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Nonprofit · EIN 45-4102644

EVERY MOTHER COUNTS

Tax-exempt · NEW YORK, NY 10013

Financials

$7.7M$8M2023$6.7M$7.3M2024$8.6M$7.8M2025
Revenue Expenses · by fiscal year end
Financials of EVERY MOTHER COUNTS by year, from its e-filed returns
Year endedFormRevenueExpensesNet incomeTotal assetsLiabilitiesNet assets
December 31, 2025990$8,610,482$7,809,616$800,866$11,331,283$473,632$10,857,651
December 31, 2024990$6,694,729$7,314,243-$619,514$10,815,799$781,222$10,034,577
December 31, 2023990$7,715,516$7,995,018-$279,502$12,285,362$1,594,257$10,691,105
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025

Revenue

Contributions, gifts and grants
$8,429,935
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$474,068
Net gain from sales of assets
$35,703
Net income from fundraising events
-$309,537
Other revenue
-$293,521

Expenses

Grants and similar amounts paid
$3,695,000
Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
$449,012
Other salaries and wages
$1,676,884
Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
$2,548,991
Professional fundraising fees
$0
Legal fees
$62,618
Accounting fees
$235,770
Occupancy
$185,829
Travel
$122,887
Depreciation
$61,324
Program services (functional)
$5,660,152
Management and general (functional)
$918,318
Fundraising (functional)
$1,231,146

Balance sheet and other

Total assets, start of year
$10,815,799
Total assets, end of year
$11,331,283
Total liabilities, end of year
$473,632
Net assets, end of year
$10,857,651
Land, buildings and equipment
$189,259
Publicly traded securities
$9,559,858
Net assets without donor restrictions
$9,795,940
Net assets with donor restrictions
$1,061,711
Gross receipts
$12,464,353
Employees
19
Volunteers
40
Year formed
2011
State of legal domicile
DC

From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.

Officers, directors and key employees

As listed on the 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025, highest compensation first.

NameTitleHours / weekCompensationOther / benefits
YALDA NIKOOMANESHVICE PRESIDENT, PHILANTHROPY
Highest-paid employee
40$203,615$29,793
DIVYA SOORYAKUMARVICE PRESIDENT, PROGRAMS & IMPACT
Highest-paid employee
40$182,874$36,980
COURTNEY Y SALDANACHIEF OF STAFF
Officer
40$182,680$14,119
NINA R BLECKERVP. COMMUNICATIONS & MARKETING
Highest-paid employee
40$178,845$7,162
MELISSA GRADILLADIRECTOR, GRANTMAKING
Highest-paid employee
40$135,119$21,103
JAMES BOYDDIRECTOR OF FINANCE
Officer
40$103,279$42,736
GRACE KELLUMDIR. OF BRAND PARTNERSHIPS
Highest-paid employee
40$140,248$5,400
CHRISTY TURLINGTON BURNSPRESIDENT AND FOUNDER
Trustee or director, Officer
40$0$0
AUTUMN HUNTERCHAIR (AS OF 12/2025)
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0$0
MARIAM NAFICYCHAIR (UNTIL 12/2025); DIRECTOR
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0$0
ELIZABETH LIZ ROBINSONTREASURER
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0$0
CRISTINA GAMBOADIRECTOR
Trustee or director
2$0$0
HILANI KERRDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
2$0$0
ELIZABETH LIZ HOWELLDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
2$0$0
ANJALI KUMARDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
2$0$0
4 more people on this return
NameTitleHours / weekCompensation
DR SHARMILA MAKHIJADIRECTOR
Trustee or director
2$0
KIM THU-POSNETTDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
2$0
AVIVA ROMMDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
2$0
ANDREA SMITHDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
2$0
990 for the year ended December 31, 2024: 19 people
NameTitleHours / weekCompensationOther / benefits
COURTNEY YANNACCICHIEF OF STAFF
Officer
40$175,388$22,490
NINA R BLECKERVP. COMMUNICATIONS & MARKETING
Highest-paid employee
40$172,144$7,159
YALDA NIKOOMANESHVICE PRESIDENT (AS OF 3/13/24)
Highest-paid employee
40$153,035$17,652
MELISSA GRADILLADIRECTOR, GRANTMAKING
Highest-paid employee
40$129,496$21,911
GRACE KELLUMDIR. OF BRAND PARTNERSHIPS
Highest-paid employee
40$135,150$5,679
JAMES BOYDDIRECTOR OF FINANCE (AS OF 1/31/24)
Officer
40$95,037$44,765
DIVYA SOORYAKUMARVICE PRESIDENT (AS OF 4/9/24)
Highest-paid employee
40$124,228$11,180
CRISTINA GAMBOADIRECTOR (AS OF 12/10/24)
Trustee or director
2$0$0
ELIZABETH LIZ HOWELLDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
2$0$0
AUTUMN HUNTERDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
2$0$0
HILANI KERRDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
2$0$0
ANJALI KUMARDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
2$0$0
DR SHARMILA MAKHIJADIRECTOR
Trustee or director
2$0$0
MARIAM NAFICYDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
2$0$0
KIM THU-POSNETTDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
2$0$0
AVIVA ROMMDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
2$0$0
ANDREA SMITHDIRECTOR (AS OF 12/10/24)
Trustee or director
2$0$0
CHRISTY TURLINGTON BURNSPRESIDENT AND FOUNDER
Trustee or director, Officer
40$0$0
ELIZABETH LIZ ROBINSONCHAIR, TREASURER
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0$0
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 16 people
NameTitleHours / weekCompensationOther / benefits
NAN STRAUSS MANAGING DIROF POL., ADV. & GRAN (UNTIL 2/15/23)
Highest-paid employee
40$158,066$12,821
NINA R BLECKERVP. COMMUNICATIONS & MARKETING
Highest-paid employee
40$162,400$1,772
COURTNEY YANNACCICHIEF OF STAFF
Officer
40$142,818$18,413
MELISSA GRADILLADIRECTOR, GRANTMAKING
Highest-paid employee
40$127,836$20,636
GRACE KELLUMDIR. OF BRAND PARTNERSHIPS
Highest-paid employee
40$132,500$5,573
KATHARINE GRIMES DIR OF FIN& OPS., SECRETARY (UNTIL 4/30/23)
Officer
40$35,236$5,801
ALLISON GOLLUSTDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
2$0$0
AUTUMN HUNTERDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
2$0$0
CHRISTIANE LEMIEUXDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
2$0$0
DR SHARMILA MAKHIJADIRECTOR
Trustee or director
2$0$0
ELIZABETH LIZ HOWELLDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
2$0$0
KIM THU-POSNETTDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
2$0$0
MARIAM NAFICYDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
2$0$0
CHRISTY TURLINGTON BURNSPRESIDENT AND FOUNDER
Trustee or director, Officer
40$0$0
ELIZABETH LIZ ROBINSONCHAIR, TREASURER (FROM 4/1/23)
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0$0
HILANI KERRDIRECTOR, TREASURER (UNTIL 3/1/23)
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0$0

Address and contacts

Address (IRS master file)
333 HUDSON ST RM 1006, NEW YORK, NY 10013-1028
In care of
%
Mailing address (990-N for 2011)
805 15th Street Suite 700, Washington DC 20005
Principal officer (990 for 2025)
COURTNEY Y SALDANA, 333 HUDSON SUITE 1006, NEW YORK, NY 10013
Principal officer (990-N for 2011)
Erin Thornton, 805 15th Street Suite 700, Washington DC 20005
Signed the 990
COURTNEY Y SALDANA, CHIEF OF STAFF
Phone
(646) 918-6609
Return prepared by
SASSETTI LLC

Mission

EVERY MOTHER COUNTS IS A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO MAKING PREGNANCY AND CHILDBIRTH SAFE, RESPECTFUL, AND EQUITABLE FOR EVERYONE, EVERYWHERE. MOTIVATED BY THE BELIEF THAT MATERNAL HEALTH IS A HUMAN RIGHT, WE ADVANCE EVIDENCE-BASED STRATEGIES TO ADDRESS THE GLOBAL MATERNAL HEALTH CRISIS AND IMPROVE MATERNAL HEALTH OUTCOMES AND THE EXPERIENCE OF CARE FOR ALL, FOCUSING SPECIFICALLY ON SUPPORTING COMMUNITY-CENTERED CARE AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. WE DO THIS BY RAISING AWARENESS ABOUT THE MATERNAL HEALTH CRISIS, INVESTING IN COMMUNITY-LED SOLUTIONS, AND ADVOCATING FOR CRITICAL SYSTEMS CHANGE.

990 for the year ended December 31, 2025

Program accomplishments

  • GRANTMAKING IN 2025, EVERY MOTHER COUNTS COMMITTED GRANTS TO COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS WORKING TO IMPROVE ACCESS TO SAFE, RESPECTFUL, AND EQUITABLE MATERNITY CARE IN EIGHT CORE COUNTRIES (BANGLADESH, GUATEMALA, HAITI, INDONESIA, KENYA, NEPAL, TANZANIA, AND THE UNITED STATES). THROUGH GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT GRANTS, EMC INVESTS IN COMMUNITY-LED SOLUTIONS THAT EXPAND, STRENGTHEN, AND DIVERSIFY THE MATERNITY CARE WORKFORCE AND ADVANCE PROVEN, EVIDENCE-BASED MODELS OF CARE AND SUPPORT THROUGH DIRECT SERVICE PROVISION. IN ADDITION TO GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT GRANTS, EMC ISSUED EMERGENCY GRANTS TO SUPPORT MATERNAL HEALTH-RELATED SERVICES IN CONNECTION WITH AN ONGOING EMERGENCY OR IN THE IMMEDIATE AFTERMATH OF A DISASTER, DISCRETIONARY GRANTS, OR ONE-TIME SUPPORT, FOR MATERNAL HEALTH INITIATIVES, AND IMPACT SCALER GRANTS FOR MATERNAL HEALTH PROJECT-SPECIFIC WORK.
    Expenses $4,424,454 · grants $3,695,000
  • RAISING AWARENESS & EDUCATION IN 2025, EVERY MOTHER COUNTS RAISED AWARENESS BY ENGAGING 352,182 PEOPLE THROUGH EVENTS, CAMPAIGNS, RACES, AND FILMS THAT HELPED SHINE A SPOTLIGHT ON MATERNAL HEALTH. BY AMPLIFYING THE VOICES AND STORIES OF MOTHERS, PROVIDERS, AND ADVOCATES, WE EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT MATERNAL HEALTH CHALLENGES AND SOLUTIONS AROUND THE WORLD. THROUGH COMPELLING STORYTELLING AND ENGAGING ACTIVITIES SUCH AS OUR RUNNING AND FITNESS EVENTS AND DIGITAL CAMPAIGNS, WE HAVE GROWN A COMMUNITY OF INFORMED SUPPORTERS AND INSPIRED THESE INDIVIDUALS TO BECOME ADVOCATES FOR THEMSELVES AND OTHERS.
    Expenses $941,227
  • POLICY & ADVOCACY - TO MOVE THE NEEDLE ON MATERNAL HEALTH OUTCOMES, THE ORGANIZATION ADVOCATES FOR SYSTEMS CHANGE. IN 2025, THE ORGANIZATION SUPPORTED 23 PIECES OF LEGISLATION AT THE U.S. FEDERAL LEVEL TO ADVANCE MATERNAL HEALTH (INCLUDING APPROPRIATIONS) AND MOBILIZED OVER 300 ADVOCATES THROUGH EMC'S TAKE ACTION CAMPAIGNS.
    Expenses $294,471

What it must file and when

IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in December, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.

Tax yearYear endedDueIRS public records
2025December 31, 2025May 15, 2026990 on file
2024December 31, 2024May 15, 2025990 on file
2023December 31, 2023May 15, 2024990 on file

IRS record

EIN
45-4102644
Tax-exempt status
501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
Foundation status
Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))
Donations deductible (Pub 78)
Public charity, 50% deduction limit
Exempt since
2012
Accounting year ends
December
Files
Form 990 or 990-EZ
Category (NTEE)
Health care (E70)
Assets (IRS master file)
$11,331,283
Income (IRS master file)
$12,464,353

Filing history

FormYear endedRevenueExpensesAssetsReturn
990December 2025$8,610,482$7,809,616$11,331,283XML
990December 2024$6,694,729$7,314,243$10,815,799XML
990December 2023$7,715,516$7,995,018$12,285,362XML
990December 2022$8,077,336$7,740,835$12,284,734IRS
990December 2021–––IRS
990December 2020–––IRS
990December 2018–––IRS
990-N for 2011
Officer: Erin Thornton
December 31, 2011≤ $50,000 receipts––e-Postcard

990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 45-4102644).

Questions about EVERY MOTHER COUNTS

What is the EIN of EVERY MOTHER COUNTS?
The employer identification number (EIN) of EVERY MOTHER COUNTS is 45-4102644.
Is EVERY MOTHER COUNTS tax-exempt?
Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 2012.
Are donations to EVERY MOTHER COUNTS tax-deductible?
Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
Which annual return does EVERY MOTHER COUNTS file?
Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
When is the next return of EVERY MOTHER COUNTS due?
The return for tax year 2026 (the year ending December 31, 2026) is due May 17, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
When did EVERY MOTHER COUNTS last file with the IRS?
The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2025.
Who is the principal officer of EVERY MOTHER COUNTS?
The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 names COURTNEY Y SALDANA.
Who are the officers and directors of EVERY MOTHER COUNTS?
The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 lists 19 people; 7 received compensation from the organization, the highest $203,615 (YALDA NIKOOMANESH, VICE PRESIDENT, PHILANTHROPY).
How much revenue does EVERY MOTHER COUNTS have?
On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 it reported revenue of $8,610,482, expenses of $7,809,616 and total assets of $11,331,283 at year end.

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