California · Nonprofit
GLOBAL AIDS INTERFAITH ALLIANCE (GAIA)
GLOBAL AIDS INTERFAITH ALLIANCE (GAIA) (California) receives grants from 38 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,847,926 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($1,646,177). 27 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 66% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $2.9M
- Funders on record
- 38
- Grants received
- $5.8M
- Net assets
- $1.1M
What Global AIDS Interfaith Alliance (Gaia) does
Mission
Gaia strengthens healthcare in underserved african communities.gaia believes that everyone deserves access to quality healthcare, no matter where they live or who they are. In partnership with government and local communities, we strengthen health systems by filling gaps in the healthcare grid now and increasing capacity for the long term.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Community-based healthcare -mobile health clinics - the organization's mobile health clinics provide basic primary health care services, including preventative care, sexual reproductive health, communicable and noncommunicable disease surveillance, screening, testing and treatment, and hiv testing and treatment services, in rural communities in partnership with the malawi ministry of health and local government.targeted community programs - the organization supports orphans and vulnerable children living with or at risk for hiv with health education; primary, secondary, and post-secondary school support; and social support.
$1,019,633 spentof which $761,058 as grants53% of program spendingHealth workforce development -ucsf global health sciences global action in nursing (gain)- this program supports the hiring of expert nurse mentors to oversee training, mentorship and research in blantyre district health facilities, to develop a clinical mentorship and nursing leaders fellowship program at the national level, and finally to support education, licensure and transition to employment for financially needy nursing students in malawi.nursing program - the organization supports admitted nursing students with comprehensive scholarships to nursing programs to ensure on time graduation, licensure and deployment to work in health facilities.human resources for health ("hrh") - under the hrh program, the organization supports additional nurses with scholarships, new graduates with fellowship opportunities, nursing education institutions with clinical mentors to improve the quality of education provided, nursing regulatory bodies with supervision support and oversight, and finally the malawi government with health worker tracking and distribution.
$751,158 spentof which $614,092 as grants39% of program spendingOther grant funded programs -namunda school - in partnership with uplift malawi, the organization supports a government primary school's operations and student population.
$168,177 spentof which $69,350 as grants9% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,938,968.
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 2017 to 2018, from $1.7M to $1.2M (−31%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 6% · 2018 22% · 2019 23% · 2020 20% · 2021 26% · 2022 16% · 2023 4%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
101% of GLOBAL AIDS INTERFAITH ALLIANCE (GAIA)’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (97% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 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.
Chief executive
Todd Schafer
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 20 funders to 14 funders, grant income rose $473k → $695k.
13 of 38 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 66% 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 GLOBAL AIDS INTERFAITH ALLIANCE (GAIA)’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 38 funders by total. 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
GLOBAL AIDS INTERFAITH ALLIANCE (GAIA) leans on a few funders — its largest provides 28% of grant income and the top three 74%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
75% 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 GLOBAL AIDS INTERFAITH ALLIANCE (GAIA).
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 25% · 2018 19% · 2019 21% · 2020 49% · 2021 36% · 2022 29% · 2023 32% — 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.
How long its funders stay
62% of GLOBAL AIDS INTERFAITH ALLIANCE (GAIA)'s funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 71% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
66% of GLOBAL AIDS INTERFAITH ALLIANCE (GAIA)'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 $2.0M that is directly attributable, 60% of it comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $3.9M arriving through sponsors registered in 9 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
GLOBAL AIDS INTERFAITH ALLIANCE (GAIA) runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 1,607 international nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,607 international nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like GLOBAL AIDS INTERFAITH ALLIANCE (GAIA)
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
80% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
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 GLOBAL AIDS INTERFAITH ALLIANCE (GAIA): 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 GLOBAL AIDS INTERFAITH ALLIANCE (GAIA)?
- GLOBAL AIDS INTERFAITH ALLIANCE (GAIA) (California) receives grants from 38 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,847,926 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($1,646,177). 27 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 66% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does GLOBAL AIDS INTERFAITH ALLIANCE (GAIA) have?
- IRS filings report 38 organizations giving $5,847,926 in grants to GLOBAL AIDS INTERFAITH ALLIANCE (GAIA), 27 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of GLOBAL AIDS INTERFAITH ALLIANCE (GAIA)?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $1,646,177 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like GLOBAL AIDS INTERFAITH ALLIANCE (GAIA) 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 38 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