Parasites Without Borders Inc

What it reported doing in 2024

The support given by pwb enabled floating doctors to treat parasitic infections into thousands of people and animals in 24 communities over 10,000 square miles as well as provide anthelmintic preventive care in every patient we visited. Additionally, pwb supported health education programming covering a wide variety of individual and public health issues, including in-community sanitation discussions following w.a.s.h. Guidelines and multi-day conferences for local midwives and healthcare workers.supported the astmh mission of reducing the worldwide burden of tropical infectious diseases and improving global health. The american society of tropical medicine and hygiene, founded in 1903, is the largest international scientific organization of experts dedicated to reducing the worldwide burden of tropical infectious diseases and improving global health. We accomplish this through generating and sharing scientific evidence, informing health policies and practices, fostering career development, recognizing excellence, and advocating for investment in tropical medicine/global health research. Astmh has a core membership of 3,000 and monthly newsletter subscribers of 17,000+.pwb provided financial support to the astmh to advance opportunities for women and early-career professionals in the field of tropical medicine. Through this support, astmh was able to offer travel awards for qualified female students, early-career investigators, and scientists from low- and middle-income countries to attend its annual meeting, present their work, learn from others in their field, and develop professional collaborations.thanks to the ongoing support of pwb, fimrc is able to provide a full range of free medical services at their clinic in bududa, uganda, including outpatient visits, minor surgeries, 24/7 maternity ward, and ambulance service. The clinic sees about 120 children and their parents per day. Dr. Griffin continues to visit the bududa site and works with our staff to see patients and mentor project bududa's providers. Outside of bududa, the support from pwb both financially and through their ongoing educational programs continues to allow our organization to provide care at our clinics throughout the world and volunteer opportunities for aspiring young people interested in global health.thanks to the ongoing support of pwb, microbetv was able to continue recording and broadcasting it's nearly a dozen science-based podcasts focused on the life sciences such as virology, parasitology, microbiology, and neuroscience. The podcasts are completely free for listeners and reach thousands of listeners each day. We published the 8th edition of our despommier's parasitic disease textbook and distributed copies to hundreds of students, physicians and scientists from countries throughout the world.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 32.5%; rating input score 32
• Program expense ratio: 90.9%; rating input score 91
• Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: Limited
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 76th 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; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 5 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 71
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
  • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Fail
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 64.4%; rating input score 95; 95th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.04; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.12; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 9.9% per year; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 16% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 16.6% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings