Is it real?
Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Oct 2004.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Where the money goes
75 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.
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
22 people listed on the 990; $1.3M paid to officers and key staff.
Massimiliano Pezzoli’s $278K as Chief Executive Officer is at the 97th percentile of top reported officer pay among 3868 $1–10M human services 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 · 8 named individuals · Part VII
| Name | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | FY2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Massimiliano Pezzoli | $277,922 | $267,233 | $257,871 | — | — | $198,738 |
| Massimillano Pezzoli | — | — | — | $248,264 | $211,551 | — |
| Kira Elbert | — | — | — | — | $226,616 | $194,863 |
| Allison Howard-Berry | $213,096 | $203,676 | $169,886 | — | — | — |
| Noah Leff | — | — | — | — | $211,551 | $192,094 |
| Steven Justus | — | — | — | — | — | $206,532 |
| Valerio Parisi | $196,411 | $176,376 | $170,195 | $164,627 | $151,116 | $139,765 |
| Ajay Saini | — | — | $175,798 | $15,929 | — | — |
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.
See Touch Health INC executive salaries →Questions the 990 asks
The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.
- Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
- Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes
Programs and updates
Saves lives and relieves human suffering worldwide.
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M-Mama Program
In FY21, touch continued to work with pathfinder international (our implementation partner) to transition the management of the m-mama program to the local authorities of the shinyanga region, where the emergency transportation system (emts) continues to operate in all 6 districts.
Human resources for health (HRH), deployment & retention and policy: in fy 21, touch continued to collaborate with the usaid to finalize touch's prioritization & optimization analysis (poa) system for use by the president's office regional administration and local government (po-ralg).
Health Technology Management (htm)
During this year, touch continued implementation of the healthcare technology management (HTM) program to improve engineering and maintenance services at bugando medical centre (BMC). Touch worked with BMC and engineering department leadership to develop a performance improvement strategy for the engineering team, including people…
Funders
Who pays for it.
From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.
Grants
Federal money
The auditor reported 1 finding: a material weakness in money controls.
The auditor reported no findings.
The auditor reported no findings.
The auditor reported no findings.
By the numbers
The FY2021 990, line by line.
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| Line | Start FY21 | End FY21 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash and savingsLn 1–2 | $1.3M | $596K |
| Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c | $4K | $6K |
| Total assetsLn 16 | $6.4M | $4.1M |
| LiabilitiesLn 26 | $280K | $71K |
| Net assetsLn 32 | $6.1M | $4.0M |
| Line | Total | Programs | Management | Fundraising |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1 | $694K | $694K | ||
| Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3 | $877K | $877K | ||
| Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5 | $508K | $168K | $208K | $132K |
| Other salaries and wagesLn 7 | $1.4M | $1.1M | $246K | $55K |
| Pension plan contributionsLn 8 | $30K | $25K | $5K | $644 |
| Other employee benefitsLn 9 | $128K | $92K | $27K | $9K |
| Payroll taxesLn 10 | $65K | $43K | $16K | $6K |
| Legal feesLn 11b | $10K | $10K | ||
| Accounting feesLn 11c | $146K | $146K | ||
| Other fees for servicesLn 11g | $615K | $489K | $22K | $104K |
| Advertising and promotionLn 12 | $94K | $4K | $54K | $36K |
| Office expensesLn 13 | $67K | $22K | $21K | $25K |
| OccupancyLn 16 | $61K | $24K | $37K | |
| TravelLn 17 | $49K | $43K | $6K | $16 |
| Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22 | $2K | $2K | ||
| InsuranceLn 23 | $4K | $4K | ||
| Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24 | $11K | $4K | $5K | $3K |
| Total functional expensesLn 25 | $4.7M | $3.5M | $807K | $372K |
Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 LatestFiled with the IRS Jul 30, 2026 | $3.6M | $3.5M | $103K | $2.5M | 990 PDF |
| FY2024Filed with the IRS Aug 15, 2025 | $3.5M | $4.6M | −$1.1M | $3.1M | 990 PDF |
| FY2023Filed with the IRS Jul 23, 2024 | $5.4M | $4.7M | $695K | $4.5M | 990 PDF |
| FY2022Filed with the IRS Aug 14, 2023 | $5.4M | $4.2M | $1.1M | $3.8M | 990 PDF |
| FY2021 ViewingFiled with the IRS Aug 15, 2022 | $2.6M | $4.7M | −$2.1M | $4.0M | 990 PDF |
| FY2020Filed with the IRS Jul 26, 2021 | $2.8M | $4.9M | −$2.1M | $6.1M | 990 PDF |
Schedules filed Part IV
See the full FY2021 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $2,616,126 revenue, 12 lines filed
Part VI · Governance 14 of 14 board members independent, no flags
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $2,616,126 across 5 lines filed
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $4,717,978 across 17 lines filed
Part X · Balance sheet $4,095,377 assets, 13 lines filed
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $4,024,057 net assets at year end
Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2021 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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