Financing Alliance for Health
Financing Alliance for Health (FAH) is a public charity focused on health financing and health-system strengthening. Its 2025 filing lists Bethlehem, Pennsylvania; its website says it is headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya. The organization says it partners with governments to strengthen community and primary health systems and advance universal health coverage.
Financing Alliance for Health at a glance
In short: Financing Alliance for Health reported $311K in grants paid in 2025 (a total; its filing lists no individual grants). Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.
- Grants paid (2025)
- $311,010 — reported as a total on the IRS filing, without an itemized list
- -43.4% vs 2024
- Total assets
- $9,015,930
- +85.2% vs 2024
- Revenue (2025)
- $13,506,421
- +228.3% vs 2024
- Net investment income (2025)
- $47,552
- +3.1% vs 2024
- Expenses (2025)
- $9,212,278
- +22.7% vs 2024
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.
How to apply to Financing Alliance for Health
- Contact
Mailing address: PO Box 4714, Bethlehem, PA 18018-0714
Phone: (877) 829-5500
Website: https://financingalliance.org
Application details from Grantable's research on the foundation's public materials; confirm on its website before applying.
Who Financing Alliance for Health funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Grant Size Distribution
2 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was in the $250–500K range: 1 grant of 2 (50%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
FAH describes its work as Africa-focused, with its strategy addressing community-health financing in Sub-Saharan Africa. Its website reports work mobilizing funding across 16 countries and says the Africa Frontline First initiative strengthened community health systems in 17 countries in 2024. The 2025 filing describes the initiative’s aim as supporting community health service delivery across 10 Sub-Saharan African countries by 2030.
Grant Distribution by State
States
Cities
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2023 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $311K (2025) to $550K (2024). In 2025 it reported $311K in grants paid, as a total without an itemized list.
Hatched bars: grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Last Mile Health Boston, MA | Africa frontline first - institutionalize the community health workers across 10 african countries | $549,786 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $9,015,930 | $13,506,421 | $9,212,278 | $311,010 | Total only | $47,552 |
| 2024 | $4,868,482 | $4,114,081 | $7,505,477 | $549,786 | 1 | $46,106 |
| 2023 | $6,997,989 | $6,920,129 | $4,911,390 | $384,605 | 1 | — |
| 2022 | $3,968,925 | $2,548,518 | $2,182,895 | — | — | — |
| 2021 | $3,307,060 | $2,501,332 | $1,086,609 | — | — | — |
| 2020 | $580,705 | $1,412,104 | $872,627 | — | — | — |
"Total only": grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.
Research compiled by Grantable AI from public sources. Last updated September 2026.
Mission & Focus Areas
FAH’s stated mission is to partner with governments on health financing to strengthen and sustain community health systems, leverage primary health care, and attain universal health coverage. Its website describes four strategic pillars: increasing and aligning community-health funding; advancing policies for sustainable financing and integration of community health into primary health care and universal health coverage; building health-financing skills in African governments; and strengthening partnerships through convening and thought leadership.
The website describes FAH as supporting African governments and working on primary and community health financing. It also offers fiscal-sponsorship services to nonprofits and donor collaboratives, including support with financial management, accounting, grant management, compliance, and reporting. Its fiscal-sponsorship application asks whether a project has a charitable purpose addressing a health-sector or social challenge and is aligned with FAH’s mission of strengthening health in Africa.
Grantmaking
The 2025 filing data lists no grants. FAH reported one grant totaling $549,786 in 2024 and one grant totaling $384,605 in 2023; each year’s total therefore represents the amount of its single reported grant. The 2024 recipient was Last Mile Health. Last Mile Health describes its mission as saving lives in remote communities by developing and managing professionalized community health workers who connect health systems with those communities. The 2023 recipient is not identified in the available information.
FAH’s website describes a fiscal-sponsorship application, rather than a grant application. The form requests contact and project details, including the organization’s mission, stage, geographic coverage, funding status, and annual operating budget. It also asks about charitable purpose, alignment with FAH’s mission, relevant staff experience, and governance or an advisory board. No deadline is stated.
Leadership & Key People
Leadership team and compensation from IRS filings
The 2025 filing lists Dr. Angela Gichaga as CEO through a notation in the filing, and Soleine Scotney and Sizwile Sibindi as co-CEOs with an effective-date notation. It lists Victoria Goodfellow as chair; Varsay Sirleaf as treasurer; and Ambassador John Simon, Dr. Daniel Palazuelos, Dr. Amit Chandra, and Hind Al-Khatib as directors.
Financing Alliance for Health is led by Sizwile Sibindi Eff, Co CEO on the 2025 filing; 2 of 8 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Sizwile Sibindi Eff
Co CEO
New on the 2025 filing
40 hrs/week
$188K (2025)
Soleine Scotney Eff
Co CEO
New on the 2025 filing
40 hrs/week
$107K (2025)
Victoria Goodfellow
Chair
On filings since 2023
10 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Ambassador John Simon
Director
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Amit Chandra
Director
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Daniel Palazuelos
Director
On filings since 2020
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Hind Al-Khatib
Director
On filings since 2024
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Varsay Sirleaf
Treasurer
Director → Treasurer, 2024
On filings since 2023
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (5)
- Former: Angela Gichaga (2020–2025) — CEO · Filing note: Thru 925
- Former: Radha Karnad (2024) — Director
- Former: Anthony Gitau (2020–2023) — Advisory Council
- Former: Nan Chen (2020–2023) — Co-Chair
- Former: Phyllis Heydt (2020–2023) — Co-Chair
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2020–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Compensation Overview
From 2025 IRS filing
The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $204K, to Dr Angela Gichaga Thru 925 (CEO). 3 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.
Frequently asked questions about Financing Alliance for Health
How much does Financing Alliance for Health give each year?
Financing Alliance for Health reported $311K in grants paid in 2025 on its 2025 IRS Form 990, as a total without an itemized list of grants. In 2024 it gave $550K across 1 grant.
How large is Financing Alliance for Health?
Financing Alliance for Health reported $9.0M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $13.5M.
What does Financing Alliance for Health fund?
FAH’s stated mission is to partner with governments on health financing to strengthen and sustain community health systems, leverage primary health care, and attain universal health coverage. See mission & focus areas ↑
How do I apply for a grant from Financing Alliance for Health?
Financing Alliance for Health has no public application process in the sources Grantable reviewed. Check financingalliance.org for current guidelines, or contact the foundation directly before submitting a request.
Where does Financing Alliance for Health make grants?
FAH describes its work as Africa-focused, with its strategy addressing community-health financing in Sub-Saharan Africa. Its website reports work mobilizing funding across 16 countries and says the Africa Frontline First initiative strengthened community health systems in 17 countries in 2024.
What is Financing Alliance for Health's EIN?
Financing Alliance for Health's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 85-0976806. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2020–2025.
Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings. Research dossier generated September 2026.
Data update history
(4)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS November 17, 2025)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS November 15, 2024)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS August 17, 2026)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024
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