African Medical Education Fund
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 812405167
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2023–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2022
- Location
- San Diego, CA, USA
- Phone
- 3108965224
- Rating
- 65
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Fund Raising and/or Fund Distribution
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $100,687
- Expenses
- $59,456
- Assets
- $145,348
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
8 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- CARLAN WENDLER (President)
People named in this filing
- CARLAN WENDLER (President)
- TIM ROSE (Treasurer)
- GREGORY SUND (Secretary)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The African Medical Education Fund exists to stably and sustainably support Christian clinical educators in remote & rural parts of Africa.
What it reported doing in 2024
The AME Fund stands committed to bridging the gap in medical education and healthcare access in Africa. By focusing on remote regions, we empower clinician-educators and help cultivate a more robust healthcare system. In 2024, we successfully awarded scholarships to 15 students, offering them not just financial support, but also the opportunity to return to their communities and facilitate change. Our endowment model ensures that these students are equipped to face the socio-economic challenges of their communities, ultimately transforming the landscape of health care in impoverished areas.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
- Distribution model
- Transfer-based 990-EZ. The 990-EZ reports grants or member benefits, but it does not separate enough spending to show the nonprofit’s full delivery mix.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 36
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 75
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 57.8%; rating input score 58
- Program expense ratio: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 40.9%; rating input score 90; 90th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.44; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: 34.7% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 48.9% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 57.8% of revenue deployed
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules
- Filing history: 2 filing years from 2023 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 58/100.