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Global Health Ministries

EIN 36-3532234International Minnesota Mid-sized

Historical collection: May 2019 · Rating details mostly from 2017. Source & context

The mission

What this organization describes

Helping the hands that heal

Established in 1987, Global Health Ministries (GHM) continues the healing ministry of Jesus Christ by enhancing health care programs of Lutheran churches in other countries. GHM funds approved health care projects, scholarships, support for charity patients, capital improvements, and development of appropriate technology. In addition, GHM gathers and ships useful donated health care equipment and supplies to various countries; communicates to groups and congregations the opportunities and needs of the church's overseas health care programs; prays for the church's health care missionaries and those they serve; recruits nurses, dentists, doctors, surgeons, and allied workers for overseas service in training and consultation missions; and advises synods and other groups on health care mission issues.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

95.30Overall score
out of 100

94.70Financial score
out of 100

96.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$4,125,795

Total expenses · USD$4,091,250

Program expenses

$3,628,938.75 recorded amount

88.7%

Fundraising expenses

$159,558.75 recorded amount

3.9%

Administrative expenses

$294,570.00 recorded amount

7.2%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.03 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Rev. Doug Cox
Recorded compensation: $58,556.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 1.43%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Global Health Ministries
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	96.0
`category` Category	International
`description` Mission & description	Established in 1987, Global Health Ministries (GHM) continues the healing ministry of Jesus Christ by enhancing health care programs of Lutheran churches in other countries. GHM funds approved health care projects, scholarships, support for charity patients, capital improvements, and development of appropriate technology. In addition, GHM gathers and ships useful donated health care equipment and supplies to various countries; communicates to groups and congregations the opportunities and needs of the church's overseas health care programs; prays for the church's health care missionaries and those they serve; recruits nurses, dentists, doctors, surgeons, and allied workers for overseas service in training and consultation missions; and advises synods and other groups on health care mission issues.
`ein` EIN	36-3532234
`tot_exp` Total expenses	4091250.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.07200000000000001
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.03
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.039
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.887
`fscore` Financial score	94.7
`leader` Recorded leader	Rev. Doug Cox
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	58556.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0143
`motto` Tagline	Helping the hands that heal
`name` Charity name	Global Health Ministries
`tot_rev` Total revenue	4125795.0
`score` Overall score	95.3
`state` State code	MN
`subcategory` Subcategory	Development and Relief Services
`size` Source size label	mid
`program_exp` Program expenses	3628938.75
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	159558.75
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	294570.00000000006

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 36-3532234
Source category: International
Source subcategory: Development and Relief Services
Recorded location: Minnesota (MN)
Expense-based size: Mid-sized
$3.5M–$13.5M in total expenses · source label: mid

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Source: Charity Navigator Scores Expenses Dataset, version 1, attributed to katyjqian on Kaggle. Collection: May 2019; rating details mostly from 2017. Read attribution, scope, and reuse notes.