What MADRE does

MADRE is a 501(c)(3) international human rights organization founded in 1983 and headquartered in New York. The organization partners with women- and girl-led grassroots movements in more than 40 countries to advance gender, racial, disability, and climate justice through trust-based grantmaking, capacity bridging, humanitarian aid, legal advocacy, and policy engagement. MADRE serves as an intermediary between individual donors, foundations, and community organizations on one side, and small women-led organizations in conflict-affected and climate-vulnerable regions on the other. Its grantmaking and in-kind support since founding exceeds $69 million, and it is recognized by Charity Navigator (four-star) and GuideStar (Gold Participant).

Name

MADRE

Legal name

MADRE, Inc.

Website

https://madre.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1983

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

MADRE is a 501(c)(3) international women's human rights organization founded in 1983 that partners with grassroots women-led groups in 40+ countries, providing trust-based grants, humanitarian aid, legal advocacy, and policy engagement funded by individual donations and foundation grants.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

International Human Rights & Humanitarian Aid Services

NAICS

Human Rights Organizations (813311), Social Advocacy Organizations (8133)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600), Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Gender Equality & Women’s Rights Advocacy (BPAGAFAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Human Rights & Anti-Discrimination Organizations (BPAGAFAB), Humanitarian Coordination, Information Management & Needs Assessment (BPAGAAAL)

Keywords

• Women's rights advocacy
• Humanitarian aid services
• Nonprofit grantmaking
• Gender justice programs
• International human rights

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Individual Donations: MADRE relies on individual donors who contribute to support grassroots movements worldwide. Donors can give through the website, monthly recurring gifts (MADRE Lifeline program), one-time gifts, or stock donations.
2. Foundation & Institutional Grants: MADRE receives funding from foundations and institutional donors to support grantmaking and partnership programs across 40+ countries.
3. Charitable Giving Programs: MADRE operates as a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization receiving support from individual donors, foundations, and community organizations. The organization directs the highest possible percentage of donations to programs supporting women- and girl-led groups in global networks.

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

MADRE is an international women's human rights organization that delivers rapid-response humanitarian aid, trust-based grants, capacity-building support, and legal/policy advocacy to women- and girl-led grassroots organizations in more than 40 countries. Its core operations center six thematic campaigns: Rapid Response / Rapid Action, The People's Peace, Resist In Body, Sowing Solidarity, Generation Justice, and Repurposing Power. The organization also produces toolkits, reports, and advocacy resources and operates a formal training role in Colombia's transitional justice process.

Product overview

MADRE is an international human rights organization operating as a unified advocacy and grantmaking entity rather than a technology product company. Its core offerings consist of six interconnected campaigns: Rapid Response, Rapid Action (emergency humanitarian aid); The People's Peace (women peacemakers); Resist In Body (bodily autonomy); Sowing Solidarity (climate justice); Generation Justice (intergenerational leadership); and Repurposing Power (economic justice). These are supported by Toolkits & Reports (publications and policy resources) and direct Advocacy services. The organization does not offer a software platform, API, or technology product.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Rapid Response, Rapid Action Emergency humanitarian aid program that provides rapid funding and resources to grassroots partners in times of crisis, including conflict and climate disasters. Delivers emergency aid in the immediate wake of conflict and disaster and ongoing rebuilding support using MADRE's deep global network of relationships.
• The People's Peace Campaign advancing women as peacemakers to confront war and authoritarianism, supporting women's meaningful inclusion in peacebuilding processes and advocating against gender persecution. Partners include Julienne Lusenge of SOFEPADI who testified before the UN Security Council with MADRE support.
• Resist In Body Campaign focused on keeping women and marginalized groups safe, free, and in control of their bodies, advancing reproductive autonomy, freedom from gender violence, and disability rights.
• Sowing Solidarity Campaign unraveling economic and political systems that drive the climate crisis, focusing on land and water rights, food sovereignty, and economic justice.
• Generation Justice Intergenerational gender justice initiative supporting girls and young women as leaders across movements for rights and justice.
• Repurposing Power Campaign dismantling unjust hierarchies and redistributing wealth and power to achieve justice for Black, Indigenous, and marginalized communities.
• Advocacy Legal, communications, and policy advocacy services facilitating connections with policymakers, governments, and international bodies to advance human rights. Includes MADRE's formal training role for prosecutors, lawyers, and judges in Colombia's transitional justice process.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over $69 million in grantmaking and in-kind support provided to partners in over 40 countries over 40 years
• +2 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Female Solidarity for Integrated Peace and Development (SOFEPADI)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSOFEPADI organizes Congolese women and girls for equal access to social rights through gender-based violence response and prevention, sexual and reproductive health, and climate justice programs. MADRE supports SOFEPADI with grants and capacity building. SOFEPADI's president Julienne Lusenge testified before the UN Security Council with MADRE's support.
• Food for HumanitycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFood for Humanity is a grassroots humanitarian organization in Yemen founded by women activists responding to deteriorating living conditions from ongoing war. MADRE provides funding to Food for Humanity to broker peace agreements, open humanitarian aid corridors, secure prisoner releases, and deliver life-saving aid including water, food, medical supplies, and livelihood support to women-headed households in hard-to-reach areas.
• Haitian Women's CollectivecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Haitian Women's Collective uses women's shared expertise to advance health, education, civic engagement, leadership, and opportunities in Haiti. MADRE supports the organization with grants, humanitarian response to disasters, and a reproductive health clinic serving over 300 women. The collective also coordinates COVID-19 response and malnutrition prevention programs.
• Indigenous Information NetworkcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Indigenous Information Network is a women-led organization in Kenya supporting grassroots women's frontline responses to the climate crisis in rural pastoralist communities. MADRE supports IIN with grants for climate adaptation projects including greenhouses, rain harvesting, water wells, tree nurseries, and convenings of Indigenous women farmers.
• MUIXILcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMUIXIL is a grassroots women's group promoting the political, economic, and cultural rights of Ixil Mayan and other Indigenous women in Guatemala. MADRE supports MUIXIL's organizing efforts to confront extractive industries, including displacement from hydroelectric dams, and the Women's Weaving Collective providing sustainable income.
• National Indigenous Women's ForumcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe National Indigenous Women's Forum works with Indigenous women and girls across Nepal to secure their rights through advocacy, training, research, and farming programs. MADRE supports the Forum's efforts to gain full recognition and inclusion of Indigenous women in Nepal's constitution and to adapt farming techniques to climate change.
• Proceso de Comunidades Negras (PCN)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPCN organizes Black, Afro-descendant, Palenquera, and Raizal communities throughout Colombia to combat discrimination and defend their rights. MADRE supports PCN's women-led peacebuilding efforts, advocacy for Afro-Colombian women in the implementation of Colombia's 2016 peace agreement, and campaigns on domestic violence prevention.
• Taller de VidacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTaller de Vida is a community-based organization providing support to Afro-Colombian and Indigenous women and youth affected by racial, gender, and wartime violence. MADRE supports Taller de Vida's psychosocial programs using art therapy, sports, and theater to help survivors of conflict overcome trauma and build a more peaceful world.
• Wangki TangnicoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerWangki Tangni is a community development organization run by and for Indigenous Peoples on Nicaragua's North Atlantic coast. MADRE supports Wangki Tangni's work promoting sustainable development, protecting traditional culture, improving health, and advancing women's rights including freedom from violence, as well as the Harvesting Hope farming collective.
• Zenab for Women in DevelopmentcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerZenab for Women in Development advances the social, economic, and political status of rural Sudanese women and girls. MADRE partners with Zenab to organize women farmers, exchange drought strategies, and push for access to resources and tools through the country's first women farmers union.
• Innovators 4 Climate ActionminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInnovators 4 Climate Action (ICA) is a feminist, LBQ-led climate justice organization in coastal Kenya. MADRE and ICA jointly submitted a legal brief to the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights focusing on the right to food for every person regardless of gender identity, sexual orientation, ethnicity, and economic status.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Regional players

• International Women's Development Agency (IWDA): An Australian-headquartered feminist organization that funds women's rights movements across the Asia-Pacific and globally. Shares MADRE's grantmaking-plus-advocacy model but with a stronger Asia-Pacific focus and Australia-domiciled funding base.
• Kvinna till Kvinna: A Swedish foundation supporting women peacebuilders and women's rights organizations in conflict-affected countries. Shares MADRE's peace-and-conflict focus but is Europe-headquartered and partners more selectively in MENA, Africa, and the Western Balkans.

Broad incumbents

• International Center for Research on Women (ICRW): A global research organization focused on gender equality, women and girls' empowerment, and intersectional rights. Broader in research-policy orientation than MADRE but operates in comparable thematic areas (gender violence, economic empowerment, climate).
• Women for Women International: A larger international NGO supporting women survivors of war and conflict through direct services, vocational training, and rights education. Larger and more service-delivery oriented than MADRE, but overlaps significantly on women in conflict zones and humanitarian support.
• Plan International: A large international humanitarian and development organization focused on girls' rights and gender equality globally. Operates at significantly larger scale than MADRE, with comparable thematic focus on girls' leadership, gender violence, and rights advocacy across many of the same countries.

Direct peers

• Global Fund for Women: A feminist foundation that funds women's rights organizations globally, with a model centered on trust-based grantmaking to grassroots women-led groups. Highly comparable to MADRE's grantmaking-plus-advocacy approach across multiple regions.
• CREA: A global feminist human rights organization based in India, working on gender justice, sexuality, and bodily autonomy through grantmaking and advocacy. Directly comparable to MADRE in the Resist In Body and grantmaking-plus-advocacy focus, with strong Global South orientation.
• Urgent Action Fund for Women's Human Rights: A global feminist fund providing rapid response grants to women human rights defenders and organizations facing urgent security or political threats. Closely mirrors MADRE's Rapid Response, Rapid Action approach and partner-first philosophy.
• Women's Earth Alliance (WEA): An organization that resourced and trains grassroots women environmental and Indigenous leaders globally. Closely aligned with MADRE's climate-justice work with Indigenous women in Kenya, Latin America, and other regions.
• Association for Women's Rights in Development (AWID): A global feminist membership organization supporting women's rights movements through research, convening, and resource mobilization. Comparable mission and global membership-based advocacy structure to MADRE, though more focused on movement-building than direct grantmaking.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/MADREspeaks
• Instagraminstagram.com/madrespeaks

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles18 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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