Counterpart International, Inc.

Counterpart International, Inc., a Washington, DC-based nonprofit, operates as a federal grant recipient delivering international development and agricultural programming for USAID, the Department of Agriculture, the Department of State, and related federal agencies through bilateral development agreements with foreign governments and civil-society partners. The organization holds 136 federal awards across its portfolio (98% as prime recipient, 2% as sub-recipient), with recent activity concentrated in Food for Progress cooperative agreements, McGovern-Dole food-security initiatives, and governance and climate-resilience programming in Latin America, Africa, the Middle East, and Asia.

Counterpart's capability portfolio centers on technical assistance, capacity building, and field implementation for agricultural modernization, food security, education, and governance-strengthening activities. Representative work includes a $39.645 million five-year Cooperative Agreement from USDA's Foreign Agricultural Service under the Food for Progress program (CFDA 10.606) for agricultural development and market-system strengthening in Kenya (awarded September 2025, performance through September 2030), with a sub-award to Rootooba to support livestock feed-regulation harmonization; a $33.75 million Cooperative Agreement with USDA/FAS for agricultural productivity and trade expansion in Colombia under the same program (awarded September 2025, completion September 2030); and a $27.5 million McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program (CFDA 10.608) Cooperative Agreement for school meals, teacher training, and literacy support in El Salvador (awarded September 2024, completion September 2027). Counterpart also delivers governance, anti-corruption, and civil-society strengthening activities under USAID cooperative agreements in Iraq, El Salvador, Armenia, and the Dominican Republic, and holds sub-recipient status on USAID Young Women Lead and Mercy Corps peace-and-development programming.

Customer concentration heavily favors USAID, which accounts for 55 of the organization's 136 awards. The Department of State, USDA's Foreign Agricultural Service (Food for Education and Food for Progress), and USDA's Farm Service Agency round out the active funding base. Three awards face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months. SCI-reported invoiced revenue from federal service contracts above the $150,000 threshold totaled $3.2 million across fiscal years 2022–2024 (FY2023: $1.7 million; FY2024: $1.5 million), covering approximately 16.6 to 17.3 full-time equivalents on federal service delivery. Government-paid hourly rates on SCI-reportable contracts ranged from a 10th percentile of $42.43/hour to a median of $45.82/hour, reflecting field-implementation and capacity-building labor in low-cost operating environments. Counterpart executes its delivery model largely through direct staff rather than subcontractors (0% sub-hours share on SCI-reportable prime contracts), teaming with in-country civil-society organizations and local implementing partners as necessary to achieve development outcomes. The organization's grant footprint spans five decades of bilateral development partnership with minimal federal contract revenue, positioning it as a specialized channel for USAID and agricultural-commodity-based development assistance rather than a federal contractor competing on traditional service vehicles.