Miraclefeet FY2023 filing

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Chapel Hill, NC501(c)(3)Since 2010Diseases & DisordersEIN 27-3764203Revenue $14.3M in FY2023

On file with the IRSmiraclefeet.org107 Conner Dr Ste 230, 27514-7109 · Chapel Hill, NCTax-exempt since Mar 2011Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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See part III, line 1.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
79¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$563K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
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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
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IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
2 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $1.2M a year · 13% of revenue · last 5 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 2 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
79%
of spending
Looks good: 79% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$563K
to officers and key staff · 7% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 7% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
8 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 8.0 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
21
named funders · $3.0M
Looks good: 21 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$144K
0.8% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 1% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
9
of 10 voting members
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Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$14.3M
+35% vs prior year
Spent
$8.4M
To programs
79%
Net assets
$18.0M
By yearFY2021–FY2025
Revenue
$14.3M
FY2023▲ +35%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2021$4.1M
FY2022$10.5M
FY2023$14.3M
FY2024$9.0M
FY2025$8.7M
Expenses
$8.4M
FY2023▲ +15%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2021$5.9M
FY2022$7.3M
FY2023$8.4M
FY2024$9.3M
FY2025$9.7M
Net assets
$18.0M
FY2023▲ +47%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2021$9.0M
FY2022$12.2M
FY2023$18.0M
FY2024$17.7M
FY2025$16.7M

From the FY2023 Form 990 (year ending June 2023) · 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 Mar 2011.

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Where the money goes

79 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 79% · $6.6M Management & general 8% · $693K Fundraising 12% · $1.0M

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

14 people listed on the 990; $563K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2022); the FY2023 filing did not itemize Part VII
CEO Until 9/22; S Advisor 10/22
$167,583Pt VII · Sec A
President Until 9/22; CEO 10/22
$163,687Pt VII · Sec A
Director of Finance & Operations
$121,925Pt VII · Sec A
Director of Programs
$109,669Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer (end 01/23)
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Founding Bd Mbr, Med Adv Bd Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member (end 9/22)
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Daphne Sorensen’s $202K as CEO is at the 75th percentile of top reported officer pay among 733 $1–10M diseases & disorders 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

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Daphne Sorensen$201,619$175,510$163,687$163,687$78,323
Chesca Colloredo-Mansfeld$18,000$96,053$167,583$185,903$157,644
Justin McCarthy$165,213$159,645———
Meredith Driscoll$150,830$143,950$121,925$104,087$102,250
Emmanuel Otoo$122,355$114,870$109,669——
Nola Paterni$110,727$107,355———
Amanda Springer———$109,232$105,613
Lindsey Freeze———$108,966—

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

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

Programs and updates

Provides low-cost, nonsurgical clubfoot treatment to children in high-need countries, enabling them to walk and live active lives.

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1 program · $6.6M · in their own filed words · FY2022
01

Treatment and Training

This past fiscal year, miraclefeet and our partners enrolled 13,584 new children in clubfoot treatment, and our reach grew to 34 total countries and 353 clinics. This brings the total number of children enrolled in treatment to 83,072 since the organization's founding in 2010.

$6.6Mprogram 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 · FY2024
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By the numbers

The FY2023 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$14.3M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$14.2M
Investment incomeLn 3$14K
Other incomeLn 4–11$11K
Money outPt IX
$8.4M
Ln 25
Programscol B$6.6M
Managementcol C$693K
Fundraisingcol D$1.0M
Owns and owesPt X
$18.0M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$5.6M
Total assetsLn 16$18.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$144K
PeoplePt VI, VII
14
listed · VII A
PaidVII A4
Voting boardVI 1a10
IndependentVI 1b9
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$14.2M
Government grantsLn 1e$336K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$59K
Investment incomeLn 3$14K
Other incomeLn 4–11$11K
Gains on assetsLn 7−$19K
Total revenueLn 12$14.3M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$1.8M
SavingsLn 2$3.8M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$5.6M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$79K
Other assetsLn 15$6K
Total assetsLn 16$18.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$144K
Net assetsLn 32$18.0M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 520
VolunteersI 630
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
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 FY23End FY23
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$4.5M$5.6M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$80K$79K
Total assetsLn 16$12.3M$18.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$127K$144K
Net assetsLn 32$12.2M$18.0M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$3.8M$3.8M
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$473K$158K$155K$160K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$1.4M$646K$321K$435K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$37K$16K$10K$11K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$112K$49K$30K$33K
Payroll taxesLn 10$149K$64K$39K$46K
Legal feesLn 11b$16K$8K$5K$3K
Accounting feesLn 11c$39K$39K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$1.5M$1.4M$779$114K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$59K$42K$18K
Office expensesLn 13$67K$35K$9K$23K
Information technologyLn 14$25K$15K$5K$5K
OccupancyLn 16$81K$35K$22K$24K
TravelLn 17$256K$209K$9K$39K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$103K$76K$12K$16K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$38K$18K$5K$16K
InsuranceLn 23$34K$23K$9K$839
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$146K$48K$22K$76K
All other expensesLn 24e$8K$3K$2K$2K
Total functional expensesLn 25$8.4M$6.6M$693K$1.0M

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $8.7M$9.7M−$965K$16.7M 990 PDF
FY2024 $9.0M$9.3M−$298K$17.7M 990 PDF
FY2023 Viewing $14.3M$8.4M$5.9M$18.0M 990 PDF
FY2022 $10.5M$7.3M$3.2M$12.2M 990 PDF
FY2021 $4.1M$5.9M−$1.8M$9.0M 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
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Part I · Summary $14,252,327 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $10,521,129$14,226,833
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $0$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $5,298$14,291
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $3,376$11,203
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $10,529,803$14,252,327
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $3,305,560$3,837,775
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $1,981,939$2,173,517
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $2,000,047$2,349,350
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $7,287,546$8,360,642
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $3,242,257$5,891,685
Part VI · Governance 9 of 10 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body10
VI-1b Independent voting members9
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
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 $14,252,327 across 8 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$335,989
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$13,890,844
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$59,198
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$14,226,833
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $33,425$33,425
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax −$19,134−$19,134
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Excluded from tax $11,203$11,203
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $25,494$14,252,327
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $8,360,642 across 19 lines filed
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $3,837,775$3,837,775
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $158,125 · Management $155,257 · Fundraising $159,645$473,027
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $645,896 · Management $321,293 · Fundraising $434,990$1,402,179
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $15,877 · Management $9,727 · Fundraising $10,999$36,603
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $49,343 · Management $29,858 · Fundraising $33,135$112,336
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $64,321 · Management $39,149 · Fundraising $45,902$149,372
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $7,870 · Management $4,627 · Fundraising $3,085$15,582
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $39,135$39,135
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $1,362,939 · Management $779 · Fundraising $114,087$1,477,805
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $41,621 · Fundraising $17,838$59,459
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $34,786 · Management $9,049 · Fundraising $23,207$67,042
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $15,123 · Management $4,528 · Fundraising $5,169$24,820
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $35,216 · Management $21,575 · Fundraising $24,397$81,188
IX-17 TravelPrograms $208,577 · Management $8,707 · Fundraising $38,714$255,998
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $75,558 · Management $11,845 · Fundraising $15,661$103,064
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $18,026 · Management $4,506 · Fundraising $15,861$38,393
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $23,490 · Management $9,228 · Fundraising $839$33,557
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $47,759 · Management $21,866 · Fundraising $76,157$145,782
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $3,264 · Management $2,000 · Fundraising $2,261$7,525
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $6,645,566 · Management $693,129 · Fundraising $1,021,947$8,360,642
Part X · Balance sheet $18,121,525 assets, 16 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $565,104$1,782,851
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $3,943,887$3,785,834
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $7,314,449$11,851,771
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $123,564$167,502
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $147,136$334,792
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $92,390$74,141
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $80,082$78,805
X-14 Intangible assetsStart of year $55,513$39,652
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $6,177$6,177
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $12,328,302$18,121,525
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $127,114$143,621
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $127,114$143,621
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $4,502,424$4,855,833
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $7,698,764$13,122,071
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $12,201,188$17,977,904
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $12,328,302$18,121,525
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $17,977,904 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$14,252,327
XI-2 Total expenses$8,360,642
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$5,891,685
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$12,201,188
XI-9 Other changes in net assets−$114,969
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$17,977,904

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