Health Ministry Fellows Endowment
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 834492134
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2019–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2018
- Location
- Loma Linda, CA, USA
- Phone
- 9095585109
- Rating
- 89
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Religion Related N.E.C.
- Affiliation
- Religious (unspecified)
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $2,818,899
- Expenses
- $2,022,872
- Assets
- $42,347,505
- Liabilities
- $2,035
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
9 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- DONALD PURSLEY DBA (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- ROGER HADLEY MD (DIRECTOR)
- SARAH RODDY MD (DIRECTOR)
- BEVERLY RIGSBY (DIRECTOR)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
In conducting their practice here or serving in developing countries, some physicians exert a disproportionate effect for good on both their secular and their faith communities. This too is “Paying It Forward.” © 2020 Health Ministry Fellows Endowment bottom of page.
What it reported doing in 2024
In furtherance of the organization's mission statement, the organization shall identify and provide scholarship support to selected students of loma linda university school of medicine (lllusom). Students thus selected shall be known as health ministry fellows. In furtherance of said mission, the organization shall identify and provide scholarship support to the following: (1) seventh-day adventist medical students at the "llusom" who show promise as future faculty members of llusom; (2) seventh-day adventist medical students of the "llusom" who show promise for service in hospitals affiliated with the seventh-day adventist church around the world; and, (3) seventh-day adventist medical students of the "llusom" who show promise as christian physicians and surgeons in community practices. For the year ended june 30, 2025 the organization awarded the following tuition assistance grants: eight(8) freshman medical students tuition assistance grants to fund the second half of their freshman medical year at "llusom", eight(8) sophomore , eight(8) junior and seven(7) senior medical students tuition assistance grants to fund their tuition and fees at "llusom".
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% 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. Revenue has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 83
- Transparency & Controls: 94
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 89
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 95.6%; rating input score 96
- Program expense ratio: 87.9%; rating input score 88
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: 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: 7 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- 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: 28.2%; rating input score 83; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 20.93; rating input score 96; 96th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 94; 94th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 26.3% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -60% per year; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 15.8% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 1 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 95.6% of revenue deployed · 87.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 9 of 9 board members independent · 7 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $1.8M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
- Consistency: 24 of 24 current checks pass
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
- Filing history: 6 filing years from 2019 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- 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: Revenue growth scored 0/100.