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99¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX

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FY2023 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
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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
3 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $7K a year · 3% of revenue · last 5 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 3 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
99%
of spending
Looks good: 99% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
3 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 3.3 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
2
named funders · $193K
Fine: 2 funders name it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$31K
21% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 21% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
5
of 5 voting members
Looks good: 5 of 5 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$231K
-54% vs prior year
Spent
$404K
To programs
99%
Net assets
$116K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$231K
FY2023▼ -54%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$53K
FY2021$148K
FY2022$505K
FY2023$231K
FY2024$189K
FY2025$363K
Expenses
$404K
FY2023▲ +28%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$50K
FY2021Not on file
FY2022$317K
FY2023$404K
FY2024$168K
FY2025$363K
Net assets
$116K
FY2023▼ -60%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$12K
FY2021$46K
FY2022$290K
FY2023$116K
FY2024$136K
FY2025$135K

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Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Oct 2007.

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Where the money goes

99 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 99% · $400K Management & general 1% · $4K

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

5 people listed on the 990.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Executive Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A

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Questions the 990 asks

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  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aNo

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3 programs · $400K · in their own filed words · FY2023
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Achievements in 2023 Include

* Appropedia reached over 1.2M users from 231 countries. The platform rolled out features for accesibility including offline access, and improved its content generation tools. * Provided support to finalists of the Global Surgical Training Challenge, a USD 5M competition aimed at enable surgical training and access to simulators for low…

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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 · FY2023
Total grants receivedfrom 2 funders$193K

By the numbers

The FY2023 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$231K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$231K
Money outPt IX
$404K
Ln 25
Programscol B$400K
Managementcol C$4K
Owns and owesPt X
$116K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$111K
Total assetsLn 16$147K
LiabilitiesLn 26$31K
PeoplePt VI, VII
5
listed · VII A
PaidVII A0
Voting boardVI 1a5
IndependentVI 1b5
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$231K
Government grantsLn 1e$0
Noncash giftsLn 1g$0
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$0
Gains on assetsLn 7$0
Total revenueLn 12$231K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$111K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$111K
Total assetsLn 16$147K
LiabilitiesLn 26$31K
Net assetsLn 32$116K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 50
VolunteersI 65
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY23End FY23
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$161K$111K
Total assetsLn 16$343K$147K
LiabilitiesLn 26$53K$31K
Net assetsLn 32$290K$116K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$0$0
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$0$0$0$0
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0$0$0$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$0$0$0$0
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0$0$0$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$0$0$0$0
Payroll taxesLn 10$0$0$0$0
Management feesLn 11a$29K$29K$0$0
Legal feesLn 11b$0$0$0$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$0$0$0$0
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0$0$0$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0$0$0$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$0$0$0$0
Advertising and promotionLn 12$0$0$0$0
Office expensesLn 13$4K$0$4K$0
Information technologyLn 14$10K$10K$0$0
RoyaltiesLn 15$0$0$0$0
OccupancyLn 16$3K$3K$0$0
TravelLn 17$32K$31K$640$0
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0$0$0$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$0$0$0$0
InterestLn 20$0$0$0$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0$0$0$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$0$0$0$0
InsuranceLn 23$192$0$192$0
All other expensesLn 24e$326K$326K$0$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$404K$400K$4K$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $363K$363K−$686$135K 990 PDF
FY2024 $189K$168K$20K$136K 990 PDF
FY2023 Viewing $231K$404K−$174K$116K 990 PDF
FY2022 $505K$317K$188K$290K 990 PDF
FY2021 $148K$46K 990 PDF
FY2020 $53K$50K$3K$12K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support O · Explanations
See the full FY2023 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $230,566 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $505,018$230,566
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $0$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $0$0
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $505,018$230,566
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$0
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $0$0
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $2,550$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $314,441$404,373
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $316,991$404,373
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $188,027−$173,807
Part VI · Governance 5 of 5 board members independent, 3 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body5
VI-1b Independent voting members5
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $230,566 across 14 lines filed
VIII-1a Federated campaigns$0
VIII-1b Membership dues$0
VIII-1c Fundraising events$0
VIII-1d Related organizations$0
VIII-1e Government grants$0
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$230,566
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$0
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$230,566
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-5 RoyaltiesRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsUnrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$230,566
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $404,373 across 30 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $0$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $0$0
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $0$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for membersPrograms $0$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-6 Pay of disqualified personsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11a Management feesPrograms $29,448 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$29,448
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11d Lobbying feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11e Professional fundraising feesFundraising $0$0
IX-11f Investment management feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $0 · Management $3,522 · Fundraising $0$3,522
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $10,339 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$10,339
IX-15 RoyaltiesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $2,946 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$2,946
IX-17 TravelPrograms $31,412 · Management $640 · Fundraising $0$32,052
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officialsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-20 InterestPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliatesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $0 · Management $192 · Fundraising $0$192
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $325,874 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$325,874
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $400,019 · Management $4,354 · Fundraising $0$404,373
Part X · Balance sheet $146,605 assets, 9 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $160,686$110,684
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $181,925$35,921
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $342,611$146,605
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $52,944$30,745
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $52,944$30,745
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $56,511$13,013
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $233,156$102,847
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $289,667$115,860
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $342,611$146,605
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $115,860 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$230,566
XI-2 Total expenses$404,373
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$173,807
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$289,667
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$0
XI-6 Donated services and use of facilities$0
XI-7 Investment expenses$0
XI-8 Prior period adjustments$0
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$115,860

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