Alabama · Nonprofit
ONE WORLD SURGERY
ONE WORLD SURGERY (Alabama) receives grants from 87 organizations whose IRS filings report $11,909,893 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($3,009,916). 49 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 69% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $11M
- Funders on record
- 87
- Grants received
- $12M
- Net assets
- $19M
What One World Surgery does
Mission
One World Surgery's mission is to ignite the spirit of service and transform lives by providing access to high-quality surgical care globally.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
In 2024, ows harnessed the power of global medical mission volunteers and collaborated with local medical professionals to provide high-quality surgical and primary care services to under-resourced communities in honduras and the dominican republic. In honduras, our surgical and primary care clinic features three operating rooms, six recovery bays, primary care and dental clinics, and a pharmacy. Together, our teams performed 2,163 surgeries. Our primary care and dental programs served 7,185 patients through 17,445 consultations, ensuring access to critical care for those who cannot afford treatment. In total, ows reached 21,721 patients in 2024.
$7,719,941 spent91% of program spendingOws's approach emphasizes local partnerships, with our staff in honduras and the dominican republic leading the surgery centers while volunteers contribute essential capacity, education, and specialty services. This model ensures continuity of care for our patients, which is crucial for achieving successful long-term health outcomes and fostering resilience in the communities we serve. In 2024, we hosted 1,425 volunteers (902 new and 523 returning) across 52 medical missions (34 in honduras and 18 in the dominican republic). Volunteers contributed 57,000 hours of service, enabling us to provide surgeries, consultations, and vital education that strengthen local health systems.
$726,630 spent$753,237 earned by the program9% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $8,446,571.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 2019 to 2020, from $8.0M to $12M (+47%).
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.
91% of ONE WORLD SURGERY’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (96% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 7 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
Claire Cunningham
Chief executive officer
Board chair
Andrew Hayek
Chairman
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 11 funders to 36 funders, grant income rose $215k → $2.3M.
26 of 87 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 69% 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 ONE WORLD SURGERY’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 87 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
ONE WORLD SURGERY has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 25% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
74% 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 ONE WORLD SURGERY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 59% · 2018 51% · 2019 50% · 2020 29% · 2021 27% · 2022 22% · 2023 32% — diversifying over time.
“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
50% of ONE WORLD SURGERY's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 56% 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
70% of ONE WORLD SURGERY'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 $3.6M that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Alabama, across 23 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $8.3M arriving through sponsors registered in 17 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
ONE WORLD SURGERY runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 363 international nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 363 international nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Organizations like ONE WORLD SURGERY
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 Alabama
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
81% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
84%
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 ONE WORLD SURGERY: 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 ONE WORLD SURGERY?
- ONE WORLD SURGERY (Alabama) receives grants from 87 organizations whose IRS filings report $11,909,893 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($3,009,916). 49 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 69% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does ONE WORLD SURGERY have?
- IRS filings report 87 organizations giving $11,909,893 in grants to ONE WORLD SURGERY, 49 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ONE WORLD SURGERY?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $3,009,916 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ONE WORLD SURGERY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Alabama. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2018–2024), and the filings of 87 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing