Baptist Medical and Dental Mission International
Legal name: Baptist Medical & Dental Mission International Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 640811705
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Hattiesburg, MS, United States
- Phone
- (601) 544-3586
- Rating
- 83
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- International Development
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $8,448,731
- Expenses
- $8,378,658
- Assets
- $5,791,698
- Liabilities
- $143,483
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
20 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- CHRISTY DRAUGHN (VICE PRESIDENT)
- TIMMY RUHNKE (PRESIDENT)
Highest reported compensation
- TIMMY RUHNKE (PRESIDENT): $128,035 total reported compensation
- CHRISTY DRAUGHN (VICE PRESIDENT): $93,237 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Baptist medical & dental mission international exists under the lordship of jesus christ to evangelize the lost, disciple the saved, and minister to the needs of the poor. Volunteers may serve under the direction of a full-time BMDMI missionary from two weeks to one year. Service should be associated with an existing BMDMI ministry Sojourners Sojourners are long-term volunteers who work directly under the supervision of a career missionary. The sojourner makes a one-year commitment to serve on the mission field and has the option of recommit for an additional year. While there are no language learning requirements for sojourners, it is recommended that some type of formal language learning occur so that the sojourner can be most effective in the area where God has called them to serve.
What it reported doing in 2024
Short-term mission teams to honduras - bmdmi sends short-term mission teams to honduras to provide free medical & dental treatment and the preach the gospel to the poor, needy people of the remote villages. Medical clinic - honduras - short-term surgery medical, dental, pharmacy, evangelistic, children's teams, and many more make trips to guaimaca to minister to the poor and needy at the hospital and in its surrounding mountains.good shepherd children's home in honduras - the gsch is home to more than 30 children. The gsch provides a home for abandoned and abused children where their basic needs of food, shelter and education are met in a loving christian environment.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 91% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 76% for direct work, and 24% for grants.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 89
- Transparency & Controls: 83
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 42
- Growth: 0
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 89.3%; rating input score 89
- Program expense ratio: 89.9%; rating input score 90
- Fundraising efficiency: $64.86 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 82; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: 3 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 38
- Claims monitoring procedures: Pass
- Requires narrative reports: Pass
- Conducts field audits: Limited
- May suspend future funding: Limited
- Requires financial reports: Pass
- Conducts site visits: Limited
- Requires grant agreements: Limited
- May require repayment: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 8 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 0.8%; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.69; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 2.6%; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -7.9% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -5.6% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -3.2% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 1 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 4 operating locations identified
- Where the money goes: 89.3% of revenue deployed · 89.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 18 of 18 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $7.5M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $128K · 20 people listed
- Consistency: 31 of 31 current checks pass
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and foreign activity
- Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
- 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.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 37/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 25/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.