Foundation for HIV AIDS Relief in South Africa
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
TO ASSEMBLE A NETWORK OF TRUSTWORTHY NATIONAL PARTNERS WHO LIVE AND WORK IN THE MOST VULNERABLE NATIONS ON THE AFRICAN CONTINENT WHO SHARE A PASSION OF THE TIRELESS WORK OF COMBATING THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE HIV/AIDS PANDEMIC AND ITS ERADICATION.
- Income
- $275,819
- Spending
- $345,174
- Spent on programs
- 95%
- Reserves
- 7.8 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 99%
- Employees
- 0
- Volunteers
- 439
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
Good: 78 out of 100. Higher than 41% of charities in its peer group (philanthropy, $250k to $1m).
Reserves
28 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 7.8 months of spending.
Debt
20 of 20It owes 0% of what it owns.
Living within its means
0 of 15Spending exceeded income by 25% of income.
Income trend
15 of 15Income rose 15% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 1595% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 5 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
Good: 82 out of 100. Higher than 62% of charities in its peer group (philanthropy, $250k to $1m).
Independent board
25 of 259 of 9 voting board members are independent.
Conflict of interest policy
15 of 15Has a written conflict of interest policy.
Whistleblower policy
0 of 8Reports no 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.
Independent check of accounts
6 of 15Its accounts were not audited or reviewed 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
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (4)
- $240,716 spent. NAPELO COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATION (NALEPO) RIFT VALLEY PROVINCE, NAROK & KAJIADO, MAASAI MARA, KENYA ESTABLISHED IN 2022, NALEPO COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATION IS A KENYA-BASED NONPROFIT DEDICATED TO ERADICATING HIV/AIDS ACROSS SOUTHERN KENYA. THE ORGANIZATION CONTINUES AND EXPANDS THE VISION INITIALLY CHAMPIONED BY OSECBO (OCHORRO SIDAI ENKARE COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATION), ITS EARLIER SISTER ORGANIZATION FOUNDED IN 2015. WHILE HIHIA CONCLUDED ITS FUNDING OF OSECBO AT THE END OF 2024, MANY OF ITS DEDICATED LEADERS AND VOLUNTEERS HAVE SINCE TRANSITIONED TO SERVE WITH NALEPO, BRINGING WITH THEM INVALUABLE EXPERIENCE AND DEEP COMMUNITY TRUST.NALEPO FOCUSES ON AREAS OUTSIDE THE TRADITIONAL MAASAI MARA REGION, WITH TEACHING CENTERS NOW EXTENDING FROM AMBOSELI TO THE TRANS-MARA, REACHING DEEPLY INTO UNDERSERVED MAASAI COMMUNITIES. PROGRAMS ARE DELIVERED IN MAA, SWAHILI, AND ENGLISH, USING INTERACTIVE METHODS THAT ADDRESS THE CULTURAL AND BEHAVIORAL FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO THE SPREAD OF HIV/AIDS. KEY MESSAGES FOCUS ON ABSTINENCE BEFORE MARRIAGE, FAITHFULNESS WITHIN MARRIAGE, AND MAKING SAFE, INFORMED LIFE CHOICES.TRAINED LEADERS TRAVEL LONG DISTANCES ACROSS VAST AND RUGGED TERRAIN USING MOTORBIKES AND SAFARI VEHICLES TO REACH SCHOOLS, CHURCHES, AND VILLAGES. WITH CONTINUED FINANCIAL SUPPORT, LEADERSHIP MENTORING, AND ANNUAL OVERSIGHT FROM HIHIA, NALEPO HAS BECOME A REGIONAL FORCE FOR HEALTH TRANSFORMATION.THE LOCAL POPULATION HAS EMBRACED THE MESSAGE ENTHUSIASTICALLY, AND EACH YEAR, THOUSANDS OF HOURS OF VOLUNTEER SERVICE ARE CONTRIBUTED BY COMMUNITY MEMBERS. TEACHING CENTERS HAVE NOW BEEN ESTABLISHED ACROSS THE MAASAI MARA, RIFT VALLEY, NAROK, TRANS-MARA, AND AMBOSELI, HELPING NALEPO REACH A GROWING POPULATION OF MAASAI YOUTH AND FAMILIES WITH CULTURALLY RESONANT, LIFE-SAVING EDUCATION.
- $59,611 spent. OCHORRO SIDAI ENKARE COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATION (OSECBO) - MAASAI MARA AND SW KENYA: THIS KENYA-BASED NON-PROFIT, ESTABLISHED IN 2015, AIMS TO ERADICATE HIV/AIDS AMONG THE MAASAI, A COMMUNITY OF AROUND 1,000,000 PEOPLE. OSECBO HAS BECOME A LEADING FORCE IN EDUCATING AND RAISING AWARENESS ABOUT HIV/AIDS. THEY ADDRESS BEHAVIORAL PATTERNS CONTRIBUTING TO THE VIRUS THROUGH INTERACTIVE RALLIES AND CLASSES CONDUCTED IN MAA, PROMOTING SAFE LIFE CHOICES. THEIR EFFORTS INVOLVE MAASAI LEADERS TRAVELING ACROSS THE MAASAI MARA ON MOTORBIKES AND SAFARI VEHICLES TO EMPHASIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF INFORMED CHOICES AND THE RAPID SPREAD OF HIV/AIDS. KEY MESSAGES INCLUDE ABSTINENCE BEFORE MARRIAGE AND FAITHFULNESS TO ONE PARTNER. AS THEIR WORK EXPANDS THROUGHOUT THE MAASAI MARA AND NEAR THE TANZANIA BORDER, NEW TEACHING CENTERS ARE ESTABLISHED ACROSS MAASAI LANDS. DUE TO THIS RAPID GROWTH, A SECOND COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATION, NALEPO, WAS LAUNCHED IN 2022. HIHIA SUPPORTS OSECBO WITH FINANCIAL AID AND LEADERSHIP MENTORING, AND BOARD MEMBERS VISIT ANNUALLY. THE COMMUNITY IS ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT THE MESSAGE, WITH MANY VOLUNTEERS CONTRIBUTING THOUSANDS OF HOURS EACH YEAR.
- $24,694 spent. MAASAI EVANGELICAL ASSOCIATION OF TANZANIA (MEAT), REGIONS ARUSHA, KILIMANJARO, MANYARA, & TANGAFOUNDED THE END OF 2023 AND LAUNCHED IN EARLY 2024, THE MAASAI EVANGELICAL ASSOCIATION OF TANZANIA (MEAT) BEGAN WITH A SINGLE TEACHING CENTER IN NANJA VILLAGE, MONDULI DISTRICT, ARUSHA REGIONFUELED BY A BOLD VISION TO COMBAT THE SPREAD OF HIV/AIDS ACROSS THE MAASAI COMMUNITIES OF TANZANIA. IN LESS THAN ONE YEAR, THIS GRASSROOTS INITIATIVE EXPERIENCED EXTRAORDINARY GROWTH: BY THE END OF 2024, 32 FULLY OPERATIONAL TEACHING CENTERS HAD BEEN ESTABLISHED ACROSS FOUR TANZANIAN REGIONS, SUPPORTED BY A DEDICATED TEAM OF 33 VOLUNTEER TRAINERS (11 FEMALES & 22 MALES).TOGETHER, THESE LEADERS REACHED OVER 27,000 INDIVIDUALS, INCLUDING LARGE NUMBERS OF SCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN IN GOVERNMENT INSTITUTIONS. MEAT'S PROGRAMS CONFRONT THE CULTURAL AND BEHAVIORAL FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO HIV/AIDS BY OFFERING INTERACTIVE EDUCATION IN SWAHILI (DOMINANT), MAA, AND ENGLISH, EMPOWERING INDIVIDUALS TO MAKE INFORMED AND LIFE-AFFIRMING CHOICES.TRAINERSMOST LOCAL MAASAITRAVEL VAST DISTANCES BY SHARED MINIBUSES, MOTORCYCLE TAXIS, WALKING & LONG-DISTANCE COACHES. SHARING VITAL HEALTH MESSAGES FOCUSED ON ABSTINENCE BEFORE MARRIAGE AND FAITHFULNESS WITHIN MARRIAGE. THESE TEACHINGS ARE DELIVERED WITH CULTURAL SENSITIVITY AND SPIRITUAL COMPASSION, DEEPLY RESONATING WITH THE COMMUNITIES THEY SERVE.HIHIA PROUDLY SUPPORTS MEAT THROUGH FINANCIAL RESOURCES, LEADERSHIP MENTORING, AND ANNUAL OVERSIGHT VISITS. THE PASSION OF LOCAL VOLUNTEERS, WHO CONTRIBUTED THOUSANDS OF HOURS IN 2024 ALONE, REFLECTS THE OVERWHELMING GRASSROOTS EMBRACE OF MEAT'S LIFE-SAVING MESSAGE. WHAT BEGAN AS ONE HUMBLE CENTER HAS QUICKLY BECOME A REGIONAL MOVEMENT, BRINGING HOPE, EDUCATION, AND TRANSFORMATION TO SOME OF TANZANIA'S MOST UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS.
- $1,942 spent. SHIELDS FOR LIFE PROGRAMTHE SHIELDS FOR LIFE INITIATIVE PROVIDES REUSABLE HYGIENE KITS AND HEALTH EDUCATION TO ADOLESCENT GIRLS IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA. MODELED AFTER THE DAYS FOR GIRLS NONPROFIT PROGRAM, THESE KITS ARE DISTRIBUTED ALONGSIDE EDUCATIONAL SESSIONS FOCUSED ON MENSTRUAL HEALTH, HYGIENE, REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH, AND PREVENTION OF TEENAGE PREGNANCY AND SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES. THE HYGIENE KITS ARE EITHER DONATED BY U.S.-BASED PARTNERS AND HAND-CARRIED DURING ANNUAL OVERSIGHT VISITS OR LOCALLY PRODUCED BY AFRICAN PARTNERS. HIHIA CURRENTLY PARTNERS WITH LOCAL SEWING INITIATIVES IN SOUTH AFRICA AND KENYA, SUPPORTING SMALL-SCALE EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN AND PROVIDING A SUSTAINABLE LOCAL SUPPLY CHAIN.THE PROGRAM CONTRIBUTES TO HIGHER SCHOOL ATTENDANCE AMONG GIRLS BY ENSURING THEY HAVE THE RESOURCES AND KNOWLEDGE TO MANAGE MENSTRUATION WITH DIGNITY. STAYING IN SCHOOL ALLOWS GIRLS TO ACCESS REGULAR MEALS, AVOID EXPLOITATION, AND MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS ABOUT THEIR HEALTH AND FUTURE. SHIELDS FOR LIFE DIRECTLY SUPPORTS EDUCATIONAL CONTINUITY AND GENDER EQUALITY, WITH LONG-TERM BENEFITS IN POVERTY REDUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.TRUE LOVE WAITS (TLW)TRUE LOVE WAITS IS A CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE, ABSTINENCE-CENTERED HIV PREVENTION PROGRAM DESIGNED TO ADDRESS THE BEHAVIORAL FACTORS FUELING THE HIV EPIDEMIC IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA. IT ENCOURAGES YOUTH TO VALUE THEMSELVES AND MAKE INFORMED CHOICES BY WAITING FOR SEXUAL INTIMACY UNTIL WITHIN A FAITHFUL MARRIAGE. TLW USES PARTICIPATORY LEARNING TO EXPLORE HOW CULTURAL NORMSSUCH AS HAVING MULTIPLE SEXUAL PARTNERSCONTRIBUTE TO HIV TRANSMISSION. HIHIA SUPPORTS TLW THROUGH PROGRAM DELIVERY, FUNDING, AND TRAINING FOR FACILITATORS IN VARIOUS COMMUNITIES.ONE LOVE PROGRAMTHE ONE LOVE CURRICULUM, DEVELOPED BY SAMARITAN'S PURSE AND SUPPORTED BY USAID, IS A MARRIAGE ENRICHMENT INITIATIVE AIMED AT REDUCING HIV TRANSMISSION BY PROMOTING FAITHFULNESS AND MUTUAL RESPECT AMONG COUPLES. THE PROGRAM FOCUSES ON STRENGTHENING MARRIAGES THROUGH PRINCIPLES OF COMPASSION, COMMUNICATION, AND COMPROMISE. PARTICIPANTS ARE EMPOWERED TO MODEL AND TEACH THESE VALUES TO OTHERS IN THEIR COMMUNITIES. HIHIA FUNDS AND FACILITATES ONE LOVE SESSIONS AS PART OF ITS BROADER HIV/AIDS PREVENTION STRATEGY.EDUCATION AND TRAINING: HIV/AIDS PREVENTIONHIHIA PROVIDES TARGETED EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AIMED AT PREVENTING THE SPREAD OF HIV/AIDS. THESE INCLUDE "BASICS OF HIV/AIDS," "TRUE LOVE WAITS," "ONE LOVE," "THERE IS HOPE, AND HEALTH EDUCATION INTEGRATED INTO THE SHIELDS FOR LIFE SESSIONS. EACH PROGRAM IS TAILORED TO EQUIP LOCAL LEADERS, YOUTH, AND FAMILIES WITH ACCURATE INFORMATION ABOUT HIV PREVENTION, BEHAVIORAL RISKS, AND HEALTHY DECISION-MAKING. OUR APPROACH EMPHASIZES TRAINING COMMUNITY INFLUENCERS WHO CAN EDUCATE OTHERS, EXPANDING THE REACH AND SUSTAINABILITY OF OUR WORK.ORPHAN AND VULNERABLE CHILDREN (OVC) PROGRAMHIHIA SERVES ORPHANS AND VULNERABLE CHILDREN (OVCS) IN RURAL COMMUNITIES BY OFFERING AFTER-SCHOOL SUPPORT IN A SAFE ENVIRONMENT. SERVICES INCLUDE DAILY NUTRITIOUS MEALS, HOMEWORK ASSISTANCE, SCHOOL FOLLOW-UP, AND LIFE-SKILLS TRAINING SUCH AS HYGIENE AND SELF-CARE. THESE INTERVENTIONS HELP CHILDREN REMAIN IN SCHOOL, IMPROVE THEIR ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE, AND BUILD RESILIENCE. THE PROGRAM OFFERS EMOTIONAL STABILITY AND EDUCATIONAL CONTINUITY TO CHILDREN WHO MAY OTHERWISE FACE NEGLECT OR DROP OUT OF SCHOOL DUE TO POVERTY OR LACK OF PARENTAL SUPPORT.
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 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 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 May 2006.
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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