Burma Humanitarian Mission
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
Burma Humanitarian Mission provides medicine training to backpack medics who provide health care to isolated villages in Burma. In 2024, we provided support 50 teams with more than 3.2 million doses of medicine. We support training 40 new medics a year. We also support backpack medics' children to attend primary and secondary schools. The teams supported 120,000+ people and treated over 41,000 patients. BHM supports primary and secondary schools in Thailand as well as educational opportunities or at risk youth in Burma's larger urban areas. BHM also supports civic & democratic education programs
- Income
- $337,697
- Spending
- $314,567
- Spent on programs
- 97%
- Reserves
- 11.7 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 100%
- Employees
- 0
- Volunteers
- 4
- Highest pay
- $24,480, executive director
Source: Form 990 for the year ending March 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Strong: 93 out of 100. Higher than 78% of charities in its peer group (human services, $250k to $1m).
Reserves
28 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 11.7 months of spending.
Debt
20 of 20It owes 0% of what it owns.
Living within its means
15 of 15Income exceeded spending by 7% of income.
Income trend
15 of 15Income rose 20% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 1597% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 0 cents.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending March 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
Good: 77 out of 100. Higher than 58% of charities in its peer group (human services, $250k to $1m).
Independent board
18 of 254 of 4 voting board members are independent.
Conflict of interest policy
15 of 15Has a written conflict of interest policy.
Whistleblower policy
8 of 8Has a written whistleblower policy.
Record keeping policy
0 of 7Reports no written policy on keeping and destroying records.
Board minutes
5 of 5Keeps minutes of board meetings.
Board sees the tax return
10 of 10Gave the board a copy of this return before filing it.
Pay set independently
5 of 5Sets its chief executive's pay through independent review and comparison.
Independent check of accounts
6 of 15Its accounts were not audited or reviewed by an independent accountant.
No reported misuse
10 of 10Reports no diversion of assets, excess benefits or loans to insiders.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending March 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (4)
- $267,593 spent. The backpack program supported 50 teams with more than 3.2 million doses of medicine. The teams provided medical care for more than 120,000 isolated and internally displaced persons in Burma's conflict zones. They treated more than 41,000 patients. The program trained 40 new medics. BHM support included support for Medical Care Program, Mother-Child Program and Community Health Education and Prevention Program. BHM also support 142 backpack medics' children to attend primary and secondary schools in Mae Sot Thailand.
- $35,727 spent. Education programs include Minnahaw School.- Provides secondary and post-secondary education to students displaced by violence in Burma. Graduated 47 students into advanced programs to include 4 students to Universities.
- Kirana provides expert film documentary support that captures the courage, commitment and struggles of Burma's ethnic minorities.
- $3,006 spent. MyME provides mobile primary education to boys in Burma's urban centers.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending March 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 30, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 10, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending March 2026.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since January 2009.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 7, 2026.
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