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Private foundations don’t post open calls, so nobody can search them. We read IRS filings instead — 9.6 million grants from 174,053 foundations and grantmaking charities, searchable by what the money was actually for.
12 funders with a record of paying for “fistula”
Where the money went
Largest: $10,000 to FISTULA FOUNDATION — prevention and treatment of childbirth injuries promarily obstetric fistula
Seattle FoundationSeattle, WACharity · may take applications
8 matching grants · $188,000 · through 2024Largest: $123,000 to OPERATION FISTULA — to provide general support
Largest: $70,000 to FISTULA FOUNDATION — medical education and research
Largest: $36,000 to FISTULA FOUNDATION — our care networks in the democratic republic of congo, kenya, and zambia represent the future of fistula treatment and the path forward for ending fistula within a generation.
Largest: $10,000 to WORLDWIDE FISTULA FUND — to help provide exceptional health care services for women suffering from and at risk of obstetric fistula
Largest: $5,155 to FISTULA FOUNDATION — spport treatment of women suffering from obstetric fistulas
Unfcu FoundationLong Island City, NYCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $281,283 · through 2025Largest: $91,283 to UNITED NATIONS POPULATION FUND — implementation of the project advancing empowerment of fistula survivors post covid-19
Jackson Kemper FoundationHawthorn Woods, IL
3 matching grants · $3.9M · through 2024Largest: $2.2M to FISTULA FOUNDATION — grant to support operations
Largest: $35,000 to FREEDOM FROM FISTULA FOUNDATION INC - US — program support
Give Back FoundationMadison, WICharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $77,200 · through 2025Largest: $22,195 to THE FISTULA FOUNDATION — program support
Largest: $20,000 to The Fistula Foundation — general charitable purposes
The Chicago Community TrustChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $29,900 · through 2023Largest: $7,000 to Fistula Foundation — general operating support, to support medical services for fistula patients
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Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV and Form 990 Schedule I, tax years 2019–2025. These are grants already paid, a record of what an organization funds rather than an open call. Private foundations rarely accept unsolicited applications and the route in is usually a program officer; grantmaking charities and associations more often run real application cycles, so check their website. How this data is built, and its limits →