Merci Clinic

Analysis

Merci Clinic is a registered charity in United States, based in New Bern, NC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 1997, 29 years ago. Its declared purposes cover health care, which this site groups under health and saving lives. 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, Merci Clinic reported income of $2.4m and spending of $2.5m, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $4.1m to $2.4m (-41%), an average of -12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income dropped by 25%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Merci Clinic sits at the 73rd percentile: it is larger than about 73% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile, and in the 88th percentile within NC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Parkinson Research Foundation Inc ($2.4m), Pathfinders of San Diego ($2.4m) and Neurosurgery Foundation at Goodman Campbell Inc ($2.4m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% and program service revenue 0.2% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $45k (1.8% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $368k. At year end it held assets of $841k against liabilities of $2,625, net assets of $838k. It reported 24 employees.