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CHARITY REVIEW
Issued: May 2025 Expires: May 2027

Medical Teams International

Accredited Charity
Accredited Charity

Meets Standards
Accreditation seal
(800) 959-4325
14150 Southwest Milton Court
Tigard, OR, 97224
https://medicalteams.org
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Standards For Charity Accountability

Governance

  1. Board Oversight
  2. Board Size
  3. Board Meetings
  4. Board Compensation
  5. Conflict of Interest

Measuring Effectiveness

  1. Effectiveness Policy
  2. Effectiveness Report

Finances

  1. Program Expenses
  2. Fundraising Expenses
  3. Accumulating Funds
  4. Audit Report
  5. Detailed Expense Breakdown
  6. Accurate Expense Reporting
  7. Budget Plan

Fundraising & Info

  1. Truthful Materials
  2. Annual Report
  3. Website Disclosures
  4. Donor Privacy
  5. Cause Marketing Disclosures
  6. Complaints

Medical Teams International meets the 20 Standards for Charity Accountability.

Stated Purpose:
"to love like Jesus by boldly breaking barriers to health and restoring wholeness in a hurting world."

Year, State Incorporated:
1979, OR

Medical Teams International (Medical Teams) is a Christian humanitarian relief organization that provides holistic medical care for people in crisis to support physical, emotional, social, and spiritual healing. The organization provides medical care to refugees and disaster survivors, as well as maternal and child healthcare services. Medical Teams also provides mobile dental clinics. In 2023, Medical Teams reports that the organization helped more than 4.7 million people in 27 countries, delivered more than 39,000 babies, provided more than $3.4 million in dental and medical care services in the Pacific Northwest, and stocked more than 200 clinics worldwide.

For the year ended September 30, 2023, Medical Teams International's program expenses were:

International programs: $62,585,845

U.S. programs: $5,595,393

Total Program Expenses: $68,181,238

Chief Executive
Eric Ha, President and Chief Executive Officer

Compensation*
$312,000

Chair of the Board
Geoff Guilfoy

Chair's Profession / Business Affiliation
Founder, Lumen Leaders LLC

Board Size
16

Paid Staff Size
168

*2025 compensation, as reported by the organization, includes annual salary and, if applicable, benefit plans, expense accounts, and other allowances.

Note: Mr. Ha became President and Chief Executive Officer on November 4, 2024. The previous President and Chief Executive Officer, Martha Newsome, received $328,242 in compensation in 2023.

Method(s) Used:
Direct mail appeals, Grant proposals, Internet, Direct mail appeals, Radio, Special events, Telemarketing

Fundraising costs were 10% of related contributions. (Related contributions, which totaled $68,892,703 are donations received as a result of fundraising activities.)

This organization is tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. It is eligible to receive contributions deductible as charitable donations for federal income tax purposes.

The following information is based on Medical Teams International's audited financial statements for the year ended September 30, 2023.

Source of Funds
U.S. government grants and contracts $11,448,496
Other grants and contracts $18,660,753
In-kind contributions $26,231,198
Program revenue $1,453,313
Investment income $769,019
Gain from sale of property $26,960
Other income $459,402
Contributions $12,552,256
Total Income $71,601,397

Programs: 85% Fundraising: 8% Administrative: 7%

Total Income $71,601,397
Total expenses: $80,215,930
  Program expenses $68,181,238
  Fundraising expenses $6,806,948
  Administrative expenses $5,227,744
  Other expenses $0
Income in Excess of Expenses $-8,614,533
Beginning Net Assets $35,165,153
Other Changes In Net Assets $0
Ending Net Assets $26,550,620
Total Liabilities $5,268,442
Total Assets $31,819,062

Note: According to the organization's audited financial statements for the year ended September 30, 2023, Medical Teams received in-kind gifts totaling $26,231,198 in the form of medical supplies ($24,779,821), other ($1,075,676), and services ($375,701).

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Report completed by:
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