Mexico Medical Missions
Analysis
Mexico Medical Missions is a registered charity in United States, based in Houston, TX. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover health care, which this site groups under health and saving lives. The IRS classifies it as a hospital or medical research organisation under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.
In the financial year ending December 2023, Mexico Medical Missions reported income of $1.7m and spending of $1.5m, spending 89% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $1.1m to $1.7m (+55%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 32%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.
Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Mexico Medical Missions sits at the 70th percentile: it is larger than about 70% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile, and in the 88th percentile within TX. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Thomas G Labrecque Foundation ($1.7m), Haven Health Clinics ($1.7m) and Needymeds Inc ($1.7m).
On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 98% and program service revenue 1.5% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $313k. At year end it held assets of $1.2m against liabilities of $70k, net assets of $1.1m.
Income and spending
Where the income comes from
- Contributions & grants 98%
- Program services 1.5%
- Other 0.2%
Similar-sized charities, same cause
| Charity | Location | Income |
|---|---|---|
| Thomas G Labrecque Foundation | Alexandria | $1.7m |
| Haven Health Clinics | Amarillo | $1.7m |
| Needymeds Inc | Gloucester | $1.7m |
| Swope Health Foundation | Kansas City | $1.7m |