Blessings International is a non-profit organization whose mission is to heal the hurting by providing pharmaceuticals, vitamins and medical supplies to traveling medical teams and local clinics; to build healthy communities by treating the poor and victims of endemic medical problems, disease or overwhelming disasters; to transform lives by demonstrating the love and compassion of jesus christ.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
91¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 20 volunteers and 24 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
2 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $203K a year · 5% of revenue · last 6 filings
Concern: a surplus in 2 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
$630K
to officers and key staff · 11% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 11% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
2 mo
of spending, in cash
Fine: 1.9 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
2
named funders · $66K
Fine: 2 funders name it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$98K
1% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 1% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
7
of 8 voting members
Looks good: 7 of 8 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$5.6M
+6% vs prior year
Spent
$5.5M
To programs
91%
Net assets
$6.7M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$5.6M
FY2025▲ +6%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$3.5M
FY2021$2.9M
FY2022$3.9M
FY2023$5.3M
FY2024$5.3M
FY2025$5.6M
Expenses
$5.5M
FY2025▲ +5%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$4.0M
FY2021$3.3M
FY2022$4.4M
FY2023$5.1M
FY2024$5.3M
FY2025$5.5M
Net assets
$6.7M
FY2025▲ +1%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$8.0M
FY2021$7.5M
FY2022$6.8M
FY2023$6.6M
FY2024$6.6M
FY2025$6.7M

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending August 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 Oct 1981.

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Where the money goes

91 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 91% · $5.0M Management & general 7% · $410K Fundraising 2% · $86K

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

11 people listed on the 990; $630K 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
$231,307Pt VII · Sec A
VP of Strategic Dev.
$164,725Pt VII · Sec A
Senior VP & COO
$130,132Pt VII · Sec A
Vice President & CFO
$103,389Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Barry R Ewy Pharmd Jd Mha’s $231K as CEO is at the 84th 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 · 6 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Barry R Ewy Pharmd Jd Mha$231,307$220,345$195,883$190,185——
Barry R Ewy Pharmdjdmha————$184,000$184,000
Laura Berry$164,725$164,345$145,465$134,740$115,860$116,077
Bernedette Hewson MBA$130,132—————
Bernie Morris—$121,432$113,876$99,625$101,327$101,544
Rich Faust CPA$103,389$6,516————

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 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Provides medical supplies and treatment to heal the sick and build healthy communities.

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3 programs · $5.0M · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Medicine for short-term medical teams, permanent foreign clinics, us charitable clinics, and disaster relief.

$3.2Mprogram expense
02

Allocated overhead costs for relief programs, development of programs directed by blessings international, collaboration with other organizations, salaries, and wages.

$1.4Mprogram expense
03

Gifts and other distribution costs

$401Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

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

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 2 funders$66K
Grants paid · 20 grants · $298K · 2019–2022
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By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$5.6M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$5.3M
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$260K
Investment incomeLn 3$59K
Money outPt IX
$5.5M
Ln 25
Programscol B$5.0M
Managementcol C$410K
Fundraisingcol D$86K
Owns and owesPt X
$6.7M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$878K
Total assetsLn 16$6.8M
LiabilitiesLn 26$98K
PeoplePt VI, VII
11
listed · VII A
PaidVII A4
Voting boardVI 1a8
IndependentVI 1b7
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$260K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$5.3M
Investment incomeLn 3$59K
Total revenueLn 12$5.6M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$443K
SavingsLn 2$434K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$878K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$1.1M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$94K
Other assetsLn 15$2.7M
Total assetsLn 16$6.8M
LiabilitiesLn 26$98K
Net assetsLn 32$6.7M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 524
VolunteersI 620
Fiscal year endsHeaderAugust
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$543K$878K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$1.2M$1.1M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$104K$94K
Total assetsLn 16$6.7M$6.8M
LiabilitiesLn 26$110K$98K
Net assetsLn 32$6.6M$6.7M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$260K$260K
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$3.0M$3.0M
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$556K$445K$83K$28K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$750K$600K$113K$38K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$77K$62K$12K$4K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$120K$96K$18K$6K
Payroll taxesLn 10$91K$73K$14K$5K
Legal feesLn 11b$630$630
Accounting feesLn 11c$33K$33K
Investment management feesLn 11f$4K$4K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$5K$5K
Office expensesLn 13$97K$36K$60K
Information technologyLn 14$56K$45K$11K
OccupancyLn 16$62K$49K$12K
TravelLn 17$25K$25K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$12K$12K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$29K$23K$6K
InsuranceLn 23$84K$67K$16K$376
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$459K$446K$14K
All other expensesLn 24e−$184K−$192K$2K$6K
Total functional expensesLn 25$5.5M$5.0M$410K$86K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $5.6M$5.5M$85K$6.7M 990 PDF
FY2024 $5.3M$5.3M−$7K$6.6M 990 PDF
FY2023 $5.3M$5.1M$186K$6.6M 990 PDF
FY2022 $3.9M$4.4M−$469K$6.8M 990 PDF
FY2021 $2.9M$3.3M−$459K$7.5M 990 PDF
FY2020 $3.5M$4.0M−$553K$8.0M 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 F · Foreign J · Pay O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $5,595,006 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $187,707$259,791
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $5,026,595$5,276,527
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $50,560$58,688
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $5,264,862$5,595,006
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $3,036,031$3,235,195
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $1,583,012$1,594,062
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $652,752$681,018
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $5,271,795$5,510,275
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$6,933$84,731
Part VI · Governance 7 of 8 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body8
VI-1b Independent voting members7
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 $5,595,006 across 5 lines filed
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$259,791
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$259,791
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $5,276,527$5,276,527
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $58,688$58,688
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $5,276,527 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $58,688$5,595,006
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $5,510,275 across 20 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $259,966$259,966
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $2,975,229$2,975,229
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $444,667 · Management $83,375 · Fundraising $27,792$555,834
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $600,335 · Management $112,563 · Fundraising $37,521$750,419
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $61,563 · Management $11,543 · Fundraising $3,848$76,954
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $95,904 · Management $18,125 · Fundraising $5,851$119,880
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $72,780 · Management $13,646 · Fundraising $4,549$90,975
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $630$630
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $32,871$32,871
IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $3,586$3,586
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $5,426$5,426
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $36,023 · Management $60,493$96,516
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $45,030 · Management $11,257$56,287
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $49,248 · Management $12,312$61,560
IX-17 TravelPrograms $24,670$24,670
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsManagement $11,958$11,958
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $23,130 · Management $5,783$28,913
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $66,865 · Management $16,340 · Fundraising $376$83,581
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $445,507 · Management $13,518$459,025
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms −$192,424 · Management $1,976 · Fundraising $6,443−$184,005
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $5,013,919 · Management $409,976 · Fundraising $86,380$5,510,275
Part X · Balance sheet $6,798,120 assets, 17 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $384,803$443,340
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $158,065$434,474
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $161,771$153,489
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $1,591,254$1,571,804
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $341,474$278,988
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $103,733$94,427
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $1,173,257$1,088,989
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $2,824,639$2,732,609
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $6,738,996$6,798,120
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $24,010$16,135
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $79,826$76,162
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $5,690$5,408
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $109,526$97,705
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $6,566,624$6,657,792
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $62,846$42,623
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $6,629,470$6,700,415
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $6,738,996$6,798,120
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $6,700,415 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$5,595,006
XI-2 Total expenses$5,510,275
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$84,731
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$6,629,470
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$37,515
XI-9 Other changes in net assets−$51,301
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$6,700,415

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