To provide a safe haven for abandoned, malnourished and impoverished children in northern haiti.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
70¢ 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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FY2021 · 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
FY2024
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
4 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $152K a year · 11% of revenue · last 5 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
70%
of spending
Fine: 70% of spending went to programs; 65% to 75%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
4 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 3.6 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
3
named funders · $66K
Looks good: 3 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$84K
5% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 5% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
5
of 7 voting members
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Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$1.8M
+47% vs prior year
Spent
$1.5M
To programs
70%
Net assets
$1.8M
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$1.8M
FY2021▲ +47%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$1.2M
FY2021$1.8M
FY2022$1.6M
FY2023$1.4M
FY2024$1.0M
Expenses
$1.5M
FY2021▲ +5%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$1.4M
FY2021$1.5M
FY2022$1.5M
FY2023$1.0M
FY2024$902K
Net assets
$1.8M
FY2021▲ +25%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$1.4M
FY2021$1.8M
FY2022$1.8M
FY2023$2.2M
FY2024$2.4M

From the FY2021 Form 990 · 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: FY2024. IRS ruling in Mar 1996.

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Where the money goes

70 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 70% · $1.0M Management & general 27% · $395K Fundraising 3% · $46K

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

7 people listed on the 990.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Co-Founder & CEO
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Co-Founder, Secretary & Tr
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
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Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
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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 15aNo
  • Loans to or from officersSch L · Pt II1 listed

Programs and updates

Shelters and nourishes abandoned, malnourished, and impoverished children in northern Haiti.

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3 programs · $1.0M · in their own filed words · FY2021
01

Orphanages

Mercy & sharing owns a well-secured, 17-ACRE campus with 35,000 square feet of living space, cafeteria, chapel, and storage warehouse, therapy center, disabled school, laboratory and other accessory buildings.

$718Kprogram expense
02

Education

Mercy & sharing schools (the learning academy) employ haitians as teachers who currently teach 450+ students who otherwise would not be in school. The curriculum is based on the curriculum established by the government of haiti: science, math, geography, history, french, and grammar.

$215Kprogram expense
03

Medical

Mercy & sharing cares for over 66 children with disabilities who need medical care, physical and occupational THERAPY.NUTRITION programs: mercy & sharing operates seven different feeding programs at their schools, clinic, and orphanages and in two small villages in the cap haitian area of northern haiti.

$107Kprogram expense

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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 · FY2024
Total grants receivedfrom 3 funders$66K
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Grants paid · 1 grant · $200K · 2022–2022
Food for the Poor INCFL · FY2022$200,000

By the numbers

The FY2021 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$1.8M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.8M
Other incomeLn 4–11$10K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$1K
Money outPt IX
$1.5M
Ln 25
Programscol B$1.0M
Managementcol C$395K
Fundraisingcol D$46K
Owns and owesPt X
$1.8M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$444K
Total assetsLn 16$1.8M
LiabilitiesLn 26$84K
PeoplePt VI, VII
7
listed · VII A
PaidVII A0
Voting boardVI 1a7
IndependentVI 1b5
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.8M
Government grantsLn 1e$40K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$211K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$504
Fees for servicesLn 2g$1K
Investment incomeLn 3$10
Other incomeLn 4–11$10K
Total revenueLn 12$1.8M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$305K
SavingsLn 2$139K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$444K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$1.3M
Other assetsLn 15$365
Total assetsLn 16$1.8M
LiabilitiesLn 26$84K
Net assetsLn 32$1.8M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 5161
VolunteersI 64
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY21End FY21
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$173K$444K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$1.4M$1.3M
Total assetsLn 16$1.5M$1.8M
LiabilitiesLn 26$115K$84K
Net assetsLn 32$1.4M$1.8M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$10K$10K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$527K$342K$185K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$23K$4K$19K
Payroll taxesLn 10$43K$18K$25K
Legal feesLn 11b$118$118
Accounting feesLn 11c$4K$4K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$69K$8K$52K$9K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$9K$3K$6K
Office expensesLn 13$41K$14K$17K$10K
Information technologyLn 14$7K$1K$6K
OccupancyLn 16$61K$45K$16K
TravelLn 17$71K$21K$41K$10K
InterestLn 20$7$7
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$57K$57K
InsuranceLn 23$7K$6K$419
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$526K$497K$26K$2K
All other expensesLn 24e$23K$16K$5K$3K
Total functional expensesLn 25$1.5M$1.0M$395K$46K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest $1.0M$902K$113K$2.4M 990 PDF
FY2023 $1.4M$1.0M$382K$2.2M 990 PDF
FY2022 $1.6M$1.5M$74K$1.8M 990 PDF
FY2021 Viewing $1.8M$1.5M$354K$1.8M 990 PDF
FY2020 $1.2M$1.4M−$163K$1.4M 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 M · Noncash O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $1,834,510 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $1,240,625$1,822,977
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $0$1,474
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $118$10
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $8,094$10,049
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $1,248,837$1,834,510
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$10,150
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $582,847$593,268
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $829,273$876,760
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $1,412,120$1,480,178
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$163,283$354,332
Part VI · Governance 5 of 7 board members independent, 3 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body7
VI-1b Independent voting members5
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $1,834,510 across 9 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $10,049 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1c Fundraising events$504
VIII-1e Government grants$39,654
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$1,782,819
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$211,276
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$1,822,977
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $1,474$1,474
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $10$10
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events$0
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $11,523 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $10$1,834,510
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $1,480,178 across 17 lines filed
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $10,150$10,150
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $342,223 · Management $185,093$527,316
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $4,147 · Management $18,504$22,651
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $18,477 · Management $24,824$43,301
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $118$118
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $4,350$4,350
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $8,059 · Management $51,916 · Fundraising $9,361$69,336
IX-12 Advertising and promotionManagement $3,468 · Fundraising $5,924$9,392
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $14,245 · Management $16,557 · Fundraising $9,711$40,513
IX-14 Information technologyManagement $1,062 · Fundraising $5,870$6,932
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $44,957 · Management $16,320$61,277
IX-17 TravelPrograms $20,524 · Management $40,896 · Fundraising $9,919$71,339
IX-20 InterestManagement $7$7
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $57,494$57,494
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $6,437 · Management $419$6,856
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $497,247 · Management $26,239 · Fundraising $2,175$525,661
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $15,599 · Management $5,119 · Fundraising $2,767$23,485
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $1,039,677 · Management $394,774 · Fundraising $45,727$1,480,178
Part X · Balance sheet $1,848,566 assets, 15 lines filed
Asset lines not itemized here account for $2,031; see the IRS return.
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $69,442$305,214
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $103,890$139,201
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $1,554$373
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $1,145$65,148
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $1,054$1,534
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $1,353,540$1,334,700
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $0$365
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $1,530,690$1,848,566
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $73,182$81,731
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $2,000$2,000
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $39,654$0
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $114,836$83,731
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $1,415,854$1,764,835
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $1,415,854$1,764,835
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $1,530,690$1,848,566
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $1,764,835 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$1,834,510
XI-2 Total expenses$1,480,178
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$354,332
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$1,415,854
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments−$5,351
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$1,764,835

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