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International : Development and Relief Services (Grantmaking/Grants Payable)

Doctors Without Borders, USA

Providing emergency medical care

four stars

93.91

40 Rector Street 16th Floor
New York, NY 10006
tel: (212) 679-6800   Web Site
EIN: 13-3433452

Board Leadership
Africa Stewart
President

CEO
Avril Benoît
Executive Director

  Score
(out of 100) 		Rating
Overall Score & Rating 93.91 four stars
  Financial 95.00 four stars
  Accountability & Transparency 93.00 four stars
This rating was published 02/01/2020 and includes data from FY2018, the most recent 990 received at that time.
Why isn't this based on more recent data?

Doctors Without Borders, USA (DWB-USA) was founded in 1990 in New York City to raise funds, create awareness, recruit field staff, and advocate with the United Nations and US government on humanitarian concerns. Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is an international medical humanitarian organization that provides aid in nearly 60 countries to people whose survival is threatened by violence, neglect, or catastrophe, primarily due to armed conflict, epidemics, malnutrition, exclusion from health care, or natural disasters.

Doctors Without Borders, USA (DWB-USA) was founded in 1990 in New York City to raise funds, create awareness, recruit field staff, and advocate with the United Nations and US government on humanitarian concerns. Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is an international medical humanitarian organization that provides aid in nearly 60 countries to people whose survival is threatened by violence, neglect, or catastrophe, primarily due to armed conflict, epidemics, malnutrition, exclusion from health care, or natural disasters.

Impact Information

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Reported Results
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Total in 2019
Number of people treated for malaria
2,638,200
People vaccinated against measles in response to an outbreak
1,320,100
Outpatient Consultations
10,384,000
Mental health consultations for individuals
400,200
Malnourished children treated in inpatient and outpatient feeding programs
185,700
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This impact information is current as of August 2020, when it was provided to us by GuideStar. At this time, Impact information published on this organization's page has no effect on its rating per our methodology.

Learn more about how we calculate the overall score and rating.

Financial

four stars

95.00

Accountability & Transparency

four stars

93.00

This rating was published 02/01/2020 and includes data from FY2018, the most recent 990 received at that time.
Why isn't this based on more recent data?
Overall Rating Chart
  Program Expenses
(Percent of the charity's total expenses spent on the programs
and services it delivers)		 88.8%
  Administrative Expenses 1.4%
  Fundraising Expenses 9.6%
  Fundraising Efficiency $0.10
  Working Capital Ratio (years) 0.58
  Program Expenses Growth 12.6%
  Liabilities to Assets 20.4%
All data for Financial Performance Metrics calculations was provided by Doctors Without Borders, USA on recent 990s filed with the IRS.
All data for Financial Performance Metrics calculations was provided by Doctors Without Borders, USA on recent 990s filed with the IRS.
Information Provided on the Form 990  
  Independent Voting Board Members
  No Material diversion of assets
  Audited financials prepared by independent accountant
  Does Not Provide Loan(s) to or Receive Loan(s) From related parties
  Documents Board Meeting Minutes
  Provided copy of Form 990 to organization's governing body in advance of filing
  Conflict of Interest Policy
  Whistleblower Policy
  Records Retention and Destruction Policy
  CEO listed with salary
  Process for determining CEO compensation
  Board Listed / Board Members Not Compensated
Is the following information easily accessible on the charity's website?  
  Donor Privacy Policy
  Board Members Listed
  Audited Financials
  Form 990
  Key staff listed
REVENUE  
Contributions  
   Contributions, Gifts & Grants $390,790,939
   Federated Campaigns $1,964,433
   Membership Dues $11,480
   Fundraising Events $2,168,811
   Related Organizations $0
   Government Grants $0
Total Contributions $394,935,663
   Program Service Revenue $15,398,689
Total Primary Revenue $410,334,352
   Other Revenue $1,622,903
TOTAL REVENUE $411,957,255
   
EXPENSES  
   Program Expenses $375,180,865
   Administrative Expenses $5,428,259
   Fundraising Expenses $46,291,596
TOTAL FUNCTIONAL EXPENSES $426,900,720
   
Payments to Affiliates $0
Excess (or Deficit) for the year $-14,943,465
   
Net Assets $237,779,952

Charts

Compensation % of Expenses Paid to Title
$232,870 0.05% Jason Cone Executive Director
Other Salaries of Note
$63,504 0.01% John Lawrence President
$13,813 0.00% Ramin Asgary Director

Mission

Doctors Without Borders, USA (DWB-USA) was founded in 1990 in New York City to raise funds, create awareness, recruit field staff, and advocate with the United Nations and US government on humanitarian concerns. Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is an international medical humanitarian organization that provides aid in nearly 60 countries to people whose survival is threatened by violence, neglect, or catastrophe, primarily due to armed conflict, epidemics, malnutrition, exclusion from health care, or natural disasters.

Highly Rated

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Doctors Without Borders, USA (NY) 93.91 four stars
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Episcopal Relief & Development (NY) 89.54 three stars
ADRA International (MD) 93.22 four stars
CARE (GA) 88.50 three stars

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Charity Contact Info

Doctors Without Borders, USA
40 Rector Street
16th Floor
New York, NY 10006
tel: (212) 679-6800
fax: (212) 679-7016
EIN: 13-3433452

Mail donations to:
P.O. Box 5030
Hagerstown, MD 21741

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Board Leadership

Africa Stewart
President

CEO

Avril Benoît
Executive Director

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