California · Nonprofit
WORLD SPINE CARE
WORLD SPINE CARE (California) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $816,453 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($400,500). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $277k
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $816k
- Net assets
- $664k
What World Spine Care does
Mission
To provide high quality, evidence-based, culturally integrated, prevention, assessment, and treatment of spinal disorders in underserved communities around the world. Also to provide community education programs for local communities and local healthcare professionals.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Global spine care initiative (gsci) - the gsci is the research arm of World Spine Care, which comprises of a group of researchers from around the world. The gsci was created in 2018 and already has had several papers accepted for publication. World spine.
$92,597 spentof which $90,000 as grants48% of program spendingBotswana clinic - World Spine Care opened its first clinic in shoshong, botswana in 2011, and went on to open its second and third clinics in mahalapye and gaborone, botswana. The government of botswana has supported the projects by providing facilities and accommodations for volunteers.
$74,369 spent39% of program spendingDominican republic clinic - the clinic in moca, the dominican republic, opened in 2014. It has provided clinical services to the local underserved community since that time.
$24,295 spent13% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $191,261.
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 2023 to 2024, from $441k to $671k (+52%).
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.
99% of WORLD SPINE CARE’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (79% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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
Jean Moss
CEO
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $100k → $126k.
2 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 49% 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 SPINE CARE’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 SPINE CARE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 49% of grant income and the top three 75%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
61% 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 SPINE CARE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 57% · 2022 66% · 2023 80% — 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
WORLD SPINE CARE draws 52% of its grant income from funders outside California, across 4 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $401k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
WORLD SPINE CARE runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 793 science & tech nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 793 science & tech nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like WORLD SPINE CARE
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
10% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
26%
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 WORLD SPINE CARE: 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 WORLD SPINE CARE?
- WORLD SPINE CARE (California) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $816,453 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($400,500). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does WORLD SPINE CARE have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $816,453 in grants to WORLD SPINE CARE, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of WORLD SPINE CARE?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $400,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like WORLD SPINE CARE 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.
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 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