Global Land Alliance

What Global Land Alliance does

Global Land Alliance (GLA) is a Washington, D.C.-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit founded in 2014 that operates a portfolio of programs aimed at advancing land governance, tenure security, and the rights of Indigenous peoples, local communities, and women. Its flagship asset is Prindex, a joint initiative with the Overseas Development Institute (ODI) that produces the first globally comparable, perception-based measure of land and property tenure security across 140+ countries; Prindex data is recognized by the US Government as a source for SDG indicator 1.4.2 reporting. GLA's other core programs — Land Administration, Community-Based Resource Management, and Community Land Access and Security — deliver technical assistance, advisory services, and field-level methodologies (e.g., village boundary setting, community sample surveys, land use mapping) to national and local governments in Latin America, Africa, South and Southeast Asia, and the Middle East.

The organization is built around a partnership-driven operating model: it does not sell commercial products or charge fees for its services. Instead, GLA is funded by institutional grants (notably a €2.1M European Commission grant awarded in May 2023 to advance Prindex), bilateral/multilateral donors including UNOPS and The Land Facility, and charitable donations. Distribution runs through direct technical assistance to governments (Colombia, Bolivia, Dominican Republic, Indonesia), multilateral partnerships (FAO, World Bank, IDB), and local implementing NGOs (Yayasan Puter Indonesia, Cadasta Foundation). Its go-to-market is content- and event-driven — research publications, the Parcel Post newsletter, the Land UP! podcast, webinars, and participation in COP, the World Bank Land and Poverty Conference, and regional cadastre forums — used to build thought leadership and secure new project engagements with governments and development institutions.

GLA operates with a lean team of approximately 13 employees and expanded into Europe in November 2025 with a Stockholm-based branch. Recent strategic activity includes co-publishing a joint FAO study on collective tenure rights and climate action in sub-Saharan Africa (March 2025), partnering with Rights and Resources International to support the Forest & Climate Leaders' Partnership and the Intergovernmental Land Tenure Commitments launched at COP30, and ongoing work to integrate land tenure safeguards into Voluntary Carbon Market standards.

Name

Global Land Alliance

Legal name

Global Land Alliance

Website

https://globallandalliance.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Global Land Alliance is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that operates Prindex — a global survey of land tenure security perceptions across 140+ countries — and provides technical assistance on land administration, community-based resource management, and land access programs to governments and Indigenous communities worldwide.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

International Development – Land Governance Services

NAICS

Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development (925), Administration of Urban Planning and Community and Rural Development (92512), Support Activities for Forestry (1153)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600), Forestry (800), International Affairs (9721)

akta.pro primary industry

Land Administration & Cadastral Services (Public Land Records, Parcel Management) (BPAIANAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

Land Trusts & Protected Areas (BPAGAGAC), United Nations System & Specialized Agencies (BPADAAAA)

Keywords

• Land governance services
• Land tenure security
• Technical assistance
• Land administration
• Community land rights

Headquarters

HQ city

Washington D.C.

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Grant Funding: Primary revenue stream from institutional grant funding. GLA received a €2.1 million grant from the European Commission to advance Prindex. Also funded through UNOPS, The Land Facility, and other international development funders.
2. Donations: GLA is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization that accepts donations to support data collection, research, and awareness campaigns on land tenure issues.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Global Land Alliance is a nonprofit that provides technical assistance and advisory services to governments and international development organizations on land governance, land tenure formalization, and community land rights. Its core offerings include Prindex (a global survey measuring perceptions of land tenure security across 140+ countries, jointly with ODI) and three program areas: Land Administration, Community-Based Resource Management, and Community Land Access and Security. Revenue comes from institutional grants and charitable donations rather than fees for services.

Product overview

Global Land Alliance is a non-profit organization offering a portfolio of programs focused on land governance and tenure security. The core offerings include Prindex (a global survey measuring land tenure perceptions in 140+ countries, jointly operated with ODI), and three technical assistance programs: Land Administration, Community-Based Resource Management, and Community Land Access and Security. These programs work together to advance learning and practice of land governance, with an emphasis on local and Indigenous knowledge.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Prindex: A joint initiative of Global Land Alliance and Overseas Development Institute - the first truly global, comparable measure of perception of land tenure security, collecting data from 140+ countries.

Products and services

• Prindex Prindex is a global initiative (jointly with Overseas Development Institute) that measures perceptions of land and property tenure security through representative surveys of citizens across 140+ countries. It is recognized as a data source for SDG 1.4.2 reporting by the U.S. Government and is used by governments, multilaterals, and research institutions for evidence-based policy making.
• Land Administration Program Provides innovative technical assistance and advisory services to governments in the conceptualization, design, technical implementation, and operational oversight of land administration and land tenure projects. Engagements include work with the Colombian Government on the Land for Prosperity Program and the Bolivian National Institute for Agrarian Reform (INRA).
• Community-Based Resource Management Program Supports Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities in identifying and managing natural resources to ensure long-term sustainability and self-determination, particularly for forest ecosystems. Includes studies to advance collective land tenure security and rights recognition, including the joint FAO–GLA study on Collective Tenure Rights and Climate Action in sub-Saharan Africa (March 2025).
• Community Land Access and Security Program Addresses domestic and global threats to social equality by developing community-centered land strategies to foster new approaches to eviction, land grabbing, urbanization, restorative justice, and policies targeting displaced, marginalized, and discriminated groups. Includes gender-focused work on risks to informal spouses in land formalization processes (the 'Invisible and Excluded' agenda).

Quantifiable outcome

• Prindex 2024 data from 108 countries showing 23% of global population (1.1 billion adults) feel insecure about land/property rights
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core, major, flagship and minor.

• International Land Coalition (ILC) AfricacoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 4 March 2024MoU signed March 4, 2024 in Nairobi formalizing longstanding mutual effort to support and advocate for advancing gaps in land data and dialogues in Sub-Saharan Africa.
• Stand for Her Land CampaignmajorGTM or Marketing Partner · 13 July 2023GLA and Prindex formally signed as global partners of the Stand for Her Land campaign to bridge the gap between law and practice for Women Land Rights.
• PLACE CommunityflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 12 April 2023GLA joined as first Founding Member of PLACE Community in April 2023. Collaboration on image-based geospatial data to develop use cases for advancing land tenure security and territorial land use.
• Cadasta FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 17 April 2020MOU signed April 17, 2020 to mutually support and advocate for land tenure security for vulnerable and marginalized communities. Joint projects include village boundary setting in Indonesia and GIS system automation.
• Overseas Development InstitutecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPrindex is a joint initiative of Global Land Alliance and Overseas Development Institute. ODI serves as the primary international development research partner for the Prindex global survey on land tenure security perceptions.
• FAOcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint publication with FAO on 'Collective Tenure Rights and Climate Action in sub-Saharan Africa' launched March 2025. Ongoing collaboration on land tenure and climate research.
• Rights and Resources International (RRI)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership established in 2025 to officially support the collective ambition of Forest & Climate Leaders' Partnership (FCLP) on Intergovernmental Land Tenure Commitments launched at COP30.
• Yayasan Puter IndonesiacoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerIndonesian implementing partner for village boundary setting, resource mapping, land use mapping and community sample survey activities in Lombok, Indonesia.
• Catalytic CommunitiesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAlliance partner for advancing sustainable, community-led prosperity through Community Land Trust (CLT) initiatives in Brazil.
• LandstackminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerGlobal South think tank co-founded by board member Pranab Choudhury that seeks to enrich and expand the land governance ecosystem with information, institutions and innovations.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Emerging players

• Landstack: Global South think tank co-founded by GLA board member Pranab Choudhury, focused on land governance institutions and innovations. A closely networked peer with thematic overlap on land policy and data.
• Namati: Global organization building a network of community land and environmental paralegals. Overlaps with GLA on grassroots land rights enforcement and the use of data for tenure security, though focused on legal empowerment rather than data and policy.

Direct peers

• Rights and Resources International (RRI): Global nonprofit focused on Indigenous Peoples' and local communities' land and forest tenure. GLA partnered with RRI in 2025 to support the Intergovernmental Land Tenure Commitments at COP30, making RRI a closely aligned peer in the IPLC land rights space.
• Land Portal Foundation: Open data platform for land governance information, jointly supported by the European Commission alongside GLA's Prindex. Operates in the same funder ecosystem with overlapping audiences and complementary datasets.
• Cadasta Foundation: US-based nonprofit building digital tools and workflows for documenting land and resource rights. GLA and Cadasta co-developed village boundary setting and GIS automation work in Indonesia, Myanmar, and India, and share a direct end-user base of communities and local NGOs.
• Landesa: US-based nonprofit developing and implementing land rights policy and programs in developing countries. Operates in overlapping geographies and shares GLA's mission of securing land rights for rural and marginalized populations.
• Overseas Development Institute (ODI): Co-developer and co-director of Prindex alongside GLA. ODI is a UK-based global development think tank working on land governance, inequality, and climate, making it the closest direct peer and operational partner.
• International Land Coalition (ILC): Global coalition of over 300 organizations working on secure and equitable access to land. GLA holds a formal MoU with ILC Africa (2024) and is part of the same land governance ecosystem, with overlapping members and parallel advocacy goals.

Broad incumbents

• World Resources Institute (WRI): Global research organization with significant land, forests, and climate programs (e.g., Global Forest Watch, Land & Carbon Lab). A larger, more established player in the same land-and-climate intersection where GLA is building expertise.
• Habitat for Humanity International: Large nonprofit addressing housing and land tenure security globally, including through its Solid Ground campaign. Operates at significantly larger scale than GLA in adjacent housing/land rights issues.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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