Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
PATHFINDER INTERNATIONAL
PATHFINDER INTERNATIONAL (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 173 organizations whose IRS filings report $178,980,101 to it, the largest being GATES FOUNDATION ($78,681,339). 114 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $105M
- Funders on record
- 173
- Grants received
- $179M
- Net assets
- $40M
What Pathfinder International does
Mission
Pathfinder expands access to sexual and reproductive health services, opening the door to opportunities for women and all individuals to thrive-economically, educationally, and civically. Driven by our country-led leadership and local community partners, pathfinder brings together a suite of services and programs that enable millions of people to choose their own paths forward.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Middle east and north africa: in egypt, jordan, and united arab emirates, our programs improve the quality of and access to sexual and reproductive health care and other essential health services. We do this through a locally led approach, working in partnership with the government and local partners to strengthen public health systems, and transforming norms and customs that prevent people from being healthy and living the lives they choose. In these regions, our integrated programs strengthen the delivery of contraception, maternal and child health care, and prevent and treat gender-based violence, while contributing to gender equity, climate resilience, and women's economic empowerment. In egypt, we are strengthening family planning services nationally in close partnership with the government while working across the private sector to increase the participation of women in the workforce. All of our programs are driven by the knowledge and perspectives of the communities we serve. We work closely with local governmental and ngo partners to develop, plan, implement, and monitor quality interventions.
$66,575,105 spentof which $7,437,228 as grants71% of program spendingSouth asia: pathfinder improved the health and survival of mothers and newborns through improved maternal health care and offering contraception during postpartum and post-abortion care in underserved areas of the country. Pathfinder also supported comprehensive hiv and aids prevention and treatment for key populations. In bangladesh, we work closely with the government to strengthen sexual and reproductive health care nationally. In india, we continue to address the sexual and reproductive health needs of vulnerable adolescents and youth, particularly through innovative digital health approaches. In pakistan, we are bringing contraceptive access to women, while helping them to thrive through economic opportunities, specifically in communities heavily impacted by climate disasters.
$13,930,085 spentof which $3,190,557 as grants15% of program spendingSub-saharan africa: Pathfinder International improves the quality of and access to sexual and reproductive health care and other essential health services. We do this through a locally led approach, working in partnership with the government and local partners to strengthen public health systems, and transforming norms and customs that prevent people from being healthy and living the lives they choose. In sub-saharan africa, our integrated programs strengthen the delivery of contraception, maternal and child health care, comprehensive abortion care, and prevent and treat hiv and aids, gender-based violence, and cervical cancer, while contributing to gender equity, climate resilience, and women's economic empowerment. Pathfinder works in countries such as burkina faso, burundi, cote d'ivoire, democratic republic of congo, ethiopia, kenya, mozambique, niger, nigeria, tanzania, and uganda, among others. Many of our programs in africa specifically address the sexual and reproductive health needs of adolescents and youth and those living in fragile setting affected by conflict, climate change, and other crises. All of our programs are driven by the knowledge and perspectives of the…
$13,123,678 spentof which $2,761,462 as grants14% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $93,628,868.
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 2024 to 2025, from $91M to $70M (−22%).
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 77% · 2018 75% · 2019 67% · 2020 63% · 2021 57% · 2022 58% · 2023 66% · 2024 64% · 2025 61%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
99% of PATHFINDER INTERNATIONAL’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (97% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 of the last 9 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
Ms Tabinda Sarosh
CEO (from 2/3/25)
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 57 funders to 66 funders, grant income fell $27M → $21M.
39 of 173 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 5% 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 PATHFINDER INTERNATIONAL’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 173 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
PATHFINDER INTERNATIONAL leans on a few funders — its largest provides 44% of grant income and the top three 68%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
30% 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 PATHFINDER INTERNATIONAL.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 33% · 2018 61% · 2019 60% · 2020 65% · 2021 53% · 2022 45% · 2023 45% — 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
48% of PATHFINDER INTERNATIONAL's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 66% 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
PATHFINDER INTERNATIONAL draws 95% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 30 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $9.3M arriving through sponsors registered in 20 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
PATHFINDER INTERNATIONAL's revenue fell 35% between 2017 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 59 international nonprofits over $100M, FY2025
Government funding PATHFINDER INTERNATIONAL receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $532.9M on record.
- Agency for International Development$532.5M
- Department of State$400k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like PATHFINDER INTERNATIONAL
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 Washington, D.C.
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
85% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
87%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 29 states
Part of a family of 9 related entities
- Pathfinder LLC Egypt · disregarded
- Pathfinder International Operations LLC · disregarded
- Pathfinder International Operations II LLC · disregarded
- Pathfinder International Nigeria · disregarded
- Pathfinder - Cote D'Ivoire · disregarded
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for PATHFINDER INTERNATIONAL: 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 PATHFINDER INTERNATIONAL?
- PATHFINDER INTERNATIONAL (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 173 organizations whose IRS filings report $178,980,101 to it, the largest being GATES FOUNDATION ($78,681,339). 114 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does PATHFINDER INTERNATIONAL have?
- IRS filings report 173 organizations giving $178,980,101 in grants to PATHFINDER INTERNATIONAL, 114 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of PATHFINDER INTERNATIONAL?
- GATES FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $78,681,339 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like PATHFINDER INTERNATIONAL find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington, D.C.. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 173 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