MEDICARE RIGHTS CENTER INC

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Financial Vulnerability Assessment (Tuckman-Chang)

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Organization Details

Formation Year

1989

Legal Domicile

Phone

2122046221

Tax Period

2024-07-01 to 2025-06-30

MEDICARE RIGHTS CENTER INC, founded in 1989, is a community nonprofit in the Health Care sector that reported $5.3M in total revenue in fiscal year 2024. Revenue grew 9% year-over-year, indicating healthy expansion.

Mission

The Medicare Rights Center is a national, nonprofit consumer service organization that works to ensure access to affordable health care for older adults and people with disabilities through counseling and advocacy, educational programs, and public policy initiatives. Since 1989, weve been helping people with Medicare understand their rights and benefits, navigate the Medicare system, and secure the quality health care they deserve. We strive to be the most reliable source of independent, unbiased Medicare information in the United States.

Program Service Accomplishments

Program 1

Expenses: $2,091,379 Revenue: $793,000

HELPLINES: Medicare Rights' expert staff and volunteers answered more than 29,700 questions on its multilingual national helpline for people with Medicare, their families, and the professionals...

HELPLINES: Medicare Rights' expert staff and volunteers answered more than 29,700 questions on its multilingual national helpline for people with Medicare, their families, and the professionals serving them. As part of this work, Medicare Rights provided over 9,903 counseling sessions devoted to appeals and other Medicare-related legal issues.

Program 2

Expenses: $1,403,086 Revenue: $822,594

EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH: Medicare Rights' expert print and online resources and trainings, provided through Medicare Interactive (www.medicareinteractive.org), answered 2.1 million Medicare questions...

EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH: Medicare Rights' expert print and online resources and trainings, provided through Medicare Interactive (www.medicareinteractive.org), answered 2.1 million Medicare questions and empowered professionals across the country to better serve their own older clients and those with disabilities. As part of this work, Medicare Rights offers its training and certification services to Medicare counselors nationally through the State Health Insurance Assistance Program (SHIP) Technical Assistance Center and the Senior Medicare Patrol Resource Center.

Program 3

Expenses: $566,540

Policy: Medicare Rights carried the stories of the clients it serves to meetings of policymakers and other stakeholders in New York and Washington, DC., and media placements totaled 1,596. Medicare Rights also led 249 presentations and trainings to translate Medicare policy into consumer-friendly language and circulated Medicare newsletters and other communications to a list of more than 124,574 readers.

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Trantor Score

Financial Health Score (300–850) · Liquidity · Solvency · Sustainability · Efficiency

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Liquidity (40%) • Solvency (30%) • Sustainability (20%) • Efficiency (10%)

Financial Overview (2024)

Revenue Breakdown

Contributions & Grants $3,357,982

Program Service Revenue $1,520,333

Investment Income $183,100

Other Revenue $217,687

TOTAL REVENUE $5,279,102

Expense Breakdown

Grants Paid $0

Salaries & Benefits $4,085,508

Fundraising Expenses $132,887

Program Expenses $4,605,231

Other Expenses $1,167,816

TOTAL EXPENSES $5,253,324

Year-over-Year Comparison

	2024	2023	Change
Revenue	$5,279,102	$4,845,552	+0.1%
Expenses	$5,253,324	$4,653,405	+0.1%
Net Income	$25,778	$192,147	-0.9%

Key Indicators

✗ Grants to Organizations ✗ Grants to Individuals ✓ Lobbying ✗ Political Activity ✗ Foreign Activities ✗ Donor Advised Fund ✓ Schedule B Required

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Governance

Voting Members

Independent Members

Employees

Volunteers

Governance Policies

✗ Conflict of Interest Policy

✗ Whistleblower Policy

✗ Document Retention Policy

Special Practices & Reported Activities

✗ Operated a School

✗ Operated a Hospital

✗ Provided First Class Travel

✗ Reported Conflict of Interest

✗ Reported Asset Diversion

✗ Excess Benefit Transaction

✗ Made Political Expenditures

✓ Engaged in Lobbying

✗ Operated Donor Advised Fund

✗ Maintained Art Collections

✗ Filed Form 720

Compensation of Officers, Directors & Key Employees

Total Officers

$268,362

Total Directors

Key Employees

Highest Compensated

reported

Name	Title	Hours/Week	Role	Reportable Comp	Other Comp	Total
Frederic Riccardi	President	37.50	Officer	$233,879	$34,483	$268,362
LINDSEY COPELAND	FED POLICY DIR	37.50		$155,415	$75,422	$230,837
RACHEL BENNETT	VP OF PROGRAM DEV	37.50		$172,886	$37,171	$210,057
MARCIN BEDNARZ	DIRECTOR OF IT	37.50		$164,997	$39,107	$204,104
MITCHELL CLARK	Director of Comm	37.50		$118,454	$40,622	$159,076
Sarah A Murdoch	Client Serv Dir	37.50		$104,770	$33,716	$138,486
ANN ADENBAUM	BOARD MEMBER	1.00	Director	$0	$0	$0
LEROY BARR	BOARD MEMBER	0.50	Director	$0	$0	$0
KATHY CHIN	CO-CHAIRPERSON	4.00	Officer Director	$0	$0	$0
DAVID MATYAS JD	BOARD MEMBER	1.00	Director	$0	$0	$0
Van Dunn	board member	1.00	Director	$0	$0	$0
CYBELE BJORKLUND	BOARD MEMBER	0.50	Director	$0	$0	$0
SANDRA KRESH	BOARD MEMBER	1.00	Director	$0	$0	$0
PETER HUTCHINGS	BOARD MEMBER	1.00	Director	$0	$0	$0
Nedal Shami	board member	0.50	Director	$0	$0	$0
ALAN LUBIN	TREASURER	2.00	Officer Director	$0	$0	$0
MARILYN MOON PHD	BOARD MEMBER	1.00	Director	$0	$0	$0
CAROL RAPHAEL	CO-CHAIRPERSON	4.00	Officer Director	$0	$0	$0
HERMAN ROSEN MD	BOARD MEMBER	1.00	Director	$0	$0	$0
BRUCE VLADECK PHD	Chair Emeritus	1.50	Director	$0	$0	$0
DONNA REGENSTREIF PHD	Chair Emerita	1.00	Director	$0	$0	$0
CURTIS L COLE MD	BOARD MEMBER	1.00	Director	$0	$0	$0
Edith Everett	BOARD MEMBER	1.00	Director	$0	$0	$0
RENU THOMAS	Secretary	1.00	Officer Director	$0	$0	$0
TINA GEORGEOU	BOARD MEMBER	1.00	Director	$0	$0	$0
Tim Gronniger	board member	1.00	Director	$0	$0	$0
Ann Hickey	BOARD MEMBER	1.00	Director	$0	$0	$0
Albert Siu MD	BOARD MEMBER	1.00	Director	$0	$0	$0
Jonathan Blum	BOARD MEMBER	0.00	Director	$0	$0	$0

Note: Compensation data is self-reported by the organization on their Form 990. "Reportable Comp" includes salary, bonuses, and other reportable compensation from the organization and related organizations. "Other Comp" includes benefits, deferred compensation, and non-taxable benefits.

Historical Data

Year	Revenue	Expenses	Assets	Net Income
2025	$5,279,102	$5,253,324	$6,516,462	$25,778
2024	$4,845,552	$4,653,405	$6,335,900	$192,147
2023	$4,289,491	$4,095,816	$6,234,533	$193,675
2022	$4,027,841	$3,603,361	$4,675,870	$424,480
2021	$4,014,929	$3,753,948	$4,326,326	$260,981
2020	$4,121,429	$3,566,968	$4,173,312	$554,461
2019	$4,026,857	$3,696,132	$3,236,178	$330,725
2018	$3,519,300	$3,696,496	$2,844,613	$-177,196