New York · Nonprofit
FRIENDS OF REACH OUTS HIVAIDS AFRICA INITIATIVE INC
FRIENDS OF REACH OUTS HIVAIDS AFRICA INITIATIVE INC (New York) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $302,995 to it, the largest being VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM ($143,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 95% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $280k
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $303k
- Net assets
- $152k
What Friends of Reach Outs Hivaids Africa Initiative Inc does
Mission
The purpose of the organization is to promote, support and provide grants to african organizations serving the health care and social services needs of africans affected by hiv and aids including educational grants to their dependent children and promotion of income generating activities.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
FORO Impact Report for Tax Authorities 2024 In 2024 Rays of Hope Hospice Jinja (RHHJ) launched its 20242028 strategic plan to enhance cancer prevention, early detection, and patient care. A key focus is expanding services to underserved areas in Busoga and neighboring districts. The support provided by Friends of Reach Out (FORO) has been crucial in making these initiatives possible and bringing essential healthcare to the most vulnerable populations. Program Activities and Services Supported by FORO FOROs financial backing has significantly bolstered RHHJs ability to provide critical healthcare services. Through tax-exempt donations, FORO has enabled RHHJ to expand its clinical care services, train health workers, and improve community health through education and outreach. Specifically, FOROs support has enabled RHHJ to: 1. Expand Holistic Palliative Care and Treatment: In 2024, RHHJ served 1,301 patients, 611 of whom were newly enrolled. The services providedsuch as pain management, psychosocial support, and the distribution of essential items like food and mattresseshave helped improve the dignity and quality of life for patients living with cancer, advanced HIV/AIDS, and…
$278,758 spentof which $278,700 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $278,758.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $55k to $198k (+263%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
100% of FRIENDS OF REACH OUTS HIVAIDS AFRICA INITIATIVE INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (87% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Board chair
Lisa A Furmanski Md
Chairperson
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 3 funders, grant income rose $22k → $74k.
5 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 95% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of FRIENDS OF REACH OUTS HIVAIDS AFRICA INITIATIVE INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
FRIENDS OF REACH OUTS HIVAIDS AFRICA INITIATIVE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 47% of grant income and the top three 88%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
98% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund FRIENDS OF REACH OUTS HIVAIDS AFRICA INITIATIVE INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 55% · 2021 59% · 2022 65% · 2023 54% — broadly stable.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
95% of FRIENDS OF REACH OUTS HIVAIDS AFRICA INITIATIVE INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $16k that is directly attributable, 63% of it comes from funders outside New York, across 2 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $287k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
FRIENDS OF REACH OUTS HIVAIDS AFRICA INITIATIVE INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 7,117 philanthropy nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,117 philanthropy nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
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In New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
97% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
83%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds FRIENDS OF REACH OUTS HIVAIDS AFRICA INITIATIVE INC?
- FRIENDS OF REACH OUTS HIVAIDS AFRICA INITIATIVE INC (New York) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $302,995 to it, the largest being VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM ($143,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 95% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does FRIENDS OF REACH OUTS HIVAIDS AFRICA INITIATIVE INC have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $302,995 in grants to FRIENDS OF REACH OUTS HIVAIDS AFRICA INITIATIVE INC, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FRIENDS OF REACH OUTS HIVAIDS AFRICA INITIATIVE INC?
- VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM is the largest funder on record, with $143,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FRIENDS OF REACH OUTS HIVAIDS AFRICA INITIATIVE INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 7 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing