Mercy ships operates hospital ships in developing countries through professional volunteer medical and NON-medical CREW, providing free surgical care to patients and training and education for doctors, nurses, and other healthcare professionals. Mercy ships also partners with the countries we serve to help create medical infrastructure improvement projects furthering our reach of hope and healing.
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Category
Other
Employees
591
Volunteers
3,168
Financial Snapshot
FY ending 2024-12-31
Revenue
$287.1M
Expenses
$157.1M
Assets
$382.8M
Liabilities
$12.4M
Financial history
$287.1M$143.6M$0
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RevenueExpenses
Latest FY2024: $287.1M · Avg: $145.4M
Foreign activity (Schedule F)
Total spent abroad$113.2M
Foreign employees3,242
Foreign offices9
Foreign partnership interestNo
Foreign trust interestNo
Region
Activity
Spent
Sub-Saharan Africa
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Sub-Saharan Africa
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Sub-Saharan Africa
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Sub-Saharan Africa
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Europe (Including Iceland and Greenland)
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Political & Grant Activity
Campaign Spending
—
Lobbying
—
Grants Given
$3.5M
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Address
15862 State Highway 110 N
Lindale, TX, 75771-676
Governance
Voting board members25
Independent members23
Conflict-of-interest policyYes
Whistleblower policyYes
Doc-retention policyYes
Audit committeeYes
990 reviewed by boardNo
Compensation practices
Severance paymentsNo
Equity-based compNo
Supplemental retirement planNo
Compensation committeeYes
Used comp surveyYes
Board approved compYes
Initial contract exceptionNo
Financial detail (Schedule D)
Board-designated %1.5%
Permanent endowment %89.9%
Endowment held by related orgNo
Fundraising activity (Schedule G)
Uses professional fundraisersYes
Gross fundraising receipts$28.2M
Net to org$22.4M
Retained by contractors$5.7M
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