Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
WORLD PATIENTS ALLIANCE
WORLD PATIENTS ALLIANCE (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $365,016 to it, the largest being PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH AND MANUFACTURERS OF AMERICA ($365,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $475k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $365k
- Net assets
- $564k
What World Patients Alliance does
Mission
The World Patients Alliance (wpa) is a nonprofit umbrella organization of patients, patient organizations and stakeholders from around the globe. The wpa provides the platform to empower and raise the patients' voice for the provision of and access to safe, quality and affordable healthcare. Wpa works to ensure patients have an active role to play in all the stages of healthcare that including planning, provision, monitoring, research and evaluation of health services. There are no fees for patient advocacy organizations to become members, and our programs and initiatives are at no-cost to our patient advocacy organization members. Mission: to be the global voice of patients working toward patient empowerment and engagement, improved access to safe innovative treatment and patient centered healthcare throughout the world vision: that all patients will have access to safe, high quality and affordable healthcare everywhere in the world.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Growth: the wpa, established in september 2020, is composed of 649 nonprofit organizations from 132 countries and has experienced rapid global growth. In 2024, 185 organizations joined as new members, further expanding its reach. By engaging patient groups across various regions, wpa has strengthened its presence in the international patient advocacy arena and enhanced its advocacy efforts. Communication with both the broader patient community and member groups is carried out through social media and email. This increased membership has boosted wpa's credibility with potential funders and policymakers worldwide, leading to greater funding and advocacy opportunities. In 2024, wpa successfully organized a largescale campaign for world patient safety day, involving approximately 600 events globally. Bursaries and grants were provided to member organizations in different countries to support local awareness initiatives. Wpa successfully convened the 2nd world patients conference in cape town under the theme "the role of the patient in a changing world- and received over 1,000 registrations from 124 countries. Wpa also organized the african regional meeting to strengthen collaboration,…
$92,169 spentof which $5,408 as grants30% of program spendingAdvocacy: the wpa plays a pivotal role in the global policy arena, representing patients worldwide. It dedicates substantial effort to conveying the patient perspective to regulators, policymakers, and key stakeholders, including the who, eu, and other governing bodies. To ensure the patient voice is effectively heard, wpa actively participates and presents at numerous international meetings. Below is a selection of events where wpa board directors and advisory board members were present, either virtually or in person: a.6th global ministerial summit on patient safety, santiago b.axios international, duphat 2024 healthcare conference, dubai c.european conference of hygiene and epidemiology, wisla, poland d.isqua's person and family centered advisory council (pfcac) meeting e.axios international, patient voice conference, dubai f.european patient safety foundation conference g.dia 2024, global annual meeting in san diego, ca h.conference of drug regulatory authorities (icdra) and its pre-icdra, india I.parenteral drug association (pda) good aseptic manufacturing conference, stuttgart j.growth direct day conference, maastricht, netherlands k.international pharmaceutical federation…
$122,981 spentof which $7,458 as grants40% of program spendingEducation: effectively addressing patient related issues requires meeting the needs of both the patient community and the general public. To this end, a membership survey was conducted in 2024 to assess the needs of patient organizations, allowing wpa to better align its work with the objectives of the global patient community. Based on the survey's findings, wpa actively engaged in educational and capacity building initiatives in collaboration with its members and partner organizations. Notably, wpa worked with leading international patient organizations like the world health organization (who), global self-care federation (gscf), international pharmaceutical federation (fip), world organization of family doctors (wonca), mexican network of patients for patient safety / national autonomous university of mexico (unam), pan american patients for patient safety network, international council of nurses (icn), healthywomen, atom coalition, bristol myers squibb (bms) and world medical association (wma), to organize events aimed at educating patients. In 2024, wpa also hosted the 2nd world patients conference in south africa, providing a platform for patients to exchange information,…
$94,070 spentof which $5,779 as grants30% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $309,220.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 2022 to 2023, from $233k to $473k (+103%).
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.
98% of WORLD PATIENTS ALLIANCE’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (82% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 5 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.
Board chair
Andrew Spiegel
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $75k → $75k.
1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% 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 WORLD PATIENTS ALLIANCE’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
WORLD PATIENTS ALLIANCE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 100% 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 WORLD PATIENTS ALLIANCE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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 WORLD PATIENTS ALLIANCE's grant income comes from Washington, D.C. funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $16 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
WORLD PATIENTS ALLIANCE holds deeper cash reserves 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 WORLD PATIENTS ALLIANCE
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
80% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
21%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds WORLD PATIENTS ALLIANCE?
- WORLD PATIENTS ALLIANCE (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $365,016 to it, the largest being PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH AND MANUFACTURERS OF AMERICA ($365,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does WORLD PATIENTS ALLIANCE have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $365,016 in grants to WORLD PATIENTS ALLIANCE, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of WORLD PATIENTS ALLIANCE?
- PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH AND MANUFACTURERS OF AMERICA is the largest funder on record, with $365,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like WORLD PATIENTS ALLIANCE 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 FY2024 (financials across 2020–2024), and the filings of 2 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