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Projects in the United States (CECorps)
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Who can apply: Underserved communities seeking local infrastructure solutions may request engineering support.
About Engineering World Health
Partner with communities and develop leaders to build a better world.
Focus Areas
Water & Sanitation (WASH)EnergyInfrastructure (footbridges, structures & civil works)Community Health / biomedical equipment repairEducation & training / STEMAgricultureClimate resilience
Who They Fund
healthcare professionals in low- and middle-income countriesbiomedical researchers and technologistshealth facilities and clinical teams in the developing world
Funding Style
capacity building
About Engineering World Health
Engineering World Health’s most distinctive recent grant is a full $575,917 dissolution grant to Engineers Without Borders-USA Inc in Denver. That single award matches the foundation’s annual grants total for the latest 990 year on file, showing a one-grant profile rather than a broad portfolio. The foundation’s stated work centers on engineering support for communities and on developing leaders, with active programs that connect chapters and volunteers to project partners in the United States and outside the United States. Its current focus areas include water and sanitation, energy, agriculture, structures and civil works, community health and biomedical equipment repair, STEM education and training, and climate resilience. The organization also ties its grantmaking to capacity building, technical assistance, and network and community building. In practice, that means the foundation’s funding sits close to applied engineering and implementation support rather than unrestricted philanthropic distributions. The recent grant record points to a relationship with Engineers Without Borders-USA, while the program descriptions show a broader engineering-service model that reaches communities through structured requests for support.
What Engineering World Health Funds
Water and sanitation is one of the clearest program areas. Through the International Community Program, Engineering World Health supports engineering solutions for water supply and sanitation in communities outside the United States, and those communities or partner organizations submit applications for engineering support. The same program also covers energy, agriculture, structures, and civil works. In the United States, the Projects in the United States program, also called CECorps, connects local partners with chapter-led engineering support for community engineering projects, local infrastructure, and education and capacity building. Beyond infrastructure, the foundation’s focus list includes community health and biomedical equipment repair, along with education and training in STEM. It also names climate resilience among its areas of attention, placing technical work alongside community and health systems support.
How Engineering World Health Gives
Engineering World Health’s grant size pattern is flat: the 25th percentile, median, and 75th percentile are all $575,917. That indicates a single grant amount in the latest year on file. The recent record also shows one 2025 grant, a dissolution grant, so there is no visible multi-recipient spread in the current data. The foundation is a grantmaker rather than an individual-giving vehicle, and it does not make program-related investments. Its structure in the file is a local funder with all grants going to recipients in Colorado.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$576K
Total Assets
$0
Total Revenue
$759K
Total Expenses
$1.4M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $576K and $576K, with a median of $576K.
25th Percentile
$576K
Median
$576K
75th Percentile
$576K
Geographic Reach
Local1 state funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
BORIS MARTIN
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