Illinois · Nonprofit
Paul Carlson Medical Program Inc
Paul Carlson Medical Program Inc (Illinois) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,743,415 to it, the largest being Greater Salina Community Foundation ($885,297). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 63% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.1M
- Funders on record
- 17
- Grants received
- $1.7M
- Net assets
- $316k
What Paul Carlson Medical Program Inc does
Mission
The Mission of PCMP is to catalyze the growth of sustainable communities in place of deep poverty in central Africa, primarily in the DR Congo, by investing in Local Efforts in Health Care, Economic Development and Education.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
The Paul Carson Medical Program (PCMP) provides medical and economic development support. We focus on improving medical care by working with the medical directors and doctors who oversee the healthcare system of 5 hospitals, 120 clinics and a nursing school in the northwest region of Congo. We multiply impact by training Congolese medical professionals through our Medical Ambassador volunteer program. We aim to work with, not for, people who are making a difference in their own communities. PCMP is an active partner in training, financing and supporting this system and infrastructure designed to enhance the health status of some 3.3 million people in NW Congo. Village based programs installing clean water sources and community mobilization seeks to empower villagers toward greater health awareness and better health practices. Economic growth remains a crucial area of partnership because of obstacles our partners face due to extreme poverty. Focusing on relational capacity building, we contribute to the development of projects, individuals, and organizations committed to sustaining growth.
$934,640 spentof which $768,122 as grants$8,433 earned by the program90% of program spendingDecades of neglect have made roads and bridges more barriers of transportation and in some cases impassable as only logs exist. Commercial transportation of goods has slowed, health care access has suffered, and people have been injured or died from some current bridge structures. PCMP and two other partners have focused on bridge repair/creation with the agreement of the Min. of Transportation. A basic design with predominantly local materials is utilized to replace dangerous bridges to allow any size commercial vehicle to pass safely. This is a program that utilizes the skills of national partners to create sustainable bridges for remote areas and repairs bridges on National Highway routes as well.
$73,625 spentof which $72,100 as grants7% of program spendingEconomic development includes the Karawa Coffee Project. Launched in 2017, this project aims to work with 2,000 small-holder farmers, in more than 110 villages around Karawa in northwestern DR Congo. This long-term, generational effort enhances the productivity of existing coffee trees and intensify new coffee growth along with other food crops for local market and international export. Expected yield of 1,000 metric tons by 2026 . Reduces poverty, builds the economy, enhances food security. The Karawa Coffee Project has become a coffeee co-operative and is self-supporting.
$35,358 spentof which $13,200 as grants3% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,043,623.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2018 to 2019, from $2.1M to $1.7M (−21%).
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%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 6 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.
Chief executive
Renee Hale
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 6 funders to 7 funders, grant income rose $47k → $211k.
8 of 17 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 63% 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 Paul Carlson Medical Program Inc’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 16 of 17 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
Paul Carlson Medical Program Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 51% of grant income and the top three 75%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
72% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund Paul Carlson Medical Program Inc.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 42% · 2018 87% · 2019 61% · 2020 41% · 2021 69% · 2022 50% · 2023 55% — 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
55% of Paul Carlson Medical Program Inc's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 65% 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
63% of Paul Carlson Medical Program Inc's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $646k that is directly attributable, 76% of it comes from funders outside Illinois, across 5 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.1M arriving through sponsors registered in 8 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.
Organizations like Paul Carlson Medical Program Inc
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 Illinois
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
71% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
85%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Evangelical Covenant Church · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds Paul Carlson Medical Program Inc?
- Paul Carlson Medical Program Inc (Illinois) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,743,415 to it, the largest being Greater Salina Community Foundation ($885,297). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 63% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does Paul Carlson Medical Program Inc have?
- IRS filings report 17 organizations giving $1,743,415 in grants to Paul Carlson Medical Program Inc, 11 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Paul Carlson Medical Program Inc?
- Greater Salina Community Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $885,297 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Paul Carlson Medical Program Inc find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Illinois. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 17 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