Every dollar, accounted for.
National Health Forum is an all-volunteer 501(c)(3) charity. Nobody on our board or staff is paid, so almost everything you give reaches the hospitals and programs we support in Pakistan. Here is what came in, what went out, and what it funded, straight from our IRS filings for 2023, 2024 and 2025.
Where your dollar goes
The bar shows how each dollar we spent was divided between the charitable programs we fund, the cost of running the organization, and fundraising. Pick a year to see it change.
Three years at a glance
Figures are taken directly from the IRS Form 990 for each calendar year. Amounts are in U.S. dollars.
| Form 990 line | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Donations and grants received | $829,427 | $1,007,658 | $1,766,459 |
| Total spending | $830,433 | $661,599 | $1,244,611 |
| Grants paid to partner organizations | $822,232 | $620,000 | $1,126,256 |
| Program services (total) | $822,232 99.0% | $620,725 93.8% | $1,132,106 91.0% |
| Management and general | $7,792 0.9% | $11,336 1.7% | $103,941 8.4% |
| Fundraising | $409 0.05% | $29,538 4.5% | $8,564 0.7% |
| Salaries and staff compensation | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Surplus / (deficit) for the year | ($1,006) | $346,059 | $521,848 |
| Net assets at year end carried into the next year's grants | $21,669 | $368,728 | $888,325 |
| Liabilities | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Donors giving $5,000 or more | 35 | 47 | 51 |
Percentages are each category's share of total spending. In 2024 and 2025, donations exceeded spending; the surplus is held as net assets and committed to grants in the following year. NHF carries no debt.
What your donations funded
NHF does not run its own facilities. We raise money in the United States and grant it to established institutions on the ground, where it pays for patient care, surgery, midwifery training and medical education. Each grantee's accounts are reviewed by its own board and audited by a chartered accountant firm.
Koohi Goth Women Hospital, Karachi
Our largest and longest-standing partner, founded in 2005 with the Atia Zafar Foundation. KGWH is one of the few hospitals in Pakistan with specialist expertise in obstetrics and gynaecology, and it treats women and children from across Karachi and the country. It is best known for surgically repairing obstetric fistula, a devastating childbirth injury that affects roughly 100,000 women worldwide each year. NHF funds pay for inpatient and outpatient care that patients receive free of charge.
School of Midwifery at Koohi Goth
A two-year midwifery programme with around 180 students enrolled and about 90 graduating every year. Students are admitted after completing high school in science subjects; those from other parts of Pakistan live in hostels on site. Every graduate has gone on to a job in the public or private sector, most of them in rural areas where a trained birth attendant can be the difference between life and death. The programme is also supported by the United Nations.
Midland Doctors Association hospital, Kashmir
Built by UK-based doctors in Tandali village, about 20 km from Muzaffarabad, in the heart of the area devastated by the 2005 earthquake. The hospital sees around 25,000 patient visits a year, all treated free of charge, to NHS standards. The doctors volunteer their time and travel from the UK at their own expense to operate and run clinics.
How we keep ourselves honest
Trust is the only thing a charity has. These are the checks that stand between your donation and the people it is meant for.
Not dependent on any one donor
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Each file is the complete IRS Form 990 as filed, including all schedules. Donor names and personal addresses have been redacted to protect privacy, as permitted for public disclosure.
Our filings are also available on request, and on public charity databases by searching EIN 20-5821134. Questions about anything on this page? Contact us and we will answer.
Your gift goes to the ward, not the office.
With no salaries to pay, NHF passes on more than nine-tenths of what it spends to hospitals and training programmes that treat patients free of charge. Donations are tax-deductible in the United States.
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Figures on this page are from IRS Forms 990 for calendar years 2023–2025.