Global Response Management Inc
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
To deliver emergency medical care and humanitarian relief to vulnerable populations affected by conflict / disaster.
- Income
- $292,673
- Spending
- $396,066
- Spent on programs
- 55%
- Reserves
- -17.9 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 99%
- Employees
- 1
- Volunteers
- 25
- Highest pay
- $85,494, deputy director
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Weak: 13 out of 100. Higher than 0% of charities in its peer group (international, $250k to $1m).
Reserves
0 of 35Spendable reserves are negative: it owes or has committed more than it holds.
Debt
5 of 20It owes 54% of what it owns.
Living within its means
0 of 15Spending exceeded income by 35% of income.
Income trend
0 of 15Income fell 73% on the year before.
Spending floor
8 of 1555% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 1 cents.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
Good: 84 out of 100. Higher than 72% of charities in its peer group (international, $250k to $1m).
Independent board
18 of 253 of 3 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
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 December 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 (1)
- $218,478 spent. Global Response Management (GRM) is a veteran-founded, U.S.-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to delivering emergency medical care and humanitarian relief to vulnerable populations affected by conflict and disaster. By integrating expertise from military, academic, and civilian sectors, GRM defines evidence-based response strategies for high-risk, low-resource environments with a focus on direct patient care, capacity building, and innovative partnerships. In 2025, GRM trained 129 clinicians and engaged 221 medical students across our programs in Iraq and Ukraine, working with 9 institutions. Key accomplishments included: Iraq Emergency Medicine Program: Trained 20 junior physicians in Northern Iraq in emergency care and life support . STORM-2 Surgical Teams Course (Ukraine): Trained 60 physicians, surgeons, and medics in damage-control resuscitation and surgery across three sessions (March, July, November), in partnership with UNC and University of Florida trauma teams. Brain-Health Bridge: Built an ongoing clinical partnership between Ukrainian physicians and Home Base/Massachusetts General Brigham on traumatic brain injury and mental health, including expansion of the Mask Program art therapy to the Kyiv Mental Health Center. Medical Education Sustainability (Ukraine): Dr. Steve Donnellys team enrolled 221 medical students who logged over 1,000 monthly vital-sign transmissions via a telehealth training project with Klats Medical Education; convened a November symposium training 49 clinicians on trauma and burn wound management with the WHO and Ukraines Ministry of Health . Policy Impact: GRM-developed Mass Casualty Incident Burn Care guidelines were adopted as official protocol by the Ukraine Ministry of Health; GRM also contributed to a national trauma arrival checklist and patient-transfer tool developed with the WHO.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 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 October 13, 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 October 13, 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 October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since September 2017.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 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 21, 2026.
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