FINCA International

What it reported doing in 2024

FINCA Ventures - FINCA Ventures invests in early-stage companies that provide transformative products/services that support women, smallholder farmers, families on the margins, and microbusinesses in low-income communities across Sub-Saharan Africa. At present, FINCA Ventures has investments in health, fintech, agriculture, livelihoods, energy, education, water and sanitation. FINCA Ventures supported 26 portfolio companies that delivered life-enhancing products and services in 39 countries globally in 2024. IGNITIA: 3,128,851 users received access to local weather forecasts in West Africa, Kenya and Brazil. EAST AFRICA FRUITS: 25,090 smallholder farmers connected to 8,910 small, informal vendors in Tanzania, allowing for both groups to improve their incomes. GOOD NATURE AGRO: 21,999 smallholder farmers (45 percent of whom are female) reached in Zambia and Malawi. MERIDIA: 20,176 hectares mapped for 18,381 smallholder farmers across Ghana, Cote D'Ivoire and Indonesia. YYTZ: 911 smallholder farmers (65 percent of whom are female) received higher cashew prices in Tanzania. KUUNDA: 173M loans, totaling $965M, to over 5.5M registered mobile money agents and consumers in Tanzania, Uganda, and Malawi. KWARA: 149 SACCO / Credit Union clients fully digitized serving 161,703 end users in Kenya. MDAAS GLOBAL: 144,186 patients (60 percent of whom are female) gained affordable diagnostic services in Nigeria. SISU GLOBAL: Increased geographic scope by selling the Hemafuse device through distribution partners in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Liberia, Ghana, and Ukraine hospitals to be used in surgeries to recycle a patient's own blood. SANIVATION: 527 metric tons of fecal sludge converted to fuel substitutes, saving 9,473 trees in Kenya. JIBU: 171M liters of clean water provided to customers and 1,620 jobs supported through 231 franchises in East Africa and Ghana. AMPED INNOVATION: 27,743 families benefited from 3,298 mWh of clean energy in Sub-Saharan Africa. PENDA: 159,883 patient visits at one of 16 affordable primary care clinics in Kenya. FLOATPAYS: 38,679 employees provided with early wage access in South Africa. RICULT: 1.3M smallholder farmers in Pakistan, Thailand and Vietnam use the Ricult farmer app to access satellite imagery, weather and soil maps to make better decisions on their farms and access input financing. CINCH: 236 smallholder farmers leased land to Cinch to earn a more stable income and increase the productivity of their land and an average of 902 casual workers supported field operations on a monthly basis. CHANZI: 7,847 MT of food waste processed using black soldier flies to produce nutritious protein for animal feed used by farmers and feed processors in Tanzania and Kenya, supporting 130 full-time employees across sites. KENTASTE: 5,812 smallholder farmers (29 percent of whom are female) received consistent access to market for their coconuts in Kenya. CASSVITA: 2,413 smallholder cassava farmers (93 percent of whom are female) saw an average increase in income of 400% and a post-harvest loss reduction from 40 to 5% after selling to CassVita in Cameroon. RISING ACADEMIES: 269,083 students across 926 schools in Sierra Leone, Ghana, Liberia, Rwanda, Uganda provided access to affordable, quality education. BANKINGLY: 120 small and medium size financial institutions with a registered customer base of 843,271 provided with digital banking channels in over 20 countries globally. ELUCID: 6,440 smallholder farmer households provided with access to affordable health care in Ghana, Madagascar, Venezuela and Ecuador. LAPAIRE: 76,354 customers (46 percent women) received access to glasses across 90 optical shops in Cote D'Ivoire, Togo, Burkina Faso, Uganda, Benin, and Mali. RELEAF: 290 palm nut suppliers (24 percent women) provided with consistent access to market in Nigeria. AFFINITY AFRICA: 45,880 underserved and unbanked customers received access to financial services in Ghana. FLUID Finance: 1,403 smallholder farmers (51 perce

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 76.9%; rating input score 77
• Program expense ratio: 81.5%; rating input score 81
• Fundraising efficiency: $4.83 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
  • Compensation committee: Pass
  • Independent consultant: Missing
  • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
  • Written employment contract: Missing
  • Compensation survey or study: Pass
  • Board or committee approval: Pass
• Foreign activity oversight: Scored; rating input score 0
• Grant itemization coverage: Scored; rating input score 0
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 83.3%; rating input score 83; 17th percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: Pass
  • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Pass
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 8.9%; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 6.51; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.37; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 5%; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: -7.9% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: -6.1% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 5.3% per year; rating input score 100; 38th percentile among comparable filings