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Fibromuscular Dysplasia Society of America Inc
United States
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North Olmsted, OH
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Health
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Cultiva la Salud
United States
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Fresno, CA
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Health
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Local First Foundation
United States
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Durango, CO
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Health
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The Spark (Scotland)
United Kingdom
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Glasgow, Scotland
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Education
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Helping Hands Healing Hearts Ministries Philippines
Philippines
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Baguio, Cordillera Administrative Region
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Social Services
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Stichting Henk Arts - Help Sierra Leone
Netherlands
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Horn, Limburg
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Youth Development
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X-Traverse
Ukraine
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Kharkiv, Kharkiv Oblast
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Disaster Relief
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Les Gazelles de Bruxelles
Belgium
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Anderlecht, Brussels
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Health
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Stichting De Mini's
Netherlands
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Amersfoort, Utrecht
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Health
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Asociacion Mexicana De Ayuda A Niños Concancer, Iap
Mexico
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Ciudad de México
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Health
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MERI Japan
Japan
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Nagoya, Aichi
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Health
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Project PEARLS
Philippines
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Caloocan City, Metro Manila
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Social Services
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Fundacion San Ignacio De Loyola, Ac
Mexico
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Ciudad de México
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Community Development
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Fundacion Maritere, Ibp
Mexico
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Cuautlancingo, Puebla
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Health
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特定非営利活動法人make Happy
Japan
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Miyagi
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Disaster Relief
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Helping Hands Healing Hearts Ministries Inc
United States
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Cullman, AL
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Religion
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Brain Tumour Research
United Kingdom
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Milton Keynes, England
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Health
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Cruz Roja Mexicana, Iap
Mexico
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Ciudad de México
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Health
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Diabetesforbundet
Norway
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Oslo
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Social Services
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Stichting Droomdag
Netherlands
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Zeist
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Human Services
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What is a health charity?
The health cause covers organizations working to keep people well and to get care to people who would otherwise go without: community clinics, prevention and screening programs, patient support funds, and groups widening access to treatment. Use the filters to narrow the directory above by country and organization size. Every organization here carries this cause tag because GiveRadar assigned it from the charity's name, stated mission, and registry classification: a tag cannot be chosen or bought by the charity itself.
A health charity is a nonprofit organization whose mission is improving human health: preventing illness, widening access to care, and supporting people through diagnosis, treatment, and recovery. The term spans very different structures, from healthcare charities that run their own clinics to medical nonprofit organizations that fund treatment, supply equipment, or campaign for access to care. On GiveRadar, health is a cause tag: it marks what an organization works on, not its legal form, so a small patient fund and a hospital foundation can both carry it. Organizations focused on one specific condition or field, such as cancer or mental health, appear under their own cause pages linked in the related causes above.
What kinds of work do health charities take on?
Health charities work on both sides of the same problem: stopping people from getting sick and getting care to them when they do. Typical work among the organizations listed here includes:
- Running community clinics, health posts, and outpatient services where public healthcare is thin
- Prevention and screening programs: health education, early detection drives, and hygiene campaigns
- Helping patients afford care: treatment funds, medicine cost support, and transport to hospitals
- Supplying, maintaining, and donating medical equipment to hospitals and rural health facilities
- Training community health workers, nurses, and first responders
- Advocating for patient rights and better access to essential health services
The mix differs by country: where public systems are strong, health charities tend to fill gaps around them; where systems are weak, nonprofit healthcare organizations often are the local health system.
What to look at before you give to a health charity
Health work is regulated work, so the first health-specific check is whether the organization is set up for what it claims to do: a charity that says it delivers medical care should show clinical activity in its filings and qualified people in its leadership, not just a registration number. Three checks matter more for this cause than most:
- Delivery or funding or awareness: some health charities treat patients, some fund treatment, and some only campaign. All three are legitimate, but they spend your donation very differently, so read the stated mission against the filings.
- Medical oversight: for organizations providing care, look for medical professionals among the listed officers and trustees where that data is published.
- Outcome claims: treat specific medical claims (patients cured, lives saved) as claims to verify on the charity's own reporting, not facts a directory can confirm.
Each profile in the directory above shows registration details, financials where filed, leadership where published, and an integrity assessment that reflects the organization's level of disclosure, not how effective its care is. The full five-step check works for any cause and is in our guide for donors, or you can run a quick lookup in the charity checker.
Common questions
What is a health charity?
A health charity is a nonprofit organization working to improve human health, whether by delivering care, funding treatment, running prevention programs, or widening access to health services. The label covers everything from community clinics and patient support funds to large healthcare charities and hospital foundations. GiveRadar tags organizations to the health cause from their name, stated mission, and registry classification, and each profile shows registration, financials where filed, and an integrity assessment.
Are nonprofit hospitals charities?
In many countries, yes: nonprofit hospitals are registered as charities or operate charitable foundations that accept donations, and several appear in this directory where registries list them. Donating to a hospital foundation is different from donating to a small clinic charity, though: hospital foundations often fund equipment, research, or patient comfort on top of a publicly funded institution, while smaller health charities may depend on donations for the care itself. The filings on each profile show which situation you are giving into.
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