Caris Foundation

What Caris Foundation does

Caris Foundation is a Texas Non-Profit Private Foundation established in 2002 and headquartered in Colleyville, Texas. It is solely funded by the Halbert family and three associated family units, with no disclosed outside donors beyond institutional grant partners. The foundation's wholly-owned subsidiary, Caris Foundation International, executes humanitarian programs in seven countries: Haiti (the flagship market), Kenya, Cambodia, Indonesia, Guatemala, China, and the United States.

The foundation delivers a portfolio of direct-service humanitarian programs rather than technology products. Core offerings include the IMPACT YOUTH pediatric HIV/AIDS program across 140+ Haitian hospitals and clinics, a women's empowerment initiative in Kilifi County, Kenya serving 5,000 participants, multi-specialty medical missions (cataract surgery, cleft lip/palate repair, head and neck surgery, general surgery) across Kenya, Indonesia, Guatemala, and China, disaster relief response, and the Caris Asia vision screening program in Cambodia in partnership with EssilorLuxottica. Programs are implemented through 240+ staff, seven regional offices, weekly community group meetings, and partnerships with organizations such as USAID, CMMB, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Health Talents International, and Body & Soul Ministries. Service delivery is free of charge to beneficiaries; there is no product pricing model.

Caris operates as a grant- and donation-funded non-profit. The single largest disclosed inflow is a $98.5 million USAID cooperative agreement awarded in December 2017 for Project Santé, which Caris Foundation International leads as part of a consortium targeting healthcare delivery to up to 4.2 million Haitians over four years. No revenue, financial statements, or technology platform disclosures are provided; the foundation does not operate as a technology company and has no proprietary AI, software, or API assets.

Name

Caris Foundation

Legal name

Caris Foundation

Website

https://carisfoundation.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2002

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Caris Foundation is a Texas-based non-profit, founded in 2002 and funded by the Halbert family, that delivers free humanitarian programs — pediatric HIV care in Haiti, women's empowerment in Kenya, vision screening in Cambodia, and medical missions across multiple countries — serving impoverished populations through 240+ staff and partner hospitals.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Humanitarian Healthcare and Community Development Services

NAICS

Individual and Family Services (6241), Emergency and Other Relief Services (62423), Grantmaking Foundations (813211)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

International & Local Implementing NGOs (HLAJAKAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Maternal, Newborn, Child & Adolescent Health (MNCAH) NGOs (HLAJAKAG), Cash & Voucher Assistance (CVA) and Emergency Livelihood Support (BPAGAAAJ), Public Health & Health Equity Organizations (BPAGACAL)

Keywords

• Humanitarian healthcare services
• Community empowerment programs
• Pediatric HIV treatment
• Medical mission services
• Disaster relief assistance

Headquarters

HQ city

Colleyville

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Private Foundation Funding: Caris Foundation is a Texas Non-Profit Private Foundation established in 2002. It is solely funded by individual donors: Kathryn and David D. Halbert, Kristen and Jeff Barstad, Shannon and Patrick Halbert, and Caroline and Michael Halbert.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Caris Foundation is a non-profit private foundation that delivers free humanitarian healthcare, community empowerment programs, and disaster relief services to impoverished communities across Haiti, Kenya, Indonesia, Cambodia, Guatemala, China, and the United States. Core programs include pediatric HIV testing and treatment in Haiti (IMPACT YOUTH), women's empowerment in Kenya, multi-specialty surgical medical missions in Kenya, Indonesia, Guatemala, and China, vision screening in Cambodia, and disaster relief response.

Product overview

Caris Foundation is a humanitarian non-profit organization offering a portfolio of social service and healthcare programs. The core offerings include: (1) Women's Empowerment Program in Kenya providing economic, health, and literacy support to single mothers; (2) IMPACT YOUTH Program in Haiti delivering pediatric HIV testing, treatment, and support services; (3) Medical Missions spanning general surgery, head & neck surgery, eye/cataract surgery, and cleft lip/palate surgeries across Kenya, Indonesia, Guatemala, and China; (4) Disaster Relief services responding to global emergencies; and (5) Caris Asia vision screening in Cambodia. These programs are implemented as standalone humanitarian initiatives, not as a unified technology product platform.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• IMPACT YOUTH: A program focused on supporting happy and healthy development of children and families affected by HIV, providing testing, tracking, follow-up, kids clubs, mothers clubs, school programs, vocational training, and microfinance for OVC in Haiti.

Products and services

• IMPACT YOUTH Pediatric HIV Program

Quantifiable outcome

• 4.2 million people to be served through USAID Project Santé
• +7 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Catholic Medical Mission Board (CMMB)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 18 December 2017CMMB is part of the Santé Consortium alongside Caris Foundation International and Haitian Health Foundation, working together to expand essential healthcare services in Haiti.
• Haitian Health FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 18 December 2017Part of the Santé Consortium working with Caris Foundation International and CMMB to deliver quality health care services across Haiti.
• Body & Soul MinistriescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLong-term partnership for conducting biannual eye surgery camps in Indonesia (Northern Sumatra and Nias island), completing over 5,000 cataract surgeries since 2005.
• Health Talents InternationalcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for cleft lip and cleft palate surgeries operating at Clinica Caris in the interior highlands of Guatemala.
• Chinese Agape FoundationminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for cleft lip and cleft palate surgeries in various cities in China.
• Vanderbilt University Medical CentercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDr. James Netterville, Professor of Otolaryngology at Vanderbilt, leads head and neck surgery programs in Kenya, training local medical personnel.
• Tawfiq HospitalcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTawfiq Hospital in Malindi, Kenya hosts head and neck surgery camps organized by Caris Foundation.
• EssilorLuxotticacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for vision screening program in Cambodia, providing Ready2Clip frames and lenses for same-day screening and treatment of students.
• Zanmi Lasante (Partners In Health)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on teacher training for health education in remote schools across Central Plateau region of Haiti.
• Haitian Ministry of Health (MSPP)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerClose partnership with Haitian Ministry of Health, National Laboratory of Public Health, and HIV Cluster for developing national pediatric guidelines.
• University of NairobiminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for head and neck surgery camp in Kenya with participation from University of Nairobi medical personnel.
• USNS ComfortminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for annual Caris Kids Day events providing recreational activities for children in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

Scale indicators13 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Partners In Health (Zanmi Lasante): Partners In Health runs Zanmi Lasante, the original Caris Haiti network partner that co-develops health worker training and HIV programming on Haiti's Central Plateau. Closest direct comparable on model: integrated clinical care, community accompaniment, and pediatric HIV in the same Haiti geography.
• Catholic Medical Mission Board (CMMB): CMMB is a Project Santé consortium co-implementer with Caris Foundation International and Haitian Health Foundation. Faith-rooted, multi-country health and humanitarian delivery organization with comparable funding mix (US government, private donors) and overlapping HIV/MCH/maternal footprint.
• Haitian Health Foundation: Haitian Health Foundation is the third Project Santé consortium member. Multi-decade Haiti-focused delivery organization running clinical, nutrition, and community programming — directly comparable on geography, target population, and donor mix.
• International Medical Corps: IMC delivers integrated health, mental health, and gender-based violence programming in fragile states, often as a USAID prime recipient. Comparable on the mix of direct clinical service, emergency response, and large-scale US-government cooperative agreements.
• Mercy Ships: Mercy Ships and Caris both deliver surgical camp missions to low-income populations in Africa, focusing on specialty procedures (ophthalmology, ENT, reconstructive). Directly comparable on rotational clinical missions, volunteer-driven model, and faith-rooted funding.
• Health Talents International: Caris' direct partner organization co-running the Clinica Caris cleft lip/palate program in Guatemala. Faith-rooted medical mission organization delivering specialty surgical care in Central America — directly comparable on model, geography, and delivery mechanism.
• Body & Soul Ministries: Caris' biannual Northern Sumatra and Nias eye surgery camp partner since 2005. Comparable on faith-rooted volunteer-driven cataract mission delivery and Indonesia geography; closely aligned operating model.

Broad incumbents

• Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières: MSF is the global incumbent in medical humanitarian response — broader scope, much larger footprint, more diversified funding. Comparable on direct-service clinical model in fragile states but operates at a materially different scale and with a non-faith identity.
• Clinton Health Access Initiative: CHAI operates across HIV, MCH, and health systems in low- and middle-income countries with significant funder (Clinton Foundation, USAID, Gates) overlap. Compares on pediatric HIV subject matter expertise and large-scale government-funded implementation; broader and more commercially structured than Caris.
• Compassion International: Compassion delivers faith-rooted child sponsorship, health, education, and economic empowerment across 25+ countries with multi-decade presence. Comparable on holistic physical/emotional/spiritual/economic model and Kids/Mothers Club-style community groups; operates at dramatically larger scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/carishaiti
• Facebookfacebook.com/carishaiti
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/caris-foundation

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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