Strengthening diaspora impact and bringing communities together
We bring diaspora communities into view and connect them to the people who back them.
Why the TDA Foundation exists
Diaspora communities come into full view and grow stronger together
Diaspora organizations run programs, move resources, and hold communities together, often out of view. The TDA Foundation brings that work forward, builds the capacity behind it, and connects communities to the people ready to back them.
The diaspora at scale
Diaspora capital reaches further than aid and investment
Diaspora households are the single largest external source of capital into low- and middle-income countries, ahead of investment and aid.
62M+
Americans hold active ties to another country, first or second generation.
1 in 8
Americans is second-generation, bicultural and rooted in two places at once.
190+
countries of origin are represented across US diaspora communities.
$103B in diaspora remittances leaves the United States every year, the world's largest source.
Sources: Migration Policy Institute and Pew Research Center; World Bank Migration and Development Brief (2024).
Our work
Three pillars carry the work
Each pillar moves recognition, resources, and opportunity toward the diaspora leaders building the field.
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