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CHARITY REVIEW
Issued: November 2023 Expires: November 2025

Catholic Medical Mission Board

Accredited Charity
Accredited Charity

Meets Standards

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33-01 11th Street
Long Island City, NY, 11106

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

Catholic Medical Mission Board meets the 20 Standards for Charity Accountability.

Stated Purpose:
"to deliver locally sustainable, quality health solutions to women, children, and their communities."

Year, State Incorporated:
1928, NY

Catholic Medical Mission Board (CMMB) aims to build sustainable healthcare programs that target leading causes of illness, suffering, and death throughout the world. The organization strives to strengthen local capabilities through its programs which include integrated management of childhood illnesses; primary healthcare and HIV and AIDS prevention; treatment of HIV-infected individuals; voluntary counseling and testing; improving access to medical services; and training nurses and doctors in prevention, care and counseling. CMMB ships medicine and supplies to local care providers in resource-poor countries. The medicines are dispensed and disbursed free of charge. The organization places doctors, nurses and other volunteers in locations where their professional expertise is needed. CMMB also provides disaster relief to regions facing natural or political catastrophes. The organization maintains offices in New York, Haiti, Kenya, Peru, South Sudan, and Zambia.

For the year ended September 30, 2022, Catholic Medical Mission Board's program expenses were:

Volunteers: $1,781,910

Global programs: $28,952,541

Medical donations program: $388,692,181

Total Program Expenses: $419,426,632

Chief Executive
Mary Beth Powers, President and CEO

Compensation*
$170,829

Chair of the Board
Stephen Sichak

Chair's Profession / Business Affiliation
Founder and CEO, Principal and Owner, Sichak Advisory Partners

Board Size
22

Paid Staff Size
55

*2021 compensation includes annual salary and, if applicable, benefit plans, expense accounts, and other allowances. Ms. Powers' salary was pro-rated for the partial year she worked during the fiscal year ended September 30, 2021. Bruce Wilkinson was President and CEO for the year ended September 30, 2021 and received compensation of $373,880.

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

Fundraising costs were 1% of related contributions. (Related contributions, which totaled $482,771,794, 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 Catholic Medical Mission Board's audited financial statements for the year ended September 30, 2022.

Source of Funds
Grants and contributions $41,773,343
Bequests $1,403,536
Dividends and interest $21,390
Donated services $1,420,287
Donated pharmaceuticals, equipment and supplies $435,500,434
Total Income $480,118,990

Programs: 97% Fundraising: 2% Administrative: 1%

Total Income $480,118,990
Total expenses: $431,102,133
  Program expenses $419,426,632
  Fundraising expenses $7,114,327
  Administrative expenses $4,561,174
  Other expenses $0
Income in Excess of Expenses $49,016,857
Beginning Net Assets $134,033,555
Other Changes In Net Assets $-5,397,774
Ending Net Assets $177,652,638
Total Liabilities $8,392,049
Total Assets $186,044,687

Note 1: According to CMMB's audited financial statements for the year ended September 30, 2022, the organization received in-kind contributions totaling $436,920,721 in the form of donated pharmaceuticals, equipment and supplies ($435,500,434) and professional services ($1,420,287).

Note 2: In the above financial section, "other change in net assets" refers to realized gain on sales of investments and gift annuity investments ($434,292), change in valuation of gift annuity payable (-$17,590), foreign currency loss (-$180,753), and unrealized loss on investments and gift annuity investments (-$5,633,723).

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