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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by MEDWISH MEDWORKS.

Totals

Total revenue
$16,743,815
Total expenses
$16,866,543
Contributions and grants received
$15,957,651
Grants paid
$11,318,733
Program service revenue
$476,801
Investment income
$9,706
Other revenue
$299,657
Total assets, end of year
$6,950,112
Total liabilities, end of year
$623,993
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$6,326,119
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$16,329,737
Management and general expenses
$261,687
Fundraising expenses
$275,119
Program service expenses (Part III)
$16,329,737

Program services were 96.8% 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.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $161,710

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $15,795,941

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $13,824,526

  • 2a · Program service revenue: EARNED INCOME

    total $476,801 · related or exempt $476,801

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $9,706 · excluded $9,706

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $17,570

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $17,570

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $17,570 · excluded $17,570

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $517,985

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

    $161,710

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $235,898

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $282,087 · excluded $282,087

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $4,925,798 · program services $4,925,798

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $6,392,935 · program services $6,392,935

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $114,606 · program services $22,921 · management and general $34,382 · fundraising $57,303

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $712,959 · program services $503,111 · management and general $68,693 · fundraising $141,155

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $65,335 · program services $40,108 · management and general $7,571 · fundraising $17,656

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $95,259 · program services $65,422 · management and general $8,954 · fundraising $20,883

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $265 · management and general $265

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $41,160 · management and general $41,160

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $9,716 · management and general $9,716

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $7,803 · management and general $7,803

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $52,516 · management and general $21,608 · fundraising $30,908

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $44,133 · program services $28,087 · management and general $9,791 · fundraising $6,255

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $635,121 · program services $583,618 · management and general $50,873 · fundraising $630

  • 17 · Travel

    total $1,161 · program services $832 · fundraising $329

  • 20 · Interest

    total $21,453 · program services $20,582 · management and general $871

  • 24a · Other expenses: PRODUCTS SCRAPPED/DESTR

    total $3,746,323 · program services $3,746,323

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $560,057 · end of year $1,292,114

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $61,000 · end of year $12,500

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $5,115,216 · end of year $3,864,156

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $3,478 · end of year $50,393

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

    $1,147,617

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

    $332,107

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $749,020 · end of year $815,510

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $497,599 · end of year $814,561

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $121,556 · end of year $100,878

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $94,147 · end of year $72,289

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $2,500 · end of year $2,500

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $659,033 · end of year $549,204

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $6,143,663 · end of year $6,040,335

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $208,583 · end of year $285,784

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

MEDWISH MEDWORKS IS A HUMANITARIAN NONPROFIT DEDICATED TO ADVANCING HEALTH EQUITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY. WE ACHIEVE THIS BY PROVIDING ESSENTIAL CARE, REDISTRIBUTING SURPLUS MEDICAL SUPPLIES, AND CONNECTING MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES WITH VITAL RESOURCES, IN NORTHEAST OHIO AND AROUND THE WORLD.

Activities or mission (Part I)

MEDWISH MEDWORKS IS DEDICTATED TO ADVANCING HEALTH EQUITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL STABILITY

  • AT THE CORE OF THE MEDWISH MEDWORKS MISSION AND ALL OF OUR PROGRAMS IS ACCESS ENSURING THAT ALL INDIVIDUALS CAN ACCESS HIGH-QUALITY HEALTHCARE AND ESSENTIAL RESOURCES. WE ARE COMMITTED TO BREAKING DOWN BARRIERS BY OFFERING FREE, ACCESSIBLE CARE THROUGH OUR LOCAL HEALTH CLINICS AND INTERNATIONAL BRIGADES AND TRUSTWORTHY CONNECTION TO VITAL HEALTH RESOURCES, INCLUDING SUPPLIES, EQUIPMENT, INSURANCE SUPPORT, AND COMMUNITY RESOURCE REFERRALS. OUR UNIQUE COMBINATION OF PROGRAMMING REMAINS UNDUPLICATED IN OUR REGION, OFFERING A COST-EFFECTIVE SOLUTION TO MEDICAL SCARCITY AND BARRIERS TO ACCESS.

    Expenses $16,329,737 · Grants $11,318,733 · Revenue $476,801

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Lee Ponsky MD

    FOUNDER & LIFETIME TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Valerie Hendersonmph Dsc

    CO-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Ashley Wilson Baer

    FORMER SECRETARY & DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Brennan Igoe

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Rafid Fadul MD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • David Landever

    GOVERNANCE & NOMINATIONS COMMITTEE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Joshua Miller Do

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Zac Ponsky

    FOUNDER & LIFETIME TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Sheldon Rose MD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Brian Smith

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Stephen Downey

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Prakash Ganesh MD MPH

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Katie Outcalt

    CO-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Howard Bobrow

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Karen Butler

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Joseph Frolik

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Craig Glazier

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Roger Hess DDS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Barbara Morgan

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jeffrey Ponsky MD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • M Jean Uy-Kroh MD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Krysta Alexinas

    FORMER DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Emily Quan

    FORMER DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Britta Latz

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $134,038
    From this org
    $114,606
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,432
    Hours/week
    40

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.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 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
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
15 December 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202503499349301280

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