Gerry Roxas Foundation, Inc.

What Gerry Roxas Foundation, Inc. does

Gerry Roxas Foundation, Inc. is a Philippine non-profit foundation established in 1958 and headquartered in Quezon City, Philippines, with an estimated 11-50 employees. It operates a portfolio of philanthropic programs targeted at civil society organizations, youth leaders, and conservation practitioners, including the INSPIRE Project (a USAID-funded biodiversity and environmental conservation initiative), YouthLED, COPE, and the Gerry Roxas Leadership Award. The foundation also runs two physical learning and event facilities — The Hub @ Araneta City in Metro Manila and the GRF Training and Convention Center in Roxas City — which serve as venues for training, convenings, and partner events.

The foundation's core operational technology is a custom Activity Reporting and Management System used to monitor and administer grants awarded under INSPIRE, covering what is reported as 30 or more sub-grantees. As a non-profit, GRF does not sell products in the commercial sense; its revenue model is grant-based, anchored by a single large multi-year award from USAID (PHP 800 million, approximately USD 16 million, over five years beginning September 2021) supplemented by supplemental fixed-amount awards such as COPE and by earned income from its two learning centers. Its customer base is effectively a mix of institutional donors (primarily USAID), sub-grantee civil society partners across Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao, and learners/participants who use its learning centers.

Commercially, GRF is highly dependent on continued USAID disbursement under the INSPIRE cooperative agreement, with secondary income from facility rentals at The Hub and the Roxas City convention center and from smaller programmatic grants. The foundation's go-to-market is relationship-driven: it identifies and onboards sub-grantees, deploys grant capital to local conservation and youth-led organizations, and convenes training cohorts through its physical infrastructure.

Name

Gerry Roxas Foundation, Inc.

Legal name

Gerry Roxas Foundation, Inc.

Website

https://gerryroxasfoundation.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1958

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Gerry Roxas Foundation is a Philippine non-profit founded in 1958 that administers USAID-funded grant programs, leadership and youth initiatives, and two learning centers, primarily serving civil society sub-grantees and conservation partners across the Philippines.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Non-Profit Foundation / Environmental Conservation and Capacity Building Services

NAICS

Grantmaking and Giving Services (81321), Environment, Conservation and Wildlife Organizations (813312)

SIC

Services-Engineering, Accounting, Research, Management (8700)

akta.pro primary industry

Environmental & Climate Grantmaking Foundations (BPAGAKAM)

akta.pro secondary industry

Community Foundations (BPAGAKAB)

Keywords

• Environmental conservation
• Youth leadership development
• Grant management
• Capacity building
• Biodiversity conservation

Headquarters

HQ city

Quezon City

HQ country

Philippines

HQ region

Asia

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. USAID Cooperative Agreement: Primary funding through USAID INSPIRE Project - Investing in Sustainability and Partnerships for Inclusive Growth and Regenerative Ecosystems, a five-year cooperative agreement awarded September 14, 2021
2. Fixed Amount Award: Communities of Practice for Effective Partnerships (COPE) Activity funded by USAID Fixed Amount Award on December 20, 2022

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Gerry Roxas Foundation, Inc. is a Philippine non-profit foundation that implements donor-funded development programs focused on environmental conservation, natural resource governance, and youth leadership development. Its core offerings include the USAID-funded INSPIRE Project (grant-making and capacity building for civil society organizations in biodiversity conservation and anti-wildlife trafficking), the YouthLED democracy and leadership program, the COPE systems thinking community of practice, the Gerry Roxas Leadership Award scholarship program, and venue-based learning center services.

Product overview

Gerry Roxas Foundation, Inc. operates as a non-profit organization offering environmental conservation programs, youth leadership development, and learning center facilities. The core programs include the USAID-funded INSPIRE Project (environmental conservation and natural resource governance), YouthLED Project (youth democracy engagement), COPE (systems thinking community of practice), and the Gerry Roxas Leadership Award (scholarship program). The organization also operates two learning center facilities: the GRF Training and Convention Center in Roxas City and The Hub @ Araneta City in Quezon City, providing venues for meetings, training, and events. Additionally, GRF developed a custom Activity Reporting and Management System for the INSPIRE Project to support grantee activity tracking and reporting.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• INSPIRE Project Five-year USAID-funded program that advances natural resource resilience and security through civil society engagement, biodiversity conservation, anti-wildlife trafficking, natural climate solutions, and grant-making to CSOs in the Philippines.
• YouthLED Project

Quantifiable outcome

• 35,000 cigarette butts littered daily in Boracay (survey finding)
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Center for Conservation Innovations-Philippines (CCIPH)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 14 September 2021CCIPH is a consortium partner in implementing the USAID INSPIRE Project, contributing to biodiversity conservation and natural resource governance initiatives.
• Communication Foundation for Asia (CFA)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 14 September 2021CFA is a consortium partner in the INSPIRE Project, providing communication expertise and support for environmental awareness campaigns and knowledge product development.
• Philippine Council for NGO Certification (PCNC)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 14 September 2021PCNC serves as a consortium partner in the INSPIRE Project, contributing to NGO capacity building and certification processes.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• RTI International: Large USAID contractor implementing environmental conservation, governance, and capacity-building programs globally. RTI is a plausible competing or partnering prime for USAID biodiversity awards similar to INSPIRE, making it a structural peer in the donor ecosystem.
• The Asia Foundation: International development organization working across Asia on governance, civil society, and inclusive growth, with a Philippines presence. Comparable as a US-funded grantmaking and capacity-building organization in the Philippines, though with a broader regional remit beyond conservation.
• WWF-Philippines: Country office of a global conservation organization operating large-scale biodiversity, climate, and natural resource governance programs in the Philippines. Comparable as a conservation program operator, though substantially larger and part of an international network rather than a local foundation.
• Conservation International - Philippines: Country office of a major international conservation NGO running biodiversity, climate, and indigenous community programs in the Philippines. Overlaps with GRF INSPIRE in scope and donor ecosystems but operates at greater scale and with global brand backing.
• UNDP Philippines: Multilateral agency supporting biodiversity, climate, and governance programming in the Philippines through grants and technical assistance. Comparable as an institutional funder/program operator in the same Philippine conservation space.

Direct peers

• Peace and Equity Foundation: Philippine social development foundation that provides grantmaking, capacity building, and technical assistance to community-based organizations. Overlaps with GRF in grant distribution to CSOs and community empowerment, though with a broader social development remit.
• Foundation for a Sustainable Society, Inc. (FSSI): Philippine foundation that supports sustainable development through grants, capacity building, and partnerships with civil society organizations. Shares GRF's grantmaker-plus-capacity-builder model and Philippine NGO ecosystem positioning.
• Philippine Tropical Forest Conservation Foundation, Inc. Foundation dedicated to conserving Philippine tropical forests through grantmaking and partnerships, with a strong focus on biodiversity and natural resource governance. Directly comparable to GRF INSPIRE's forest landscape restoration and biodiversity priorities.
• Foundation for the Philippine Environment (FPE): Philippine environmental trust fund also established with USAID support that channels grant funding to NGOs and communities for biodiversity conservation and sustainable resource management. FPE is the closest functional analog to GRF's INSPIRE program in terms of mission, donor profile, and grantee model.
• Haribon Foundation for the Conservation of Nature: The Philippines' oldest environmental NGO, focused on biodiversity conservation, community-based resource management, and environmental education. Highly comparable to GRF's conservation and community-empowerment work across Philippine island ecosystems.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/gerryroxasfoundation.org
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/gerry-roxas-foundation

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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