Maryland · Nonprofit
THE FIBROID FOUNDATION
THE FIBROID FOUNDATION (Maryland) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $160,692 to it, the largest being MAYO CLINIC ($94,604). 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 FY2024
- $564k
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $161k
- Net assets
- $310k
What The Fibroid Foundation does
Mission
To eradicate uterine fibroids by amplifying and advocating for the unique voices of those affected, from menarche through menopause.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2023 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
During the year the organization began the menopause education program.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
Fibroid awareness education program:the fibroid awareness month event series is entering its 5th year of providing virtual events spotlighting the patient voice and encouraging the doctor/patient partnership in development of treatment plans.
$127,684 spent44% of program spendingFibroid summit research program:the fibroid summit is an annual research conference that features emerging science in fibroids, pelvic health and menstrual pain. The scientists present their research findings and patients and clinicians provide feedback.
$107,203 spent37% of program spendingMenopause education program:a menopause education portal was created to help our community members navigate symptoms and treatments for menopause.
$56,099 spent19% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $290,986.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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 2023 to 2024, from $148k to $335k (+127%).
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 THE FIBROID FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (82% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 6 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
Sateria Venable
Founder & CEO
Board chair
Craig Mclendon
Board chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $150 → $10k.
5 of 7 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 THE FIBROID 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
THE FIBROID FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 59% of grant income and the top three 96%; 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 THE FIBROID FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 98% · 2022 58% · 2023 97% — 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.
Where its funders are
100% of THE FIBROID 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. Of the $402 that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Maryland, across 2 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $160k 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
THE FIBROID FOUNDATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 13,754 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 13,754 health nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like THE FIBROID FOUNDATION
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 Maryland
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
75% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
19%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE FIBROID 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 THE FIBROID FOUNDATION?
- THE FIBROID FOUNDATION (Maryland) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $160,692 to it, the largest being MAYO CLINIC ($94,604). 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 THE FIBROID FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $160,692 in grants to THE FIBROID FOUNDATION, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE FIBROID FOUNDATION?
- MAYO CLINIC is the largest funder on record, with $94,604 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE FIBROID FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Maryland. 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 2019–2024), 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