Ethiopian Community Development Council, Inc.

Ethiopian Community Development Council, Inc., a Washington, D.C.-area tax-exempt nonprofit and community development corporation headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, is a federal grant recipient and sub-recipient delivering refugee resettlement, integration, and economic self-sufficiency services across multiple federal grant programs. The organization operates predominantly as a sub-recipient (58% of recent awards) under state-administered and federal grant programs, with 42% of awards positioned as prime recipient status, and maintains a named subsidiary, Ecdc Enterprise Development Group, a minority-owned and Black American-owned nonprofit community development corporation.

ECDC's federal footprint centers on refugee and entrant assistance programs administered by the Office of Refugee Resettlement under the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families (ACF) and the Department of State Bureau of Population Refugees and Migration. The organization is the prime recipient of multiple Voluntary Agencies Matching Grants under CFDA 93.566 and CFDA 93.567, including a $5.397 million formula grant effective October 1, 2025, through May 28, 2027, that funds comprehensive refugee resettlement and integration services through a network of sub-award partners including Catholic Charities of Southern Nevada and state departments of human services across Colorado, Vermont, and Wisconsin. ECDC's grant-funded service portfolio encompasses Refugee Cash and Medical Assistance (CMA), which provides short-term financial support and healthcare coverage during the first four months following refugee arrival; Refugee Support Services (RSS), delivering employment assistance, case management, language instruction, and social integration services for up to five years post-arrival; the Refugee Micro-Enterprise Development (MED) Program, providing microenterprise loans and technical assistance for small-business establishment; and specialized programs including the Preferred Communities Program for refugees with special needs, the Workforce Initiative for Newcomers (WIN) employer-engagement program, and reception and placement services for Afghan refugees and humanitarian parolees. ECDC also holds a cooperative agreement with the Bureau of Population Refugees and Migration to ensure Afghan refugees and special immigrant visa (SIV) holders receive reception and placement services, and operates victim-support sub-awards under the Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services for crime victims and domestic-violence survivors within underserved immigrant and refugee populations.

HHS ACF dominates ECDC's customer concentration, accounting for 100 of 163 total awards across prime and sub positions. The Bureau of Population Refugees and Migration contributes 26 awards, with secondary federal customers including the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Victims of Crime (4 awards), the Department of State (via World Learning, Inc.'s Supporting Higher Education in Refugee Resettlement program), the Department of Criminal Justice Services Virginia, and state departments of human services in Colorado, Vermont, and Wisconsin serving as prime grantees that flow federal dollars to ECDC as sub-recipient. The organization has obligated $886.7 million across all awards spanning back to 2000. Activity has grown from 14 awards in 2022 to a peak of 36 awards in 2024, with 22 awards in 2025 and 4 recorded through March 2026; six awards face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, signaling near-term recompete exposure on formula and cooperative-agreement vehicles. ECDC's sub-recipient role with state-administered programs reflects its operational footprint across Virginia, Colorado, Vermont, and Wisconsin, with administrative headquarters in Arlington serving as the primary point of contact for federal grants administration while field operations are distributed across these state jurisdictions.