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US nonprofit · EIN 300037857 · Berkeley, CAiSource and licenceOrganisation record IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File (EIN 300037857) - NTEE activity code, address.Board and officers IRS Form 990 annual filings, Part VII (directors, trustees, officers, key employees), read year by year to observe tenure.Latest return IRS Form 990 series e-file data - 990 for the year to 31 December 2024: assets, liabilities, staff, website, telephone, pay, grants paid (Schedule I).Renewal outlook Computed by Governance Register from the observed filing history and filed revenue (us-approach-v4-clean). Not a statement that the organisation is recruiting.Deductibility IRS Publication 78 data (code PC), downloaded 18 October 2026.Licence US Federal Government public domain.How we handle data

Venture Strategies for Health and Development

Donations deductible
Revenue
$3.1m
year to 31 December 2024
Expenses
$2.8m
year to 31 December 2024
Total assets
$1.3m
$20k liabilities
Net assets
$1.2m
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
6
7.8y av
Staff
4
6 volunteers
Chair observed
≥5 yrs
Karen Pak Oppenheimer
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
How am I connected?

Venture Strategies for Health and Development's network

6 people3 organisationsi6 people and 3 organisations on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (6). Violet dotted lines (3) are likely: the same full name sits on the current board of another organisation in the same register and region. Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK. It may be a different person.

The board

6 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations in the tables. The network map shows same-name matches as likely links only, never as confirmed.Tenure and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed tenure is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 8 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI, which matches the board listed here.
NameRole as filedSinceOn the board
Karen PAK Oppenheimer ChairChair2018
8 yrs
Fadji MainaBoard Member2020
6 yrs
Malcolm PottsBoard Member2018
8 yrs
Margot FahnestockTreasurer2020
6 yrs
Robert GillespieBoard Member2018
8 yrs
Sarah Jane Holcombe (also filed as Sarah Holcombe)Company secretary2018
8 yrs
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more

Officers and senior leadership

2 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.
NameTitle as filedOn the filings
Alisha GravesPresidentsince 2018
Natalie WilliamsInterim President/Vice Presidentsince 2022

Pay and hours

year to 31 December 2024iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.
NameTitle as filedHours a weekPay from the organisationRelated organisationsOther
Natalie WilliamsCo Exec. Direct40$136k
Sarah Jane HolcombeSecretary2$106k
Alisha GravesCo Exec. Direct32$54k
Karen Pak OppenheimerChair2$0
Margot FahnestockTreasurer2$0
Fadji MainaBoard Member2$0
Malcolm PottsBoard Member2$0
Robert GillespieBoard Member2$0

About

Legal name
Venture Strategies for Health and Development
EIN
300037857
Address
Po Box 10144, Berkeley, CA, 94709-5144
State
California
Mission
To facilitate beneficial change in health, family planning and aspects of development in developing countries. The primary purposes of venture strategies for health and development (vshd) are to improve health and development in low resource countries by reducing barriers that inhibit women from having access to options about childbearing; supporting the availability of promising health... (as filed on the Form 990)
Activity (NTEE)
E42 Health care
IRS classification
501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
Classified purpose
Health Care
Size band
6 (IRS master file code)
Formed
2001
Principal officer
Natalie Williams (as named on the Form 990)
IRS ruling date
1 June 2002
Status
Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
Form 990 filings on record
5, latest 2023
IRS Publication 78
PC (contributions deductible)

Most connected

Longest observed on the filings

≥8years on the filingsKaren PAK Oppenheimer
≥8years on the filingsMalcolm Potts
≥8years on the filingsRobert Gillespie
≥8years on the filingsSarah Jane Holcombe

Latest return

year to 31 December 2024iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 31 December 2024. US dollars, as filed.
Total assets
$1.3m
Total liabilities
$20k
Net assets or fund balances
$1.2m
Contributions and grants received
$3m
Program service revenue
$46k
Grants and similar paid out
$1.4m
Employees
4
Volunteers
6

Grants paid

2 listediFrom Schedule I of the Form 990: grants and assistance to organisations in the United States, largest first (up to 25). Schedule I is filed only by organisations that gave more than $5,000 to any one recipient.
RecipientPurposeAmount
Uc Berkeley FoundationSupport oasis sahel programs$87k
Jessica Lasky CateringSupport oasis program$7k