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CHARITY REVIEW
Issued: December 2023 Expires: December 2025

mothers2mothers United States

Accredited Charity
Accredited Charity

Meets Standards
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(646) 663-1847
7441 West Sunset Boulevard, Suite 205
Los Angeles, CA, 90046
https://m2m.org
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Standards For Charity Accountability

Governance

  1. Board Oversight
  2. Board Size
  3. Board Meetings
  4. Board Compensation
  5. Conflict of Interest

Measuring Effectiveness

  1. Effectiveness Policy
  2. Effectiveness Report

Finances

  1. Program Expenses
  2. Fundraising Expenses
  3. Accumulating Funds
  4. Audit Report
  5. Detailed Expense Breakdown
  6. Accurate Expense Reporting
  7. Budget Plan

Fundraising & Info

  1. Truthful Materials
  2. Annual Report
  3. Website Disclosures
  4. Donor Privacy
  5. Cause Marketing Disclosures
  6. Complaints

mothers2mothers United States meets the 20 Standards for Charity Accountability.

Stated Purpose:
"to ensure health care for families who need it most, delivered by women who know them best."

Year, State Incorporated:
2008, DE

mothers2mothers International (m2m) reports that it works with governments, local partners, and communities to empower mothers and improve reproductive, newborn, and child healthcare. The organization employs and trains women living with HIV as community health workers called Mentor Mothers, who work in healthcare facilities and perform house calls in surrounding communities. Services provided include: testing, treating, and providing health education and peer support to women living with HIV; reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child healthcare; early childhood development services, pediatric HIV care and ongoing support; and adolescent health and youth development where peer mentors provide support and promote sexual and reproductive health services; and health services and education for diseases that pose a greater risk to individuals living with HIV, such as cervical cancer, malaria, and tuberculosis.

For the year ended December 31, 2022, mothers2mothers United States's program expenses were:

Program services: $4,200,531

Total Program Expenses: $4,200,531

Chief Executive
Frank Beadle de Palomo, President and Chief Executive Officer

Compensation*
$399,116

Chair of the Board
Colin Freund

Chair's Profession / Business Affiliation
Chief Executive Officer, MODRA Pharmaceuticals

Board Size
15

Paid Staff Size
16

*2021 compensation includes annual salary and, if applicable, benefit plans, expense accounts, and other allowances.

Method(s) Used:
Grant proposals, Internet, Direct mail appeals, Special events

Fundraising costs were 6% of related contributions. (Related contributions, which totaled $30,436,219 are donations received as a result of fundraising activities.)

This organization is tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. It is eligible to receive contributions deductible as charitable donations for federal income tax purposes.

The following information is based on mothers2mothers United States's audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2022.

Source of Funds
Grants and contributions $3,547,320
Investment loss, net $-1,348,214
Contracts from affiliates $1,271,036
Other income $3,830
Total Income $3,473,972

Programs: 68% Fundraising: 25% Administrative: 7%

Total Income $3,473,972
Total expenses: $6,200,975
  Program expenses $4,200,531
  Fundraising expenses $1,554,879
  Administrative expenses $445,565
  Other expenses $0
Income in Excess of Expenses $-2,727,003
Beginning Net Assets $30,567,851
Other Changes In Net Assets $-1,225
Ending Net Assets $27,839,623
Total Liabilities $2,191,701
Total Assets $30,031,324

Note: In the financial section above, “other expenses” refers to foreign exchange loss.

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Report completed by:
BBB Wise Giving Alliance