GLOBAL FOUNDATION FOR CHILDREN WITH HEARING LOSS

Financials

From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.

Officers, directors and key employees

As listed on the 990 for the year ended March 31, 2026, highest compensation first.

Address and contacts

Address (IRS master file)

19905 4TH AVE NE UNIT D, POULSBO, WA 98370-7587

In care of

% PAIGE STRINGER

Principal officer (990 for 2025)

Paige Stringer, 19905 4TH AVE NE UNIT D, POULSBO, WA 983707587

Signed the 990

Paige Stringer, Executive Director

Phone

(206) 618-4201

Website

www.childrenwithhearingloss.org

Mission

To help babies and young children with hearing loss living in low resource countries access the early identification hearing technology and locally-based professional support they need to listen talk and achieve their full potential. We develop and implement programs with in-country partners to improve heath care and early education and raise awareness for pediatric hearing loss and available interventions. The GFCHLs proprietary training program is a core component of its work.

Program accomplishments

• The GFCHL completed its 2 year proprietary training program in auditory-verbal therapy AVT in collaboration with the University of Nairobi in Kenya in 2025. The final two 2-week workshops were successfully executed in June and November. This program meets a key objective of the Kenya National Ear and Hearing Care Strategy by helping to address the significant shortage of local AVT expertise in Kenya that families need to help their young children fit with hearing aids and cochlear implants learn to listen and speak. The GFCHL professional team developed the curriculum and traveled to Kenya to teach the material. The Kenyan participants committed to a series of in-country GFCHL training workshops over two years to learn from the GFCHL AVT curriculum. Online training and support was provided between in-country workshops by the GFCHL professional team. All participants completed the full curriculum and received certificates from the GFCHL and University of Nairobi at the conclusion of the last in-country training workshop in November 2025. They are prepared to provide critical AVT services to families and also help train others in Kenya to make the benefits exponential and sustainable. The GFCHL was invited by the University of Nairobi to teach its AVT curriculum to a second cohort. We extended our collaboration agreement and will begin our second AVT training program for 27 Kenyans in November 2027.
  Expenses $118,567
• The GFCHL successfully executed professional training and community outreach initiatives in August 2025 in three regions of Kenya Nairobi Eldoret Machakos to support the pediatric hearing care infrastructure that it is helping to build for babies and children with hearing loss in the country. Our goals were to: 1 Raise awareness with health education providers and community about pediatric hearing loss and the Continuum of Care; 2 Promote early identification and timely interventions of hearing loss in children among family members to minimize impact on child development; 3 Train teachers to support academic progress in children with hearing aids cochlear implants; 4 Reduce community-wide stigma and misinformation; and 5 Empower participants to share new knowledge and information in their communities. The GFCHL professional team of pediatric audiologists and auditory-verbal therapists and GFCHL Executive Director developed training content and led all seminars. GFCHL presentations and materials were bound into handbooks for participants to keep share with others and use in their clinical work. GFCHL also purchased and donated hearing screening equipment to the Wamunyu Health Center in Machakos during this initiative. We led a special training workshop for the local medical providers on how to use the equipment. The training workshop concluded with a practicum session with local families who attended the outreach program and brought their babies and children in to the health center for hearing testing. In the months before the outreach program GFCHL and its local partners led a task force of county health officials to design hearing screening protocols that were ultimately endorsed by County Department of Health. The Wamunyu Health Center began pediatric hearing screening in November 2025. It is the only county health facility aside from Machakos County Referral Hospital that has this capability. We have been monitoring the screening initiative to ensure success. The GFCHL team traveled 670+ miles to three regions of Kenya. 400+ Kenyan participants from 6 counties equivalent of US states participated. This initiative achieved its goals and helped lay the foundation for new collaborations and expansion of the GFCHLs work in Kenya.
  Expenses $54,987 · grants $30,000
• The GFCHL funded OAE AABR hearing screening equipment to enable the Bungoma County Referral Hospital BCRH to administer infant and pediatric hearing screening services in the region for the first time. Proactive hearing screening drives down the age of identification of ear and hearing issues enabling more timely interventions and positive outcomes with treatments. Bungoma County is the fifth largest county in Kenya and has 200,000 children under the age of 5. GFCHL coordinated a 3 day training session with 30 health providers at the hospital on how to use the screening equipment. Screening protocols reporting procedures and a referral process for diagnostics were established. The Bungoma County Referral Hospital is the tertiary level health facility for the region and sees over 1,000 pediatric patients per month. BCRH launched pediatric hearing screening in the NICU and pediatric wards of the hospital in December 2025 and are committed to screening babies and young children indefinitely. It is estimated that 60 children will be confirmed with congenital permanent hearing loss on average each year. Additional children will be identified and proactively treated for ear conditions such as otitis media that could lead to permanent deafness if left addressed. More than 80% of children have at least one episode of otitis media by the time they are three years of age.
  Expenses $13,756 · grants $10,000
• GFCHL traveled to Nepal and Kenya separately from project work for program development including planning meetings observations advancing relationships and to explore new opportunities. As a result of these visits the GFCHL will be expanding its initiatives with its Kenyan partners next year.
  Expenses $22,961
• Donation of new hearing aids for children in need in Kenya
  Expenses $13,396 · grants $13,136
• The GFCHL hosted a Cochlear Implant Family Day event in Kenya in collaboration with Kenyatta National Hospital in Nairobi and the First Lady of Kenyas office. This event was in support of the 50+ families whose children received cochlear implants through the First Ladys program with the Morocco Royal Family. The event supplied information and support to the families they need to help their young children benefit from the hearing technology and develop listening and spoken language skills.
  Expenses $2,866
• The GFCHL collaborated with partners in Machakos County Kenya to host an outreach and hearing screening event on March 3 World Hearing Day. We conducted seminars for over 200 teachers and community health workers about pediatric hearing loss. The participants shared the information with their communities and encouraged families to bring their young children to the Wamunyu Health Center for hearing screening during the week of World Hearing Day. The media was engaged.
  Expenses $2,769 · grants $2,769
• GFCHL began a new collaboration with the Machakos County Referral Hospital in Kenya to retrofit and soundtreat the hospitals audiology room. This was a first step towards enabling the hospital to provide ear and hearing care diagnostic services.
  Expenses $5,624 · grants $5,624
• Advance deposits towards the first workshop in the GFCHLs second AVT training program in Nairobi in collaboration with the University of Nairobi in November 2026.
  Expenses $2,640

What it must file and when

IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in March, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.

IRS record

EIN

26-4352103

Tax-exempt status

501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization

Foundation status

Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))

Donations deductible (Pub 78)

Public charity, 50% deduction limit

Exempt since

2009

Accounting year ends

March

Files

Form 990 or 990-EZ

Category (NTEE)

Human services (P87)

Assets (IRS master file)

$412,361

Income (IRS master file)

$268,185

Filing history

990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 26-4352103).

Questions about GLOBAL FOUNDATION FOR CHILDREN WITH HEARING LOSS

What is the EIN of GLOBAL FOUNDATION FOR CHILDREN WITH HEARING LOSS?

The employer identification number (EIN) of GLOBAL FOUNDATION FOR CHILDREN WITH HEARING LOSS is 26-4352103.

Is GLOBAL FOUNDATION FOR CHILDREN WITH HEARING LOSS tax-exempt?

Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 2009.

Are donations to GLOBAL FOUNDATION FOR CHILDREN WITH HEARING LOSS tax-deductible?

Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).

Which annual return does GLOBAL FOUNDATION FOR CHILDREN WITH HEARING LOSS file?

Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.

When is the next return of GLOBAL FOUNDATION FOR CHILDREN WITH HEARING LOSS due?

The return for tax year 2026 (the year ending March 31, 2027) is due August 16, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.

When did GLOBAL FOUNDATION FOR CHILDREN WITH HEARING LOSS last file with the IRS?

The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended March 2026.

Who is the principal officer of GLOBAL FOUNDATION FOR CHILDREN WITH HEARING LOSS?

The 990 for the year ended March 31, 2026 names Paige Stringer.

Who are the officers and directors of GLOBAL FOUNDATION FOR CHILDREN WITH HEARING LOSS?

The 990 for the year ended March 31, 2026 lists 9 people; 1 received compensation from the organization, the highest $123,500 (Paige Stringer, Executive Director).

How much revenue does GLOBAL FOUNDATION FOR CHILDREN WITH HEARING LOSS have?

On its 990 for the year ended March 31, 2026 it reported revenue of $268,185, expenses of $289,209 and total assets of $412,361 at year end.

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