Children's Aids Fund

What Children's Aids Fund does

Children's AIDS Fund International (doing business as Children's AIDS Fund / CAFI) is a Washington, DC–based 501(c)-equivalent nonprofit founded in 1991 to limit the suffering of children and families impacted by HIV/AIDS. The organization operates programs in six countries — Malawi, South Africa, Russia, Uganda, the United States, and Zambia — delivering HIV care and treatment, prevention of mother-to-child transmission, support for orphans and vulnerable children (OVC), and emergency financial assistance to HIV-affected households in the US.

Its service delivery runs through two primary commercial surfaces. The first is an e-commerce donation storefront (childrensaidsfund.org/store) offering 26+ designated charitable products priced $8–$450 across six categories: health/nutrition (e.g., one month of HIV medicine for $35, opportunistic infection medicine for $50, mother-to-child transmission prevention for $75); education and life skills (e.g., primary school tuition at $200/year, secondary school tuition at $300/year); agriculture and microenterprise (chickens, goats, pigs, fish ponds, seed funds); local partner support; and handcraft items such as Ugandan paper-bead necklaces. The storefront explicitly accepts US orders only. The second is a vehicle donation program routed through email inquiries. Programs are implemented in-country via four named local partners — Sophumelela Centre Inc (South Africa), Circle of Hope (Zambia), Destiny Friends International (Uganda), and Friends of the Needy (Uganda) — each tied to specific donation SKUs at $125–$200.

The organization is funded entirely through donations and charitable contributions; no funding rounds, grants, corporate sponsorships, or revenue figures are disclosed in the source data. Marketing is limited to the website, a Facebook page, a YouTube channel, and email signup. The organization employs 11–50 people, has no disclosed management team, no app, no API, no AI/ML capability, no patents, no certifications, and no disclosed awards. The website's blog section contains foreign-language content unrelated to the mission (e.g., Italian, German, Slovak, Hindi, Hungarian, Polish articles promoting online gambling), which is a material governance signal worth flagging in any diligence.

Name

Children's Aids Fund

Legal name

Children's AIDS Fund International

Website

https://childrensaidsfund.org

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Children's AIDS Fund International is a Washington, DC–based nonprofit founded in 1991 that delivers HIV care, prevention, and orphan support programs to children and families in six countries (Malawi, South Africa, Russia, Uganda, USA, Zambia), funded through individual donations via an online charitable storefront and partnerships with local implementing organizations.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Pediatric HIV/AIDS Humanitarian Charity

NAICS

Child and Youth Services (62411), Child and Youth Services (624110), Social Assistance (624)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Community Health & Prevention Program Funding (HLAJALAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Maternal, Child & Family Health Program Funding (HLAJALAG), Child Protection & Child Rights (BPAGABAG), Protection, Child Protection & Gender-Based Violence (GBV) Response (BPAGAAAG)

Keywords

• HIV/AIDS charitable support
• Pediatric HIV programs
• Orphan care services
• Donation-based funding
• Global health charity

Headquarters

HQ city

Washington

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations and Charitable Contributions: The organization operates as a non-profit charity accepting donations from individuals, corporations, and other entities to fund HIV/AIDS care, treatment, prevention, and support programs for children and families.

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Children's AIDS Fund International is a nonprofit organization that funds and delivers HIV/AIDS care, treatment, prevention, and orphan-support programs for children and families in Malawi, South Africa, Russia, Uganda, the United States, and Zambia. Its offer is operationalized through a donation-based e-commerce catalog of 26+ designated gift items spanning health/medical care, education, livelihoods, animal husbandry, microenterprise, and local partner capacity building.

Product overview

Children's AIDS Fund International operates a charitable donation e-commerce platform offering designated financial contributions to support HIV/AIDS programs globally. The product portfolio consists of 26 distinct donation products organized into six categories: (1) Health & Medical donations covering HIV Medicine, Opportunistic Infection Medicine, Clinical Intervention to Prevent HIV from Mother-to-Child, Dentist and Special Visits, and Counseling Orphans; (2) Education & Life Skills including Primary and Secondary School Tuition, School Uniforms, School Supplies, and Life Skills Training; (3) Animal & Agriculture donations featuring Chickens, Goats, Pigs, Fish & Fish Ponds, and Seedlings for Gardens; (4) Entrepreneurial Opportunities with Seed Funds and Microenterprise support; (5) Local Partner Support including Mentorship and Technical Training; and (6) Handcrafted Arts & Crafts items like paper bead necklaces made in Uganda. The organization serves families and children in Malawi, South Africa, Russia, Uganda, United States, and Zambia through HIV Care, Treatment, Prevention, and Orphan support programs.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• HIV Medicine One month of antiretroviral HIV medicine for an adult or child, including blood tests that monitor disease progression; supported via a $35 donation.
• Opportunistic Infection Medicine Medicine for adults and children with HIV suffering from opportunistic infections such as bacterial and viral infections, cancers, and pneumonias; suggested $50 donation for one year of supply.
• Clinical Intervention to Prevent HIV from Mother-to-Child Prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission program including counseling and clinical intervention for pregnant mothers; $75 donation.
• Counseling Orphans Six months of counseling support for HIV orphans and impacted children to help them understand HIV disease and learn to deal with its impact on their lives; $50 donation.
• Dentist and Special Visits Specialist medical visits for HIV patients who cannot afford treatment for other health conditions such as dental work, cancer, high blood pressure, and respiratory issues; $60 donation.
• Emergency Financial Assistance for HIV Families in the US One-time emergency assistance to financially challenged HIV-impacted children and families in the US for necessities such as housing, utilities, and medicine; $50-$250 donation options.
• School Supplies, 1 Year One year of school supplies including books to improve literacy for HIV-impacted children; $45 donation.
• Primary School Uniform, 1 Year Primary school uniform donation for HIV-impacted children for one year; $80 donation.
• Secondary School Uniform, 1 Year Secondary school uniform donation for HIV-impacted students for one year; $125 donation.
• Primary School Tuition, 1 Year One year of primary school tuition for HIV-impacted children in Uganda, Zambia, Malawi, and South Africa; $200 donation.
• Secondary School Tuition, 1 Year One year of secondary school tuition for HIV-impacted children; $300 donation.
• Life Skills Training for Vulnerable Youth Six months of vocational life-skills training for vulnerable young girls unable to attend school, enabling them to earn a living wage and reduce HIV/AIDS susceptibility; $250 donation.
• Prevention Education for Youth Ages 10-18

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation: The leading US-based nonprofit focused exclusively on ending pediatric HIV/AIDS and supporting HIV-positive children and families globally. Highly comparable mission, beneficiary population (children and mothers), and PMTCT program focus.
• mothers2mothers: African-based nonprofit employing Mentor Mothers to deliver PMTCT and early childhood development services. Directly overlaps with CAFI's mother-to-child transmission prevention and OVC support programs in sub-Saharan Africa.
• Keep a Child Alive: Founded to provide HIV/AIDS treatment to children and families in Africa. Closely mirrors CAFI's combination of pediatric HIV clinical care, family support, and community-partner delivery model.
• (RED): HIV/AIDS-focused fundraising organization partnering with consumer brands to fund programs in sub-Saharan Africa. Comparable mission and donor-facing commercial partnership model.

Broad incumbents

• UNICEF USA: Major international children's organization with broad child welfare, health, and education programs including OVC support. Operates at vastly larger scale with institutional funding across the same beneficiary geographies.
• World Vision: Large Christian humanitarian organization running child sponsorship, health, education, and economic development programs across sub-Saharan Africa including HIV-impacted communities. Broad overlap in program mix and geographies.
• Save the Children: Global child rights and welfare organization operating HIV, health, education, and livelihoods programs in the same African countries as CAFI. Comparable integrated family-and-child approach with much larger institutional footprint.
• Compassion International: Christian child sponsorship organization supporting individual children in developing countries including Uganda, Zambia, Malawi, and South Africa. Directly comparable donation-product catalog and child-sponsorship model.
• AIDS Healthcare Foundation: Largest global HIV/AIDS organization providing treatment, testing, and prevention across dozens of countries. Overlaps with CAFI's HIV care and treatment programs but operates at global provider scale rather than small charity scale.
• Catholic Relief Services: US-based international humanitarian agency with substantial HIV/AIDS, OVC, education, and economic development programming across sub-Saharan Africa, often working through faith-based local partners — a delivery model similar to CAFI's.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@ChildrensAIDSFund
• Facebookfacebook.com/profile.php?id=100083100866577
• Xx.com/CAF_UG
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/childrens-aids-fund

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