Texas · Nonprofit
MEDICAL BENEVOLENCE FOUNDATION
MEDICAL BENEVOLENCE FOUNDATION (Texas) receives grants from 39 organizations whose IRS filings report $28,976,064 to it, the largest being MARY K AND CLIFFORD GRUM FOUNDATION ($26,164,959). 28 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $11M
- Funders on record
- 39
- Grants received
- $29M
- Net assets
- $34M
What Medical Benevolence Foundation does
Mission
Medical Benevolence Foundation (mbf) is a christ-centered organization dedicated to transforming lives by building sustainable health care ministries in developing countries. Mbf equips the indigenous church to meet the healthcare needs of their community and share the gospel.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Medical supplies and equipment and pharmaceuticals: in every developing country, access to up-to-date, medical equipment and lifesaving medicines is extremely limited. At the same time, millions of dollars' worth of medical equipment and pharmaceuticals are discarded by hospitals and companies every year in the u.s. Working with a number of u.s. Based partners, mbf ships refurbished and new equipment, as well as much needed medicines and supplies, to international hospital partners in malawi. Working operating room lights and mobile ultrasounds, for example, enable the doctors and nurses to treat their patients safely and effectively. Beds and exam tables improve levels of patient care. Sterile supplies reduce the chance for infection. Medicines reduce pain and suffering.
$6,419,637 spentof which $6,403,044 as grants64% of program spendingWorldwide medical mission: mbf works as an indispensable link to engage churches in the developing world to transform lives by building strong, self-sustaining healthcare ministries. As a christ-centered mission with over 60 years of experience, mbf mobilizes individuals and churches in north america to equip churches in developing countries with skills and resources for medical ministries in the following critical areas: hospital development, nursing schools and scholarships, critical health services for women and children, and primary care clinics. In 2024, mbf partner hospitals delivered over 20,000 babies, served over 48,000 in-patients, and over 490,000 out-patients. Mbf's strategy is to establish long-term partnerships with 10 hospitals and 32 clinics in developing countries to support critical medical services for women and children. Most importantly, mbf helps to develop and collaborate in projects whose goal is self-sustainability. In 2024, mbf's 10 supported nursing schools had a total enrollment of over 3,000 students and graduated over 1,200 nurses.
$2,507,484 spentof which $1,054,740 as grants25% of program spendingMission education: an important mission of mbf is to work with the church of north america to effectively and thoughtfully partner in ministry with the church in developing countries. This includes a spiritual ministry program whose training is led by mbf and leaders of its partner institutions and is implemented to staff members of our partner institutions. Additionally, mbf launched the center for global nursing development in 2017. Through the center for global nursing development, mbf has taken an international leadership position to create opportunities to engage and develop nursing practices and nursing education in the developing countries we currently serve.
$618,194 spent6% of program spendingInfrastructure improvements: mbf receives grants from the usaid american schools and hospitals abroad (asha) program in support of construction projects in kenya. In 2025, we completed the construction of a staff housing and offices building and a remodeled student classroom building on the campus of the clive irvine school of nursing at chogoria hospital in kenya.
$513,368 spentof which $513,368 as grants5% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $10,058,683.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $15M to $36M (+150%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2021 7% · 2022 5% · 2023 0% · 2024 3% · 2025 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
73% of MEDICAL BENEVOLENCE FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (96% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 8 funders to 19 funders, grant income rose $152k → $1.4M.
17 of 39 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 5% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of MEDICAL BENEVOLENCE FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 39 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
MEDICAL BENEVOLENCE FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 90% of grant income and the top three 94%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 26% · 2018 58% · 2019 78% · 2020 67% · 2021 55% · 2022 71% · 2023 72% — growing more concentrated.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
65% of MEDICAL BENEVOLENCE FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 72% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
96% of MEDICAL BENEVOLENCE FOUNDATION's grant income comes from Texas funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.5M arriving through sponsors registered in 13 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
MEDICAL BENEVOLENCE FOUNDATION's funding base is broadening — from 8 funders to 19 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 190 international nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding MEDICAL BENEVOLENCE FOUNDATION receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $1.8M on record — $1.8M federal, $467 state.
- Agency for International Development$1.8M
- REFUNDS - GENERAL $467
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like MEDICAL BENEVOLENCE FOUNDATION
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Texas
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
84% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
55%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 49 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for MEDICAL BENEVOLENCE FOUNDATION: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds MEDICAL BENEVOLENCE FOUNDATION?
- MEDICAL BENEVOLENCE FOUNDATION (Texas) receives grants from 39 organizations whose IRS filings report $28,976,064 to it, the largest being MARY K AND CLIFFORD GRUM FOUNDATION ($26,164,959). 28 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MEDICAL BENEVOLENCE FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 39 organizations giving $28,976,064 in grants to MEDICAL BENEVOLENCE FOUNDATION, 28 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MEDICAL BENEVOLENCE FOUNDATION?
- MARY K AND CLIFFORD GRUM FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $26,164,959 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MEDICAL BENEVOLENCE FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Texas. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 39 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing