International : Humanitarian Relief Supplies

Free Wheelchair Mission

Transforming lives through the gift of mobility

Rating

Overall Rating    
      (59.70)
Organizational Efficiency      
Program Expenses 72.0%    
Administrative Expenses 8.9%    
Fundraising Expenses 18.9%    
Fundraising Efficiency $0.15    
Efficiency Rating    
      (29.70)
Organizational Capacity      
Primary Revenue Growth 21.6%    
Program Expenses Growth 16.3%    
Working Capital Ratio (years) 0.26    
Capacity Rating    
      (30.00)

Income Statement     (FYE 03/2009)

Revenue  
Primary Revenue $6,625,856
Other Revenue $-71,087
Total Revenue $6,554,769
   
Expenses  
Program Expenses $4,012,139
Administrative Expenses $498,786
Fundraising Expenses $1,054,327
Total Functional Expenses $5,565,252
   
Payments to Affiliates $0
Excess (or Deficit) for the year $989,517
   
Net Assets $1,463,999

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Contact Information

Free Wheelchair Mission
9341 Irvine Boulevard
Irvine, CA 92618
tel: (800) 733-0858
fax: (949) 273-8471
EIN: 31-1781635

Mail donations to:
P.O. Box 513538
Los Angeles, CA 90051

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Leadership      (FYE 03/2009)

Name Title Compensation % of Expenses
Don Schoendorfer President, Founder (The person identified as holding the highest position of management, and therefore who would normally be responsible for carrying out the mission of the charity and leading the organization on a day-to-day basis.) $142,887 2.56%

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Mission

Founded in 2001, Free Wheelchair Mission is an international organization dedicated to providing wheelchairs for the impoverished disabled in developing nations. Headquartered in Irvine, California, FWM works around the world in partnership with a vast network of humanitarian, faith-based and government organizations, sending wheelchairs to hundreds of thousands of disabled people, providing not only the gift of mobility, but of dignity, independence, and hope. Our mission is to transform lives through the gift of mobility to the physically disabled poor in developing countries as motivated by Jesus Christ. Our vision is to provide 20 million wheelchairs.

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