End Fund Inc
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
The END Fund's mission is to control and eliminate six neglected tropical diseases: river blindness, lymphatic filariasis, trachoma, schistosomiasis, intestinal worms, and visceral leishmaniasis.
- Income
- $62.7 million
- Spending
- $74.2 million
- Spent on programs
- 90%
- Reserves
- 0 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 98%
- Employees
- 44
- Volunteers
- 8
- Highest pay
- $435,426, coo / board secretary (thru june 15, 2024) interim ceo (as of june 15, 2024)
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Fair: 54 out of 100. Higher than 22% of charities in its peer group (international, $10m to $100m).
Reserves
4 of 35Spendable reserves would cover -0.0 months of spending.
Debt
20 of 20It owes 7% of what it owns.
Living within its means
0 of 15Spending exceeded income by 18% of income.
Income trend
15 of 15Income rose 11% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 1590% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 8 cents.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
Strong: 100 out of 100. Higher than 35% of charities in its peer group (international, $10m to $100m).
Independent board
25 of 256 of 6 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
10 of 10Gave 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 December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Reports results. Its tax return states measurable results. These are its own figures and nobody has checked them.
Results it reports
- 152,630,533 people were treated across 21 countries by 27 implementing partners.Work delivered
- 38,100 surgeries were conducted in 12 countries by 15 implementing partners.Work delivered
- 1,198,935 health care workers were trained across 24 countries.Work delivered
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Programs described in its return (1)
- $67.0 million spent. The END Fund is a leading philanthropic community dedicated to ending six neglected tropical diseases that impact 1.65 billion people globally: intestinal worms, schistosomiasis, lymphatic filariasis, river blindness, trachoma, and visceral leishmaniasis. The END Fund efficiently puts private capital to work, advocating for neglected tropical disease programs that are innovative, integrated and cost-effective. We facilitate strong partnerships with the private sector, government partners, and local programmatic partners to collaboratively support national disease programs. This is done through a proven implementation model that is tailored to meet the needs of individual countries. The END Fund was established as a new model, the first of its kind in the neglected tropical disease field: a philanthropic fund that increases resources, coordination, and collaboration toward the goal of ending neglected tropical diseases, thereby reducing the physical, social, economic, and systemic impact of these diseases for hundreds of millions of people. Our model is designed to mobilize resources to close the neglected tropical disease funding gap through partnerships with global philanthropists and private-sector investors. By pooling funds, the END Fund helps activist-philanthropists make outsized impacts with their investments. Through collaboration with our programmatic partners, we help deliver treatment at scale, accelerate innovations that improve the efficiency of drug delivery, provide program oversight to monitor quality and impact, and bring together partners, advocates, and investors. Because we direct resources and training activities through local partners, who know the landscape and can go where international agencies cannot or will not, we operate successfully and with measurable impact in some of the world's most challenging environments due to war or instability. Our focus has always been on large-scale change and we are committed to investing in and alongside local governments, building in-country technical tools and skills, and incorporating neglected tropical diseases into national health agendas for solid local ownership. In close partnership with stakeholders across the global neglected tropical disease community, the END Fund: Identified gaps and opportunities, by understanding investment needs and gaps in funding for neglected tropical diseases, landscapes investable opportunities, and increases coordination among stakeholders. The END Fund also builds coalitions, by mobilizing and activating collaboration among country-level stakeholders, including ministries of health, programmatic partners, investors, etc. The END Fund designs programs by working with ministries of health and programmatic partners to expand data collection, mapping, and sector knowledge in order to identify compelling program opportunities. The END Fund trains partners by aiming to grow and strengthen the pool of partner organizations to assist local governments in the implementation of quality neglected tropical disease programs. The END Fund manages grants and provides technical support by conducting country program visits and provides partner support, technical assistance, and training as needed. In 2024, the END Fund supported the distribution of 247,323,479 NTD treatments with 152,630,533 people treated across 21 countries by 27 implementing partners. During the same period, 38,100 surgeries were conducted in 12 countries by 15 implementing partners and 1,198,935 health care workers trained across 24 countries by 31 implementing partners.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, 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 November 6, 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 December 2024.
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 December 2011.
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 November 4, 2026.
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