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DIRECT RELIEF

EIN 95-1831116 SANTA BARBARA, CA

Revenue 2024
$2,398,998,642
Expenses 2024
$2,307,002,152

Program services were 99.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
Q330
Classification
1000
Street
6100 WALLACE BECKNELL RD

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • MARK LINEHAN

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10 + 1 related

  • HARRY MCMAHON

    VICE CHAIR, COMMITTEE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 1 related

  • ANNALISA PIZZARELLO

    SECRETARY, COMMITTEE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 1 related

  • THOMAS STURGESS

    TREASURER, COMMITTEE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 1 related

  • LAURIE SIEGEL

    ASSISTANT SECRETARY, COMMITTEE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 1 related

  • MARK SCHWARTZ

    ASSISTANT TREASURER, COMMITTEE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 1 related

  • EMMA CARRASCO

    COMMITTEE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 1 related

  • ADAM COOPER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 1 related

  • MARY DWYER PHD

    COMMITTEE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 1 related

  • HENRIETTA HOLSMAN FORE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 1 related

  • HEITHAM HASSOUN MD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 1 related

  • JAMES MCGONIGLE

    COMMITTEE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 1 related

  • MARLA SALMON SCD RN FAAN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 1 related

  • PERRY SIATIS ESQ

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 1 related

  • TOM STRICKLAND

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 1 related

  • ELIZABETH TORO MD MPH

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 1 related

  • THOMAS TIGHE

    CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER (THRU 12/24)

    Total calculated
    $1,111,239
    From this org
    $1,042,426
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $68,813
    Hours/week
    40 + 5 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $490,335
    Bonus
    $172,470
    Other
    $379,621
    Deferred
    $20,700
    Nontaxable benefits
    $48,113
    Filer's total
    $1,111,239

  • BYRON SCOTT - INTERIM CEO

    (1/25-5/25)/PRESIDENT & COO

    Total calculated
    $503,487
    From this org
    $483,676
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,811
    Hours/week
    40 + 5 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $483,676
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $19,811
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $503,487

  • JONATHAN STEINER - SENIOR

    VICE PRESIDENT OF FINANCE, CFO

    Total calculated
    $399,446
    From this org
    $369,470
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $29,976
    Hours/week
    40 + 5 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $369,470
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $20,700
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,276
    Filer's total
    $399,446

  • AMY WEAVER

    CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER (AS OF 5/25)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40 + 5 related

  • HEATHER BENNETT

    VICE PRESIDENT, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

    Total calculated
    $337,017
    From this org
    $315,609
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,408
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $315,609
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $12,526
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,882
    Filer's total
    $337,017

  • ADAN GROUMAN

    VICE PRESIDENT, IT

    Total calculated
    $311,497
    From this org
    $277,474
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $34,023
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $277,474
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $13,901
    Nontaxable benefits
    $20,122
    Filer's total
    $311,497

  • DONALD ROANE - VP

    CORPORATION ENGAGEMENT & STRATEGY

    Total calculated
    $329,017
    From this org
    $274,954
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $54,063
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $274,954
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $15,234
    Nontaxable benefits
    $38,829
    Filer's total
    $329,017

  • BRENT REGINALD BALDWIN - VP

    LEGAL & REGULATORY AFFAIRS

    Total calculated
    $282,592
    From this org
    $263,278
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,314
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $263,278
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,240
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,074
    Filer's total
    $282,592

  • DOUG FROELICH

    VICE PRESIDENT, OPERATIONS

    Total calculated
    $301,569
    From this org
    $261,256
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $40,313
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $261,256
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $15,833
    Nontaxable benefits
    $24,480
    Filer's total
    $301,569

The first 25 listed. 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 — 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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $2,398,998,642
    Expenses
    $2,307,002,152
    Contributions
    $2,389,394,020
    Grants paid
    $2,002,150,217
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $2,383,379,388
    Expenses
    $2,365,599,490
    Contributions
    $2,372,144,401
    Grants paid
    $1,882,818,737
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $2,266,763,483
    Expenses
    $2,071,171,227
    Contributions
    $2,260,445,639
    Grants paid
    $1,893,689,540

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2024 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2023 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2022 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

Nonprofiteer parses the Form 990 only. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.

Grants made

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

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

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

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared on its 2024 return

  • DIRECT RELIEF FOUNDATION

    501(C)(3) · OPERATES SOLELY AND EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE BENEFIT OF DIRECT RELIEF · CA · controlled entity

  • DIRECT RELIEF INTERNATIONAL SOUTH AFRICA

    COORDINATION OF MEDICAL SUPPORT TO AFRICAN DOCTORS AND MEDICAL CLINICS · SF · controlled entity

  • DIRECT RELIEF MEXICO

    COORDINATION OF MEDICAL SUPPORT TO MEXICAN DOCTORS AND MEDICAL CLINICS · MX · controlled entity

  • DIRECT RELIEF GGMBH

    TO PROVIDE ESSENTIAL MEDICAL RESOURCES · GM · controlled entity

Declared as related by

California fundraising campaigns

Campaigns run by paid fundraisers, commercial coventurers and thrift stores naming this organization, as California published them. Both figures are as filed, and what the first one counts depends on the campaign type — a coventurer or a thrift store files its own sales rather than money collected for the charity. The 990 reports this only as a yearly total, never per campaign.

  • CREATIVE GENIUS LLC

    $303,648 in sales

    2023 Commercial Coventurer

    $102,537 to charity

  • CREATIVE GENIUS LLC

    $210,327 in sales

    2022 Commercial Coventurer

    $41,320 to charity

  • CREATIVE GENIUS LLC

    $100,559 in sales

    2022 Commercial Coventurer

    $38,024 to charity

  • CREATIVE GENIUS LLC

    $39,895 in sales

    2022 Commercial Coventurer

    $3,026 to charity

  • CREATIVE GENIUS LLC

    $31,809 in sales

    2022 Commercial Coventurer

    $10,758 to charity

  • CREATIVE GENIUS LLC

    $1,208,795 in sales

    2021 Commercial Coventurer

    $66,257 to charity

  • CREATIVE GENIUS LLC

    $122,261 in sales

    2021 Commercial Coventurer

    $45,470 to charity

  • CREATIVE GENIUS LLC

    $1,468,569 in sales

    2020 Commercial Coventurer

    $109,690 to charity

Amounts are as filed and do not add up: a commercial coventurer reports one promotion's whole gross once for each charity that shared in it. A campaign may also name more than one registered charity, in which case it appears on each.

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 10 September 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.