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US nonprofit · EIN 770547201 · San Jose, CAiSource and licenceOrganisation record IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File (EIN 770547201) - 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).Finances by year IRS Form 990 e-file data - total revenue and total expenses by tax year.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.State registers Colorado Secretary of State (17 October 2026).Licence US Federal Government public domain.How we handle data

The Fistula Foundation

Donations deductible
Revenue
$21.1m
year to 31 December 2024
Expenses
$19.7m
year to 31 December 2024
Total assets
$41m
$11.4m liabilities
Net assets
$29.6m
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
6
5.4y av
Staff
28
1 volunteers
Left since last filing
2
33% of the board
Officers and senior staff
9
named in Part VII
How am I connected?

The Fistula Foundation's network

6 people1 organisationi6 people and 1 organisation on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (6). Violet dotted lines (1) 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 6 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI, which matches the board listed here.
NameRole as filedSinceOn the board
Charlotte PolleDirector2020
6 yrs
Cleo KirosTreasurer2022
4 yrs
Darren LewTreasurer2024
2 yrs
Gillian SlingerDirector2020
6 yrs
Kelly BrennanDirector2018
8 yrs
Thomas HuntingtonDirector2022
4 yrs
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more

Officers and senior leadership

9 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.
NameTitle as filedOn the filings
Ahana GundersonDir Strategic Ini2018
Anne FergusonDeputy Directorsince 2018
Kate GrantChief Exec Offsince 2018
Kelly S AndersonVP Philanthropy2024
Lindsey PollaczekVP Programssince 2018
Melissa JohnsonSnr Dir Donor Rel2018
Pamela LowneyCOO/CEO in 20252024
Shelly HelgesonVP Partnerships2023
Tarah R WalkerSenior Comm Mgr2024

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
Kate GrantChief Exec Off40$354k$43k
Pamela LowneyCOO/CEO in 202540$230k$16k
Lindsey PollaczekCpo40$214k$19k
Kelly S AndersonVP Philanthropy40$191k$12k
Michael SlindChief Mktng Off30$180k$9k
Tarah R WalkerSenior Comm Mgr40$136k$8k
Cleo KirosTreasurer1$0
Darren LewTreasurer1$0
Kelly BrennanDirector1$0
Thomas HuntingtonDirector1$0
Charlotte PolleDirector1$0
Gillian SlingerDirector1$0

Colorado roster

14 listediOfficers, directors and trustees from the latest filing with the Colorado Secretary of State (document 20263003674). Titles are as filed; some entries are registered agents or custodians of records rather than board members. Source: data.colorado.gov, public domain.
NameTitle as filed
Kelly S. AndersonVP Philanthropy
Pamela L. LowneyPresident
Tarah R. WalkerSenior Comm MGR.
Gillian SlingerDirector
Darren LewTreasurer
Kelly BrennanDirector
Cleo KirosTreasurer
Jing Shi
Charlotte PolleDirector
Thomas HuntingtonDirector
Kate GrantChief Executive Officer
Michael SlindChief Marketing Officer
Pamela LowneyCOO/CEO in 2025
Lindsey PollaczekCpo

About

Legal name
The Fistula Foundation
EIN
770547201
Address
1700 the Alameda Ste 300, San Jose, CA, 95126-1724
State
California
Mission
Fistula Foundation works to end the suffering caused by the childbirth injury obstetric fistula by getting as many women treated as possible. Additionally, the Foundation is focused on increasing the number of trained obstetric fistula surgeons to strengthen treatment capacity. (as filed on the Form 990)
Activity (NTEE)
E50 Health care
IRS classification
501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
Classified purpose
Health Care
Size band
8 (IRS master file code)
Formed
2000
IRS ruling date
1 April 2001
Status
Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
Form 990 filings on record
6, latest 2024
IRS Publication 78
PC (contributions deductible)

Most connected

Longest observed on the filings

≥8years on the filingsKelly Brennan
≥6years on the filingsCharlotte Polle
≥6years on the filingsGillian Slinger
≥4years on the filingsCleo Kiros

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
$41m
Total liabilities
$11.4m
Net assets or fund balances
$29.6m
Contributions and grants received
$19.9m
Program service revenue
$0
Grants and similar paid out
$14m
Employees
28
Volunteers
1

Filed finances

1 yeariTotals as filed on the IRS Form 990 (revenue and expenses), by tax year.
Tax yearTotal revenueTotal expensesSurplus or deficit
2024$21.1m$19.7m$1.4m

As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.

Grants paid

7 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
Cure BE Team International$380k
Heal Africa$363k
Hope Foundation$248k
Advancing the Gospel In AngoMedical & Sundry$150k
Maternal Help Hope$104k
Healing Hands$60k
Village Health PartnershipMedical & Sundry$19k

State registration

1 entityiBusiness-entity registers published by US states. These records are matched to this organisation by name and state, not by EIN, and are labelled as likely matches. Street addresses are not shown.
The Fistula Foundation likely matchiMatched by exact name and state (and ZIP where shown). State registers do not publish EINs, so this is not a confirmed match. Source: Colorado Secretary of State (CDOS), business entities (data.colorado.gov 4ykn-tg5h). Licence: public domain. Data last fetched 18 October 2026.
State
Colorado
Entity type
nonprofit corporation
Status
Good Standing
Formed
5 March 2026
Registered agent
Colorado Registered Agents Inc (city and state not held)

This register does not publish officers or directors.