Name

Intercommunity Development Organization

Legal name

Intercommunity Development Organization

Website

https://intercommunitydo.ca

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Educational Charitable Services

NAICS

Educational Support Services (611710), Educational Services (611), Civic and Social Organizations (8134)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

NGO/Nonprofit Education Programs & Service Delivery (EDADALAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

After-School, Tutoring & Academic Enrichment Nonprofits (BPAGADAC), Education Partnerships for Equity, Inclusion & Gender (EDADALAF)

Keywords

• Girls education charity
• Education scholarships
• Mentorship programs
• Child sponsorship
• Nonprofit charity services

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Individual Donations: The organization receives one-time and quarterly donations from individual supporters. Donation amounts range from preset options ($10, $25, $50, $100) to custom amounts. Donors can optionally cover the 3% processing fee.
2. Sponsorship Program: Monthly or ongoing sponsorship of orphaned children covering room and board, education, and basic needs. Sponsors build direct personal connections with sponsored children.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Intercommunity Development Organization is a charitable nonprofit that delivers scholarships, mentoring, and sponsorship programs to support girls and young women in Sierra Leone. The scholarship program covers elementary, secondary, and vocational education by removing financial barriers; the mentoring program offers meet-up spaces, leadership opportunities, and skill-building activities; and the sponsorship program links orphaned children with caring families covering room, board, education, and basic needs.

Product overview

Intercommunity Development Organization operates as a unified charitable initiative offering three integrated core services: Scholarships, Mentoring, and Sponsorship. The Scholarships program removes financial barriers for girls at elementary, secondary, and vocational levels. The Mentoring program provides leadership development through meet-up spaces and skill building activities. The Sponsorship program supports orphaned children in foster families. These services work together to provide a comprehensive pathway for girls in Sierra Leone from education through to university, supported by individual sponsorship connections that enable donors to build personal relationships with recipients.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Scholarships Program Scholarship program for girls in elementary, secondary and vocational training in Sierra Leone who demonstrate academic excellence and commitment to completing their education. Removes financial barriers to learning and opportunity for individual students.
• Mentoring Program Mentoring program providing meet-up spaces, leadership opportunities, and skill building activities. Creates spaces where girls can learn, lead and lift each other up through life skills and educational support.
• Sponsorship Program Sponsorship program connecting orphaned children in Sierra Leone with caring sponsor families. Covers room and board, education and basic needs, and enables sponsors to build personal connections with sponsored children through a foster family arrangement.

Quantifiable outcome

• Multiple girls supported through scholarship and sponsorship programs from elementary through university
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers11 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Sierra Leone Foster FamilycoreOthersSierra Leone foster family providing care and home environment for orphaned sponsorship recipient Mariama. The child was previously in a rural community with no education access and limited basic needs, and is now thriving with the support of this local foster family.
• Canadian Sponsor (Canadian Mom)coreOthersCanadian individual sponsor supporting orphaned sponsorship recipient Mariama through the sponsorship program, building a cross-border connection and providing financial support for the child's care and education.
• Njala UniversityminorOthersPublic university in Sierra Leone where Madiana, one of the first scholarship graduates now serving as Lead Mentor, is pursuing her Bachelor of Nursing degree.
• Ahmadiyya High SchoolminorOthersHigh school from which Madiana, one of the first scholarship graduates now on staff as Lead Mentor, graduated before joining the organization.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• CAMFED (Campaign for Female Education): CAMFED supports girls' education across multiple sub-Saharan African countries through scholarships, mentoring, and alumnae networks. Directly comparable mission, target beneficiary (girls in Africa), and integrated scholarship-plus-mentorship model, but operates at significantly larger scale across multiple geographies.
• Room to Read: Room to Read delivers literacy and girls' education programs across Africa and Asia, including scholarships and mentoring for secondary school girls. Comparable scholarship-plus-mentorship structure, though operating at much larger scale and across many countries.
• Malala Fund: Malala Fund advocates for and funds girls' secondary education globally, with programming in multiple countries including Sierra Leone. Highly comparable in mission and beneficiary focus (girls' education), though it operates primarily as an advocacy and grantmaking organization rather than direct program delivery.

Broad incumbents

• Plan International (Because I Am a Girl): Large international NGO with extensive programming for girls' education and equality across many countries including Sierra Leone. Comparable focus area but operates as a broad incumbent with a much wider portfolio beyond girls' scholarships.
• WE Charity (Free The Children): WE Charity ran large-scale international development programming including education access and sponsorship models connecting Western donors with children in developing countries. Highly comparable sponsorship-and-education model, though it operated at significantly larger scale and recently wound down international operations.
• World Vision International: World Vision operates child sponsorship programs connecting donors with children across dozens of countries including Sierra Leone, plus education programming. Overlapping sponsorship-and-education model and geographic presence, but at vastly larger scale and as a broad incumbent.

Others

• GiveDirectly: GiveDirectly enables direct cash transfers to recipients in developing countries, including in Sierra Leone. Comparable lean, donor-direct model and 100%-to-beneficiary positioning, though not focused specifically on girls' education.

Emerging players

• Pencils of Promise: Pencils of Promise builds schools and funds education programs in Ghana, Guatemala, Laos, and Nicaragua. Comparable education-focused nonprofit model and donor-driven revenue approach, though its primary focus is school infrastructure rather than individual scholarships.
• African Library Project: African Library Project establishes libraries and supports literacy across multiple African countries. Comparable small-NGO scale, education focus, and donor-engagement model, though focused on literacy infrastructure rather than individual scholarships.
• Women for Women International: Women for Women International supports women survivors of war and conflict through training and economic empowerment, with operations in multiple African countries. Comparable focus on women/girls affected by conflict in Africa and donor sponsorship model, though focused on adult vocational training rather than school-age scholarships.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Instagraminstagram.com/intercommunitydo?igsh=eGtnb3JzYm0wMXFr&utm_source=qr

Compliance1 record

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Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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