Doctors of the World USA Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 352426718
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2013–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2011
- Location
- New York, NY, USA
- Phone
- 6468472202
- Rating
- 87
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Human Service Organizations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $17,671,630
- Expenses
- $17,573,818
- Assets
- $5,308,975
- Liabilities
- $3,505,413
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
16 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- GLENN FENNELLY (PRESIDENT)
- GARETH CRAWFORD (VICE PRESIDENT)
- FRASER MOONEY (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
Highest reported compensation
- FRASER MOONEY (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $244,278 total reported compensation
- NATHALIE SUCCAR (GRANTS AND PROGRAM SPECIALIST): $175,036 total reported compensation
- SAYED SADAT (GRANTS AND PROGRAM SPECIALIST): $145,699 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Doctors of the world USA (dotw USA) provides emergency and long-term medical care to vulnerable people, worldwide. As part of the medecins du monde (mdm) international network, we strengthen people's access to quality medical services and advocate to end inequities.
What it reported doing in 2024
International programs: dotw-USA supports mdm international's programs in four key areas: disaster and conflict relief, harm reduction, sexual and reproductive health and rights, and refugee and migrant health. Mdm international currently has more than 400 programs in over 70 countries worldwide serving 7.25 million people. Dotw-USA is supporting a wide range of health programs in ukraine, syria, eastern drc, turkey, mali, haiti, colombia and madagascar.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Grant-funded. 93% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 93% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 94
- Transparency & Controls: 77
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 28
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 96.1%; rating input score 96
- Program expense ratio: 96.6%; rating input score 97
- Fundraising efficiency: $55.94 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 4 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 67
- Compensation committee: Missing
- Independent consultant: Pass
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
- Written employment contract: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Pass
- Board or committee approval: Pass
- Foreign activity oversight: 2 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 25
- Claims monitoring procedures: Pass
- Requires narrative reports: Limited
- Conducts field audits: Limited
- May suspend future funding: Limited
- Requires financial reports: Limited
- Conducts site visits: Limited
- Requires grant agreements: Pass
- May require repayment: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 43rd 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; 66th 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: 0.6%; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.3; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.66; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 4%; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 25.8% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 23.6% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 20.4% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 96.1% of revenue deployed · 96.6% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 12 of 12 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $17M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $244K · 16 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Consistency: 35 of 35 current checks pass
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors, foreign activity, and executive pay
- Filing history: 11 filing years from 2013 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 4 filed money-flow records
- 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.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 35/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 8/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 19/100.