ABOUT IDF-SBA
Practical support for nonprofits since 2007.

INDEPENDENT. PRIVATE. MISSION-FOCUSED.

The International Development Fund for Social Benefit Assistance helps nonprofit organizations access practical support, strengthen credibility, reduce operating costs and build the capacity to keep their missions funded.

WHO WE ARE

We start with what can help now.

IDF-SBA exists for nonprofit leaders with real missions, real people to serve and real work to do, including organizations that may not yet have the staff, history or infrastructure larger funders expect.

Founded in 2007, IDF-SBA has always been built around practical assistance that helps people and organizations move forward. Its renewed nonprofit focus brings that same instinct to grassroots, growing and established organizations that need both useful support now and a pathway toward greater funding readiness.

Too often, “not grant-ready” gets heard as “not ready to be funded.” Those are not the same thing. A nonprofit may not qualify for every major foundation or government grant today, yet still be able to pursue corporate community programs, in-kind support, technology benefits, local support, professional resources and other forms of assistance while it strengthens what comes next.

OUR BELIEF

The mission is the reason. Funding is the fuel.

Nonprofits exist to accomplish a mission. The mission still needs money, resources, credibility, technology, people and systems to keep moving.
OUR APPROACH

Get a YES. Build from there.

An early win can do more than pay for something. It can create outside validation, strengthen credibility and give an organization momentum.

IDF-SBA combines direct in-kind support, broadly shared funding information, readiness resources, technology, savings and practical implementation so nonprofits can build from what is possible now instead of waiting for some future day when they are “ready enough.”

PRACTICAL SUPPORT

Four ways we help nonprofits move forward.

The exact path depends on what the organization needs first. These four jobs connect much of the IDF-SBA ecosystem.
FUNDING

Find More Support

Find grants, Corporate Community Funding Programs, in-kind resources and other opportunities IDF-SBA shares broadly, then pursue the ones that make sense for your organization.
READINESS

Get Funding-Ready

Strengthen the website, presentation, documentation, credibility and reusable information that funders and supporters expect to see.
SAVINGS

Spend Less on Essentials

Use nonprofit technology benefits, discounts, shared resources and IDF-SBA purchasing power to keep more cash available for the mission.
IMPLEMENTATION

Get Practical Help

Use self-service tools, guided education or defined professional implementation depending on the task and the level of support you need.
MORE THAN A GRANT PROGRAM

Enter through what you need first.

A funding alert. An application. A tool. A resource. A training. IDF-SBA is being built as a connected nonprofit support ecosystem, so one useful starting point can lead naturally to the next useful step without forcing every organization down the same path.
FUNDING & SUPPORT

YES Grant + Funding Alerts

IDF-SBA in-kind support plus recurring corporate and community funding information.
READINESS & GROWTH

Funding Booster + Starter Journey

Readiness support, Mission Guides and the Idea → Funding Ready journey.
TOOLS & IDENTITY

Nonprofit Assistant + Nonprofit Link

Reusable nonprofit tools, identity, links, QR destinations and secure sharing.
ONGOING ACCESS

Membership + PLUS + Resources

Member pricing, PLUS benefits, Funding Lab and Resource Warehouse access.
BUILT FOR THE MISSION

Especially useful for grassroots nonprofits. Not limited to them.

IDF-SBA has a particular interest in new, small and grassroots nonprofits because those organizations are often overlooked precisely when useful support could create the most momentum.

But the same resources can help growing and established organizations reduce costs, strengthen systems, diversify support and expand capacity. The current YES Grant cycle is focused on verified U.S. 501(c)(3) organizations, while other IDF-SBA resources can expand more broadly as program and fulfillment capacity grows.

IDF-SBA is an independent private organization. It is not a government agency and does not represent itself as one.

KNOW THE ORGANIZATION

The story behind IDF-SBA.

Today’s nonprofit focus is the latest chapter of an organization that began in 2007. Explore the evolution, or meet the founder whose practical-support philosophy shaped it.
SINCE 2007

Our History

See how IDF evolved from the Internet Development Fund through earlier assistance programs and into today’s social-benefit nonprofit focus.
Explore Our History
FOUNDER

Maurice W. Evans

Meet IDF-SBA’s founder and learn about the experience and ideas behind its funding-readiness, organizational-development and practical-assistance approach.
About Maurice