Form 990 for tax year 2022

Totals

Total revenue

$204,615

Total expenses

$200,922

Contributions and grants received

$204,615

Grants paid

$9,498

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$0

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$233,438

Total liabilities, end of year

$0

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$233,438

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$177,877

Management and general expenses

$23,045

Fundraising expenses

$0

Program service expenses (Part III)

$177,877

Program services were 88.5% 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 · 2022

• GROWTH: THE WPA COMPRISES 394 NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS FROM 108 COUNTRIES AND WAS ESTABLISHED IN SEPTEMBER 2020. THE ORGANIZATION EXPERIENCED RAPID GROWTH IN ITS MEMBERSHIP GLOBALLY. BY HAVING PATIENT GROUPS IN VARIOUS REGIONS, THE ORGANIZATION HAS STRENGTHENED ITS PRESENCE IN THE INTERNATIONAL PATIENT GROUP ARENA AND ENHANCED ITS ADVOCACY EFFORTS. COMMUNICATION WITH BOTH THE WIDER PATIENT COMMUNITY AND MEMBER GROUPS IS CONDUCTED THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA AND EMAIL. THE INCREASED MEMBERSHIP HAS BOOSTED THE ORGANIZATION'S CREDIBILITY WITH POTENTIAL FUNDERS AND POLICY MAKERS WORLDWIDE, RESULTING IN INCREASED FUNDING AND ADVOCACY OPPORTUNITIES. IN 2022, WPA SUCCESSFULLY ORGANIZED A LARGE-SCALE CAMPAIGN ON WORLD PATIENT SAFETY DAY, WHICH INVOLVED APPROXIMATELY 400 EVENTS GLOBALLY. BURSARIES AND GRANTS WERE ALSO PROVIDED TO MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS IN DIFFERENT COUNTRIES TO ORGANIZE AWARENESS EVENTS LOCALLY. WPA ALSO ORGANIZED ITS 1ST WORLD PATIENTS CONFERENCE AND PROVIDED GRANTS TO A NUMBER OF PATIENT ADVOCATES FROM DIFFERENT WORLD REGIONS TO ENSURE REPRESENTATION IN THE CONFERENCE FROM ALL AREAS. TO ADDRESS THE SPECIFIC ISSUES FACED BY THE AFRICAN REGION, WPA CONDUCTED AN AFRICAN REGIONAL MEETING.

  Expenses $47,868 · Grants $2,242

• ADVOCACY: THE WPA PLAYS A SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN THE GLOBAL POLICY ARENA, REPRESENTING PATIENTS WORLDWIDE. THE ORGANIZATION DEDICATES CONSIDERABLE TIME TO CONVEY THE PATIENT PERSPECTIVE TO REGULATORS, POLICYMAKERS, AND OTHER RELEVANT STAKEHOLDERS, INCLUDING THE WHO, EU, AND OTHER GOVERNING BODIES. TO ENSURE THE PATIENT VOICE IS HEARD, THE WPA ACTIVELY PARTICIPATES AND PRESENTS AT VARIOUS MEETINGS WORLDWIDE. HERE IS A LIST OF A FEW EVENTS WHERE WPA BOARD DIRECTORS WERE PRESENT, EITHER VIRTUALLY OR IN PERSON: -WORLD HEALTH DAY CONFERENCE -COALITION OF NGOS FOR EQUITY MEETING -CONFERENCE ON PATIENT SAFETY FOR WORLD PATIENT SAFETY DAY -45TH WORLD HOSPITAL CONGRESS -SEMINAR ON WORLD PATIENT DAY SAFETY IN FATIMAH JINNAH MEDICAL UNIVERSITY -MEMBERSHIP SURVEYS -STATEMENT OF PATIENTS' RIGHTS WHENEVER POSSIBLE, THE WPA'S TRAVEL EXPENSES ARE COVERED BY OTHER COALITIONS, MINIMIZING THE ORGANIZATION'S FINANCIAL BURDEN IN RELATION TO THE EXTENSIVE WORK PERFORMED. IN 2022, THE WPA FOCUSED ON ADVOCACY THROUGH THE SUCCESSFUL WORLD PATIENT SAFETY DAY 2022 CAMPAIGN AND COLLABORATING WITH ITS MEMBERS. THE ORGANIZATION ALSO ORGANIZED AWARENESS WALKS AND OTHER EVENTS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH MEMBERS TO ADDRESS IMPORTANT PATIENT ISSUES AND UTILIZED SOCIAL MEDIA, PRINT, AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA TO REACH OUT TO WPA MEMBERS AND THE PATIENT COMMUNITY WORLDWIDE. WPA ORGANIZED THE 1ST WORLD PATIENTS CONFERENCE IN ROME IN 2022, WHICH WAS ATTENDED BY THE LEADING GLOBAL HEALTHCARE STAKEHOLDERS SUCH AS WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION, FEDERAL DRUG AUTHORITY, INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL OF NURSES, WORLD FEDERATION OF PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATION, EUROPEAN MEDICINE AGENCY ETC. THE CONFERENCE PROVIDED A PLATFORM TO PATIENTS TO NETWORK AND ADVOCATE FOR PATIENTS' RIGHTS GLOBALLY UNDER THE THEME OF "NEW NORMAL, NEW CHALLENGES FOR PATIENTS." TO RAISE AWARENESS AMONG THE PATIENT COMMUNITY, THE WPA RELEASED A VIDEO ON MEDICATION SAFETY. ADDITIONALLY, WEBINARS AND WORKSHOPS WERE CONDUCTED ON SIGNIFICANT TOPICS IDENTIFIED IN THE 2021 MEMBERSHIP SURVEY. GIVEN BELOW IS THE LIST OF GLOBAL WEBINARS & WORKSHOP ORGANIZED BY THE WPA IN 2022: A. WPA FUNDRAISING WEBINAR B. BIOSIMILARS TRAINING PROGRAM C. WORKSHOP ON PATIENT EMPOWERMENT & COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IN PATIENT SAFETY D. WORKSHOP ON PERSON-CENTERED CARE

  Expenses $77,467 · Grants $4,122

• EDUCATION: THE KEY TO ADDRESSING THE PROBLEMS RELATED TO PATIENTS IS TO MEET THE NEEDS OF BOTH THE PATIENT COMMUNITY AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC. IN THIS REGARD, A MEMBERSHIP SURVEY WAS CONDUCTED IN 2022 TO ASSESS THE NEEDS OF PATIENT ORGANIZATIONS, ENABLING WPA TO ALIGN ITS WORK WITH THE OBJECTIVES OF THE GLOBAL PATIENT COMMUNITY. AS SUGGESTED IN THE MEMBERSHIP SURVEY, THE WPA ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN EDUCATIONAL AND CAPACITY BUILDING INITIATIVES IN PARTNERSHIP WITH ITS MEMBERS AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS. NOTABLY, THE WPA COLLABORATED WITH ITS MEMBERS IN POLAND AND PAKISTAN TO ORGANIZE CONFERENCES. MOREOVER, WPA ORGANIZED THE 1ST WORLD PATIENTS CONFERENCE IN ROME IN 2022, WHERE PATIENTS WERE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXCHANGE INFORMATION, SHARE EXPERIENCES, LEARN FROM ONE ANOTHER AND GET EDUCATED ON CURRENT HEALTHCARE ISSUES AND THEIR SOLUTIONS. ADDITIONALLY, THE WPA CONDUCTED THE 1ST AFRICAN REGIONAL MEETING VIRTUALLY, FOCUSING ON RAISING PATIENT VOICES AS A PATHWAY TO ENSURING QUALITY AND SAFE CARE IN AFRICA, IN LINE WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF ACHIEVING UNIVERSAL HEALTH COVERAGE. FURTHERMORE, ONE OF THE WPA'S FOUNDING BOARD MEMBERS, JOLANTA BILINSKA, ORGANIZED A CONFERENCE IN LODZ, POLAND, TO COMMEMORATE WORLD PATIENT SAFETY DAY. IN ADDITION, WPA IN COLLABORATION WITH ITS MEMBER ORGANIZATION, ALZHEIMER'S PAKISTAN ORGANIZED A SEMINAR ON PATIENT SAFETY AT FATIMA JINNAH MEDICAL UNIVERSITY IN LAHORE, PAKISTAN. DETAILED INFORMATION ABOUT WPA PROGRAMS CAN BE FOUND AT WWW.WORLDPATIENTSALLIANCE.ORG. ADDITIONALLY, THE WPA ACTIVELY PARTICIPATED IN CONFERENCES, OFTEN INVITED TO SPEAK, PRESENT, OR EDUCATE THE PATIENT ADVOCATE COMMUNITY. LASTLY, THE WPA CONDUCTED AN ACTIVE SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN TO RAISE AWARENESS AND EDUCATE THE GLOBAL COMMUNITY ABOUT DISEASES AND ISSUES FACED BY PATIENTS.

  Expenses $52,542 · Grants $3,134

As filed on the 2022 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

2022

Filed

3 November 2023

IRS schema version

2022v5.0

Source object

202343189349300949

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