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Medicines for Humanity INC

Tax-deductible

Rockland, MA501(c)(3)InternationalEIN 04-3395749Revenue $2.5M in FY2025

On file with the IRSmedicinesforhumanity.org800 Hingham St Ste 200n, 02370-1079 · Rockland, MATax-exempt since Sep 1998Publicly supported — 509(a)(2)

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Improve child survival rates in impoverished communities within emerging countries.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
91¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 1 volunteers and 3 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2025 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
5 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $297K a year · 10% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 5 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
91%
of spending
Looks good: 91% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$133K
to officers and key staff · 5% of spending
Top officer’s pay lower than 51% of similar orgs
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 5% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
9 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 8.9 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $2K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$25K
0.8% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 1% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
18
of 18 voting members
Looks good: 18 of 18 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$2.5M
-17% vs prior year
Spent
$2.4M
To programs
91%
Net assets
$3.0M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$2.5M
FY2025▼ -17%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$2.2M
FY2021$3.9M
FY2022$2.6M
FY2023$3.3M
FY2024$3.0M
FY2025$2.5M
Expenses
$2.4M
FY2025▼ -4%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$2.0M
FY2021$2.9M
FY2022$2.8M
FY2023$3.0M
FY2024$2.5M
FY2025$2.4M
Net assets
$3.0M
FY2025▲ +2%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$1.5M
FY2021$2.7M
FY2022$2.0M
FY2023$2.3M
FY2024$2.9M
FY2025$3.0M

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending September 2025) · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Sep 1998.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

91 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 91% · $2.2M Management & general 2% · $52K Fundraising 7% · $165K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

18 people listed on the 990; $133K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2024); the FY2025 filing did not itemize Part VII
Kristen Lilley
President, Treasurer, CEO,
$132,990Pt VII · Sec A
Thomas H Bilodeau
Clerk & Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
David Sauer
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Cordelia Ryan
Board Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Joan Regan
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Kristen Lilley’s $133K as President, Treasurer, CEO, is at the 49th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1168 $1–10M international nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 4 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Margaret Brawley-Term End 63022——$164,447$170,447——
Margaret Brawley————$167,818$159,287
Kristen Lilley$132,990$125,000$145,886———
Kristen Fanfant———$68,154——

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2Yes
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Saves children's lives in poor communities abroad.

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1 program · $2.2M · in their own filed words · FY2024
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Providing medical assistance to the poor & needy in the underdeveloped countries for the purpose of improving child survival rates.

$2.2Mprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2025
Wolf & Company Charitable Foundation INCFY2025$2K
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$2K

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

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1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$2.5M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$2.3M
Investment incomeLn 3$90K
Other incomeLn 4–11$86K
Money outPt IX
$2.4M
Ln 25
Programscol B$2.2M
Managementcol C$52K
Fundraisingcol D$165K
Owns and owesPt X
$3.0M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.8M
Total assetsLn 16$3.0M
LiabilitiesLn 26$25K
PeoplePt VI, VII
18
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a18
IndependentVI 1b18
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$2.3M
Investment incomeLn 3$90K
Other incomeLn 4–11$86K
Gains on assetsLn 7$34K
Total revenueLn 12$2.5M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$1.8M
SavingsLn 2$22K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$1.8M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$1.0M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$62K
Total assetsLn 16$3.0M
LiabilitiesLn 26$25K
Net assetsLn 32$3.0M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 53
VolunteersI 61
Fiscal year endsHeaderSeptember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.8M$1.8M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$960K$1.0M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$68K$62K
Total assetsLn 16$3.0M$3.0M
LiabilitiesLn 26$50K$25K
Net assetsLn 32$2.9M$3.0M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$1.4M$1.4M
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$133K$100K$5K$28K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$270K$203K$11K$56K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$87K$58K$6K$22K
Payroll taxesLn 10$40K$30K$3K$7K
Management feesLn 11a$56K$56K
Accounting feesLn 11c$103K$66K$17K$20K
Office expensesLn 13$76K$67K$4K$5K
OccupancyLn 16$36K$34K$330$1K
TravelLn 17$47K$45K$521$2K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$20K$20K
InsuranceLn 23$5K$1K$3K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$112K$88K$658$23K
Total functional expensesLn 25$2.4M$2.2M$52K$165K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $2.5M$2.4M$52K$3.0M 990 PDF
FY2024 $3.0M$2.5M$460K$2.9M 990 PDF
FY2023 $3.3M$3.0M$277K$2.3M 990 PDF
FY2022 $2.6M$2.8M−$196K$2.0M 990 PDF
FY2021 $3.9M$2.9M$1.0M$2.7M 990 PDF
FY2020 $2.2M$2.0M$161K$1.5M 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
See the full FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $2,472,291 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $2,852,994$2,296,084
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $0$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $72,049$90,488
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $55,775$85,719
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $2,980,818$2,472,291
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $1,533,085$1,436,105
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $507,470$529,674
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $480,103$454,738
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $2,520,658$2,420,517
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $460,160$51,774
Part VI · Governance 18 of 18 board members independent, 1 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body18
VI-1b Independent voting members18
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsYes
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $2,472,291 across 6 lines filed
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$2,296,084
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$2,296,084
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $56,453$56,453
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $34,035$34,035
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax $85,719$85,719
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $176,207$2,472,291
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $2,420,517 across 13 lines filed
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $1,436,105$1,436,105
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $100,032 · Management $5,404 · Fundraising $27,554$132,990
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $202,907 · Management $10,963 · Fundraising $55,890$269,760
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $58,014 · Management $6,060 · Fundraising $22,491$86,565
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $29,646 · Management $3,445 · Fundraising $7,268$40,359
IX-11a Management feesPrograms $55,760$55,760
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $66,054 · Management $16,508 · Fundraising $20,415$102,977
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $67,142 · Management $4,352 · Fundraising $4,684$76,178
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $34,375 · Management $330 · Fundraising $1,320$36,025
IX-17 TravelPrograms $44,676 · Management $521 · Fundraising $2,118$47,315
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $19,906$19,906
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $1,263 · Management $3,297$4,560
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $88,171 · Management $658 · Fundraising $23,188$112,017
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $2,204,051 · Management $51,538 · Fundraising $164,928$2,420,517
Part X · Balance sheet $3,025,673 assets, 13 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $1,765,878$1,782,472
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $19,272$21,645
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $155,433$97,306
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $22,181$21,407
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $68,358$62,272
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $959,658$1,040,571
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $2,990,780$3,025,673
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $50,399$24,680
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $50,399$24,680
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $569,591$842,566
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $2,370,790$2,158,427
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $2,940,381$3,000,993
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $2,990,780$3,025,673
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $3,000,993 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$2,472,291
XI-2 Total expenses$2,420,517
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$51,774
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$2,940,381
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$8,838
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$3,000,993

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