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← SMILE TRAIN INC

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by SMILE TRAIN INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$99,619,387
Total expenses
$108,766,380
Contributions and grants received
$84,292,090
Grants paid
$59,722,040
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$16,032,394
Other revenue
-$705,097
Total assets, end of year
$384,154,596
Total liabilities, end of year
$9,216,571
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$374,938,025
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$86,661,389
Management and general expenses
$2,120,914
Fundraising expenses
$19,984,077
Program service expenses (Part III)
$86,661,389

Program services were 79.7% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $1,016,859

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $7,538,510

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $75,736,721

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $1,628,858

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $8,754,430 · excluded $8,754,430

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $36,023 · excluded $36,023

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $123,016,718

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

    securities $115,738,754

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $7,277,964

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $7,277,964 · excluded $7,277,964

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $108,670

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $1,016,859

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $897,052

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$788,382 · excluded -$788,382

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE

    total $47,262 · excluded $47,262

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $47,262

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $2,091,447 · program services $2,091,447

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $57,630,593 · program services $57,630,593

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $1,371,502 · program services $1,019,484 · management and general $120,667 · fundraising $231,351

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $276,615 · program services $221,292 · management and general $55,323

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $9,097,900 · program services $6,621,537 · management and general $250,525 · fundraising $2,225,838

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $506,333 · program services $405,066 · management and general $15,190 · fundraising $86,077

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $2,462,457 · program services $1,959,721 · management and general $76,264 · fundraising $426,472

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $822,648 · program services $658,119 · management and general $24,679 · fundraising $139,850

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $329,290 · program services $263,320 · management and general $9,804 · fundraising $56,166

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $275,777 · management and general $275,777

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $6,417 · program services $6,417

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $172,514 · fundraising $172,514

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $1,170,093 · management and general $1,170,093

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $2,463,824 · program services $2,328,162 · management and general $25,795 · fundraising $109,867

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $6,118,652 · program services $625,736 · fundraising $5,492,916

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $1,143,419 · program services $916,892 · management and general $28,896 · fundraising $197,631

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $621,678 · program services $487,253 · management and general $18,139 · fundraising $116,286

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $341,356 · program services $279,138 · management and general $7,507 · fundraising $54,711

  • 17 · Travel

    total $696,392 · program services $540,426 · management and general $1,330 · fundraising $154,636

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $629,500 · program services $446,959 · management and general $2,227 · fundraising $180,314

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $1,770,707 · program services $1,654,874 · management and general $17,210 · fundraising $98,623

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $227,226 · program services $181,781 · management and general $6,817 · fundraising $38,628

  • 24a · Other expenses: MARKETING & FUNDRAISING

    total $16,595,001 · program services $6,478,211 · fundraising $10,116,790

  • 24b · Other expenses: REPAIRS & MAINTENANCE

    total $1,329,304 · program services $1,229,226 · management and general $14,671 · fundraising $85,407

  • 24c · Other expenses: PRINTED PROG. MATERIALS

    total $538,313 · program services $538,313

  • 24d · Other expenses: MEDICAL ADVISORY BOARD

    total $77,422 · program services $77,422

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

    total $12,366,602 · program services $6,478,212 · management and general $0 · fundraising $5,888,390

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $50,148 · end of year $50,491

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $5,025,303 · end of year $5,861,713

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $2,547,521 · end of year $1,282,209

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $3,061,554 · end of year $2,033,665

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

    $27,200,531

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

    $8,414,696

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $19,747,767 · end of year $18,785,835

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $335,331,174 · end of year $346,612,880

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $8,750,384 · end of year $9,527,803

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $56,281

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $5,453,240 · end of year $3,658,996

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $5,321,140 · end of year $5,372,099

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $814 · end of year $185,476

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $357,617,332 · end of year $369,031,663

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $6,177,606 · end of year $5,906,362

Mission and programs · 2023

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 IS AN AVERAGE OF $400. 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 $63,609,434 · Grants $54,503,167

  • 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 $15,015,245 · Grants $721,663

  • 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 100,000 TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES TO IMPROVE CLEFT TREATMENT IN COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD. (CONT'D ON SCH. O).

    Expenses $8,036,710 · Grants $4,497,210

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Susannah Schaefer

    PRESIDENT/CEO/EXEC VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $569,344
    From this org
    $529,472
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $39,872
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $429,472
    Bonus
    $100,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $12,199
    Nontaxable benefits
    $27,673
    Filer's total
    $569,344

  • 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 (THRU 06/2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ed Goren

    BOARD MEMBER (THRU 02/2024)

    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, SECRETARY & GENERAL COUNSEL

    Total calculated
    $323,328
    From this org
    $287,499
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $35,829
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $252,499
    Bonus
    $35,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $16,100
    Nontaxable benefits
    $19,729
    Filer's total
    $323,328

  • Premali Shah

    CFO (AS OF 11/2023)

    Total calculated
    $40,550
    From this org
    $40,545
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5
    Hours/week
    40

  • Erin Stieber

    CHIEF PROGRAMS STRATEGY OFF.

    Total calculated
    $302,594
    From this org
    $254,928
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $47,666
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $224,928
    Bonus
    $30,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $15,025
    Nontaxable benefits
    $32,641
    Filer's total
    $302,594

  • Elyse Taub

    CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $283,875
    From this org
    $259,058
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24,817
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $229,058
    Bonus
    $30,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $13,683
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,134
    Filer's total
    $283,875

  • Troy Reinhart

    SVP, COMTY. & AMBASSADOR DEV.

    Total calculated
    $264,029
    From this org
    $229,406
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $34,623
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $204,406
    Bonus
    $25,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $13,220
    Nontaxable benefits
    $21,403
    Filer's total
    $264,029

  • Vivian Lewis

    VP, HUMAN RESOURCES

    Total calculated
    $237,481
    From this org
    $206,147
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $31,334
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $194,147
    Bonus
    $12,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $9,993
    Nontaxable benefits
    $21,341
    Filer's total
    $237,481

  • Philip Carroll

    SENIOR VP, COMMUNICATIONS

    Total calculated
    $248,663
    From this org
    $224,440
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24,223
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $209,440
    Bonus
    $15,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $13,089
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,134
    Filer's total
    $248,663

  • Wendell Thomas

    VP, INFORMATION SYSTEMS & TECH.

    Total calculated
    $216,049
    From this org
    $193,860
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,189
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $183,860
    Bonus
    $10,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $11,148
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,041
    Filer's total
    $216,049

  • R James Madigan

    IN-HOUSE COUNSEL

    Total calculated
    $228,851
    From this org
    $193,840
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $35,011
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $183,840
    Bonus
    $10,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,432
    Nontaxable benefits
    $27,579
    Filer's total
    $228,851

  • Beatriz Gonzalez

    FORMER CFO (THRU 06/2023)

    Total calculated
    $304,016
    From this org
    $278,615
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $25,401
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $127,782
    Bonus
    $35,000
    Other
    $115,833
    Deferred
    $7,560
    Nontaxable benefits
    $17,841
    Filer's total
    $304,016

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

  • 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 4A
FORMER CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER, BEATRIZ GONZALEZ, RECEIVED A SEPARATION PAYMENT IN CALENDAR YEAR 2023 IN THE AMOUNT OF $115,833; THIS AMOUNT HAS BEEN REPORTED IN SCHEDULE J, PART II, COLUMN (B)(III).
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 BRAZIL

    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 $16,978,470

    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
2023
Filed
14 May 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202541349349311374

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