MSI United States

Legal name: Msi Us

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
541901882
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2025
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Washington, DC, US
Phone
1-202-601-2825
Rating
82
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Single Organization Support

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$55,102,772
Expenses
$55,091,422
Assets
$3,550,549
Liabilities
$2,688,637

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

21 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • AMANDA SELLER (US PRESIDENT)
  • SIMON COOKE (CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • AMANDA SELLER (US PRESIDENT): $373,991 total reported compensation
  • KATE GREENBERG (SENIOR DIREC): $260,671 total reported compensation
  • ELIZABETH SCHLACHTER (SENIOR DIREC): $257,848 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

MSI United States supports MSI Reproductive Choices, an international non-profit formerly known as Marie Stopes International, to provide reproductive healthcare and advance reproductive rights globally.

What it reported doing in 2025

In 2025, msi us raised funds in support of msi reproductive choices' 2025 global results, reaching 27.8 million women and girls with reproductive healthcare across africa, asia, and latin america - averting 18.6 million unintended pregnancies, preventing millions of unsafe abortions, and saving the lives of over 42,000 women and girls. Msi us engages in dynamic fundraising activities to attract support from individuals, family foundations, and estate gifts, in addition to receiving contributions from professional foundations. We deploy digital marketing, email, and direct mail to build a base of supporters, and currently have an active file of 5,000+ constituents who engage with msi us.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 90% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 93% 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 fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 89
  • Transparency & Controls: 72
  • Accountability: 96
  • Sustainability: 22
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 94%; rating input score 94
  • Program expense ratio: 94%; rating input score 94
  • Fundraising efficiency: $23.93 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Pass
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • 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; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 93.3%; rating input score 93; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 8 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: 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: 0%; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.06; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.76; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 2.9%; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 3.3% per year; rating input score 100; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 5.1% per year; rating input score 100; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 8.2% per year; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 1 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 34 operating locations identified
  • Where the money goes: 94% of revenue deployed · 94% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 14 of 15 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $51.8M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $374K · 21 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 2 contractors listed · $225K reported
  • Consistency: 35 of 35 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors, foreign activity, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2011 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 6 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight: 7 of 8 not reported.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 51/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 28/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 4/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 19/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 46/100.