The Foundation is dedicated to providing leadership, oversight, partnership development, and coordination of worldwide wheelchair deliveries as well as supporting various education, health, food and museum programs around the world. The Foundation is leading an international effort to create awareness of the needs and abilities of people with physical disabilities, to promote the joy of giving, create Global friendship, and to deliver a wheelchair to every child, teen, and adult in the world who needs but cannot afford one.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78

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FY2020 · Form 990-EZIndependent: 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
FY2024
latest Form 990-EZ
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
1 of 2
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $86.3M a year · 80% of revenue · last 2 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 1 of the last 2 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 2 filings
Named funders
1
named funder · $455K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
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Revenue
$100K
Net assets
$179K
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$100K
FY2020
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$100K
FY2021$100K
FY2022$0
FY2023$215.7M
FY2024$674K
Expenses
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FY2020
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020Not on file
FY2021Not on file
FY2022Not on file
FY2023$12.5M
FY2024$31.2M
Net assets
$179K
FY2020
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$179K
FY2021$192K
FY2022$90K
FY2023$221.0M
FY2024$212.3M

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Sep 2020.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Who runs it and what they're paid

3 people listed on the 990-EZ.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secy/Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A

David E Behring’s $356K as Treasurer/Direc is at the 100th percentile of top reported officer pay among 2168 $100K–1M 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

NameFY2024FY2023
David E Behring$356,050$327,192
Stephen P Beinke$352,337$326,454
Jeffrey Behring$268,746$178,998
Darren Cox$205,778$154,634
Janet Silverman$204,951$189,752
Joel Hodge$185,658$186,752
Charlotte Butterfield$168,596$162,119
Juan Hao$160,250$153,012

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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Programs and updates

Delivers wheelchairs worldwide and supports global education, health, and food programs.

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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 · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$455K
Grants paid · 27 grants · $19.3M · 2023–2024
John Muir Health FoundationCA · FY2024$17,507,200
Shepherds of Wildlife SocietyMT · FY2024$100,000
Global Educational FoundationFL · FY2024$100,000
African Childrens SchoolFY2024$47,500
Viet Dreams FoundationFY2024$40,227
Community Youth CenterFY2024$25,700
Individual RecipientFY2024$25,000
Individual RecipientFY2024$25,000
Various 501c3 OrgsFY2024$21,899
Individual RecipientFY2024$15,000
Teton Litercy CenterFY2024$10,000
St Isidore School FoundationFY2024$10,000
Holy Cross HospitalFY2024$7,500
John Muir Health FoundationCA · FY2023$1,100,000
Fleisher Scholars FoundationFY2023$75,000
First Tee of Tri ValleyFY2023$25,000
Community Youth CenterFY2023$25,000
Various 501c3 OrgsFY2023$21,555
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By the numbers

The FY2020 990-EZ, line by line.

1The main four
Money in
$100K
Other income$100K
Owns and owes
$179K
net assets
People
3
listed
Paid0
2In more detail
Revenue in detail
Other income$100K
Total revenue$100K
Assets in detailEnd of year
Net assets$179K
Operations
Employees44
Volunteers138
Fiscal year endsDecember

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest $674K$31.2M−$30.5M$212.3M 990 PDF
FY2023 $215.7M$12.5M$203.2M$221.0M 990 PDF
FY2022 $0$90K 990 PDF
FY2021 $100K$192K 990 PDF
FY2020 Viewing $100K$179K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2020 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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