GAIA Global Health
Standards For Charity Accountability
Governance
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Board Oversight
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Board Size
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Board Meetings
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Board Compensation
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Conflict of Interest
Measuring Effectiveness
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Effectiveness Policy
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Effectiveness Report
Finances
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Program Expenses
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Fundraising Expenses
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Accumulating Funds
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Audit Report
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Detailed Expense Breakdown
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Accurate Expense Reporting
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Budget Plan
Fundraising & Info
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Truthful Materials
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Annual Report
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Website Disclosures
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Donor Privacy
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Cause Marketing Disclosures
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Complaints
GAIA Global Health does not meet the following 2 Standards for Charity Accountability:
Standard 6 (Board Policy on Effectiveness)
Have a board policy of assessing, no less than every two years, the organization's performance and effectiveness and of determining future actions required to achieve its mission.
GAIA does not meet this Standard because:
- The organization's effectiveness assessment policy does not specify that this assessment will take place at least once every two years.
Standard 7 (Board Approval of Written Report on Effectiveness)
Submit to the organization's governing body, for its approval, a written report that outlines the results of the aforementioned performance and effectiveness assessment and recommendations for future actions.
GAIA does not meet this Standard because:
- The organization did not produce a written report outlining the results of its October 2024 effectiveness assessment.
GAIA Global Health meets the remaining 18 Standards for Charity Accountability.
Stated Purpose:
"to strengthen healthcare in underserved African communities."
Year, State Incorporated:
2000, CA
Also Known As:
Global AIDS Interfaith Alliance
GAIA Global Health (GAIA) partners with local governments by filling in gaps in the healthcare grid through its community-based health services, and increases capacity for the long term through its health workforce development programs. The organization's mobile health clinics provide basic primary health care services, including: preventive care, sexual reproductive health, communicable and non-communicable disease surveillance, screening, testing and treatment, and HIV testing and treatment in rural communities. GAIA supports orphans and vulnerable children living with or at risk for HIV with health education, primary, secondary, and post-secondary school support, and social support. The organization provides admitted nursing students with scholarships to nursing programs to ensure on-time graduation, licensure, and deployment to work in health facilities. GAIA also supports additional nurses with scholarships, new graduates with fellowship opportunities, nursing education institutions with clinical mentors to improve the quality of education provided, nursing regulatory bodies with supervision support and oversight, and the Malawi government with health worker tracking and distribution.
For the year ended December 31, 2023, GAIA Global Health's program expenses were:
UCSF GAIN: $296,986
Nursing program: $257,372
Other programs: $156,868
Human resources for health: $110,537
Mobile health clinics: $1,338,125
Targeted community programs: $77,562
Total Program Expenses: $2,237,450
Chief Executive
Todd Schafer, Executive Director
Compensation*
$197,667
Chair of the Board
Tim Mohan, JD
Chair's Profession / Business Affiliation
Attorney
Board Size
17
Paid Staff Size
7
*2023 compensation includes annual salary and, if applicable, benefit plans, expense accounts, and other allowances.
Method(s) Used:
Direct mail appeals, Grant proposals, Internet, Direct mail appeals, Radio, Special events
Fundraising costs were 13% of related contributions. (Related contributions, which totaled $2,747,983, are donations received as a result of fundraising activities.)
This organization is tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. It is eligible to receive contributions deductible as charitable donations for federal income tax purposes.
The following information is based on GAIA Global Health's audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2023.
Source of Funds
| Grants and contract | $932,610 |
| Special events, net | $543,865 |
| Investment income | $29,627 |
| Employee retention credit | $117,710 |
| Contributions | $1,153,798 |
| Total Income | $2,777,610 |
Programs: 78% Fundraising: 13% Administrative: 9%
| Total Income | $2,777,610 |
| Total expenses: | $2,852,923 |
| Program expenses | $2,237,450 |
| Fundraising expenses | $358,342 |
| Administrative expenses | $257,131 |
| Other expenses | $0 |
| Income in Excess of Expenses | $-75,313 |
| Beginning Net Assets | $688,943 |
| Other Changes In Net Assets | $0 |
| Ending Net Assets | $613,630 |
| Total Liabilities | $97,862 |
| Total Assets | $711,492 |
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Report completed by:
BBB Wise Giving Alliance