MAP International

Legal name: MAP International Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
362586390
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Official website data refreshed
Aug 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Brunswick, GA, USA
Phone
1-800-225-8550
Rating
90
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
International Relief
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,379,040,410
Expenses
$1,344,450,882
Assets
$363,727,957
Liabilities
$5,032,534

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

Leadership & pay

28 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Chris Palombo (President & CEO)
  • Steven G Stirling (President Emeritus)

Highest reported compensation

  • Steven G Stirling (President Emeritus): $468,799 total reported compensation
  • Jodi Allison (Sr VP Global Giving): $217,187 total reported compensation
  • Amanda Whitmire (CFO & Sr. VP Finance): $209,781 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

MAP International is a Christian global health organization providing lifesaving medicine, health supplies, and medical devices to people in need worldwide so they might experience life to the fullest. & Vision MAP International is a Christian organization providing medicine, health supplies, and medical devices to people in need around the world so they might experience life to the fullest. MAP serves all people, regardless of religion, gender, race, nationality, or ethnic background. Your support can help us make a real difference in the lives of those we serve. Every donation, no matter how small, can make a meaningful impact. Join us in our mission to save lives and transform communities around the world.

What it reported doing in 2024

Community Health Development - In 2025, MAP's Community Health Development Programs reached more than one million people across Bolivia, Liberia, Indonesia, Burkina Faso, and Vietnam. In collaboration with local partners in these countries, MAP worked to improve health conditions through a robust mobile healthcare clinic (Indonesia), nutrition, immunization and vitamin provision for mothers and children (Bolivia), access to clean water and improved housing for health protection (Liberia), identifying and treating malnutrition (Burkina Faso), and raising awareness and testing for prostate cancer (Vietnam). MAP's Community Health Development efforts build on existing local capacity to improve healthcare access and quality of care for vulnerable populations.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 95% of its reported program spending out as 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. The filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 97
  • Transparency & Controls: 81
  • Accountability: 96
  • Sustainability: 46
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 97%; rating input score 97
  • Program expense ratio: 99.5%; rating input score 100
  • Fundraising efficiency: $268.73 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 4 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 67
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
    • Written employment contract: Pass
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: 4 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Claims monitoring procedures: Pass
    • Requires narrative reports: Fail
    • Conducts field audits: Pass
    • May suspend future funding: Fail
    • Requires financial reports: Pass
    • Conducts site visits: Pass
    • Requires grant agreements: Fail
    • May require repayment: Fail
  • Grant itemization coverage: 99.8%; rating input score 100; 45th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 94.4%; rating input score 94; 46th 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: 2.5%; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.27; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 94; 94th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0.1%; rating input score 92; 92nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 9.4% per year; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 10.5% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 10.5% per year; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 1 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 2 operating locations identified
  • Where the money goes: 97% of revenue deployed · 99.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 17 of 18 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $1.3B in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $469K · 28 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 3 contractors listed · $449K reported
  • Consistency: 42 of 42 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 9 filed schedules · includes major donors, foreign activity, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 70 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 60 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.

  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight: 4 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 9/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 45/100.