What Project Heal Ethiopia does

Project Heal Ethiopia (legally Project Heal Foundation, Inc.) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization founded in 2015 by Dan and Colleen Taylor following their adoption journey in Ethiopia. The organization operates an all-volunteer US-based team (no paid staff) and partners with Love for the Children Ethiopia to run Love for the Children Academy, a primary school in Chacha, approximately 70 miles north of Addis Ababa. The academy delivers free education, two daily meals, annual medical checkups, uniforms and supplies, and family-extended healthcare to impoverished children and their immediate families in rural Ethiopia.

Core programs include a $40-per-month recurring Child Sponsorship Program, one-time donations via Classy.org and GoFundMe, peer-to-peer fundraising tools (Pledge Your Birthday, Start A Campaign), a corporate Matching Gifts program, and recurring community events (MFC fundraiser, Pure Barre classes, Nashville Sounds games, EMPOWER Benefit). Non-recurring initiatives include the Spotlight Campaign for school construction (Phase Two groundbreaking May 2019) and medical referral partnerships with Dr. Rick Hodes and FOCOS Hospital (Ghana) for complex procedures such as the ~$22,500 spinal surgery for student Debebe Alemayehu.

Revenue mechanics are dispersed across individual sponsors, event proceeds, and matched gifts; there is no proprietary technology platform, no disclosed revenue or annual budget figures, and operations run on volunteer labor with a small on-site Ethiopia staff of ~12 led by Director Dereje and Principal Demisew. Enrollment grew from an inaugural class of 79 students in September 2016 to 213 by January 2022, including displaced children absorbed from Amhara-region civil unrest; the academy also enrolled a full-time on-site nurse (April 2021) as its first dedicated medical hire.

Name

Project Heal Ethiopia

Legal name

Project Heal Foundation, Inc.

Website

https://projecthealethiopia.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Project Heal Ethiopia is a 501(c)(3) non-profit that operates Love for the Children Academy in Chacha, Ethiopia, delivering education, two daily meals, healthcare, and family preservation services to impoverished children through a $40-per-month recurring child sponsorship program.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Nonprofit Child Sponsorship & Humanitarian Aid

NAICS

Educational Support Services (611710), Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations (813), Grantmaking and Giving Services (81321), Community Food Services (624210)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

NGO/Nonprofit Education Programs & Service Delivery (EDADALAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

International Development & Donor-Funded Education Programs (EDADALAB), Refugee, Crisis & Humanitarian Education Partnerships (EiE) (EDADALAG), Refugee, IDP & Migration Humanitarian Assistance (BPAGAAAH)

Keywords

• Child sponsorship program
• Nonprofit education services
• Humanitarian aid Ethiopia
• Community fundraising programs
• Rural school operations

Headquarters

HQ city

Franklin

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Child Sponsorship Program: Monthly recurring donations of $40 per sponsored child. Each sponsorship covers school attendance, two meals per day, annual medical check-ups, uniform, backpack, and school supplies for one student at Love for the Children Academy. Healthcare for the student and their immediate family is also included.
2. One-Time Donations: General donations made through Classy.org and GoFundMe platforms. Donors can give to specific campaigns such as the Spotlight Campaign for school construction, Christmas meal programs for families, and the Campaign for Debebe (medical surgery funding).
3. Matching Gifts: Corporate matching gift program where employers match charitable donations made by their employees to Project HEAL.
4. Fundraising Events: Proceeds from hosted events such as the Music Food Cornhole (MFC) fundraiser, Pure Barre classes, Noonday Jewelry trunk shows, Nashville Sounds baseball games, and the EMPOWER Benefit at Stable Reserve.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Project Heal Ethiopia operates a Student Sponsorship Program ($40/month) that funds impoverished children's attendance at Love for the Children Academy in Chacha, Ethiopia, providing education (Amharic and English curriculum), two nutritious meals per school day, annual medical check-ups, uniforms, backpacks, school supplies, and healthcare extended to immediate family members. The organization is entirely volunteer-run and delivers these services through its in-country partner, Love for the Children Ethiopia, supplemented by fundraising campaigns, mission trips, and corporate matching gift programs.

Product overview

Project Heal Ethiopia is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that operates primarily through its student sponsorship program and partnership with Love for the Children Academy. The core offering is the Student Sponsorship Program ($40/month), which funds children's education, meals, and healthcare at Love for the Children Academy in Chacha, Ethiopia. Supporting programs include peer-to-peer fundraising tools (Pledge Your Birthday, Start A Campaign), corporate matching gifts, volunteer opportunities, and the Spotlight Campaign for school construction. The organization consists solely of volunteers and does not offer a traditional software product or platform.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Student Sponsorship Program Monthly recurring child sponsorship ($40/month) covering education, two daily meals, annual medical check-ups, uniforms, backpacks, school supplies, and extended family healthcare for impoverished children at Love for the Children Academy in Chacha, Ethiopia. Sponsors receive family history, photos, letter exchanges, and updates.
• Love for the Children Academy (LFCA) K-through-approximately-fifth-grade academy in Chacha, Ethiopia (about 70 miles north of Addis Ababa) delivering education in Amharic and English, two daily meals, on-site nursing, and family healthcare to impoverished children.
• Spotlight Campaign - School Construction Fundraising campaign to construct the permanent Love for the Children Academy compound; Phase One (completed) added a 4-classroom building with washroom, kitchen, and cafeteria, with Phase Two adding four additional classrooms.
• Pledge Your Birthday Peer-to-peer fundraising program enabling supporters to create personal birthday campaigns where 100% of raised funds directly support Project HEAL's health, education, achievement, and love programs for children in Ethiopia.
• Start A Campaign Peer-to-peer fundraising platform allowing individuals or teams to launch custom campaigns in support of Project HEAL's school-building initiative and broader mission.
• Matching Gifts Program Corporate matching gift program enabling employers to match employee donations to Project HEAL, effectively doubling each contribution's impact.
• Volunteer & Mission Trip Program Volunteer engagement opportunities including local at-home volunteering and mission trips to Ethiopia to support Love for the Children Academy operations.

Quantifiable outcome

• 213 students sponsored and enrolled as of January 2022
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and minor.

• Love for the Children EthiopiacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerProject HEAL's primary strategic partner based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Together they opened Love for the Children Academy in Chacha, Ethiopia in September 2016. Project HEAL provides financial and collaborative support while Love for the Children Ethiopia operates the academy on the ground. Both organizations plan to increase the size of the academy each school year and develop income-generating programs for parents of students.
• Dr. Rick HodesmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAmerican medical doctor specializing in cancer, heart disease, and spinal conditions who has worked in Ethiopia since the 1980s. Dr. Hodes coordinated life-saving spinal surgery for LFCA student Debebe Alemayehu, partnering with Dr. Boachie in Ghana. He opened his home to patients during treatment and provides ongoing medical coordination.
• FOCOS (FOCOS Hospital Ghana)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFOCOS (Foundation of Orthopedics and Complex Spine) is led by Dr. Oheneba Boachie-Adjei, a world-renowned orthopedic surgeon. FOCOS performs complex spinal surgeries in Ghana for Project HEAL students who cannot receive such care in Ethiopia. Debebe Alemayehu underwent life-saving spinal surgery at FOCOS.
• Cure Hospital EthiopiaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational hospital network with a location in Ethiopia. Students Debebe and Fasika were seen as patients at Cure Hospital Ethiopia during initial medical consultations.
• Ordinary HerominorStrategic or Co-development PartnerOrganization based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia that provides guest house accommodations for Project HEAL mission teams and runs a feeding program on Entoto Mountain. Their driver Getachew (Gecho) provides transportation for Project HEAL visits.
• The Shoe That GrowsminorOthersOrganization providing durable shoes that grow up to 5 sizes for children living in extreme poverty. A supporter (Dede Cropper) raised funds through this organization to provide shoes for all children at Love for the Children Academy.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves10 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Plan International: Major NGO focused on children's rights, education, and gender equality, with active programs in Ethiopia. A broad incumbent with overlapping education-and-health offerings but operating at much larger scale and broader scope.
• World Vision: Global humanitarian organization running child sponsorship, education, and community development programs across Ethiopia and dozens of other countries. A broad incumbent offering overlapping capabilities as part of a much larger portfolio.
• Free The Children (WE Charity): Large NGO focused on education and child development in developing regions, with a school-adoption sponsorship model. Has overlapping donor-engagement and school-building mechanics, though operates at significantly larger scale.

Direct peers

• Compassion International: The largest Christian child sponsorship organization, with a near-identical $X/month sponsorship model that funds education, meals, and healthcare for children in developing countries including Ethiopia. The most direct functional comparable to Project HEAL's sponsorship-plus-academy model.
• ChildFund International: International child-focused NGO operating sponsorship programs that fund education, healthcare, and nutrition in developing countries including Ethiopia. Closely matches Project HEAL's sponsorship model and target beneficiary profile.
• Pencils of Promise: Nonprofit that builds schools and funds education programs in developing countries, with a strong school-construction fundraising campaign structure analogous to Project HEAL's Spotlight Campaign. Comparable in mission (education access) and capital-project fundraising model.
• Razia's Ray of Hope Foundation: Small nonprofit operating a school for girls in Afghanistan that combines education with meals, healthcare, and family support—an unusually close structural analogue to Project HEAL's Love for the Children Academy model in scale, mission, and holistic service delivery.

Regional players

• Hope for Ethiopia Women: Small US-based nonprofit supporting education, health, and economic development programs in Ethiopia. Regionally and operationally comparable as a small diaspora-founded nonprofit partnering with in-country implementers in Ethiopia.
• EthiopiaReads: Ethiopia-focused nonprofit building libraries, publishing local-language children's books, and expanding literacy. A regional education player with overlapping mission (literacy and education access) but a different delivery mechanism (libraries vs. schools).
• Children of Ethiopia Education Fund (COEEF): Small-to-mid scale nonprofit dedicated specifically to improving education access for children in Ethiopia. Very comparable in geography and beneficiary focus, though primarily a scholarship program rather than a full academy.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/projecthealeth
• Facebookfacebook.com/projecthealethiopia
• Instagraminstagram.com/projecthealethiopia
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/project-heal-foundation

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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