Global Communities, Inc.

Global Communities, Inc., doing business as Cooperative Housing Foundation, is a tax-exempt non-profit organization headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland, that delivers international development, humanitarian assistance, and agricultural programs to federal agencies primarily as a prime recipient of grants and contracts. The vendor operates almost exclusively as a grant recipient (95% of recent awards) under USAID, the Department of State, and the Department of Agriculture, with no set-aside designations and no characteristic reliance on set-aside categories.

Global Communities' capability portfolio centers on international development programming: agricultural value-chain strengthening and food security, community resilience and household livelihoods, water and sanitation systems, civic participation and social cohesion, disaster risk reduction, and education. Representative work includes a $42.5 million definitive cost-plus-award-fee contract with the U.S. Mission in Mexico (awarded October 2023, termination for convenience, ultimate completion February 2025) to improve agricultural value chains and household resilience in Syria through market-strengthening approaches and private sector-led growth; a $28.8 million definitive cost-plus-fixed-fee contract with the U.S. Mission in Mexico (awarded September 2022, termination for convenience, ultimate completion February 2025) supporting the USAID Active Citizenry Activity to increase citizen participation and advocacy in the West Bank; and a $35.3 million Cooperative Agreement with the Department of Agriculture's Kansas City Commodity Office under the Food for Progress Program (CFDA 10.606, awarded September 2025, ultimate completion September 2030) to strengthen agricultural productivity and trade expansion in Ethiopia through commodity monetization and market-system development.

Customer concentration is heavily weighted to USAID. The top five customer agencies or sub-offices account for 73% of recent awards by count, led by USAID proper (102 awards, $5.3 million combined potential value), the Department of State Bureau of Population Refugees and Migration (25 awards), and USAID's Bureau for Management and Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance. However, the top-dollar ranking diverges sharply: USAID Mexico holds two awards with $71.3 million combined potential value, and USAID Ghana three awards with $29.8 million combined potential value, reflecting the vendor's concentration in larger multi-year bilateral program agreements. Global Communities has served 36 distinct federal customer agencies across its recent award footprint, though USAID-family agencies dominate both volume and dollars.

Global Communities sits on the YouthPower Project: Implementation IDIQ, with one task order valued at $23.6 million. The vendor's grant footprint spans Food for Progress (CFDA 10.606), McGovern-Dole Food for Education (CFDA 10.608), Overseas Refugee Assistance Program for Near East (CFDA 19.519), and multiple USAID cooperative agreements and project grants focused on development and humanitarian objectives in sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East, Latin America, and South Asia.

Activity has remained relatively flat over the past five years (ten awards in 2021, declining to three in 2025), with five awards reaching ultimate completion inside the next twenty-four months and therefore facing recompete. Global Communities operates as a prime on 95% of awards; on the 5% subcontractor side, the vendor has served as sub-recipient on cooperative agreements with the University of Texas at Austin, Public Health Institute, and Catholic Relief Services, typically providing agriculture, sustainability, and community implementation services within larger bilateral development platforms.

Global Communities is the parent entity of two named non-profit subsidiaries: Project Concern International and Intrahealth International, Inc. The source describes Project Concern International as having implemented McGovern-Dole programs in Guatemala since 2010, including school infrastructure construction, women's economic empowerment initiatives, and nutrition and hygiene outcomes. Service Contract Inventory data covers only twelve records (eleven as prime, one as named sub) across fiscal years 2022–2024 and shows zero invoiced revenue; SCI is a partial view capturing only service contracts above the $150,000 threshold and excludes grant work, goods, and non-federal revenue, making it an incomplete proxy for Global Communities' actual federal activity, which is predominantly grant-funded.