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← SMILE TRAIN INC

Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by SMILE TRAIN INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$99,402,851
Total expenses
$116,010,503
Contributions and grants received
$89,140,505
Grants paid
$66,481,947
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$10,190,133
Other revenue
$72,213
Total assets, end of year
$374,570,132
Total liabilities, end of year
$10,775,194
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$363,794,938
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$91,516,731
Management and general expenses
$2,129,276
Fundraising expenses
$22,364,496
Program service expenses (Part III)
$91,516,731

Program services were 78.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $7,774,005

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $81,366,500

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $538,660

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $7,862,396 · excluded $7,862,396

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $36,886 · excluded $36,886

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $115,222,648

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $112,894,911

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $2,327,737

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $2,327,737 · excluded $2,327,737

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE

    total $35,327 · excluded $35,327

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $35,327

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $66,481,947 · program services $66,481,947

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $1,540,653 · program services $1,158,967 · management and general $130,100 · fundraising $251,586

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $174,697 · program services $139,757 · management and general $17,470 · fundraising $17,470

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $9,464,836 · program services $4,943,607 · management and general $319,975 · fundraising $4,201,254

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $499,665 · program services $277,160 · management and general $21,068 · fundraising $201,437

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $2,196,473 · program services $1,218,364 · management and general $92,613 · fundraising $885,496

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $936,620 · program services $519,535 · management and general $39,492 · fundraising $377,593

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $374,633 · program services $228,455 · management and general $6,923 · fundraising $139,255

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $255,521 · management and general $255,521

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $12,883 · program services $12,883

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $90,171 · fundraising $90,171

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $1,172,442 · management and general $1,172,442

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $2,607,282 · program services $2,345,135 · management and general $8,347 · fundraising $253,800

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $4,475,307 · program services $515,500 · fundraising $3,959,807

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $1,011,827 · program services $712,626 · management and general $16,264 · fundraising $282,937

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $532,164 · program services $351,407 · management and general $10,633 · fundraising $170,124

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $314,282 · program services $224,986 · management and general $4,518 · fundraising $84,778

  • 17 · Travel

    total $711,026 · program services $561,971 · management and general $948 · fundraising $148,107

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $627,540 · program services $462,982 · management and general $1,649 · fundraising $162,909

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $1,846,965 · program services $1,606,631 · management and general $14,073 · fundraising $226,261

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $220,896 · program services $145,791 · management and general $4,418 · fundraising $70,687

  • 24a · Other expenses: MARKETING AND FUNDRAISI

    total $17,629,740 · program services $7,000,740 · management and general $2,426 · fundraising $10,626,574

  • 24b · Other expenses: REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE

    total $1,695,806 · program services $1,471,160 · management and general $10,396 · fundraising $214,250

  • 24c · Other expenses: PRINTED PROG. MATERIALS

    total $1,088,781 · program services $1,088,781

  • 24d · Other expenses: MEDICAL ADVISORY BOARD

    total $48,346 · program services $48,346

  • 26 · Joint costs (an allocation of the lines above)

    total $12,733,568 · program services $7,074,681 · management and general $0 · fundraising $5,658,887

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $49,956 · end of year $50,148

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $12,786,074 · end of year $5,025,303

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $1,203,580 · end of year $2,547,521

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $3,054,491 · end of year $3,061,554

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $26,391,755

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $6,643,988

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $21,067,505 · end of year $19,747,767

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $328,207,886 · end of year $335,331,174

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $8,445,353 · end of year $8,750,384

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $668,003 · end of year $56,281

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $6,322,781 · end of year $5,453,240

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $7,907,033 · end of year $5,321,140

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $814

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $355,257,544 · end of year $357,617,332

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $5,995,490 · end of year $6,177,606

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

SMILE TRAIN, INC.'S PRIMARY PURPOSE IS TO PROVIDE PEOPLE BORN WITH A CLEFT THE SAME OPPORTUNITIES IN LIFE AS THOSE BORN WITHOUT CLEFTS. (CONT'D ON SCH. O).

Activities or mission (Part I)

SMILE TRAIN AIMS TO ENSURE THAT EVERY PERSON HAS ACCESS TO SAFE, QUALITY CLEFT CARE.

  • TREATMENT PROGRAM: FREE CLEFT SURGERIES - WHILE OUR COST PER SURGERY VARIES ACROSS THE 90+ DIFFERENT COUNTRIES WHERE WE HAVE WORKED, OUR CONTRIBUTION PER SURGERY CAN BE AS LOW AS $250. THIS AMOUNT REFLECTS THE CONTRIBUTION PER SURGERY THAT WE PROVIDE OUR PARTNER HOSPITALS. IT ALSO COVERS A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF EACH SURGERY AS PART OF OUR COST-SHARING AGREEMENT AND MEDICAL PARTNERSHIPS. (CONT'D ON SCH. O).

    Expenses $71,866,936 · Grants $59,596,522

  • PUBLIC EDUCATION PROGRAM - AROUND THE WORLD, MANY PEOPLE ARE UNFAMILIAR WITH CLEFT LIP AND PALATE. FOR MANY OF THE FAMILIES WE SUPPORT, THE FIRST TIME THEY SEE A CLEFT IS WHEN THEY FIRST LOOK AT THE FACE OF THEIR NEWBORN CHILD. THIS LACK OF AWARENESS, COUPLED WITH STIGMA AND MYTHS AROUND CLEFTS, OFTEN LEADS TO BABIES WITH CLEFTS BEING ABANDONED, ISOLATED, OR SIMPLY NEVER BROUGHT TO A HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT BECAUSE FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES DON'T KNOW THAT TREATMENT IS AVAILABLE. NO MATTER WHERE THEY LIVE, IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT EVERY FAMILY IS AWARE OF CLEFT LIP AND PALATE AND THE CARE THAT THEIR CHILD WILL NEED AS THEY GROW AND DEVELOP. (CONT'D ON SCH. O).

    Expenses $11,337,335 · Grants $682,155

  • TRAINING PROGRAMS - SMILE TRAIN PROVIDES FREE TRAINING AND EDUCATION TO CLEFT CARE PROFESSIONALS AROUND THE WORLD. ACCESS TO EDUCATION AND TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES IS CRITICAL TO SMILE TRAIN'S WORK EMPOWERING LOCAL MEDICAL TEAMS TO PROVIDE SAFE, HIGH-QUALITY COMPREHENSIVE CLEFT CARE. SINCE 1999, WE HAVE PROVIDED MORE THAN 80,000 TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES TO IMPROVE CLEFT TREATMENT IN COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD. (CONT'D ON SCH. O).

    Expenses $8,312,460 · Grants $6,203,271

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • SUSANNAH SCHAEFER

    PRESIDENT AND CEO

    Total calculated
    $565,669
    From this org
    $522,142
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $43,527
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $422,142
    Bonus
    $100,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $14,600
    Nontaxable benefits
    $28,927
    Filer's total
    $565,669

  • ROY E REICHBACH

    CHAIRPERSON

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • ARTHUR J MCCARTHY

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ROBERT T BELL

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ED GOREN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • RICHARD RUDERMAN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MATHIAS KIWANUKA

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • PAULA SHUGART

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CRYSTLE STEWART

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ASHLEY OCHS

    COO & GENERAL COUNSEL

    Total calculated
    $305,360
    From this org
    $271,493
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $33,867
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $236,493
    Bonus
    $35,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $15,962
    Nontaxable benefits
    $17,905
    Filer's total
    $305,360

  • BEATRIZ GONZALEZ

    CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $295,518
    From this org
    $253,684
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $41,834
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $223,684
    Bonus
    $30,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $12,899
    Nontaxable benefits
    $28,935
    Filer's total
    $295,518

  • ERIN STIEBER

    CHIEF PROGRAMS STRATEGY OFF.

    Total calculated
    $294,625
    From this org
    $247,302
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $47,323
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $217,302
    Bonus
    $30,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $15,075
    Nontaxable benefits
    $32,248
    Filer's total
    $294,625

  • ELYSE TAUB

    CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $270,162
    From this org
    $246,033
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24,129
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $216,033
    Bonus
    $30,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $13,020
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,109
    Filer's total
    $270,162

  • TROY REINHART

    SVP, COMTY. & AMBASSADOR DEV.

    Total calculated
    $250,907
    From this org
    $224,719
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $26,188
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $199,719
    Bonus
    $25,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,500
    Nontaxable benefits
    $20,688
    Filer's total
    $250,907

  • MELANIE BUHRMASTER

    VP, DEVELOPMENT (THRU 01/2023)

    Total calculated
    $213,448
    From this org
    $182,962
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $30,486
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $169,962
    Bonus
    $13,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $9,945
    Nontaxable benefits
    $20,541
    Filer's total
    $213,448

  • VIVIAN LEWIS

    VP, HUMAN RESOURCES

    Total calculated
    $217,863
    From this org
    $192,821
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $25,042
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $184,821
    Bonus
    $8,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $10,704
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,338
    Filer's total
    $217,863

  • PHILIP CARROLL

    SENIOR VP, COMMUNICATIONS

    Total calculated
    $234,694
    From this org
    $211,456
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,238
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $201,456
    Bonus
    $10,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $12,840
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,398
    Filer's total
    $234,694

  • WILLIAM HORAN THRU 032022

    FORMER CHIEF OPERATING OFF.

    Total calculated
    $189,362
    From this org
    $174,696
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,666
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $59,215
    Bonus
    $50,000
    Other
    $65,481
    Deferred
    $3,456
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,210
    Filer's total
    $189,362

  • DR SHELL XUE THRU 062022

    SR VP & REGIONAL DIR. N.A.

    Total calculated
    $428,550
    From this org
    $418,819
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,731
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $310,210
    Bonus
    $10,000
    Other
    $98,609
    Deferred
    $8,925
    Nontaxable benefits
    $806
    Filer's total
    $428,550

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 1a · Tax indemnification and gross-up payments
  • 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Independent compensation consultant
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments

Answered no

  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 1A
SMILE TRAIN INC. MADE A GROSS UP FOR CHINA INCOME TAX PAYMENTS TO SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT AND REGIONAL DIRECTOR, DR. SHELL XUE IN CALENDAR YEAR 2022; THESE CHINA INCOME TAX GROSS-UP PAYMENTS ARE INCLUDED IN SCHEDULE J, PART II, COLUMN B(III).
PART I, LINE 4A
CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER, WILLIAM HORAN, RECEIVED A SEPARATION PAYMENT IN THE AMOUNT OF $65,481; THIS AMOUNT IS REPORTED IN SCHEDULE J, PART II, COLUMN (B)(III). CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER, BEATRIZ GONZALEZ, RECEIVED SEPARATION PAYMENTS THROUGH OCTOBER 2023; THESE PAYMENTS WILL BE REFLECTED IN NEXT YEAR'S FORM 990 AS IT WAS PAID OUT IN HER 2023 W-2.
PART I, LINE 7
ALL BONUSES ISSUED BY SMILE TRAIN TO THE INDIVIDUALS REPORTED IN FORM 990, SCHEDULE J, PART II, WERE RECOMMENDED BY MANAGEMENT AND APPROVED BY THE ORGANIZATION'S COMPENSATION COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. ALL BONUSES ARE PERFORMANCE BASED AND NONE OF THE INDIVIDUALS WHO RECEIVED COMPENSATION HAD ANY INPUT INTO THE DECISION-MAKING PROCESS AUTHORIZING THE BONUSES.

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

  • THE SMILE TRAIN UK

    SEE PART VI · UK · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by SMILE TRAIN

  • THE SMILE TRAIN CANADA FOUNDATION

    SEE PART VI · CA · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by SMILE TRAIN

  • THE SMILE TRAIN STIFTUNG

    SEE PART VI · GM · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by SMILE TRAIN

  • THE SMILE TRAIN FRANCE

    SEE PART VI · FR · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by SMILE TRAIN

  • THE SMILE TRAIN INDIA

    SEE PART VI · IN · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by SMILE TRAIN

  • YAYASAN SMILE TRAIN INDONESIA

    SEE PART VI · ID · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by SMILE TRAIN

  • SMILE TRAIN PHILIPPINES FOUNDATION

    SEE PART VI · RP · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by SMILE TRAIN

  • ASSOCIACAO SMILE TRAIN BRASIL

    SEE PART VI · BR · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by SMILE TRAIN

  • FUNDACION SMILE TRAIN MEXICO AC

    SEE PART VI · MX · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by SMILE TRAIN

  • SIMULARE MEDICAL INC

    SEE PART VI · CA · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by SMILE TRAIN

  • THE SMILE TRAIN

    SEE PART VI · KE · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by SMILE TRAIN

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Disregarded entities

Part I: entities that legally are the filer and file no return of their own.

  • SMILE TRAIN INTERNATIONAL LLC

    INACTIVE · DE · income $0 · assets $0

    Directly controlled by SMILE TRAIN

  • SMILE TRAIN REAL ESTATE LLC

    HOLD REAL ESTATE · NY · income $0 · assets $17,501,631

    Directly controlled by SMILE TRAIN

Related corporations and trusts

Part IV: related organizations taxable as a corporation or trust.

  • SMILE TRAIN UK TRADING COMPANY

    C · SEE PART VI · UK · 100% owned · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by SMILE TRAIN UK

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
13 May 2024
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202441359349310564

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