Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$471,990

Total expenses

$231,994

Contributions and grants received

$471,990

Grants paid

$4,950

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$0

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$473,434

Total liabilities, end of year

$0

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$473,434

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$210,582

Management and general expenses

$21,412

Fundraising expenses

$0

Program service expenses (Part III)

$210,582

Program services were 90.8% 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.

Mission and programs · 2023

• GROWTH: THE WPA, ESTABLISHED IN SEPTEMBER 2020, IS COMPOSED OF 467 NON- PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS FROM 124 COUNTRIES AND HAS EXPERIENCED RAPID GLOBAL GROWTH. IN 2023, 73 ORGANIZATIONS JOINED AS NEW MEMBERS, FURTHER EXPANDING ITS REACH. BY ENGAGING PATIENT GROUPS ACROSS VARIOUS REGIONS, WPA HAS STRENGTHENED ITS PRESENCE IN THE INTERNATIONAL PATIENT ADVOCACY ARENA AND ENHANCED ITS ADVOCACY EFFORTS. COMMUNICATION WITH BOTH THE BROADER PATIENT COMMUNITY AND MEMBER GROUPS IS CARRIED OUT THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA AND EMAIL. THIS INCREASED MEMBERSHIP HAS BOOSTED WPA'S CREDIBILITY WITH POTENTIAL FUNDERS AND POLICYMAKERS WORLDWIDE, LEADING TO GREATER FUNDING AND ADVOCACY OPPORTUNITIES. IN 2023, WPA SUCCESSFULLY ORGANIZED A LARGE-SCALE CAMPAIGN FOR WORLD PATIENT SAFETY DAY, INVOLVING APPROXIMATELY 400 EVENTS GLOBALLY. BURSARIES AND GRANTS WERE PROVIDED TO MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS IN DIFFERENT COUNTRIES TO SUPPORT LOCAL AWARENESS INITIATIVES. ADDITIONALLY, WPA HOSTED ITS 1ST ASIA PACIFIC REGIONAL MEETING, FOCUSING ON THE UNIQUE CHALLENGES FACED BY THE REGION.

  Expenses $56,518 · Grants $1,317

• ADVOCACY: THE WPA PLAYS A PIVOTAL ROLE IN THE GLOBAL POLICY ARENA, REPRESENTING PATIENTS WORLDWIDE. IT DEDICATES SUBSTANTIAL EFFORT TO CONVEYING THE PATIENT PERSPECTIVE TO REGULATORS, POLICYMAKERS, AND KEY STAKEHOLDERS, INCLUDING THE WHO, EU, AND OTHER GOVERNING BODIES. TO ENSURE THE PATIENT VOICE IS EFFECTIVELY HEARD, WPA ACTIVELY PARTICIPATES AND PRESENTS AT NUMEROUS INTERNATIONAL MEETINGS. BELOW IS A SELECTION OF EVENTS WHERE WPA BOARD DIRECTORS WERE PRESENT, EITHER VIRTUALLY OR IN PERSON: A. WORLD HEALTH DAY CONFERENCE B. COALITION OF NGOS FOR EQUITY MEETING C. PERSON AND FAMILY-CENTERED ADVISORY COUNCIL (PFCAC) BY ISQUA D. CONFERENCE ON EMPOWERING PATIENT AUTONOMY AT DUPHAT_UAE E. CONFERENCE ON PATIENT SAFETY FOR WORLD PATIENT SAFETY DAY F. 46TH WORLD HOSPITAL CONGRESS G. WORLD MEDICAL ASSOCIATION MEETING H. SEMINAR ON WORLD PATIENT SAFETY DAY AT FATIMAH JINNAH MEDICAL UNIVERSITY I. MEMBERSHIP SURVEYS J. STATEMENT OF PATIENTS' RIGHTS WHENEVER POSSIBLE, THE WPA'S TRAVEL EXPENSES ARE COVERED BY PARTNER COALITIONS, REDUCING THE ORGANIZATION'S FINANCIAL BURDEN. IN 2023, THE WPA CONCENTRATED ON ADVOCACY, HIGHLIGHTED BY THE SUCCESS OF THE WORLD PATIENT SAFETY DAY 2023 CAMPAIGN. IT COLLABORATED WITH ITS MEMBERS TO ORGANIZE AWARENESS EVENTS, ADDRESSING CRITICAL PATIENT ISSUES THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA, PRINT, AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA, REACHING OUT TO WPA MEMBERS AND THE GLOBAL PATIENT COMMUNITY. THE WPA ALSO HOSTED ITS 1ST ASIA PACIFIC REGIONAL MEETING IN DUBAI IN 2023, WHICH ATTRACTED LEADING GLOBAL HEALTHCARE STAKEHOLDERS, INCLUDING THE WHO, PROMINENT PATIENT ORGANIZATIONS, AND PATIENT ADVOCATES. THIS REGIONAL MEETING PROVIDED PATIENTS WITH A PLATFORM TO NETWORK AND ADVOCATE FOR PATIENTS' RIGHTS ACROSS THE ASIA PACIFIC REGION. TO FURTHER RAISE AWARENESS WITHIN THE PATIENT COMMUNITY, WPA RELEASED A VIDEO ON POLYPHARMACY AND PATIENT ENGAGEMENT WITH HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS. ADDITIONALLY, WEBINARS AND WORKSHOPS ON KEY TOPICS IDENTIFIED IN THE 2022 MEMBERSHIP SURVEY WERE HELD. BELOW IS A LIST OF THE GLOBAL WEBINARS AND WORKSHOPS ORGANIZED BY WPA IN 2023: 1. WORLD DAY OF THE SICK 2. WORKSHOP ON PERSON-CENTERED CARE SYSTEMS: FROM THEORY TO PRACTICE 3. TODAY YOUNG, TOMORROW ELDER - A WORKSHOP FOR HEALTH 4. WORKSHOP ON PATIENT SAFETY: DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS 5. WEBINAR: WHAT IS A CLINICAL TRIAL AND WHY SHOULD I BE INVOLVED? 6. WORKSHOP ON SUSTAINABILITY 7. WEBINAR: PATIENT-CENTERED CARE AND PATIENT ENGAGEMENT

  Expenses $86,935 · Grants $2,049

• EDUCATION: EFFECTIVELY ADDRESSING PATIENT-RELATED ISSUES REQUIRES MEETING THE NEEDS OF BOTH THE PATIENT COMMUNITY AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC. TO THIS END, A MEMBERSHIP SURVEY WAS CONDUCTED IN 2023 TO ASSESS THE NEEDS OF PATIENT ORGANIZATIONS, ALLOWING WPA TO BETTER ALIGN ITS WORK WITH THE OBJECTIVES OF THE GLOBAL PATIENT COMMUNITY. BASED ON THE SURVEY'S FINDINGS, WPA ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN EDUCATIONAL AND CAPACITY-BUILDING INITIATIVES IN COLLABORATION WITH ITS MEMBERS AND PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS. NOTABLY, WPA WORKED WITH LEADING INTERNATIONAL PATIENT ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THE IHF AND ISQUA, TO ORGANIZE EVENTS AIMED AT EDUCATING PATIENTS. IN 2023, WPA ALSO HOSTED THE ASIA PACIFIC REGIONAL MEETING IN DUBAI, PROVIDING A PLATFORM FOR PATIENTS TO EXCHANGE INFORMATION, SHARE EXPERIENCES, LEARN FROM EACH OTHER, AND GAIN INSIGHTS INTO CURRENT HEALTHCARE CHALLENGES AND THEIR SOLUTIONS. ADDITIONALLY, JOLANTA BILINSKA, ONE OF WPA'S FOUNDING BOARD MEMBERS, ORGANIZED A CONFERENCE IN LODZ, POLAND, TO COMMEMORATE WORLD PATIENT SAFETY DAY. IN COLLABORATION WITH ALZHEIMER'S PAKISTAN, WPA ALSO HOSTED A SEMINAR ON PATIENT SAFETY AT FATIMA JINNAH MEDICAL UNIVERSITY IN LAHORE, PAKISTAN. MORE DETAILED INFORMATION ABOUT WPA'S PROGRAMS CAN BE FOUND AT WWW.WORLDPATIENTSALLIANCE.ORG. WPA'S ACTIVE PARTICIPATION IN GLOBAL CONFERENCES OFTEN INCLUDES INVITATIONS TO SPEAK, PRESENT, AND EDUCATE THE PATIENT ADVOCACY COMMUNITY. THE ORGANIZATION ALSO CONDUCTED A ROBUST SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN TO RAISE AWARENESS AND EDUCATE THE GLOBAL COMMUNITY ABOUT PATIENT-RELATED CHALLENGES AND DISEASES.

  Expenses $67,129 · Grants $1,584

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2023

Filed

11 November 2024

IRS schema version

2023v5.0

Source object

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