California · Nonprofit
FRIENDS of RUWENZORI FOUNDATION
FRIENDS of RUWENZORI FOUNDATION (California) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $357,044 to it, the largest being BNY MELLON CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($305,195). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2017
- $283k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $357k
- Net assets
- $101k
What FRIENDS of RUWENZORI FOUNDATION does
Mission
The Friends of Ruwenzori Foundation's mission is to reduce preventable deaths and foster healthy living among the people of the Ruwenzori foothills of Uganda by supporting the rural region's only local hospital, and economic empowerment and health programs.
As stated on its FY2017 Form 990.
Program
HOSPITAL OPERATIONS AND PUBLIC HEALTH OUTREACH PROGRAMS: $115,987 1. Subsidy of KIDA Hospital operations applied to salaries and benefits of 35 healthcare workers: $110,540. KIDA Hospital provides 24-hour inpatient care, labor and delivery, C-sections as needed, minor surgery, outpatient care including HIV testing, immunizations, prenatal care and family planning services. 2.Subsidy for community outreach: $5,447. HIV Prevention Education through monthly drama live shows, care and treatment of over 500 HIV positive clients through regular home visiting, and village health education workshops.
The first program described on its most recent Form 990, which lists programs largest first by expense.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2021: the base narrowed from 3 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $105k → $64k.
3 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% 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 RUWENZORI FOUNDATION’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 RUWENZORI FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 85% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% 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 RUWENZORI FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 57% · 2018 90% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% — growing more concentrated.
“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
100% of FRIENDS of RUWENZORI FOUNDATION'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. Too little is directly attributable to place on a map.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $357k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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.
Organizations like FRIENDS of RUWENZORI FOUNDATION
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In California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
62% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
56%
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
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for FRIENDS of RUWENZORI FOUNDATION: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds FRIENDS of RUWENZORI FOUNDATION?
- FRIENDS of RUWENZORI FOUNDATION (California) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $357,044 to it, the largest being BNY MELLON CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($305,195). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does FRIENDS of RUWENZORI FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $357,044 in grants to FRIENDS of RUWENZORI FOUNDATION, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FRIENDS of RUWENZORI FOUNDATION?
- BNY MELLON CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $305,195 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FRIENDS of RUWENZORI FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 FY2017 (financials across 2017–2017), and the filings of 3 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