Military Health Research Foundation Inc
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
THE MILITARY HEALTH RESEARCH FOUNDATION(MHRF) IS A 501(C)(3) NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF MILITARY MEDICAL RESEARCH TO BENEFIT THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES.
- Income
- $5.1 million
- Spending
- $5.2 million
- Spent on programs
- 94%
- Reserves
- 0.7 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- government grants, 69%
- Employees
- 7
- Volunteers
- 3
- Highest pay
- $235,310, president/ce
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Weak: 32 out of 100. Higher than 5% of charities in its peer group (science, $1m to $10m).
Reserves
4 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 0.7 months of spending.
Debt
5 of 20It owes 59% of what it owns.
Living within its means
8 of 15Spending exceeded income by 1% of income.
Income trend
0 of 15Income fell 28% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 1594% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 0 cents.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
Strong: 93 out of 100. Higher than 57% of charities in its peer group (science, $1m to $10m).
Independent board
18 of 253 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
7 of 7Has a 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
15 of 15Its accounts were audited 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 December 31, 2024, 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 (2)
- $4.1 million spent. MEDICAL DEVICE DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH MHRF CONDUCTS MEDICAL DEVICE RESEARCH FOR THE MILITARY PRIMARILY FOCUSED ON DEALING WITH TRAUMA, VASCULAR INJURY, RESUSCITATION AND OTHER COMBAT CARE TREATMENTS WHICH INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING PROJECTS: ENDOVASCULAR PERFUSION AUGMENTATION FOR CRITICAL CARE - MHRF HAS BEEN AWARDED A COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT FOR THE PERSONALIZED AND ADAPTIVE THERAPY FOR RESUSCITATION AFTER TRAUMA. THIS AGREEMENT PROVIDES FOR THE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT OF INNOVATIVE PATIENT-CENTERED TECHNOLOGIES TO MAINTAIN PHYSIOLOGICAL EQUILIBRIUM IN AN EFFORT TO MINIMIZE PREVENTABLE DEATHS FOR CRITICALLY ILL WARFIGHTERS BY EMPLOYING PERSONALIZED, GOAL DIRECTED PRECISION CRITICAL CARE SUPPORT IN WAYS THAT WERE NEVER BEFORE POSSIBLE. VENTRIGHT - MHRF HAS BEEN AWARDED A COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT FOR THE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT OF A PORTABLE VENTILATION MONITORING OPTIMIZING CRITICAL CARE DEVICE FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE IN SUPPORT OF THE AIR FORCE MATERIEL COMMAND. THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS EFFORT IS TO DEVELOP: (A) A BATTERY-OPERATED DEVICE CAPABLE OF COLLECTING AND INTEGRATING VENTILATION AND PHYSIOLOGIC METRICS; (B) DIAGNOSTIC ALGORITHMS CAPABLE OF IDENTIFYING COMMON CRITICAL RESPIRATORY DISEASE STATES AND SUB-OPTIMAL VENTILATION; AND (C) INTEGRATION OF THE DEVICE WITH THE ALGORITHMS TO CREATE A ROBUST AND PORTABLE VENTILATION ANALYTICS MONITOR CAPABLE OF BATTLEFIELD DEPLOYMENT. EVAC - MHRF IS RESEARCHING THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE DESIGN OF A CLINICAL- GRADE EVAC CONTROLLER FOR PROLONGED WEANING TO PROVIDE PARTIAL FLOW WHICH WILL LEAD TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE FOR TEST FIXTURES NEEDED FOR THE EVAC CONTROLLER MANUFACTURING, VERIFICATION AND VALIDATION TESTING AS WELL AS MANUFACTURING OF STERILE UNITS IN FINAL PACKAGING FOR THE VERIFICATION AND VALIDATION AND COMPLETION OF REGULATORY DOCUMENTATION FOR THE EVAC CONTROLLER. PACCMAN - MHRF WILL DEVELOP AND REFINE A PLATFORM OF AUTONOMOUS CRITICAL CARE TERMED PRECISION AUTOMATED CRITICAL CARE MANAGEMENT (PACC-MAN). THE OBJECTIVE OF THE SOFTWARE AND HARDWARE PLATFORM IS TO DELIVER FLUIDS, DRUGS, AND BLOOD PRODUCTS BASED ON PHYSIOLOGIC DATA STREAMS, UTILIZING BOTH RULE-BASED AND MACHINE LEARNING (ML)-BASED ADAPTIVE ALGORITHMS TO OPTIMIZE RESUSCITATION EFFORTS, MINIMIZE PERIODS OF HYPO/HYPERTENSION, AND OPTIMIZE RESOURCES. ORTHO STIM - MHRF IS RESEARCHING HOW TO ACCELERATE BONE STRESS FRACTURES (CUMULATIVE MICRO- TRAUMA INJURIES) AND TRAUMATIC (ACUTE) FRACTURE HEALING WITH THE AIM OF SHORTENING THE TIME TO FULL ACTIVE DUTY USING NONINVASIVE BIOELECTRICAL STIMULATIONS. THE OVERALL PROJECT REQUIRES A TWO-LEVEL RESEARCH STRATEGY 1) IN VITRO STUDIES IN SMALL SEGMENT BONE TISSUE TO DETERMINE THE OPTIMAL BES FREQUENCY SIGNALS TO ACCELERATE BONE FORMATION WHILE DETECTING CHANGE IN MULTIPLE BONE FIXATION MARKERS (PRESENT IN BONE CELLS AND BONE TISSUE) TO ASSESS PROGRESS. 2) SMALL-MEDIUM ANIMAL STUDIES TO TEST THESE IN VITRO FREQUENCIES THAT INDUCE PROTEIN CHANGES AND MINERALIZATION IN BONE VIA APPROPRIATE TISSUE SAMPLING/HISTOPATHOLOGY. STEAM - STANDS FOR SYSTEM FOR THERMOGENIC EMERGENCY AIRWAY MANAGEMENT AND IS A SMALL CONTRACT WITH SOCOM. IT PROVIDES A WARM AND HUMIDIFIED AIR TO SEVERELY INJURED WARFIGHTERS. THE GOVERNMENT SELECTED THE MHRF TO DEVELOP PROTOTYPES OF THE GOVERNMENT AND OWNED IP. THE CONTRACT ENDED IN 2025. MEDICAL DEVICE DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH MHRF CONDUCTS MEDICAL DEVICE RESEARCH FOR THE MILITARY PRIMARILY FOCUSED ON DEALING WITH TRAUMA, VASCULAR INJURY, RESUSCITATION AND OTHER COMBAT CARE TREATMENTS WHICH INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING PROJECTS: ENDOVASCULAR PERFUSION AUGMENTATION FOR CRITICAL CARE - MHRF HAS BEEN AWARDED A COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT FOR THE PERSONALIZED AND ADAPTIVE THERAPY FOR RESUSCITATION AFTER TRAUMA. THIS AGREEMENT PROVIDES FOR THE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT OF INNOVATIVE PATIENT-CENTERED TECHNOLOGIES TO MAINTAIN PHYSIOLOGICAL EQUILIBRIUM IN AN EFFORT TO MINIMIZE PREVENTABLE DEATHS FOR CRITICALLY ILL WARFIGHTERS BY EMPLOYING PERSONALIZED, GOAL DIRECTED PRECISION CRITICAL CARE SUPPORT IN WAYS THAT WERE NEVER BEFORE POSSIBLE. VENTRIGHT - MHRF HAS BEEN AWARDED A COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT FOR THE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT OF A PORTABLE VENTILATION MONITORING OPTIMIZING CRITICAL CARE DEVICE FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE IN SUPPORT OF THE AIR FORCE MATERIEL COMMAND. THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS EFFORT IS TO DEVELOP: (A) A BATTERY-OPERATED DEVICE CAPABLE OF COLLECTING AND INTEGRATING VENTILATION AND PHYSIOLOGIC METRICS; (B) DIAGNOSTIC ALGORITHMS CAPABLE OF IDENTIFYING COMMON CRITICAL RESPIRATORY DISEASE STATES AND SUB-OPTIMAL VENTILATION; AND (C) INTEGRATION OF THE DEVICE WITH THE ALGORITHMS TO CREATE A ROBUST AND PORTABLE VENTILATION ANALYTICS MONITOR CAPABLE OF BATTLEFIELD DEPLOYMENT. EVAC - MHRF IS RESEARCHING THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE DESIGN OF A CLINICAL- GRADE EVAC CONTROLLER FOR PROLONGED WEANING TO PROVIDE PARTIAL FLOW WHICH WILL LEAD TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE FOR TEST FIXTURES NEEDED FOR THE EVAC CONTROLLER MANUFACTURING, VERIFICATION AND VALIDATION TESTING AS WELL AS MANUFACTURING OF STERILE UNITS IN FINAL PACKAGING FOR THE VERIFICATION AND VALIDATION AND COMPLETION OF REGULATORY DOCUMENTATION FOR THE EVAC CONTROLLER. PACCMAN - MHRF WILL DEVELOP AND REFINE A PLATFORM OF AUTONOMOUS CRITICAL CARE TERMED PRECISION AUTOMATED CRITICAL CARE MANAGEMENT (PACC-MAN). THE OBJECTIVE OF THE SOFTWARE AND HARDWARE PLATFORM IS TO DELIVER FLUIDS, DRUGS, AND BLOOD PRODUCTS BASED ON PHYSIOLOGIC DATA STREAMS, UTILIZING BOTH RULE-BASED AND MACHINE LEARNING (ML)-BASED ADAPTIVE ALGORITHMS TO OPTIMIZE RESUSCITATION EFFORTS, MINIMIZE PERIODS OF HYPO/HYPERTENSION, AND OPTIMIZE RESOURCES. ORTHO STIM - MHRF IS RESEARCHING HOW TO ACCELERATE BONE STRESS FRACTURES (CUMULATIVE MICRO- TRAUMA INJURIES) AND TRAUMATIC (ACUTE) FRACTURE HEALING WITH THE AIM OF SHORTENING THE TIME TO FULL ACTIVE DUTY USING NONINVASIVE BIOELECTRICAL STIMULATIONS. THE OVERALL PROJECT REQUIRES A TWO-LEVEL RESEARCH STRATEGY 1) IN VITRO STUDIES IN SMALL SEGMENT BONE TISSUE
- $771,103 spent. MEDICAL RESEARCH SUPPORT SERVICES- MHRF ALSO PROVIDES ENTERPRISE, PROGRAM, AND PROJECT LEVEL RESEARCH ADMINISTRATION AND PROVIDES SOLUTIONS TO SPECIFIC TASKINGS SUCH AS RESEARCH PROCESS CONSULTING, STAFFING SUPPORT, CLINICAL TRIALS, AND DATA ANALYSIS WHICH INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING PROJECTS: PE SYSTEMS CONDUCTS ACQUISITION AND PROTOTYPING SUPPORT FOR THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE. MHRF PROVIDES A PROJECT LEVEL SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT THAT SERVES AT THE LIFE CYCLE MANAGEMENT GROUP FOR THE HUMAN SYSTEMS DIVISION. CDC EAGLE GLOBAL SCIENTIFIC IS A LIFE SCIENCES COMPANY THAT PROVIDES RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND PERSONNEL SUPPORT TO MANY FEDERAL AGENCIES. MHRF PROVIDES AN EPIDEMIOLOGIST THAT WORKS DIRECTLY AT THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL. MHRF PROVIDES AN EPIDEMIOLOGIST THAT WORKS DIRECTLY AT THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL. ZEISS SMILE PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT. THE COLLABORATOR WILL PROVIDE AND INSTALL ONE (1) VISUMAX LASER PLATFORM AND ONE (1) IPROFILER (OR EQUIVALENT) ABERROMETER. THE COLLABORATOR WILL ALSO PROVIDE 100 VISUMAX TREATMENT PACKAGES, AND ANY REQUIRED SOFTWARE UPGRADES TO THE AIR FORCE ACTIVITY. THESE INSTRUMENTS AND TREATMENT PACKAGES WILL BE PROVIDED AT NO COST TO THE AIR FORCE ACTIVITY. DARPA RITMO THE MHRF WAS AWARDED A SUBCONTRACT TO PROVIDE PROJECT MANAGEMENT, SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTISE, AND DATA COLLECTION SUPPORT ON THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, BALTIMORE'S COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT WITH DARPA BIOLOGICAL TECHNOLOGIES OFFICE FOR THE RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE FOR TRAUMA WITH MEDICAL OBSERVATIONS (RITMO) PROGRAM. IN THIS 3.5-YEAR RESEARCH PROJECT MHRF SUPPORTS THE PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR AND RESEARCH TEAM IN THEIR PROJECT GOALS TO COLLECT SIGNALS FROM ROUTINE AND NEW SENSOR NON-INVASIVE CONTINUOUS VITAL SIGNS (VS) LINKED TO TIME-STAMPED LIFE-SAVING INTERVENTIONS (LSIS) AND TRAUMA PATIENT OUTCOMES DURING FIELD CARE, HELICOPTER TRANSPORT, TRAUMA CENTER RECEPTION, RESUSCITATION, AND STABILIZATION. ALCON IDESIGN MHRF IS RESEARCHING HOW CLINICAL OUTCOMES OF CONTOURA WITH PHORCIDES COMPARE WITH IDESIGN. ALCON SMILE MHRF IS RESEARCHING HOW CLINICAL OUTCOMES OF CONTOURA WITH PHORCIDES COMPARE WITH SMILE. MED READ PRO. MHRF IS RESEARCHING HOW TO ADDRESS THE PUBLIC HEALTH OF DISEASE NON-BATTLE INJURY (DNBI) OCCURS WITHIN THE MILITARY POPULATION. WE WILL QUANTIFY THE EXTENT TO WHICH OVERALL DNBI AND INDIVIDUAL DNBI OCCUR IN OPERATIONAL OR DEPLOYED SETTINGS BY ESTIMATING THEIR TRANSITION PROBABILITIES AS INCIDENCE RATES. WE WILL ALSO INVESTIGATE THE TEMPORAL TRENDS OF THESE ESTIMATED RATES FROM 2010 TO 2021.THEN WE WILL COMPARE THE OCCURRENCE OF DNBI BETWEEN THE MTFS AND COMPARE THESE RATES AMONG DEPLOYED SERVICE MEMBERS TO WHAT IS SEEN BY MTF PROVIDERS DURING REGULAR VISITS. THIS WILL ALLOW IDENTIFICATION OF THE RISK FACTORS OF DEPLOYMENT EVACUATION DUE TO DNBI. SBIR I EM - THE MHRF IS A SUB TO CERTUS WHO HAS A SBIR CONTRACT WITH THE AIR FORCE TO DEVELOP EVAC. THE MHRF PROVIDES PROGRAM MANAGEMENT AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT TO CERTUS. THIS CONTRACT WILL END IN 2025. AUTONOMUS - IS AN ONGOING CONSULTING CONTRACT TO PROVIDE AS NEEDED ADMINISTRATIVE AND CONTRACTING SUPPORT TO OUR COMMERCIAL CUSTOMER. MEDICAL RESEARCH SUPPORT SERVICES- MHRF ALSO PROVIDES ENTERPRISE, PROGRAM, AND PROJECT LEVEL RESEARCH ADMINISTRATION AND PROVIDES SOLUTIONS TO SPECIFIC TASKINGS SUCH AS RESEARCH PROCESS CONSULTING, STAFFING SUPPORT, CLINICAL TRIALS, AND DATA ANALYSIS WHICH INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING PROJECTS: PE SYSTEMS CONDUCTS ACQUISITION AND PROTOTYPING SUPPORT FOR THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE. MHRF PROVIDES A PROJECT LEVEL SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT THAT SERVES AT THE LIFE CYCLE MANAGEMENT GROUP FOR THE HUMAN SYSTEMS DIVISION. CDC EAGLE GLOBAL SCIENTIFIC IS A LIFE SCIENCES COMPANY THAT PROVIDES RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND PERSONNEL SUPPORT TO MANY FEDERAL AGENCIES. MHRF PROVIDES AN EPIDEMIOLOGIST THAT WORKS DIRECTLY AT THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL. MHRF PROVIDES AN EPIDEMIOLOGIST THAT WORKS DIRECTLY AT THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL. ZEISS SMILE PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT. THE COLLABORATOR WILL PROVIDE AND INSTALL ONE (1) VISUMAX LASER PLATFORM AND ONE (1) IPROFILER (OR EQUIVALENT) ABERROMETER. THE COLLABORATOR WILL ALSO PROVIDE 100 VISUMAX TREATMENT PACKAGES, AND ANY REQUIRED SOFTWARE UPGRADES TO THE AIR FORCE ACTIVITY. THESE INSTRUMENTS AND TREATMENT PACKAGES WILL BE PROVIDED AT NO COST TO THE AIR FORCE ACTIVITY. DARPA RITMO THE MHRF WAS AWARDED A SUBCONTRACT TO PROVIDE PROJECT MANAGEMENT, SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTISE, AND DATA COLLECTION SUPPORT ON THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, BALTIMORE'S COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT WITH DARPA BIOLOGICAL TECHNOLOGIES OFFICE FOR THE RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE FOR TRAUMA WITH MEDICAL OBSERVATIONS (RITMO) PROGRAM. IN THIS 3.5-YEAR RESEARCH PROJECT MHRF SUPPORTS THE PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR AND RESEARCH TEAM IN THEIR PROJECT GOALS TO COLLECT SIGNALS FROM ROUTINE AND NEW SENSOR NON-INVASIVE CONTINUOUS VITAL SIGNS (VS) LINKED TO TIME-STAMPED LIFE-SAVING INTERVENTIONS (LSIS) AND TRAUMA PATIENT OUTCOMES DURING FIELD CARE, HELICOPTER TRANSPORT, TRAUMA CENTER RECEPTION, RESUSCITATION, AND STABILIZATION. ALCON IDESIGN MHRF IS RESEARCHING HOW CLINICAL OUTCOMES OF CONTOURA WITH PHORCIDES COMPARE WITH IDESIGN. ALCON SMILE MHRF IS RESEARCHING HOW CLINICAL OUTCOMES OF CONTOURA WITH PHORCIDES COMPARE WITH SMILE. MED READ PRO. MHRF IS RESEARCHING HOW TO ADDRESS THE PUBLIC HEALTH OF DISEASE NON-BATTLE INJURY (DNBI) OCCURS WITHIN THE MILITARY POPULATION. WE WILL QUANTIFY THE EXTENT TO WHICH OVERALL DNBI AND INDIVIDUAL DNBI OCCUR IN OPERATIONAL OR DEPLOYED SETTINGS BY ESTIMATING THEIR TRANSITION PROBABILITIES AS INCIDENCE RATES. WE WILL ALSO INVESTIGATE THE TEMPORAL TRENDS OF THESE ESTIMATED RATES FROM 2010 TO 2021.THEN WE WILL COMPARE THE OCCURRENCE OF DNBI BETWEEN THE MTFS AND COMPARE THESE RATES AMONG DEPLOYED SERVICE MEMBERS TO WHAT IS SEEN BY MTF PROVIDERS DURING REGULAR VISITS. THIS WILL ALLOW IDENTIFICATION OF THE RISK FACTORS OF DEPLOYMENT EVACUATION DUE TO DNBI. SBIR I EM - THE MHRF IS A SUB TO CERTUS WHO HAS A SBIR CONTRACT WITH T
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, 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 December 2024.
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 September 2011.
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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