Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
Partners In Health (PIH) is a non-profit, global health organization that fights social injustice by bringing the benefits of modern medical science first and foremost to the most vulnerable communities worldwide. In Haiti, Malawi, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Lesotho, Peru, Mexico, Kazakhstan, U.S., and Navajo Nation, PIH's work focuses on those who would not otherwise have access to quality health care. PIH partners with the world's leading academic institutions to create rigorous evidence that shapes more sound and all-inclusive global health policies. PIH also supports local governments' efforts to build capacity and strengthen national health systems.
- Income
- $284.7 million
- Spending
- $240.3 million
- Spent on programs
- 87%
- Reserves
- 7.8 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 88%
- Employees
- 427
- Volunteers
- 40
- Highest pay
- $395,525, president and chief executive officer
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Strong: 93 out of 100. Higher than 89% of charities in its peer group (health care, over $100m).
Reserves
28 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 7.8 months of spending.
Debt
20 of 20It owes 12% of what it owns.
Living within its means
15 of 15Income exceeded spending by 16% of income.
Income trend
15 of 15Income rose 19% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 1587% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 5 cents.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
Strong: 90 out of 100. Higher than 27% of charities in its peer group (health care, over $100m).
Independent board
25 of 2523 of 24 voting board members are independent.
Conflict of interest policy
15 of 15Has a written conflict of interest policy.
Whistleblower policy
8 of 8Has a written whistleblower policy.
Record keeping policy
7 of 7Has a written policy on keeping and destroying records.
Board minutes
5 of 5Keeps minutes of board meetings.
Board sees the tax return
0 of 10Did not give the board a copy of this return before filing it.
Pay set independently
5 of 5Sets its chief executive's pay through independent review and comparison.
Independent check of accounts
15 of 15Its accounts were audited by an independent accountant.
No reported misuse
10 of 10Reports no diversion of assets, excess benefits or loans to insiders.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (4)
- $49.0 million spent. Zanmi Lasante (ZL), PIH's affiliated organization in Haiti, is the country's largest health care provider outside of the government. ZL serves a direct catchment area of 1.2 million people in primary care alone and nearly 3.9 million with secondary and tertiary care. ZL's more than 5,000 staff members, including 2,300 community health workers, provide health and social support services through 17 hospitals and health centers in the Central Plateau and lower Artibonite regions. ZL's key health services include primary care, maternal and child health care, HIV and tuberculosis services, and more advanced secondary and tertiary care. Throughout the escalation in violence in recent years, ZL has done everything possible to provide a stable presence in the communities we serve, continuing to provide expert care across these and other clinical areas. Each year, two-thirds of the clinical services ZL delivers globally are provided to women and children-with more than two million health visits and deliveries each year. In Haiti, our innovative Journey to 9 Plus (J9) program accompanies women and their newborns with constant care and support throughout pregnancy and the first year of the baby's life. The core pillars of J9 Plus are group antenatal care, group pediatric care, and community-based care including home visits and psychosocial support. Drawing on the strength of community, ZL's accompaniment model, and evidence-based clinical care, J9 holistically addresses the needs of mothers and infants, reducing maternal and infant mortality while building trust in the health system. As of 2025, more than 6,500 women and 5,000 newborns had participated in J9. In a country where only one in three physicians has the opportunity to train in a medical specialty through a residency program, ZL is one of the major partners of the public sector in medical education. The medical education program trains aspiring health care providers while encouraging them to practice in Haiti through valuable placements and continued education. ZL's medical education program includes nine residency programs in pediatrics, general surgery, obstetrics and gynecology, nurse anesthetist, emergency medicine, internal medicine, orthopedic surgery, emergency nursing, and family medicine, as well as three fellowship programs in neurology, plastic and reconstructive surgery, and emergency ultrasound. Since 2012, ZL's medical education program has trained 287 Haitian clinicians across 10 different specialties. Together, these highly trained professionals are bolstering Haiti's health system, one new graduate at a time.
- $31.9 million spent. PIH began working in Sierra Leone in 2014 at the invitation of the Ministry of Health and Sanitation (MoHS) to respond to West Africa's historic Ebola outbreak. While leading efforts to care and treat Ebola patients and contain the spread, PIH made a long-term commitment to support the government in revitalizing the country's health sector and improving access to care for millions of Sierra Leoneans. Since that time, PIH has led targeted programming to radically improve health outcomes at PIH-supported Koidu Government Hospital, Wellbody Clinic, and eight additional facilities throughout the country, with a particular focus on maternal health. Today, in partnership with the Government of Sierra Leone, PIH supports 10 health facilities and works across eight districts to build systems that protect every Sierra Leonean's right to health, especially those most vulnerable to sickness and injustice. With a team of over 900 staff members, 94% of whom are Sierra Leonean nationals, PIH's model utilizes a public-private partnership with Ministry of Health, leveraging Kono District as a model for the provision of integrated, patient-centered care across all levels of health care delivery. Ultimately, PIH aims to ensure holistic health systems strengthening through continuous, comprehensive investments, and quality improvement initiatives that respond to emerging needs informed by research and community voices. Despite the early successes of PIH's efforts, the lifetime risk of a woman dying in pregnancy or childbirth in Sierra Leone is 1 in 74. This is catastrophically high. PIH built the Maternal Center of Excellence (MCOE) to drive that rate towards zero. The MCOE expanded the campus of PIH-supported Koidu Government Hospital (KGH), dramatically increasing the number of beds, services, and facilities available to mothers and babies. A product of investment in the community and partnership with the Ministry of Health, the MCOE will save lives and protect the right to health of Sierra Leoneans for generations. The MCOE first opened its doors to patients in February 2026 with 120 beds, including 39 beds in a cutting-edge neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), increasing KGH's current 48-bed maternal ward and special care baby unit. Care for pregnant and lactating mothers is offered free of charge. Even under the most conservative read, the MCOE represents the single largest leap in safe, equitable maternal and newborn care in Sierra Leone's history. Through serving the community year after year, PIH will gather evidence of the transformative power of the MCOE, building a case for catalytic investment in maternal health and health systems-nationally and globally-through government accompaniment, advocacy, and the transfer of knowledge and innovation.
- $22.9 million spent. The University of Global Health Equity (UGHE) is a first-of-its-kind global health sciences university pioneering a new approach to education. Based in Rwanda, PIH launched this international university in 2015 with the mission to radically change the way health care is delivered around the world by training generations of global health professionals who strive to deliver more equitable, quality health services for all. UGHE graduates emerge ready to tackle the world's most pressing health challenges. Africa's health workforce bears 24% of the global disease burden but represents only 3% of the world's health workers. UGHE is designed to bridge this critical gap by training a new generation of leaders equipped to strengthen health systems and develop innovative clinical approaches. One key initiative is UGHE's partnership with Rwanda's ambitious 4x4 program, which aims to quadruple the number of health workers within four years. UGHE's flagship degree programs revolve around community health and social medicine. Students master social determinants of health, accompanying underserved patients, and delivering care in low-resourced communities. UGHE has graduated public health experts via the Master of Science in Global Health Delivery (MGHD) degree, and trains aspiring physicians through the joint Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) - MGHD program. The diverse student body is majority women and includes students from more than 30 countries, building the health care workforce capacity in dozens of countries in Africa and beyond. UGHE's campus in Rwanda's rural Burera District features strategic design elements to encourage interdisciplinary collaboration. The hands-on educational environment includes an innovative clinical simulation center, fully equipped laboratory spaces, and teleconferencing facilities for remote instruction by leading clinicians. Planned expansions to the UGHE campus will add teaching and learning space, library and laboratory capacity, enhance the simulation center, broaden research capabilities, and extend student services. The campus is also intentionally located near PIH-supported Butaro Level II Teaching Hospital, the first district-level teaching hospital in all of Rwanda, where UGHE medical students perform their clinical rotations. UGHE faculty have earned distinguished recognition on the global stage as part of the Stanford-Elsevier 2025 list of the world's top 2% most influential scientists. The ranking was based on standardized citation metrics and highlights how research at the UGHE moves "into clinics, classrooms, and policy rooms." This achievement reflects UGHE's research culture, where the Institute of Global Health Equity Research (IGHER) actively closes gaps between evidence and delivery through participatory studies designed with communities, health workers, and decision-makers. Students in the MBBS-MGHD program start research early, gaining practical experience in community medicine. During 2024 and 2025, UGHE published 199 research papers in peer-reviewed journals. As Rwanda focuses on open data and evidence-based health systems, UGHE's faculty and students demonstrate how local science improves lives, from influencing clinical practices to shaping health policy. In 2025, UGHE was selected as the Secretariat and institutional home of the Consortium of Medical Schools in Africa (CoMSA), a first-of-its-kind, inclusive, and continent-wide collaboration aimed at transforming health professional education across Africa. This highlights how UGHE has become a global hub for global health education, leading the way in training the next generation of health professionals who are equipped not just with clinical skills, but with a deep understanding of social justice and equity.
- $104.4 million spent. In addition to the programs listed, PIH has programs in Rwanda, Lesotho, Malawi, Liberia, Kazakhstan, Mexico, Peru, US, and Navajo Nation. Major expenditures in other programs include those for endTB, research, electronic medical records, monitoring and evaluation, and mental health.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending June 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since January 2002.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 21, 2026.
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