Media for Development International Inc

Analysis

Media for Development International Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Bellingham, WA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 1991, 35 years ago. Its declared purposes cover international, foreign affairs and national security, which this site groups under overseas aid and international. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Media for Development International Inc reported income of $165k and spending of $197k, spending 119% of what it took in. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $392k to $165k (-58%), an average of -35% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 38%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 10,317 United States charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, Media for Development International Inc sits at the 47th percentile: it is larger than about 47% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 49th percentile, and in the 46th percentile within WA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Worldwide Healing Hands ($165k), The Rc22 Foundation Inc ($166k) and International Contingency and Development Fund ($165k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 6.2% and program service revenue 87% of the total. At year end it held assets of $178k against liabilities of $146k, net assets of $32k.