Medical Missions for Children

Legal name: Medical Missions for Children Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
223536072
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2016
Official website data refreshed
Aug 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2016
Location
Beverly, MA, USA
Phone
508-697-5821
Rating
71
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Health - General and Rehabilitative N.E.C.

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$362,649
Expenses
$836,441
Assets
$6,215,444
Liabilities
$4,874,498

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2016. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • FRANK J BRADY (CHAIRMAN AND CEO)
  • MARGARET BRADY (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • MAUREEN BRADY (PRESIDENT)
  • ERIN BRADY (VICE PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • MAUREEN BRADY (PRESIDENT): $46,251 total reported compensation
  • ERIN BRADY (VICE PRESIDENT): $45,714 total reported compensation
  • FRANK J BRADY (CHAIRMAN AND CEO): $30,207 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2016. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To provide free surgical, dental, rehabilitative, and nutritional care to impoverished children an

What it reported doing in 2016

Mmc's medical education efforts are realized through the implementation of two key programs, the mmc global video library of medical (gvlm) and the mmc medical broadcasting channel. Mmc's global video library of medicine is the digital repository of thousands of video-based medical lectures, breaking news programs, symposia and training sessions, all of which serve as a research platform for healthcare providers throughout the world. Drawing upon the medical excellence of such reputable institutions as the national library of medicine, the medical centers at harvard, yale, johns hopkins and columbia, and the center for disease control, the gvlm serves as one of the most reliable sources of clinical and medical research content available on the public internet. Mmc's medical broadcasting channel (mbc) is a satellite-and internet-based distribution technology that allows mmc to deliver medical education programming to doctors and allied health workers across the globe - 24/7/365. Drawing medical content from its own gvlm, mmc simulcasts its daily broadcast schedule via the intelsat satellite network and the internet2 multicast platform. The combined reach of these concurrent distribution methods is presently more than 2 million health professionals.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 80% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 97% 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.

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 some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 86
  • Transparency & Controls: 77
  • Accountability: 55
  • Sustainability: 30
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 88.1%; rating input score 88
  • Fundraising efficiency: $1.5 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • 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; 79th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 66.7%; rating input score 67; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 3 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 38
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -130.6%; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 7.43; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.78; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 15.9%; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -20.4% per year; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -17.7% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 5.7% per year; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 3 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 8 operating locations identified
  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 88.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 8 of 12 board members independent · 3 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $737K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $46K · 12 people listed
  • Consistency: 30 of 30 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and foreign activity
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2010 to 2016
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 2 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • High — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight: 7 of 8 not reported.
  • Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 8/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 1/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 9/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 26/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.