Medical Students for Choice
Meets Standards
Standards For Charity Accountability
Governance
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Board Oversight
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Board Size
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Board Meetings
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Board Compensation
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Conflict of Interest
Measuring Effectiveness
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Effectiveness Policy
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Effectiveness Report
Finances
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Program Expenses
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Fundraising Expenses
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Accumulating Funds
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Audit Report
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Detailed Expense Breakdown
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Accurate Expense Reporting
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Budget Plan
Fundraising & Info
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Truthful Materials
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Annual Report
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Website Disclosures
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Donor Privacy
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Cause Marketing Disclosures
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Complaints
Medical Students for Choice meets the 20 Standards for Charity Accountability.
Stated Purpose:
"to support future abortion care providers and advocate for reproductive justice globally."
Year, State Incorporated:
2007, PA
Medical Students for Choice (MSFC) works to ensure that medical students and trainees are educated about all aspects of reproductive health care, including abortion. The organization supports any medical student or physician in training seeking abortion and family planning education. MSFC's Student Organizing program uses the community organizing model to help student chapters plan and implement their own activities to educate their peers and address the needs of their community. The organization offers Reproductive Health Externships for students to observe and participate in abortion provision in abortion clinics. For students that do not have elective time to complete an externship, MSFC offers its Abortion Training Institutes, which are one day, online courses that provides students with a background on abortion provision.
For the year ended December 31, 2022, Medical Students for Choice's program expenses were:
Externship: $189,210
Outreach and communications: $207,989
Student organizing: $369,871
Conferences and meetings: $129,371
Total Program Expenses: $896,441
Chief Executive
Pamela Merritt, Executive Director
Compensation*
$186,946
Chair of the Board
Hanna Amanuel
Chair's Profession / Business Affiliation
Medical Student, Harvard Medical School
Board Size
22
Paid Staff Size
12
*2022 compensation includes annual salary and, if applicable, benefit plans, expense accounts, and other allowances.
Method(s) Used:
Direct mail appeals, Grant proposals, Internet, Radio
Fundraising costs were 23% of related contributions. (Related contributions, which totaled $688,165, 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 Students for Choice's audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2022.
Source of Funds
| Contributions | $493,165 |
| Foundation grants | $195,000 |
| Meeting registrations | $12,650 |
| Miscellaneous income | $758 |
| Interest and dividend income | $56,901 |
| Realized and unrealized loss on investments, net | $-598,013 |
| Total Income | $160,461 |
Programs: 69% Fundraising: 12% Administrative: 18%
| Total Income | $160,461 |
| Total expenses: | $1,291,351 |
| Program expenses | $896,441 |
| Fundraising expenses | $157,288 |
| Administrative expenses | $237,622 |
| Other expenses | $0 |
| Income in Excess of Expenses | $-1,130,890 |
| Beginning Net Assets | $6,213,793 |
| Other Changes In Net Assets | $0 |
| Ending Net Assets | $5,082,903 |
| Total Liabilities | $148,013 |
| Total Assets | $5,230,916 |
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