About GBI Foundation

Updated November 3, 2026.

Organization facts

Legal name	Global Build International Foundation Inc.
Also called	GBI Foundation, GBI Foundation Inc.
EIN	47-4016484
Tax status	501(c)(3). Contributions are deductible to the extent the law allows.
Year formed	2015, as listed in the IRS exempt-organization record.
Office	2200 Wilson Blvd, Suite 102-42 Arlington, VA 22201 United States
Email	info@gbifoundation.org
Website	gbifoundation.org, operated by the foundation.

Why the foundation exists

Opportunity still clusters by place. A person can be qualified to learn, work, and look after a family, and still be stopped by a bus line that ends early, a clinic that is a day's travel away, or software that rejects a resume before a human sees it. GBI Foundation exists to fund and organize charitable responses to those barriers: skills, health education, useful technology, and local leadership.

The IRS classifies the organization among public foundations in philanthropy and grantmaking. Our charitable priorities are the six program areas on this site. We work through partners who know the community, and we say so. We do not describe a worldwide operating network we cannot document.

Mission, vision, and values

GBI Foundation empowers underserved communities—both locally in the Greater Washington region and globally across developing nations—by expanding access to future-ready education, digital literacy, community health, and climate-resilient livelihoods.

A world where every community—regardless of geography or income—has the skills, technology, and resilience to thrive in a rapidly changing global economy.

Explore our mission and programs.

Five values govern the work we will attach our name to.

• Integrity. Publish a result only when the record supports it. Say when a program is a plan and when it is underway.
• Innovation. Use a new tool when it helps a learner or a patient-education partner. Drop it when it does not.
• Equity. Design for people who were left out of the first version of the system.
• Collaboration. Local organizations remain the experts on their own place.
• Accountability. A donor can find the EIN, the address, the filing type, and a person who answers email.

Governance

Officer and board names are available to donors on request and appear in the filings those roles require. This page does not invent biographies. Write to info@gbifoundation.org if you need the current list for a grant, a gift, or a due-diligence review.

Read our Non-discrimination policy.

Financial accountability is described on the impact page. Questions about a gift go to the contact page or the donate page.