2015-08-13T16:47:15-05:00 2014-12-31 272001590 J MILLER & ASSOCIATES 1617 John F Kennedy Blvd Philadelphia PA 19103 990 2014-01-01 205263777 Medical Students for Choice MEDI 2156250800 PO Box 40188 Philadelphia PA 191060188 Lois Backus Executive Director 2156250800 2015-08-13 1 Joyce Miller P00047160 2156001701 2014 2016-03-07 17:11:31Z Lois Backus PO Box 40188 Philadelphia PA 191060188 899011 0 X www.msfc.org X 2007 PA Creating tomorrow's abortion providers and pro-choice physicians. 21 21 14 1000 0 0 1699984 822994 35545 32783 26124 40705 1931 2529 1763584 899011 63140 80759 0 0 635982 656282 0 0 103553 432676 433866 1131798 1170907 631786 -271896 3496710 3270365 41596 42965 3455114 3227400 X MSFC recognizes that one of the greatest obstacles to safe and legal abortion is the absence of trained providers. As medical students and residents, we are working to make reproductive health care, including abortion, a standard part of medical education and residency training. 0 0 186115 73709 The Reproductive Health Externship Funding Program (RHE) provided financial support to 112 medical students and residents who sought opportunities not available in the medical schools and residency programs for first-hand abortion training. Continuing analysis of the program shows a statistically significant increase in the participants' knowledge of family planning and intention to provide abortion as a result of their externship experience. 113746 7050 32783 226 medical students and residents attended our MSFC's Conference on Family Planning, the premier conference for medical students and residents interested in family planning. After the conference we found that the number of students who said they would probably or definitely provide abortion services increased by 18% when compared to responses to the same question asked before the survey. 508930 The Student Organizing program supported over 1,200 educational events on 174 medical school campuses. The events included lectures, panel discussions, and film screenings on the topics of abortion and contraception. Additionally, 40% of our chapters are engaged in or are planning to engage in projects to reform their schools' official curriculum to include more information about reproductive health and abortion. 80854 2529 Outreach and Communication and all other program services and miscellaneous income. 80854 2529 889645 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 27 0 14 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 PA NY CA MD X X The Organization 2156250800 PO Box 40188 Philadelphia PA 191060188 Cait Goss President 1.00 X X 0 0 0 Miquia Henderson President-Elect 1.00 X 0 0 0 Sarp Aksel Past President 1.00 X X 0 0 0 Elizabeth Diffley Treasurer 1.00 X X 0 0 0 Brent Monseur Secretary 1.00 X X 0 0 0 Nicole Fanarjian Board member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Lydia Fein Board member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Rebecca Foley Board member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Julie French Board member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Patricia Lohr Board member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Carolyn Payne Board member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Jennifer Rosenbaum Board member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Laura Kirkpatrick Board member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Lauren Sobel Board member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Yoon-Jin Kim Board member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Libby Benedict Board member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Dalia Brahmi Board member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Marji Gold Board member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Audrey Ann Ross Board member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Em Ketterer Board member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Alecia Fields Board member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Natalie Combs Board member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Jane Napoli Board member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Robert Obara Board member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Kaebah Orme Board member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Johana Oviedo Board member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Heidi Printz Board member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Lois Backus Executive Director 40.00 X 133616 0 15506 133616 0 15506 1 0 0 0 0 822994 822994 Meeting Registrations 611710 32783 32783 32783 40705 40705 Miscellaneous Revenue 900099 2529 2529 2529 899011 35312 0 40705 80759 80759 149122 101403 34298 13421 388711 286051 45245 57415 20329 16488 1023 2818 54302 42431 4940 6931 43818 32919 7328 3571 4011 1612 2399 13000 10309 1607 1084 22722 9899 10880 1943 29873 12293 14580 3000 67209 53549 7642 6018 90177 67251 22926 122823 107642 15181 3390 3390 4613 1694 2641 278 Student Group Trust Exp 22372 22145 227 Student Activism 17906 17732 174 Postage and delivery 14210 8872 606 4732 Telephone 11297 7635 3223 439 10263 8961 -601 1903 1170907 889645 177709 103553 347223 63449 1925659 1840047 450000 83000 27972 60766 11713 15543 19722 15002 8110 4720 716299 1193106 9734 9734 3496710 3270365 35572 42965 6024 0 41596 42965 X 2853809 3089503 601305 137897 3455114 3227400 3496710 3270365 -271896 44182 0 X X 0 1 X 1 0 X 2230129 522497 495782 1699984 822994 5771386 2230129 522497 495782 1699984 822994 5771386 2944018 2827368 28220 29924 29279 26124 40705 154252 1931 1931 5927569 0.47700 0.56860 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 19722 15002 4720 4720 X 943193 44182 44182 899011 0 899011 1170907 0 1170907 0 1170907 Part X, Line 2: MSFC considers the likelihood of changes by taxing authorities in its filed income tax returns and recongnizes a liablity for or discloses potential significant changes that management believes are more likely than not to occur upon examination by tax authoritis, including changes to MSFC's status as a Not-for-Profit entity.. Management believes MSFC met the requirements to maintain its tax-exempt status and has no income subject to unrelated business income tax, therefore no provisions for income taxes has been provided in these financial statements. MSFC's tax returns for the past three years are open for examination by the taxing authorities. 1 Travel Assistance 16 7050 Externship Grants 112 73709 Part I, Line 2: Externship Grants require an application to be completed and approved. Applicant receives full stipend fund, receipts are then submitted against stipend paid. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 11 The 990 draft is sent via email to the President and Treasurer for review and comment. The President and Treasurer approve the 990 draft. The Executive Director and Director of Finance review and ask accountants to go to final. Upon completion, the 990 is emailed to all members of the Board of Directors. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 12c At the new Board member orientation, members sign a statement of their commitment to their responsibilities. The disclosure wording follows. Members must safeguard the credibility and integrity of the organization by making a good faith effort to place the welfare of the organization before personal benefit. Board members who suspect they may have a potential conflict of interest between Board responsibilities and an individual obligation must disclose this to the Board and abstain from discussion and voting regarding that issue. Open, honest and professional discussion of potential conflicts of interest is expected of all board members. The board values the range of perspectives brought to Board discussions by individuals with diverse organizational experience and professional relationships; potential conflicts may be expected. These guidelines will ensure that the interests of MSFC will be paramount in the decision-making role of the Board. Potential conflicts of interest include, but are not limited to: A) An organization with which the Board member has a relationship is being considered for a contractual relationship with MSFC. B) The Board member, or an organization with which the Board member has a relationship, may benefit from research utilizing MSFCs evaluation data. C) The Board member's knowledge of MSFC's donors may assist another organization. D) The Board member's personal relationship with a school coordinator may influence the decision-making process of assigning organizing funds, scholarships, externship or awards. NOTE: ALL BOARD MEMBERS MUST SIGN AND COMPLY WITH THE FOLLOWING INDEPENDENT VOTING BOARD MEMBER STATEMENT. Independent Voting Board Member Statement A member of the governing body of Medical Students for Choice is considered 'independent' only if all three of the following circumstances applied at all times during the organization's tax year: 1. The member was not compensated as an officer or employee of Medical Students for Choice. 2. The member did not receive payments exceeding $10,000 from Medical Students for Choice as an independent contractor, other than reimbursement of expenses or reasonable compensation for services provided in the capacity as a member of the governing body. 3. Neither the member, nor any family member of the member, was involved in a transaction with Medical Students for Choice that included, but was not limited to, a loan or grant. The family of an individual includes only his or her spouse, ancestors, brothers and sisters (whether whole or half blood), children (whether natural or adopted), grandchildren, and spouses of brothers, sisters, children, and grandchildren. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 15 In developing the model, the Executive Committee considered factors including fairness of compensation without excessive salary growth while rewarding excellent performance, justifiability of the expense as a proportion of the organization's resources, as well as input from consultants and Executive Directors of similar sized organizations. The current process is intended to provide a steady model for salary growth, requiring appropriate but not excessive annual time investment of the Executive Committee and Board. When determining a raise, the Executive Committee and Board must find a number that is not only appropriate for the caliber of work, but one that is responsible to external stakeholders. The specific raise can include COLA plus a merit-based percentage. An overall score is used to determine the appropriate range for a merit-based salary increase. The overall score is determined by finding the mean of all scores given on the Executive Director Annual Evaluation by the Board of Directors (both Directors and Staff complete evaluations of the Executive Director and the Executive Director completes a self-evaluation). The total raise (including both COLA and merit adjustment) generally should not exceed 7% in any given year and should not cause the Executive Directors salary to exceed 12% of the organizations operating budget. The process was last undertaken in March 2014. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 19 The organization makes its governing documents and financial statements available for public inspection upon request. Part XII, Line 2c The process has not changed from the prior year.