FREEDOM FROM FISTULA FOUNDATION US INC: Form 990, tax year 2017

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Organization: FREEDOM FROM FISTULA FOUNDATION US INC (EIN 45-3541106)
Tax period: 2017-01-01 to 2017-12-31
Filed: 2018-11-14
IRS object ID: 201823189349304332
Schema version: 2017v2.3
Source: Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica

Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header
Form 990
Schedule A
Schedule B
Schedule D
Schedule F
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2018-11-14T08:02:00-06:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2017-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	DworkenHillmanLaMorte & Sterczala	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	Four Corporate Dr Suite 488	AddressLine1Txt
City	Shelton	CityNm
State Abbreviation	CT	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	06484	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2017-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	453541106	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Freedom From Fistula Foundation-US Inc	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
In Care Of	% ANGELA MCCABE	InCareOfNm
Business Name Control	FREE	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	6465902707	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	777 United Nations Plaza 8B	AddressLine1Txt
City	New York	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NY	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	10017	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	CHRISTINA KIRSHBAUM	PersonNm
Person Title	VP-Treasurer	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	6465902707	PhoneNum
Signature	2018-11-05	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (true)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	Eric N Hendlin CPA	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P00034535	PTIN
Phone	2039293535	PhoneNum

Filing Security Information FilingSecurityInformation

IP Address IPAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
I Pv4 Address	65.51.7.190	IPv4AddressTxt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Federal Original Submission Id	06090020183185000000	FederalOriginalSubmissionId
Federal Original Submission Id	2018-11-14	FederalOriginalSubmissionIdDt
Filing License Type	P	FilingLicenseTypeCd
At Submission Creation Device Id	2C420A6E783A038A13F3ABC444646BC2113EBDF6	AtSubmissionCreationDeviceId
At Submission Filing Device Id	924EBFBF3ACF8E7AAA1AA13F10351561D68F6482	AtSubmissionFilingDeviceId

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2017	TaxYr
Build TS	2019-02-21 02:37:17Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Principal Officer	CHRISTINA KIRSHBAUM	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	777 United Nations Plaza 8B	AddressLine1Txt
City	New York	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NY	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	10017	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$264,414	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Website Address	www.freedomfromfistula.org	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	2011	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	NY	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	The Foundation's purpose is to help women in Africa suffering from obstetric fistulas which are caused by prolonged, obstructed childbirth & lack of access to preventative care	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	7	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	5	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	3	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	10	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$768,633	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$264,414	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue	$0	PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$0	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$0	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$0	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	$0	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	$0	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$768,633	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$264,414	CYTotalRevenueAmt
PY Grants And Similar Paid	$631,771	PYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$49,000	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
PY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	PYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$154,388	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$143,397	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
PY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	PYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$25,230	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$43,135	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$48,865	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$829,294	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$241,262	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	-$60,661	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	$23,152	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$26,638	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$50,096	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$9,370	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$9,676	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$17,268	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$40,420	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Mission	THE FREEDOM FROM FISTULA FOUNDATION (US) ("FOUNDATION")'S PURPOSE IS TO HELP WOMEN IN AFRICA SUFFERING FROM OBSTETRIC FISTULAS WHICH ARE CAUSED BY PROLONGED, OBSTRUCTED CHILDBIRTH AND LACK OF ACCESS TO PREVENTATIVE MATERNITY CARE. THE FOUNDATION AIMS TO HELP THESE WOMEN BY PROVIDING FREE SURGERY TO THOSE SUFFERING FROM FISTULAS. IN ADDITION, BY PROVIDING PROPER TRAINING TO LOCAL HEALTHCARE WORKERS AS WELL AS FREE MATERNITY CARE, THE FOUNDATION SEEKS TO HELP PREVENT FISTULAS FROM OCCURRING AND ENSURE SAFER CHILDBIRTH PRACTICES IN THE FUTURE.	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	false	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	false	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$49,000	ExpenseAmt
Revenue	$64,414	RevenueAmt
Desc	The Foundation provides free surgery to women in Africa suffering from fistulas, and proper training to local healthcare workers as well as free maternity care.	Desc
Total Program Service Expenses	$49,000	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Described In Section501c3	Yes (true)	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	false	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities	false	LobbyingActivitiesInd
Donor Advised Fund	false	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation Easements	false	ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art	false	CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling	false	CreditCounselingInd
Temp Or Permanent Endowments	false	TempOrPermanentEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building Equipment	Yes (true)	ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec	false	ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst	false	ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets	false	ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other Liabilities	false	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	false	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	Yes (true)	IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt	false	ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating	false	SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office	false	ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities	false	ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org	Yes (true)	MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To Individuals	false	MoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional Fundraising	false	ProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising Activities	false	FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities	false	GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital	false	OperateHospitalInd
Grants To Organizations	false	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals	false	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J Required	false	ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt Bonds	false	TaxExemptBondsInd
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans	false	EngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
PY Excess Benefit Trans	false	PYExcessBenefitTransInd
Loan Outstanding	false	LoanOutstandingInd
Grant To Related Person	false	GrantToRelatedPersonInd
Business Rln With Org Mem	false	BusinessRlnWithOrgMemInd
Business Rln With Fam Mem	false	BusinessRlnWithFamMemInd
Business Rln With Officer Ent	false	BusinessRlnWithOfficerEntInd
Deductible Non Cash Contri	false	DeductibleNonCashContriInd
Deductible Art Contribution	false	DeductibleArtContributionInd
Terminate Operations	false	TerminateOperationsInd
Partial Liquidation	false	PartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded Entity	false	DisregardedEntityInd
Related Entity	false	RelatedEntityInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	false	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Trnsfr Exmpt Non Chrtbl Rltd Org	false	TrnsfrExmptNonChrtblRltdOrgInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp	false	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	false	ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document	0	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Backup Wthld Compliance	Yes (true)	BackupWthldComplianceInd
Employee	3	EmployeeCnt
Employment Tax Returns Filed	Yes (true)	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiledInd
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	false	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Foreign Financial Account	false	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	false	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification	false	TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions	false	NondeductibleContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	Yes (true)	QuidProQuoContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contri Discl	Yes (true)	QuidProQuoContriDisclInd
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	false	Form8282PropertyDisposedOfInd
Rcv Fnds To Pay Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	false	RcvFndsToPayPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Pay Premiums Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	false	PayPremiumsPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	7	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	5	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	false	FamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
Delegation Of Mgmt Duties	false	DelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
Change To Org Documents	false	ChangeToOrgDocumentsInd
Material Diversion Or Misuse	false	MaterialDiversionOrMisuseInd
Members Or Stockholders	false	MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board Members	false	ElectionOfBoardMembersInd
Decisions Subject To Approva	false	DecisionsSubjectToApprovaInd
Minutes Of Governing Body	Yes (true)	MinutesOfGoverningBodyInd
Officer Mailing Address	false	OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local Chapters	false	LocalChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn Body	Yes (true)	Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest Policy	Yes (true)	ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Annual Disclosure Covered Prsn	Yes (true)	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPrsnInd
Regular Monitoring Enfrc	Yes (true)	RegularMonitoringEnfrcInd
Whistleblower Policy	false	WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention Policy	false	DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEO	false	CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other	false	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	false	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	NY	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	ANGELA MCCABE	PersonNm
Phone	6465902707	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	777 UNITED NATIONS PLAZA 8B	AddressLine1Txt
City	NEW YORK	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NY	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	10017	ZIPCd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (7 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Average Hours Per Week Rltd OrgAverageHoursPerWeekRltdOrgRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	OfficerOfficerInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt
Ann Gloag
Founder & President	2.0	0.0	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
John Paul Ketels
Director VP Secretary	2.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Christina Kirshbaum
VP/Treasurer/Director	20.0	0.0	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$18,000	$0	$0
Dorthe Tate
Director, VP Marketing	2.0	0.0	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Dr Diane Ellis
Director	2.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Dr Ashley Roman
Director	2.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Dr Jeffrey Wilkinson
Director	2.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$18,000	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Tot Reportable Comp Rltd Org	$0	TotReportableCompRltdOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$0	TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	0	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	false	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	false	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	false	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	0	CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
All Other Contributions	$264,414	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$264,414	TotalContributionsAmt
Total Program Service Revenue	$0	TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Incm From Invest Bond Proceeds IncmFromInvestBondProceedsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Royalties Revenue RoyaltiesRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Rental Income Or Loss RentalIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Real	$0	RealAmt
Personal	$0	PersonalAmt

Net Rental Income Or Loss NetRentalIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestmentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Fundraising Gross Income	$0	FundraisingGrossIncomeAmt
Fundraising Direct Expenses	$0	FundraisingDirectExpensesAmt

Net Incm From Fundraising Evt NetIncmFromFundraisingEvtGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gaming Gross Income	$0	GamingGrossIncomeAmt
Gaming Direct Expenses	$0	GamingDirectExpensesAmt

Net Income From Gaming NetIncomeFromGamingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Sales Of Inventory	$0	GrossSalesOfInventoryAmt
Cost Of Goods Sold	$0	CostOfGoodsSoldAmt

Net Income Or Loss NetIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Revenue Total	$0	OtherRevenueTotalAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$264,414	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Grants To Domestic Orgs GrantsToDomesticOrgsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Grants To Domestic Individuals GrantsToDomesticIndividualsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Foreign Grants ForeignGrantsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$49,000	TotalAmt
Program Services	$49,000	ProgramServicesAmt

Benefits To Members BenefitsToMembersGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Comp Disqual Persons CompDisqualPersonsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$122,911	TotalAmt
Management And General	$110,620	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$12,291	FundraisingAmt

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$7,664	TotalAmt
Management And General	$6,897	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$767	FundraisingAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$12,822	TotalAmt
Management And General	$11,540	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$1,282	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Management FeesForServicesManagementGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$11,125	TotalAmt
Management And General	$11,125	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Lobbying FeesForServicesLobbyingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Prof Fundraising FeesForServicesProfFundraising

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Fees For Srvc Invst Mgmnt Fees FeesForSrvcInvstMgmntFeesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$579	TotalAmt
Fundraising	$579	FundraisingAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$8,481	TotalAmt
Management And General	$5,531	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$2,950	FundraisingAmt

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Royalties RoyaltiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$15,095	TotalAmt
Management And General	$15,095	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$730	TotalAmt
Management And General	$149	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$581	FundraisingAmt

Pymt Travel Entrtnmnt Pub Ofcl PymtTravelEntrtnmntPubOfclGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Interest InterestGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Payments To Affiliates PaymentsToAffiliatesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$493	TotalAmt
Management And General	$493	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,234	TotalAmt
Management And General	$1,234	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (2 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	FundraisingFundraisingAmt	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneralAmt
EVENTS & PRESENTATIONS	$5,693	$5,693
TELEPHONE	$5,435	$1,087	$4,348

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$241,262	TotalAmt
Program Services	$49,000	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$167,032	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$25,230	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$18,763	BOYAmt
EOY	$36,543	EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,600	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Receivables From Officers Etc ReceivablesFromOfficersEtcGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Rcvbl From Disqualified Prsn RcvblFromDisqualifiedPrsnGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Oth Notes Loans Receivable Net OthNotesLoansReceivableNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Inventories For Sale Or Use InventoriesForSaleOrUseGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$5,638	BOYAmt
EOY	$5,705	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$11,965	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec	$4,117	LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$637	BOYAmt
EOY	$7,848	EOYAmt

Investments Pub Traded Sec InvestmentsPubTradedSecGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Investments Other Securities InvestmentsOtherSecuritiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Investments Program Related InvestmentsProgramRelatedGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Intangible Assets IntangibleAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$26,638	BOYAmt
EOY	$50,096	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$9,370	BOYAmt
EOY	$9,676	EOYAmt

Grants Payable GrantsPayableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Tax Exempt Bond Liabilities TaxExemptBondLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Escrow Account Liability EscrowAccountLiabilityGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Loans From Officers Directors LoansFromOfficersDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Mortg Notes Pybl Scrd Invst Prop MortgNotesPyblScrdInvstPropGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Unsecured Notes Loans Payable UnsecuredNotesLoansPayableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$9,370	BOYAmt
EOY	$9,676	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows SFAS117	Yes (X)	OrganizationFollowsSFAS117Ind

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$17,268	BOYAmt
EOY	$40,420	EOYAmt

Temporarily Rstr Net Assets TemporarilyRstrNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Permanently Rstr Net Assets PermanentlyRstrNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$17,268	BOYAmt
EOY	$40,420	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$26,638	BOYAmt
EOY	$50,096	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	$23,152	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Method Of Accounting Accrual	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited	Yes (true)	FSAuditedInd

FS Audited Basis FSAuditedBasisGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Separate Basis Fincl Stmt	Yes (X)	SeparateBasisFinclStmtInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Audit Committee	Yes (true)	AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit Required	false	FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Organization170	Yes (X)	PublicOrganization170Ind

Gifts Grants Contri Rcvd170 GiftsGrantsContriRcvd170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$364,685	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$210,554	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$189,006	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$772,492	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$264,414	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$1,801,151	TotalAmt

Tax Rev Levied Orgnztnl Bnft170 TaxRevLeviedOrgnztnlBnft170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Govt Furn Srvc Fclts Vl170 GovtFurnSrvcFcltsVl170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$364,685	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$210,554	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$189,006	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$772,492	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$264,414	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$1,801,151	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Substantial Contributors Tot	$1,587,472	SubstantialContributorsTotAmt
Public Support Total170	$213,679	PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Unrelated Business Net Incm170 UnrelatedBusinessNetIncm170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Other Income170 OtherIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	$1,801,151	TotalSupportAmt
Public Support CY170	0.11864	PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY170	0.00000	PublicSupportPY170Pct
Ten Pct Facts Crcmstncs Test CY	Yes (X)	TenPctFactsCrcmstncsTestCYInd
Facts And Circumstances Test	The Foundation receives support from it's Founder through her Foundation, to support and pay for the overhead expenses. All other funds raised are used to support the mission to directly benefit those in need of fistula and maternal health care services.	FactsAndCircumstancesTestTxt

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Art Public Exhibition Amounts		ArtPublicExhibitionAmountsGrp
Held Works Art		HeldWorksArtGrp
CY Minus3 Yr Endwmt Fund		CYMinus3YrEndwmtFundGrp
CY Minus4 Yr Endwmt Fund		CYMinus4YrEndwmtFundGrp
Land		LandGrp
Buildings		BuildingsGrp
Leasehold Improvements		LeaseholdImprovementsGrp

Equipment EquipmentGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$11,965	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$4,117	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$7,848	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Land Buildings		OtherLandBuildingsGrp
Total Book Value Land Buildings	$7,848	TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$264,414	TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Revenue Subtotal	$264,414	RevenueSubtotalAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990	$264,414	TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$241,262	TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Expenses Subtotal	$241,262	ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990	$241,262	TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Schedule F IRS990ScheduleF

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Grant Records Maintained	Yes (true)	GrantRecordsMaintainedInd

Account Activities Outside US AccountActivitiesOutsideUSGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Region	Sub-Saharan Africa	RegionTxt
Type Of Activities Conducted	Program Services	TypeOfActivitiesConductedTxt
Specific Services Provided	OBSTETRIC HEALTHCARE	SpecificServicesProvidedTxt
Region Total Expenditures	$49,000	RegionTotalExpendituresAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Subtotal Spent	$49,000	SubtotalSpentAmt
Total Spent	$49,000	TotalSpentAmt

Grants To Org Outside US GrantsToOrgOutsideUSGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Region	Sub-Saharan Africa	RegionTxt
Purpose Of Grant	FFFF (UK) utilizes the funds provided by FFFF (US) and it's own funds to provide free surgery to women in Africa suffering from fistulas. In addition, the funding was used to provide proper training to local healthcare workers as well as free maternity care.	PurposeOfGrantTxt
Cash Grant	$49,000	CashGrantAmt
Manner Of Cash Disbursement	WireTransfer	MannerOfCashDisbursementTxt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Transfer To Foreign Corp	false	TransferToForeignCorpInd
Interest In Foreign Trust	false	InterestInForeignTrustInd
Foreign Corp Ownership	false	ForeignCorpOwnershipInd
Passive Foreign Investmest Co	false	PassiveForeignInvestmestCoInd
Foreign Partnership	false	ForeignPartnershipInd
Boycott Countries	false	BoycottCountriesInd

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	Schedule F Part V-Monitoring	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	The Foundation and Freedom from Fistula Foundation (UK) ("FFFF UK"), a non-profit charitable trust organized and operating under the laws of Scotland, share the common charitable mission to conduct and support meaningful and effective maternal healthcare initiatives and programs to prevent, treat, and repair obstetric fistulas in women and girls, primarily in Africa. In light of FFFF UK's experience and expertise in successfully delivering free maternal healthcare services, particularly treatment of obstetric fistulas in Africa. The foundation coordinates with FFFF UK in the operation and oversight of the charitable healthcare programs and activities the Foundation supports. As such, pursuant to an Association Agreement between the charities, the Foundation directs its support of the charitable mission programs and activites in coordination with FFFF UK. Accordingly, the Foundation will, from time to time, transfer funds for deposit in trust with FFFF UK to be applied, as approved by the Foundation, to designated obstetric fistula healthcare programs. The Foundation maintains control over transferred funds on deposit. When application of foundation funds is contemplated, FFFF UK makes a specific proposal to the Foundation which then must approve or disapprove any such proposed application of funds. The Foundation maintains books and records to properly account for all transferred funds and received from FFFF UK a full accounting, including periodic and annual reports and statements concerning the maintenance and application of all such funds. In addition, the Independent Audits of Foundation Funds on deposit with FFFF UK is provided to the Foundation, and Foundation officers make site visits to facilities where obstetric fistula programs supported by the Foundation are opertaing to ensure funds are being applied effectively in support of the mission.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (3 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Goverance	Members of the Board are provided an electronic copy of the Form 990 for review prior to filing.
Compensation	Compensation for the Executive Director is determined by the Board based on responsibilities of the individual, and consideration of market conditions.
Conflict of Interest	The Foundation has a written Conflict of Interest Policy the requires each Director, officer & member of the Board of Directors to annually affirm that they have a copy & understand the policy and agrees to comply with the policy.