses $2,859,770

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Joachim Von Braum

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $13,200
    From this org
    $13,200
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Hixonia Nyasulu

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $11,000
    From this org
    $11,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • He Hailemariam Dessalegn

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $70,400
    From this org
    $70,400
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • He Jakaya Kikwete

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $14,700
    From this org
    $14,700
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Mallika Srinivasan

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Frank Braeken

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $15,400
    From this org
    $15,400
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • David Lane

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $15,400
    From this org
    $15,400
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Delphine Traore

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $12,100
    From this org
    $12,100
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Lionel Zinsou

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $14,300
    From this org
    $14,300
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Binta Ntoye

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $14,300
    From this org
    $14,300
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Ndidi Okonkwo Nwuneil

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Rodger Voorhies

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Roy Steiner

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Ada Osakwe

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $13,200
    From this org
    $13,200
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Dr Agnes Kalibata

    PRESIDENT-AGRA

    Total calculated
    $424,265
    From this org
    $395,365
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $28,900
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $289,000
    Bonus
    $23,274
    Other
    $83,091
    Deferred
    $28,900
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $424,265

  • Annette Kahama

    GENERAL COUNSEL & BOARD SE

    Total calculated
    $146,977
    From this org
    $127,590
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,387
    Hours/week
    40

  • Mohamed Elmi

    CHIEF FINANCE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $86,764
    From this org
    $77,841
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,923
    Hours/week
    40

  • Folayinka Essan

    CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $314,328
    From this org
    $281,681
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $32,647
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $217,647
    Bonus
    $16,638
    Other
    $47,396
    Deferred
    $32,647
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $314,328

  • Andrew Cox

    DIRECTOR - STRATEGY & MONI

    Total calculated
    $355,855
    From this org
    $323,642
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $32,213
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $214,753
    Bonus
    $12,006
    Other
    $96,883
    Deferred
    $32,213
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $355,855

  • Agnes Konde

    VICE PRESIDENT, PROGRAM IN

    Total calculated
    $345,447
    From this org
    $314,858
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $30,589
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $203,929
    Bonus
    $6,638
    Other
    $104,291
    Deferred
    $30,589
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $345,447

  • Vanessa Adams

    VP-STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP &

    Total calculated
    $449,191
    From this org
    $423,716
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $25,475
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $169,833
    Bonus
    $6,638
    Other
    $247,245
    Deferred
    $25,475
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $449,191

  • Apollos Nwafor

    VICE PRESIDENT OF POLICY A

    Total calculated
    $489,765
    From this org
    $466,588
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,177
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $154,512
    Bonus
    $4,149
    Other
    $307,927
    Deferred
    $23,177
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $489,765

  • George Bigirwa

    HEAD OF SEED RESEARCH AND

    Total calculated
    $280,072
    From this org
    $254,017
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $26,055
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $173,697
    Bonus
    $13,154
    Other
    $67,166
    Deferred
    $26,055
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $280,072

  • Yamfwa Chinyanta

    DIRECTOR HUMAN RESOURCE & ADMINSTRATION

    Total calculated
    $266,005
    From this org
    $244,931
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,074
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $140,492
    Bonus
    $10,000
    Other
    $94,439
    Deferred
    $21,074
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $266,005

  • Boaz Keizire

    HEAD OF POLICY

    Total calculated
    $265,865
    From this org
    $245,047
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $20,818
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $138,788
    Bonus
    $4,883
    Other
    $101,376
    Deferred
    $20,818
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $265,865

  • Muhinda Jean Jacques

    REGIONAL MANAGER - EAST &

    Total calculated
    $264,938
    From this org
    $244,386
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $20,552
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $137,012
    Bonus
    $5,606
    Other
    $101,768
    Deferred
    $20,552
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $264,938

  • Gelan Tadele

    HEAD - STRATEGY & ANALYTICS

    Total calculated
    $243,945
    From this org
    $225,883
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,062
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $120,141
    Bonus
    $17,474
    Other
    $88,268
    Deferred
    $18,062
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $243,945

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 1a · Housing allowance or residence for personal use
  • 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Independent compensation consultant
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 1A
ALL REGIONALLY RECRUITED STAFF ARE ENTITLED AN ANNUAL HOUSE ALLOWANCE RANGING BETWEEN $27,000 FOR $40,000. ADDITIONALLY, INTERNATIONALLY RECRUITED STAFF ARE ALSO ENTITLED TO SCHOOL FEES ALLOWANCE TO A MAXIMUM OF $16,000 PER DEPENDANT AND REIMBURSMENTS ARE MADE UPON RECEIPT OF INVOICE AND PROOF OF PAYMENT BY THE STAFF.
PART I, LINE 1B
REIMBURSMENTS ARE MADE UPON RECEIPT OF INVOICE AND PROOF OF PAYMENT BY STAFF.
PART I, LINE 7
AMOUNTS IN COLUMN B(II) REPRESENT BONUSES, WHICH WERE APPROVED BY THE BOARD AND INCLUDED IN TAXABLE COMPENSATION.

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Disregarded entities

Part I: entities that legally are the filer and file no return of their own.

  • AFRICA ENTERPRISE CHALLENGE FUND

    GRANT MAKING · DE · income $27,317,483 · assets $39,348,070

    Directly controlled by AGRA

Related corporations and trusts

Part IV: related organizations taxable as a corporation or trust.

  • AFRICAN SEED INVESTMENT FUND

    C · INVESTMENT · MP · 99.99% owned · share of income $222,411 · share of assets $827,380 · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by AGRA

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
15 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202423209349312267

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