Pennsylvania · Nonprofit
MEDICAL STUDENTS FOR CHOICE
MEDICAL STUDENTS FOR CHOICE (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 52 organizations whose IRS filings report $12,014,935 to it, the largest being THE SUSAN THOMPSON BUFFETT FOUNDATION ($6,479,120). 36 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.5M
- Funders on record
- 52
- Grants received
- $12M
- Net assets
- $8.0M
What Medical Students for Choice does
Mission
To support future abortion care providers and advocate for reproductive justice globally.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The student organizing program supports educational events on medical school campuses across the globe. These include both in-person and virtual events such as hands-on workshops, panel discussions, and film screenings on the topics of abortion and family planning. Msfc chapters are engaged in or are planning to reform their schools' official curriculum to include more information about reproductive health and abortion.
$493,454 spentof which $1,875 as grants35% of program spendingThe reproductive health externship program provides financial and logistical support to medical students and residents seeking clinical abortion training opportunities not available within their medical schools and residency programs. Program participants receive assistance identifying placement sites and engage in structured, clinical externships at global partner sites, gaining supervised exposure to abortion care in a range of clinical settings.
$239,151 spentof which $982 as grants17% of program spendingMsfc's annual conference on family planning brings together members, alumni, and professional colleagues to network and engage in educational programming, skills-based training, and advocacy initiatives. Msfc hosts multiple intensive, multi-day abortion training institutes each year. Attendees receive hands-on instruction from practicing providers and comprehensive education on abortion provision, including clinical presentations on procedural and medication abortion techniques and related care skills.
$345,568 spent$26,100 earned by the program25% of program spendingOutreach and communication expenses 323,069 including grants of 0. Revenue 0.
$323,069 spent23% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,401,242.
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 2021 to 2022, from $6.4M to $5.2M (−19%).
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.
90% of MEDICAL STUDENTS FOR CHOICE’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (51% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2020 and FY2021 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 18 funders to 23 funders, grant income rose $1.2M → $1.6M.
11 of 52 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 13% 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 STUDENTS FOR CHOICE’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 52 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 STUDENTS FOR CHOICE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 54% of grant income and the top three 70%; 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 52% · 2018 47% · 2019 53% · 2020 67% · 2021 51% · 2022 29% · 2023 38% — diversifying over time.
“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
60% of MEDICAL STUDENTS FOR CHOICE's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 69% 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
MEDICAL STUDENTS FOR CHOICE draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Pennsylvania, across 17 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.6M arriving through sponsors registered in 10 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 STUDENTS FOR CHOICE runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 4,665 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,665 health nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like MEDICAL STUDENTS FOR CHOICE
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 Pennsylvania
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
77% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
42%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 4 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for MEDICAL STUDENTS FOR CHOICE: 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 STUDENTS FOR CHOICE?
- MEDICAL STUDENTS FOR CHOICE (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 52 organizations whose IRS filings report $12,014,935 to it, the largest being THE SUSAN THOMPSON BUFFETT FOUNDATION ($6,479,120). 36 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MEDICAL STUDENTS FOR CHOICE have?
- IRS filings report 52 organizations giving $12,014,935 in grants to MEDICAL STUDENTS FOR CHOICE, 36 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MEDICAL STUDENTS FOR CHOICE?
- THE SUSAN THOMPSON BUFFETT FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $6,479,120 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MEDICAL STUDENTS FOR CHOICE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Pennsylvania. 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 52 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing