Medical Missions Outreach Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 462355587
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2017–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2016
- Location
- Mcdonough, GA, USA
- Phone
- 4103917000
- Rating
- 67
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- International Relief
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $3,104,222
- Expenses
- $3,020,657
- Assets
- $3,268,739
- Liabilities
- $160,577
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
10 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- MR BRADLEY EDMONDSON (PRESIDENT AN)
Highest reported compensation
- MR BRADLEY EDMONDSON (PRESIDENT AN): $171,759 total reported compensation
- MS CHRISTINE ELLIS (SEC/GENERAL): $111,968 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
In 2005, medical missions outreach began pointing others to the great physician through an annual medical missions trip to the developing world by partnering with local churches to reach their communities with the gospel. Now more than 20 teams are mobilized each year, treating more than 25,000 patients in diverse settings around the world with a variety of healthcare services. While the scope of the ministry has broadened, the primary purpose remains singular: to reach lost people with the message of jesus christ through no-cost, compassionate medical care. Mmo remains dedicated to supporting the work of missionaries and national pastors by using ethical medical care as a tool to give eternal spiritual care and to start or strengthen local churches. Mmo served as a ministry under the umbrella of its home church until 2017 when it became its own entity and gained 501(c)3 status.
What it reported doing in 2024
Special projects medical benevolence program: integral to mmo's mission is the education and encouragement of the patients who seek treatment. Many times these patients have had symptoms for months or even years before they have the resources to seek help. The same diagnoses found in the u.s. Are also found on the field, just further along in the process. We see chronic cases such as uncontrolled diabetes and hypertension, along with acute dermatological conditions, musculoskeletal pain, allergies, and urinary tract infections. Sometimes there are more involved cases such as chinkingunya, dengue or active parasitic infections. Once the problem has been diagnosed, mmo seeks to educate, to offer both pharmacological and nonpharmacological treatments, and to encourage patients to follow up with local healthcare professionals. A benevolence fund exists to support patients with treatment and/or follow up care that may not be available to them in their local setting or in our typical clinic services. These funds can assist with medicine, medical supplies, laboratory testing, specialty care, and even surgical procedures. Eyeglass recycle program: mmo has encountered thousands of people around the world who experience extreme economic, life, and welfare limitations due to poor vision. Through a strong partnership with local businesses, schools, churches, and individual donors who serve as collection box hosts, mmo has been able to provide otherwise unavailable vision screening, care, and glasses to children and adults, empowering them to improve their lives through the treasured gift of better sight. We regularly hear results involving improved school performance, job security, and quality of life. Prep a puppet: mmo provides care to our smallest patients through requesting common over-the-counter medications often inaccessible to them. Donors from the us are encouraged to fill puppets with common medicines (tylenol, ibuprofen, topical creams, allergy medications); the puppets are then sent back to mmo for distribution in the field. Rearick surgical center: since 2009, mmo has provided no-cost surgical procedures in el progreso, honduras, through short-term volunteer trips. Working in cooperation with a local public hospital in el progreso, yoro, honduras, mmo provides preop evaluations, surgery, and postop care to patients. Because of the desperate need for surgical care in this area, mmo (in close cooperation with mision bautista team honduras) has built a permanent surgical center in el progreso where volunteer surgical teams are sent to aid this community and the surrounding areas, often providing care for patients who have been waiting more than two years for a standard procedure. The rearick surgical center opened its doors in january 2021. The rsc relies on both us-based physicians and local partners to coordinate consultations, schedule cases, and equip teams who will provide the needed procedures. Types of cases include but are not limited to: general (hernioplasty and cholecystectomy), orthopedic, podiatric, and gynecologic. Staff missionaries: mmo is made up of dedicated professionals who are following god's calling on their lives through either full-time or part- time service to share the gospel. Many of our staff serve in roles that require support raised from individuals and churches who want to partner with these missionaries by sending them to the field. Whether they be physicians, nurses, physical therapists, optical team leads, or administrators, they are integral to our mission of pointing patients around the world to the great physician. Education services. Mmo commits to investing in the next generation of healthcare providers through focused training in a strategic rotation through clinic areas on trips as well as 6-8 week internships designed to demonstrate global impact through the specific disciplines studied by each student. Additionally, we work with educational institutions to assist team members in complet
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 99% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% 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.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and most voting board members are independent. Few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence and the filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 71
- Transparency & Controls: 44
- Accountability: 91
- Sustainability: 44
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 69.3%; rating input score 69
- Program expense ratio: 70.3%; rating input score 70
- Fundraising efficiency: $84.54 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
- Compensation committee: Missing
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Missing
- Board or committee approval: Missing
- Foreign activity oversight: Scored; rating input score 0
- Grant itemization coverage: Scored; rating input score 0
- 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 9 controls in place; rating input score 78
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Fail
- Other executive compensation review process: Fail
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 2.7%; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.08; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.05; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 9.4%; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 20.8% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 16.1% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 19.3% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 69.3% of revenue deployed · 70.3% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 7 of 7 board members independent · 7 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $2.1M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $172K · 10 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Consistency: 32 of 32 current checks pass
- Schedules: 9 filed schedules · includes major donors, foreign activity, and executive pay
- Filing history: 7 filing years from 2017 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 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.
- High — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
- High — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight scored 0/100.
- High — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 0/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 9 not reported.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 43/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 40/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 32/100.