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Grants paid by Visa Foundation, tax year 2021
EIN 81-4503596 · San Francisco, CA · Form 990-PF, Part XV · NTEE T21
In tax year 2021, Visa Foundation (EIN 81-4503596) reported 42 grants paid totaling $25,981,450. Dataset version 2026.09.0, built 2026-09-03.
Every grant, 2021
| Tax year | Recipient | Match | Amount | Type | Purpose | Source filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Gavi Alliance Washington, DC | B | $4,500,000 | paid | To provide access to the COVID-19 vaccine in 92 low- and middle-income economies through its COVAX AMC Facility | 202222279349100522 |
| 2021 | Womens World Banking Inc New York, NY | C | $3,523,627 | paid | General & Unrestricted | 202222279349100522 |
| 2021 | International Fund for Agricultural Development Roma | U | $1,750,000 | paid | To support financial inclusion by facilitating access to financial tools; supporting low-income women and women-owned enterprises, and by supporting the development and scaling of sustainable financial services products | 202222279349100522 |
| 2021 | Local Initiatives Support Corporation New York, NY | B | $1,500,000 | paid | For support of increasing small business resiliency for women entrepreneurs of color | 202222279349100522 |
| 2021 | Singa Global Paris | U | $1,000,000 | paid | To support newcomer entrepreneurship across Europe | 202222279349100522 |
| 2021 | Vilcap Inc Washington, DC | U | $1,000,000 | paid | To support Accelerating Women-Led Sustainability SMBs Across Europe | 202222279349100522 |
| 2021 | Pro Mujer Inc New York, NY | C | $1,000,000 | paid | To promote inclusive economic growth and support women-run micro and small businesses in Latin America through the development of an online educational platform | 202222279349100522 |
| 2021 | Policylink Oakland, CA | B | $1,000,000 | paid | Black Future Opportunity, Inc. | 202222279349100522 |
| 2021 | Mercy Corps Boone, IA | U | $1,000,000 | paid | For support of the COVID-19 Recovery for Small and Micro Businesses program in Indonesia, Thailand and Timor Leste | 202222279349100522 |
| 2021 | Technoserve Inc Alrington, VA | B | $1,000,000 | paid | For support of the COVID-19 Recovery for Small and Micro Businesses program in Sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America and the Caribbean | 202222279349100522 |
| 2021 | Opportunity International Inc Chicago, IL | C | $1,000,000 | paid | To support the Economic Recovery and Rebuild Initiative (ERRI) to be deployed in Ghana, Uganda, and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), providing financing and technical support to SMBs hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic | 202222279349100522 |
| 2021 | Instituto Rede Mulher Empreendedora - Irme Sao Paulo | U | $500,000 | paid | To support women entrepreneurs in Brazil to recover from the economic impact of COVID-19 by maintenance or increase of their income through business digital transformation and seed money | 202222279349100522 |
| 2021 | Brac USA Inc New York, NY | C | $500,000 | paid | For support of economic recovery for microenterprises in Bangladesh | 202222279349100522 |
| 2021 | Compass Family Services San Francisco, CA | B | $500,000 | paid | To support CFS core operating and capacity building efforts to prevent and end family homelessness in San Francisco | 202222279349100522 |
| 2021 | Winrock International Institute for Agricultural D N Little Rock, AR | C | $500,000 | paid | To support technical assistance activities within the SOAR Fund in the Southern United States | 202222279349100522 |
| 2021 | Civic Nation Washington, DC | C | $500,000 | paid | To support Made to Save: A national public education and grassroots mobilization effort to build trust in the COVID-19 vaccines and increase access for BIPOC communities whose health inequities have been exacerbated by the pandemic | 202222279349100522 |
| 2021 | Asia Foundation San Francisco, CA | B | $500,000 | paid | For support of the Accelerate Women's Entrepreneurship and Access to Capital program in Cambodia and the Philippines | 202222279349100522 |
| 2021 | American National Red Cross Washington, DC | B | $500,000 | paid | annual AGDP Fund | 202222279349100522 |
| 2021 | Vilcap Inc Washington, DC | U | $467,000 | paid | To support the Women's Entrepreneurship Acceleration Initiative | 202222279349100522 |
| 2021 | Kiva Microfunds San Francisco, CA | C | $423,423 | paid | K-DAF | 202222279349100522 |
| 2021 | Tides Center San Francisco, CA | C | $300,000 | paid | 1501 VC Include Support | 202222279349100522 |
| 2021 | New York University New York, NY | B | $257,400 | paid | to support the Visa Foundation-NYU Stern MBA Fellowship Program: Advancing Women in Sustainable Finance | 202222279349100522 |
| 2021 | Accion International Cambridge, MA | U | $250,000 | paid | To support their research efforts on topics that include the growth of SMBs through access to finance, and identifying barriers to full participation in the capital ecosystem | 202222279349100522 |
| 2021 | New Venture Fund Baltimore, MD | U | $250,000 | paid | Tipping Point Fund | 202222279349100522 |
| 2021 | Akhuwat USA Torrance, CA | C | $250,000 | paid | For support of COVID-19 relief loans with an emphasis on female-led small businesses | 202222279349100522 |
| 2021 | Education for Employment New York, NY | D | $250,000 | paid | To support the Economically Empowering Egyptian Young Women program, creating inclusive economic growth by supporting women's employment in Egypt through job placement and entrepreneurship training | 202222279349100522 |
| 2021 | Technoserve Inc Alrington, VA | B | $250,000 | paid | support of PRAKRITI Phase 3 Extension | 202222279349100522 |
| 2021 | American National Red Cross San Francisco, CA | U | $250,000 | paid | Global appeal fund to support two National Societies - Democratic Republic of Congo Red Cross Society and Rwanda Red Cross Society to deliver humanitarian assistance to and support early recovery for some 80,0000 people in the Democratic Republic of Congo (70,000 people) and Rwanda (10,000 people) affected by multiple hazards and compounding humanitarian vulnerabilities caused by the eruption of Mount Nyiragongo | 202222279349100522 |
| 2021 | American National Red Cross Washington, DC | B | $250,000 | paid | For support of Central America: Hurricane Eta emergency appeal fund to deliver assistance and support early recovery of the people affected by the Hurricane Eta. | 202222279349100522 |
| 2021 | King Baudouin Foundation United States Inc New York, NY | U | $200,000 | paid | To support a project such as the Desmond and Leah Tutu Legacy Foundation along with their The Courageous Conversations Programme, The Leadership Programme and general support | 202222279349100522 |
| 2021 | Vehicles for Change Inc Baltimore, MD | B | $165,000 | paid | support of the VFC Training Program Expansion | 202222279349100522 |
| 2021 | Impactassets Inc Bethesda, MD | B | $100,000 | paid | For support of the GenderSmart Investing Summit and the Justice, Equity, Diversity & Inclusion (JEDI) Initiative, through an entity such as GenderSmart | 202222279349100522 |
| 2021 | Howard University Washington, DC | U | $100,000 | paid | to support the Marriott-Sorenson Center for Hospitality Leadership, contributing to the growth of a pipeline of Black professionals in an industry in which executives of color are underrepresented | 202222279349100522 |
| 2021 | American National Red Cross San Francisco, CA | U | $100,000 | paid | To support the Red Cross response for the floods in Western Europe | 202222279349100522 |
| 2021 | American National Red Cross Washington, DC | B | $100,000 | paid | For support of the Philippines: Typhoon Goni emergency appeal fund to deliver assistance and support early recovery of the people affected by Typhoon Goni | 202222279349100522 |
| 2021 | Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of New York New York, NY | U | $50,000 | paid | For support of eviction prevention programs as well as COVID-19 relief efforts | 202222279349100522 |
| 2021 | Advertising Council Inc New York, NY | B | $50,000 | paid | To support the COVID-19 Vaccine Education Initiative, a national communications initiative to create messaging on a comprehensive approach to defeat COVID-19 and its effects, with a focus on the uptake of the vaccines, but also addressing other COVID-19 related issues. | 202222279349100522 |
| 2021 | Civil Rights Foundation Inc New York, NY | B | $50,000 | paid | to support the creation of a Museum of Civil rights | 202222279349100522 |
| 2021 | Mission Investors Exchange Inc New York, NY | B | $50,000 | paid | To support the resource library as well as the working group for corporate foundations committed to racial and gender equity investing | 202222279349100522 |
| 2021 | Omprakash Inc Seattle, WA | B | $25,000 | paid | To support catalyzing women's health ventures in Latin America, through an entity such as New Ventures | 202222279349100522 |
| 2021 | Service League of San Mateo County Redwood City, CA | B | $10,000 | paid | To support work to provide transitional housing and other services delivered in conjunction with the Maple Street Correctional Center | 202222279349100522 |
| 2021 | Jobtrain Inc Menlo Park, CA | B | $10,000 | paid | To support employment training and other services delivered in conjunction with the Maple Street Correctional Center | 202222279349100522 |
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Derived from IRS Form 990-PF e-file XML. Dataset version 2026.09.0, built 2026-09-03. All years for this funder.
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