California · Public charity
The Fistula Foundation
Fistula Foundation works to end the suffering caused by the childbirth injury obstetric fistula by getting as many women treated as possible. Additionally, the Foundation is focused on increasing the number of trained obstetric fistula surgeons to strengthen treatment capacity.
- $14M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 7
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 40%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $1.3M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $150,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $380,223
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 6
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 6
- Total assets, FY2024
- $41M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 40% of the organizations The Fistula Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 10% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $186k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 7 | $1.3M | 0% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $1.8M | 40% |
| FY2022 | 3 | $2.2M | 0% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $1.3M | 60% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $1.3M | 50% |
| FY2019 | 3 | $456k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 3 | $652k | 0% |
| FY2017 | 3 | $341k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cure International Inc | $3,700,177 | 4 | 5% |
| Heal Africa USA | $2,114,027 | 8 | 99% |
| Hope Foundation for Women Child of Bangladesh Inc | $1,888,056 | 8 | 42% |
| Sim USA Incorporated | $382,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Be Team International Inc | $373,955 | 1 | 5% |
| Direct Relief | $319,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Maternal Help Hope Fund | $200,278 | 2 | 21% |
| Advancing the Gospel in Angola Inc | $185,000 | 1 | 32% |
| Healing Hand Ministries Inc | $148,699 | 2 | n/a |
| Village Health Partnership | $47,761 | 2 | 8% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cure International Inc | $3,700,177 | 4 | 5% |
| Heal Africa USA | $2,114,027 | 8 | 99% |
| Hope Foundation for Women Child of Bangladesh Inc | $1,888,056 | 8 | 42% |
| Sim USA Incorporated | $382,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Be Team International Inc | $373,955 | 1 | 5% |
| Direct Relief | $319,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Maternal Help Hope Fund | $200,278 | 2 | 21% |
| Advancing the Gospel in Angola Inc | $185,000 | 1 | 32% |
| Healing Hand Ministries Inc | $148,699 | 2 | n/a |
| Village Health Partnership | $47,761 | 2 | 8% |
| University of California San Francisco | $6,670 | 1 | n/a |
Where it is load-bearing
The Fistula Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 8 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
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How this is measured
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About The Fistula Foundation
- How much does The Fistula Foundation give?
- The Fistula Foundation reported 7 itemized grants totaling $1,323,980, out of $14,049,695 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 6 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Fistula Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are International (48%), Health (23%), Human Services (23%).
- Who are The Fistula Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Cure International Inc ($3.7M), Heal Africa USA ($2.1M), Hope Foundation for Women Child of Bangladesh Inc ($1.9M).
- Does The Fistula Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 40% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Fistula Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is The Fistula Foundation based?
- The Fistula Foundation is based in CA.
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