CURE International

Legal name: Cure International Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
582248383
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2021
Location
Grand Rapids, MI, USA
Phone
(616) 512-3105
Rating
78
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
International Development
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$63,231,992
Expenses
$45,918,222
Assets
$96,058,602
Liabilities
$4,099,212

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

23 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JUSTIN NARDUCCI (PRESIDENT & CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • JUSTIN NARDUCCI (PRESIDENT & CEO): $297,270 total reported compensation
  • DR GIORGIO LASTRONI (CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER): $197,907 total reported compensation
  • DAVID HELMAN (CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER): $187,180 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Provide the highest standard of surgical care to the world’s most vulnerable children, to heal the sick and proclaim the kingdom of God. CURE provides the highest standard of surgical care to the world’s most vulnerable children for the proclamation and demonstration of the gospel. Our Mission: to heal the sick and proclaim the kingdom of God (Luke 9:2). Overview CURE International is a global nonprofit network of charitable children's hospitals providing surgical care in a compassionate, gospel-centered environment. Leadership Our team provides expert surgical and ministry support to children living in poverty around the world. Board of Directors Our board is committed to helping kids heal. Careers Make a difference in the lives of children and families. With CURE, your passion and talents meet the greatest needs in the world today. History We've been changing the lives of...

What it reported doing in 2024

Operate children's hospital in developing countries such as kenya, ethiopia, malawi, niger, uganda, zambia, zimbabwe, and the philippines. During the year, cure completed more surgical procedures and saw more people express faith in jesus than any other year in its history. - completed surgeries: 21,019 - patient visits: 116,180 - faith expressions: 46,003 with 275,288 people reached through ministry outreach

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 82% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. The filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 68
  • Transparency & Controls: 77
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 75
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 61.9%; rating input score 62
  • Program expense ratio: 84.4%; rating input score 84
  • Fundraising efficiency: $13.94 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 95%; rating input score 95; 34th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 4 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 67
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: 1 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 12
    • Claims monitoring procedures: Pass
    • Requires narrative reports: Fail
    • Conducts field audits: Fail
    • May suspend future funding: Fail
    • Requires financial reports: Fail
    • Conducts site visits: Fail
    • Requires grant agreements: Fail
    • May require repayment: Fail
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 92.3%; rating input score 92; 41st percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 9 of 9 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: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 27.4%; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.09; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.04; rating input score 90; 90th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 4.4%; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 0.1% per year; rating input score 100; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 5.7% per year; rating input score 100; 49th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 5.5% per year; rating input score 100; 41st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 1 programs and campaigns described on the official site
  • Where the money goes: 61.9% of revenue deployed · 84.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 12 of 13 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $38.7M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $297K · 23 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 4 contractors listed · $835K reported
  • Consistency: 41 of 42 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 9 filed schedules · includes major donors, foreign activity, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2011 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 11 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 — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight: 7 of 8 not reported.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 49/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 21/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Schedule R controlled transactions itemized did not reconcile in the filed values.