Global Care Alliance

What Global Care Alliance does

Global Care Alliance, Inc. is a faith-based 501c3 humanitarian nonprofit incorporated in 2007 (predecessor activities from 2005) and headquartered at 3755 Avocado Blvd., La Mesa, California. It delivers food, housing, clean water, healthcare, and community programs to marginalized populations in Mexico, Burundi, Nepal, and Lebanon, with documented impact including 375,000+ meals served, 126 homes built, a water system serving 6,000 people, and a medical clinic treating 900+ patients per month.

The organization's core 'products' are discrete humanitarian programs rather than a unified technology platform. Key programs include Frances Kitchen (Colonet, Mexico), the Vicente Guerrero Medical Clinic and Community Center (Baja California, Mexico), the Batwa Porridge Program, Housing Project, and Gahararo Water Project (Burundi), the Renewal Community Center (Musama slum, Bujumbura), and the Kaule Goat Project (Nepal). Programs are delivered through local in-country partners — Harvest Initiatives, Xochicalco University School of Medicine, the Himalayan Tribal Development Council, CARE for the Children Burundi, and individual partner leaders — with GCA providing funding, oversight, and mission-trip volunteer deployment. There is no proprietary technology stack; the website runs on Squarespace and donations are processed via Donorbox.

The revenue model is 100% donation-funded, with no fees charged to beneficiaries. Donations are solicited through the website, email newsletters, social media, annual fundraising events, and organized mission trips that allow donors to witness impact firsthand. The organization is founder-controlled by Niles R. Sharif, a trial lawyer with 30 years of experience who serves as president; headcount is 1–10 employees, with operations depending heavily on volunteers and local partners.

Name

Global Care Alliance

Legal name

Global Care Alliance, Inc.

Website

https://globalcarealliance.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2005

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Global Care Alliance is a faith-based 501c3 nonprofit delivering food, housing, water, and medical care programs to marginalized communities in Mexico, Burundi, Nepal, and Lebanon through local in-country partners and donations.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Humanitarian Aid and Community Development

NAICS

Community Food and Housing, and Emergency and Other Relief Services (6242), Community Food Services (624210), Community Housing Services (62422), Emergency and Other Relief Services (62423)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Health Services (8000), Services-Misc Health & Allied Services, Nec (8090)

akta.pro primary industry

International & Local Implementing NGOs (HLAJAKAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Nutrition & Food Security (Global Health) NGOs (HLAJAKAH), Humanitarian Health Coordination & Emergency Response Partnerships (HLAJAOAI)

Keywords

• Humanitarian aid services
• Nonprofit charity programs
• Community development aid
• Food assistance programs
• Medical clinic services

Headquarters

HQ city

La Mesa

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Donations and Charitable Contributions: Global Care Alliance operates entirely on donations from individuals, organizations, and foundations. Donors contribute through the website (Donorbox), at fundraising events, and through specific project sponsorships.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Global Care Alliance is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit humanitarian organization that delivers food, housing, clean water, medical care, education support, and community development programs to "forgotten" indigenous and marginalized populations in Mexico, Burundi, Nepal, and Lebanon. Programs include daily feeding, residential housing construction, a clean water system, a medical clinic, community centers, livestock distribution, and school supply provision, all funded by donations and delivered through local in-country partners.

Product overview

Global Care Alliance is a humanitarian nonprofit organization (501c3) that provides relief to forgotten people in the poorest countries through food, housing, water, and medical care programs. The organization operates multiple distinct humanitarian programs across Mexico, Burundi, Nepal, and Lebanon. Core programs include Frances Kitchen feeding program and the Vicente Guerrero Medical Clinic in Mexico; porridge feeding programs, housing construction, water systems, and Renewal Community Centers in Burundi; goat distribution projects in Nepal; and mission trip programs to Lebanon. The organization partners with local entities including Xochicalco University School of Medicine, Harvest Initiatives, CARE for the Children Burundi, and the Himalayan Tribal Development Council to deliver services. Programs are funded through donations and operate as standalone initiatives rather than a unified technology platform.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Frances Kitchen A daily feeding program in Colonet, Mexico that provides hot meals to 100-125 underprivileged children every school day; operated by local partner Frances Sifuentes.
• Medical Clinic in Vicente Guerrero A medical clinic serving underserved migrant farmworker communities in the San Quintin Valley, Mexico, offering general practice, psychology, nutrition, ophthalmology, optometry, diabetic counseling, and physical therapy services.
• Community Center in Vicente Guerrero A 4,000-square-foot community center in Vicente Guerrero, Mexico offering English, computer, music, and ballet classes, health and nutritional training, and vocational training, and currently housing the Ancla Eterna school for special needs children and adults.
• Batwa Porridge Program A daily porridge feeding program serving children in the Batwa villages of Gahararo and Ruganirwa in Burundi, providing bowls of hot enriched porridge fortified with vitamins and nutrients.
• Batwa Housing Project Construction of permanent adobe homes equipped with solar lighting for Batwa families in Gahararo (72 families) and Ruganirwa (54 families) in Muyinga Province, Burundi.
• Gahararo Water Project A clean water system serving approximately 6,000 people from Batwa, Hutu, and Tutsi communities in Gahararo and surrounding villages in Burundi; the largest privately funded water project in Burundi.
• Renewal Community Center A community center in the Musama slum of Bujumbura, Burundi providing children a safe place to study, socialize, play games and sports, eat, and learn, currently serving 300 children daily.
• Kaule Goat Project A livestock distribution program providing female goats to 50 poor Chepang families in Kaule village, Nepal, with a village goat committee managing breeding programs to deliver income and protein.
• School Uniforms and Supplies Program A program providing school uniforms, shoes, and supplies to Batwa children in Burundi who cannot attend school without these required items.
• Christmas Party Program An annual Christmas party providing toys, meals, and gifts to children and families in migrant farmworker communities in Mexico.

Quantifiable outcome

• Reduced child starvation deaths from 3/month to near zero in Gahararo
• +6 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

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App detail

Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• CARE for the Children BurundicoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Founded by Marie Chantal Irakoze. Forms empowerment groups of up to 40 women who support each other and make small business loans with seed money. Over 50% of adult women in Mutambara participate.
• Xochicalco University School of MedicinecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2018Medical school in Tijuana provides two doctors per year to serve one-year residencies at GCA's medical clinic in Vicente Guerrero, Mexico. GCA provides facility and funding while Xochicalco supplies medical residents.
• Harvest InitiativescoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2012Primary partner organization in Burundi, founded by Onesphore Manirakiza and now directed by Donatien Ndagijimana. Manages GCA's Batwa village programs including porridge, housing, water, and solar projects. Provides on-ground coordination, staff, and local expertise.
• Ancla Eterna (Eternal Anchor)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSchool for special needs children and adults using GCA's community center facility in Vicente Guerrero 5 days per week. GCA provides free facility access while Ancla Eterna operates its school program.
• Himalayan Tribal Development CouncilcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNepal partner organization run by Pastor Raju Bhitrakoti. Coordinates GCA projects with Chepang people in Kaule village including goat distribution program.
• Frances SifuentescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocal Mexican woman who originally fed migrant children from a dilapidated center. GCA built her a new kitchen in 2007. She continues to feed 100-125 children daily, having served approximately 375,000 meals by end of 2022.
• Ruth Ammi AvinaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocal woman in Vicente Guerrero who identified need for community gathering space. Partnered with GCA to acquire land and build the 4,000 sq ft community center.
• Victor KwizeracoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocal Burundian partner who built and operates the Renewal community center in Musama slum. Works with children and adults addressing social problems. Leads efforts to establish second center in Busoro.
• The Cries of a Child (TCOAC)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerChildren's home in Bukeye, Burundi founded by Americans Isai and Samantha Torres. Features group homes, medical facility, and small farm. GCA visits and supports during mission trips.
• Salaam MinistriesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFounded by Hesham Shehab (former Hamas assassin turned Christian). Lebanese ministry doing outreach to Muslims in Beirut. Shehab is now based in Chicago but maintains connections in Lebanon.
• Pastor Mohammed YamoutcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPastor in Tyre, Lebanon doing outreach to Syrian and Iraqi refugees. Leads small church in Hezbollah stronghold area. Working with GCA to explore potential projects in Lebanon.

Scale indicators12 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Convoy of Hope: Faith-based humanitarian organization delivering food, water, and disaster relief with community-development programs. Comparable donor-acquisition model (events, individual giving) and integrated food/WASH focus.
• MAP International: Faith-based humanitarian organization providing medicines and health services to communities in need globally. Comparable Christian charity model and similar size to GCA with comparable medical clinic focus.
• Food for the Hungry: Evangelical Christian nonprofit focused on community development through food security, WASH, and livelihoods in some of the same geographies as GCA. Most operationally comparable peer at a similar community-transformation scale.
• Living Water International: Faith-based WASH nonprofit drilling wells and serving communities in developing countries. Most directly comparable for GCA's signature Gahararo water project, which is described as the largest privately funded water project in Burundi.

Broad incumbents

• Food for the Poor: Christian nonprofit delivering food, housing, water, and medical aid to Latin America and the Caribbean. Comparable integrated program model with housing and water projects similar to GCA's Batwa housing and Gahararo water programs.
• Compassion International: Faith-based child sponsorship organization operating in dozens of developing countries including Burundi, Mexico, and Nepal. Comparable beneficiary model (children, food, education, healthcare) and donor acquisition via storytelling, but at much larger institutional scale.
• World Vision: Global Christian humanitarian organization running WASH, food security, and community development programs in Mexico, Burundi, Nepal, and Lebanon. Closest peer in terms of integrated program model (food + water + housing + healthcare) and country overlap.
• Mercy Corps: Large humanitarian organization active in Nepal, Burundi, and Lebanon delivering food security, WASH, and emergency relief. Comparable in program mix but secular and at significantly larger institutional scale.
• Samaritan's Purse: Large evangelical humanitarian organization delivering food, water, medical care, and emergency relief globally. Closest spiritual and operational analog to GCA at vastly greater scale, with disaster response and child sponsorship programs in many of the same geographies.

Emerging players

• International Justice Mission: Faith-based organization operating with field offices in similar geographies. Comparable in evangelical funding base and founder-led model, but focused on human rights rather than direct service delivery.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/globalcarealliance
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/global-care-alliance

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

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