Community Focus International

Private foundation · Grantmaker Hyattsville, MD EIN: 83-2647842

Community Focus International is a private foundation focused on Mental Health & Crisis Intervention, based in Hyattsville, MD. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $24K in total assets. In 2025, it made $28K in qualifying distributions.

Community Focus International at a glance

Total assets
$23,533
-1.9% vs 2024
Revenue (2025)
$30,620
+23.9% vs 2024
Qualifying distributions (2025)
$28,090
+82.7% vs 2024
Expenses (2025)
$1,336
-92.1% vs 2024
Latest 990 filing
Form 990-PF, 2025 View filing

Data from IRS Form 990-PF, 2025; updated September 2026.

Who Community Focus International funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Grant Size Distribution

11 grants across all recorded years

11<$50K$50–100K$100–250K$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was under $50K: 11 grants of 11 (100%).

How Community Focus International gives

  • Giving held roughly steady from 2021 to 2024 (−1%). Method

From the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings. Methodology.

Giving History

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$10K$20K$30K$40K0 grants2019 1 grant2020 3 grants2021 2 grants2022 3 grants2023 3 grants2024 0 grants2025

From 2020 to 2024, annual grant giving ranged from $7K (2020) to $32K (2023). In 2024 it made 3 grants totaling $15K.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Community Focus International Uganda Fabricate Wheelchairs$12,178
Community Focus International Uganda Wages for employees in Lira$2,285
Community Focus International Uganda School fees for 4 disabled students$912
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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Figures from IRS filings, by filing year
Filing yearTotal AssetsRevenueExpensesGrants paidGrantsQualifying Distributions
2025$23,533$30,620$1,336——$28,090
2024$23,986$24,715$16,876$15,3753$15,375
2023$16,147$52,439$48,261$32,1873$32,187
2022$11,969$20,999$21,206$17,3002$17,300
2021$12,176$25,287$30,595$15,4543$19,295
2020$17,484$19,706$8,649$7,4211—
2019$6,427$11,625$3,241———

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Community Focus International is led by Benson Ocan, Executive Director on every filing since 2019; none of the 2 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Benson Ocan

    Executive Director

    On filings since 2019

    35 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Robert Gilbert

    Board Chairman

    Bod Chair → Board Chairman, 2023

    On filings since 2020

    10 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.

Frequently asked questions about Community Focus International

How large is Community Focus International?

Community Focus International reported $24K in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. Its revenue that year was $31K.

What is Community Focus International?

Community Focus International is a private foundation focused on Mental Health & Crisis Intervention, based in Hyattsville, MD. It holds $24K in total assets as of 2025.

What is Community Focus International's EIN?

Community Focus International's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 83-2647842. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.

Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990-PF filings.

Data update history

(8)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS July 20, 2020)
  2. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS September 15, 2021)
  3. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS August 12, 2022)
  4. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS May 15, 2023)
  5. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS September 24, 2024)
  6. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS March 14, 2025)
  7. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS March 13, 2026)
  8. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2019–2025

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