IMA World Health

Legal name: Interchurch Medical Assistance Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
522112460
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Baltimore, MD, USA
Phone
2028886200
Rating
81
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Human Service Organizations
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$54,963,890
Expenses
$48,466,985
Assets
$76,501,334
Liabilities
$40,101,292

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

Leadership & pay

28 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DANIEL SPECKHARD (PRESIDENT & CEO)
  • ANDREA WILSON (VICE PRESIDENT, LEGAL AND COMPLIANCE)
  • EDWARD BYRD (VICE PRESIDENT GLOBAL RELATIONSHIPS RESOURCES)
  • JEREMY BAUMAN (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, GROUND UP INVESTING)
  • TIMOTHY MCCULLY (EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • DANIEL SPECKHARD (PRESIDENT & CEO): $602,578 total reported compensation
  • MAHMOUD BAH (CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER): $424,094 total reported compensation
  • PAUL AUXILA (MANAGING DIRECTOR/IHSD COP): $379,843 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Our reach and capabilities are amplified by the other global leaders in our Corus International family, including Lutheran World Relief, CGA Technologies and Ground Up Investing. Together, we bring the multi-dimensional, holistic solutions needed for a safer, stronger and more prosperous world. Our mission** : To build healthier communities by collaborating with key partners to serve vulnerable people. Our Vision** : A healthy world forever flourishing in dignity and justice.

What it reported doing in 2024

Improved health service delivery (ihsd)-integrated health resilience activity in haiti: ima world health is implementing the improved health service delivery (ihsd)-integrated health resilience activity in collaboration with its consortium of local partners. Ihsd is improving services and outcomes for family planning; sexual and reproductive health; maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health; nutrition; HIV; tuberculosis; and water, sanitation, and hygiene (wash).

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 70% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 73% for direct work, and 27% 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: 92
  • Transparency & Controls: 68
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 65
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 86.8%; rating input score 87
  • Program expense ratio: 98.4%; rating input score 98
  • Fundraising efficiency: $1,680 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 97; 97th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 92.9%; rating input score 93; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • 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: Pass
    • Conducts field audits: Limited
    • May suspend future funding: Limited
    • Requires financial reports: Limited
    • Conducts site visits: Limited
    • Requires grant agreements: Limited
    • May require repayment: Limited
  • 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 77th 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: 11.8%; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.58; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.52; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 1%; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -7.9% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -4.2% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 10.5% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: Mission, programs, and operating context captured from the official website.
  • Where the money goes: 86.8% of revenue deployed · 98.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 15 of 15 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $47.7M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $603K · 28 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $1.4M reported
  • Consistency: 33 of 34 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 9 filed schedules · includes major donors, foreign activity, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2011 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 7 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 11 filed related-organization links
  • 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.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 55/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 34/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.