Health Tanzania Foundation
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
1.To obtain grants and other funds to assist Tanzanian individuals and organizations for the improvement of their health, education, and economic well-being.2.To partner with Tanzanian individuals and organizations in implementing and evaluating programs that will improve their health, education and economic well-being.3.To focus on funding and developing programs that specifically help the poor and needy in Tanzania.
- Income
- $107,223
- Spending
- $144,832
- Reserves
- 0.1 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 100%
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
We do not score finances when yearly spending is very small or the return has too little detail. The ratios stop meaning much at that size.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
This organization files the short tax form, which does not ask about boards, policies or audits. That is normal for a small charity and is not a mark against it.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 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 (3)
- $40,000 spent. Health systems infrastructure support In 2025, HTF continued to assist Buguruni Anglican Health Centre (BAHC) to become a full hospital treating the poor and teaching family medicine residents, medical and nursing students. They funded a new building to house x-ray and ultrasound. They obtained a 40-foot container with a quality ultrasound machine and other needed medical equipment and supplies. This will be shipped to Tanzania in 2026. HTF and SEET continued working with Muhimbili University and the Tanzanian government to implement community-oriented family medicine training to improve and expand the health care throughout the country.
- $36,000 spent. Charity care for patients With HTF support in 2025, Buguruni Anglican Health Centre saw 67,423 outpatient, inpatient and surgical patients. This included 7,866 children for well child -care, 5,671 HIV AIDS patients since they were not paid for by the patient or government, and provided charity care for sick patients with no money.
- $52,000 spent. Community support for the poor and needy SEET is the Tanzanian non-profit that Health Tanzania Foundation (HTF) helped establish in 2016 and helps fund. SEET unites religious and local government leaders to equip, empower, and mobilize community members in self-reliant efforts to realize more equitable health, education, and local development outcomes. SEET focuses on everyone in the entire community, but especially the marginalized. In 2025, SEET continued its important work emphasizing 1. Widows orphans, and teen mothers; 2.Violence against women and children and related alcohol, drugs and AIDS; 3. Emotional self-care and wellness; and home-based care among other initiatives. SEET continued to monitor and support widows self-help groups and one unmarried teen mothers group to help them establish their health, childrens education and sustainable incomes; continued to give school supplies, school uniforms and shoes to the orphans; Visited and monitored the orphans at school supporting their teachers and caregivers.SEET cared for 22 home-based care patients assisting them with medical care, medicines and food.SEETs continued to address violence against women and children, alcohol and other addiction and AIDS. More community residents participated in a three-hour mobilization course to discuss the issues, what they could do and to agree on what they will do. Those identifying as survivors of violence, drugs, and AIDS were encouraged to participate in Emotions Anonymous 12-step self-help programs.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 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 September 7, 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 September 30, 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 September 10, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since June 2014.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 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 7, 2026.
Could it be confused with another charity? Worth knowing.
A much larger organization has a similar name: Foundation Health LLC (Fairbanks, AK), EIN 81-3021580. If that is the one you meant, check the EIN before giving.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
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