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Name:	Medical Students for Choice
Address:	Post Office Box 40188
	Philadelphia, PA 19106
Phone:	215-625-0800
Web Address:	www.medicalstudentsforchoice.org

Medical Students for Choice (MSC) meets the 20 Standards for Charity Accountability.

MSFC focuses on creating physicians who are educated and willing to provide the full range of reproductive health services, including abortion, to their patients. The organization achieves its objectives through its Student Organizing Program which supports change in medical schools, and the Reproductive Health Externship Program which provides funded opportunities for direct training to medical students. MSFC's Student Organizing Program is based on traditional community organizing strategies. Three full-time staff members and 18 regionally-based medical student volunteers provide direct support, mentoring, and technical assistance to medical students at 139 medical schools in the United States, Canada, and five other countries. A range of programs give MSFC's local group leaders opportunities to develop skills that aim to enhance the effectiveness of their local group, design and implement strategies for improving their school's reproductive health curriculum.

For the year ended December 31, 2009, MSC's program expenses were:

Student organizing	683,490
Outreach and communication	95,190
Externship	91,034
Total Program Expenses:	$869,714

Chief Executive : Lois Backus, Executive Director

Compensation*:

$138,341

Chair of the Board: Miranda Balkin
Chair's Profession / Business Affiliation: Medical Student, Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Board Size: 21

Paid Staff Size: 15

*2009 compensation includes annual salary and, if applicable, benefit plans, expense accounts, and other allowances.

Method(s) Used:

Direct mail, grant proposals, and Internet appeals.

Fund raising costs were 22% of related contributions. (Related contributions, which totaled $658,575, are donations received as a result of fund raising activities.)

This organization is tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. It is eligible to receive contributions deductible as charitable donations for federal income tax purposes.

The following information is based on MSC's audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2009.

Source of Funds
Foundation grants	356,121
Contributions	302,454
Investment income	46,834
Net realized and unrealized gains on investments	30,420
Meeting registrations	24,192
Miscellaneous income	2,559
Total Income	$762,580

Uses of Funds as a % of Total Expenses

Programs: 77%  Fund Raising: 12%  Administrative: 11%

Total income				$762,580
	Program expenses			$869,714
	Fund raising expenses			141,596
	Administrative expenses			122,194
Total expenses				$1,133,504
Expenses in Excess of Income				(370,924)
Beginning net assets				2,654,646
Ending net assets				2,283,722
Total liabilities				56,744
Total assets				$2,340,466