Health & Hope Foundation

What Health & Hope Foundation does

Health & Hope Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization (EIN 47-1816192) headquartered in Edmonds, Washington, that delivers an integrated portfolio of programs targeting cycles of generational poverty in East Africa and Mongolia. The foundation operates a five-pillar program model: (1) Healthcare Outreach delivering portable medical, dental, and vision clinics to remote communities in Tanzania and Mongolia; (2) Tumaini Tutor School, a free tutoring program serving ~200 orphaned and vulnerable children ages 4-18 in Mwanza, Tanzania, with Wi-Fi tablets, science labs, and uniform/shoe lending libraries; (3) Women's Business Program providing microloans (5% interest returning to a community revolving fund), business training, and start-up capital to ~150 widowed women running diversified micro-enterprises; (4) Water Safety & Education deploying EC-Kit field microbiology tests and MSR/Global SE 200 community chlorination systems for point-of-use water treatment; and (5) the Safe House for Maasai girls in Nainokanoka Village sheltering girls from FGM and early marriage while preparing them for secondary school.

The organization's underlying technology stack is mission-specific rather than proprietary: EC-Kit enables body-heat incubation for E.coli field testing; MSR/SE 200 systems generate chlorine concentrate from salt and a 7V battery or solar cell; solar lamp systems include USB charging and 1-2 year lifetime guarantees; and 25 Wi-Fi tablets deliver Generation Genius science programs. Days for Girls chapters in Washington and Colorado plus local Tanzanian chapters produce 4,000+ washable menstrual hygiene kits since 2015. Healthcare delivery relies on volunteer teams working alongside the Selela Medical Dispensary staff (1 MD, 1 midwife) and Maasai physician Dr. Grace Lemomo of Naisulu Women's Health Organization.

The revenue model is donation-monetized: contributions from individual donors and sponsors processed through Network for Good, unit-priced programmatic giving ($360/year scholarship, $50 solar lamp, $50 uniform, $15-$27 shoes), and community fundraising events such as the annual Leprechaun Leap 5K/10K ($10K raised in 2021, $18.25K in 2023). A secondary microloan stream generates 5% interest that recycles into the community bank. Founded in 2012 with the launch of Tumaini Tutor School and formally established as a nonprofit in 2015, the organization operates with 6 employees and a volunteer-driven delivery model across Tanzania (Mwanza, Ngorongoro, Selela, Irrekeepsie) and Mongolia (Altai Mountains).

Name

Health & Hope Foundation

Legal name

Health & Hope Foundation

Website

https://healthandhopefoundation.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Health & Hope Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit operating integrated healthcare, education, women's economic empowerment, and water safety programs serving 600+ orphaned children, widowed women, and Maasai and Mongolian indigenous communities in Tanzania and Mongolia, funded through individual donations and community fundraising.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

International Humanitarian Aid

NAICS

Voluntary Health Organizations (813212), Other Individual and Family Services (624190), Child and Youth Services (62411)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Health Services (8000), Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Maternal, Child & Family Health Organizations (BPAGACAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Maternal, Newborn, Child & Adolescent Health (MNCAH) NGOs (HLAJAKAG), Health Promotion & Public Health Education (Community Workshops) (EDAAAFAG), Community Health, Prevention & Health Education (BPAGACAC), Maternal, Child & Family Health Program Funding (HLAJALAG)

Keywords

• Community health outreach
• Nonprofit education programs
• Women's economic empowerment
• Water safety testing
• Rural healthcare services

Headquarters

HQ city

Edmonds

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Donations and Charitable Contributions: Health & Hope Foundation operates as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization (EIN 47-1816192) funded primarily through charitable donations from individuals, sponsors, and supporters. Donors contribute to specific programs including student sponsorships ($360/year per scholarship), solar light systems ($50 each), uniform/shoe provision, menstrual kit programs, and general fund. The organization also hosts fundraising events such as the annual Leprechaun Leap 5K/10K. Online donations are processed through Network for Good.
2. Microloan Program: The Women's Business Program provides microloans to women-owned business groups with 5% interest that returns to the group's community bank, creating a sustainable revolving loan fund.

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Health & Hope Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit operating an integrated portfolio of donor-funded programs in Tanzania and Mongolia: Healthcare Outreach delivering portable medical, dental, and vision clinics; Tumaini Tutor School providing free tutoring to 200 orphaned and vulnerable children; Women's Business Program offering microloans and training to widowed women; Water Safety education using EC-Kit testing and MSR/SE 200 chlorination systems; Safe House sheltering Maasai girls from FGM and early marriage; plus supporting programs including solar lamp distribution, Days for Girls hygiene kits, Uniform/Shoe Lending Libraries, and secondary school scholarships.

Product overview

Health & Hope Foundation is a non-profit organization (EIN 47-1816192) based in Edmonds, Washington, operating a portfolio of interconnected programs focused on breaking cycles of poverty through sustainable changes in healthcare, education, and women's economic empowerment in Tanzania and Mongolia. The core programs include: Healthcare Outreach providing medical, dental, and vision care; Tumaini Tutor School offering free tutoring for 200 orphaned children with computer and science labs; Women's Business Program delivering microloans and business training to widowed women; Water Safety & Education providing EC-Kit testing and MSR/SE 200 chlorination systems; Safe House protecting Maasai girls from FGM and early marriage; and supporting programs including Uniform and Shoe Lending Libraries, Solar Light distribution, Days for Girls hygiene kits, and Student Scholarships. The organization also provides Wi-Fi tablets for digital learning and emergency medical transport in remote areas.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Healthcare Outreach Volunteer-delivered portable medical, dental, and vision care delivered to impoverished communities in Tanzania and Mongolia, including health assessments, treatments, and preventive education. Over 12,000 patients treated across Maasai and Mongolian nomadic populations.
• Tumaini Tutor School Free before and after-school tutoring program for orphaned and vulnerable children in Mwanza, Tanzania, serving 200 children ages 4-18 with personalized and group tutoring, computer lab, science lab, Wi-Fi tablets, and lending libraries. 90% retention rate; 100% PSLE pass rate.
• Women's Business Program Economic empowerment program providing business education, guidance, startup funds, and 5% microloans to widowed and impoverished Tanzanian women to create sustainable livelihoods through diversified portfolio businesses including agriculture, poultry, fish, grains, and crafts. Loans return to community banks for revolving fund.
• Water Test Kit and Education Program

Quantifiable outcome

• 90% student retention rate at Tumaini Tutor School vs. national average indicating effective intervention model
• +7 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Days for Girls NW Edmonds Chapter (and affiliated chapters)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 1 January 2015In 2015, Health & Hope Foundation was established as the NW Edmonds, WA Days for Girls Chapter. Days for Girls chapters in Bellingham, Lynnwood, Everett, WA, and Durango, CO join forces to produce washable feminine hygiene kits (4,000+ delivered since 2015). Local Tanzanian chapters (Lumalya Secondary School, Tumaini Tailor School, Kangetutya Village) also produce kits.
• Selela Medical DispensarycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHealth & Hope partners with Selela Medical Dispensary staff to supplement and expand community healthcare services in the Maasai village of Selela (9,000+ population). HHF volunteers work alongside the dispensary's 1 MD, 1 midwife, and support staff to provide services beyond what the dispensary can offer alone, including vision correction, dental care, cervical cancer screening, and health education. The dispensary serves as a base for healthcare outreach activities.
• Naisulu Women's Health Organization (Dr. Grace Lemomo)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHealth & Hope Foundation collaborates closely with Dr. Grace Lemomo, co-founder of Naisulu Women's Health Organization, a Maasai female physician. She leads the Maasai medical delivery team, conducts community classes on HIV Prevention, Family Planning, and FGM risks, and serves as Health & Hope's In-Country Maasai Representative. She represents HHF at international conferences on Female Genital Mutilation.
• Network for GoodminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorOnline donations and fundraising campaigns are processed through Network for Good's platform at health-and-hope-foundation.networkforgood.com, enabling programmatic giving.
• National Charity LeagueminorGTM or Marketing PartnerNational Charity League philanthropic partner whose high school girls learn sewing skills to participate in menstrual kit creation and packing under mentor Nanci's guidance.
• Woodview Health (mentioned in blog archives)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAppears as community partner in annual reports. Partnership details not extensively documented in provided sources.

Scale indicators17 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• BRAC: One of the world's largest development NGOs operating integrated health, education, and microfinance programs across Africa and Asia. BRAC serves as the broad-incumbent reference point for HHF's combined healthcare + education + women's empowerment model.
• WaterAid: Large international NGO focused exclusively on clean water, sanitation, and hygiene in low-income communities. HHF's water-testing (EC-Kit) and chlorination (MSR/SE 200) program covers similar WASH use cases but as one component of an integrated portfolio rather than a standalone mission.
• Partners in Health: Major nonprofit delivering healthcare to impoverished communities in remote and conflict-affected regions. HHF's portable clinics into the Selela Maasai community and Altai Mountains nomads reflect PIH's "care for the poorest" delivery model at a much smaller scale.
• UNICEF: UN agency funding and delivering children's health, education, and WASH programs worldwide. HHF operates in UNICEF's adjacent thematic space (maternal/child health, education, WASH, FGM prevention) at a micro-NGO level and could plausibly partner with or compete for funding against UNICEF country offices.

Direct peers

• Heifer International: Nonprofit delivering livestock, agricultural training, and microfinance to impoverished rural families to build sustainable livelihoods. HHF's Women's Business Program uses the same economic-empowerment-plus-microloan mechanism in Tanzania, with overlapping beneficiary profiles.
• Solar Sister: Nonprofit distributing solar products to women entrepreneurs in rural Africa as both a clean-energy and economic-empowerment intervention. HHF's Solar Light Program and the connected Women's Business program align with Solar Sister's dual clean-energy/women's-livelihoods thesis.
• Women for Women International: Nonprofit supporting widowed and conflict-affected women via training, livelihoods support, and small stipends. HHF's targeting of widowed single mothers in Mwanza via microloans and business training targets a directly overlapping beneficiary base in a similar programmatic way.
• Tostan: NGO running community-led education programs across Africa, most prominently on FGM abandonment through the Community Empowerment Program. HHF's combined Safe House plus community FGM education model in Maasai communities is directly comparable to Tostan's human-rights-based approach.
• Days for Girls: Global nonprofit producing washable menstrual hygiene kits and partnering with local organizations worldwide. HHF itself is established as a Days for Girls chapter and a major distributor of Days for Girls kits (4,000+ delivered), making them a direct channel partner and operational peer.

Emerging players

• Free The Children / WE Charity: Nonprofit that ran integrated education, healthcare, and economic empowerment programs in low-income regions with strong youth-volunteer engagement. Comparable to HHF in beneficiary mix and volunteer-driven implementation, though at a much larger past scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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• Instagraminstagram.com/Healthandhopefoundation
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/health-hope-foundation

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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