What MedSend does

MedSend is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit Christian healthcare mission organization founded in 1992 by Dr. Daniel Fountain and Dr. David Topazian and headquartered in Fort Mill, South Carolina. Its core function is to mobilize healthcare professionals for medical missions by addressing the primary financial barrier to service — student loan debt — through monthly loan repayment grants issued while recipients serve in the field. Over its 35-year history, MedSend reports supporting 700–800+ healthcare professionals serving in more than 100 countries, working through a curated network of 52 partner mission-sending agencies ("Associates") that handle screening, training, assignment, and oversight.

The organization operates four coordinated programs: the US Healthcare Professionals Pathway (loan repayment grants), the National Scholars Program (residency training scholarships for Christian nationals in Africa and Asia, launched 2013), The Longevity Project (professional, relational, and spiritual wellness support to prevent missionary burnout, launched 2023), and The Launch Project (three-year salary ramp for National Scholar graduates entering mission hospitals, first grants Spring 2024). Operationally, MedSend runs no commercial technology product — its only disclosed third-party tool is Wufoo for website forms — and is delivered through a small in-house team, a physician-heavy board, volunteer Global Ambassadors, and external service partners such as Barnabas International and Oasis Africa.

MedSend's revenue model is donor-funded: contributions come from individuals, churches, and foundations via the website giving portal, events, and pilgrimages, with Chief Development Officer Morgan Boardman's team having raised over $23 million cumulatively for global healthcare missions. There is no commercial pricing, no product sales, and no institutional investor base; the organization is governed by a Board of Directors chaired by Dr. Douglas Drevets and led by President & CEO Rick Allen. Recognition includes ROI Ministry Top 10 Ministries in both 2024 and 2026, and named major-donor endorsements such as Jerre Stead's characterize giving to MedSend as the highest-payback investment among organizations he supports.

Name

MedSend

Legal name

MedSend

Website

https://medsend.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1992

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

MedSend is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit founded in 1992 that mobilizes healthcare professionals for medical missions by providing student loan repayment grants, residency scholarships, and long-term missionary wellness support across 100+ countries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Healthcare Mission Services

NAICS

Voluntary Health Organizations (813212), Grantmaking and Giving Services (81321), Social Assistance (624)

SIC

Services-Health Services (8000), Services-Misc Health & Allied Services, Nec (8090)

akta.pro primary industry

Faith-Based Healthcare Ministries (Hospitals, Clinics, Medical Missions) (BPAGAJAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

Hospitals, Clinics & Charitable Healthcare Providers (BPAGACAB), Workforce Development & Training Grants (Public Health) (HLAJALAM)

Keywords

• Healthcare mission grants
• Student loan repayment
• Medical missionary support
• Nonprofit healthcare funding
• Missionary care services

Headquarters

HQ city

Fort Mill

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Others

Revenue model

1. Donor Contributions and Grants: MedSend operates as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that raises funds from individual donors, churches, and foundations to provide student loan repayment grants to healthcare professionals pursuing medical missions and to support National Scholars in their medical training.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

MedSend is a nonprofit Christian healthcare mission organization that strategically funds healthcare professionals to serve in underserved areas worldwide. It provides student loan repayment grants to U.S. clinicians pursuing medical missions, scholarships and residency training for Christian nationals in Africa and Asia, long-term missionary wellness support (The Longevity Project), and salary supplements for new graduate missionaries (The Launch Project).

Product overview

MedSend is a Christian healthcare mission organization offering a coordinated portfolio of programs designed to mobilize, equip, and sustain healthcare professionals for global mission service. The core offerings include: the US Healthcare Professionals Pathway (student loan repayment grants for U.S. clinicians), the National Scholars Program (residency training and scholarships for Christian nationals in Africa and Asia), The Longevity Project (missionary wellness and burnout prevention support), and The Launch Project (salary supplements for new graduate missionaries). Together, these programs create pathways from training through long-term service, removing financial barriers and providing ongoing care to ensure healthcare missionaries can reach and remain in underserved communities worldwide.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• National Scholars Program: A groundbreaking program helping national believers obtain advanced medical training and biblically based mentoring to serve the poor and underserved within their home countries.
• The Longevity Project
• The Launch Project

Products and services

• US Healthcare Professionals Pathway

Quantifiable outcome

• 700+ healthcare professionals empowered to serve in medical missions over 35 years
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers15 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core, secondary and minor.

• SIM USAcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorSIM (Society of International Missionaries) is one of 52 active Associates that screen, train, assign, oversee, and provide accountability for MedSend grant recipients. SIM also helps National Scholars learn to raise funds during the Launch Project period.
• CURE InternationalcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorOne of MedSend's 52 Associate mission sending organizations. CURE International operates hospitals providing surgical care to children in developing countries.
• PAACS (Pan-African Academy of Christian Surgeons)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPAACS is a surgical training program that partners with MedSend. MedSend supports residents in the PAACS program, and 11 PAACS residents have completed training and are now serving as surgeons.
• Mercy Medical Center CambodiasecondaryChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorMercy Medical Center Cambodia partners with MedSend's National Scholars Program to provide residency training for young Christian doctors like Dr. Rothavi.
• 52 Mission Sending Organizations (Associates)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorFull list includes: Africa Inland Mission, Antioch Ministries International, Assemblies of God Healthcare Ministries, ABWE, Baptist Mid-Missions, CAMA Services, Christian Community Health Fellowship, Christian Health Service Corps, Commission to Every Nation, CornerStone International, CrossWorld, Eastern Mennonite Missions, Frontiers, Global Frontier Missions, GO International (Got), Health Talents International, In His Image, International Ministries, IMB, Interserve, Kids Alive International, Medical Ambassadors International, Mission to the World, OMF International, One Collective, Pioneers, Reach Beyond, ReachGlobal, Serge, SIM, TEAM, The Luke Commission, TMS Global, World Gospel Mission, WorldVenture, Wycliffe Bible Translators, and others.
• Barnabas InternationalsecondaryOthersService provider partner for The Longevity Project providing spiritual direction services. 98 hours of spiritual direction provided through Barnabas International in Year One of the Longevity Project.
• Oasis AfricasecondaryOthersService provider partner for The Longevity Project supporting missionaries in Africa.
• Christian Medical & Dental Associations (CMDA)secondaryOthersPartner organization providing resources and member care support for healthcare missionaries through The Longevity Project.
• Pilgrim ToursminorGTM or Marketing PartnerTravel tour operator that partners with MedSend to organize spiritual journey trips including the Churches of Revelation tour to Turkey and Greece.
• Doing Good BetterminorGTM or Marketing PartnerCollaborative event partner for local dinners discussing advancing the Gospel through healthcare missions in Atlanta, GA and Dallas, TX.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Samaritan's Purse – World Medical Mission: Faith-based humanitarian organization that places U.S. medical professionals in short-term mission service globally through its World Medical Mission program. Closest direct comparable: also a Christian nonprofit funding healthcare missionary deployment with similar donor base and recruitment model.
• Medical Teams International: Faith-rooted nonprofit that mobilizes medical volunteers and provides global health and humanitarian response. Directly comparable to MedSend in mobilizing healthcare professionals for underserved settings and in faith-aligned donor base.
• CURE International: Faith-based nonprofit operating children's surgical hospitals in developing countries. Already one of MedSend's 52 Associate partners; directly comparable as a Christian medical mission organization serving surgical needs in underserved regions.
• PAACS (Pan-African Academy of Christian Surgeons): Residency training program training African surgeons in mission hospitals; MedSend already funds PAACS residents. Directly comparable in training indigenous Christian physicians for long-term service in underserved regions.
• Christian Medical & Dental Associations (CMDA): Professional association for Christian healthcare professionals that supports member care, missions, and education. Already an MedSend partner; directly comparable as a faith-based organization serving U.S. Christian healthcare professionals pursuing mission service.
• SIM (Society of International Missionaries): Large interdenominational mission-sending organization that screens and deploys missionaries, including healthcare professionals. Already a MedSend Associate; directly comparable as a faith-based sending agency channel for healthcare missionaries.
• TEAM (The Evangelical Alliance Mission): Faith-based mission-sending agency that places healthcare missionaries globally. Already a MedSend Associate; directly comparable in mobilizing U.S. healthcare professionals for long-term mission service.
• Health Talents International: Faith-based nonprofit that trains and mobilizes healthcare professionals for short-term surgical mission trips in Guatemala and other underserved regions. Already a MedSend Associate; directly comparable as a Christian medical missions organization.

Broad incumbents

• International Medical Corps: Large humanitarian medical nonprofit delivering healthcare in conflict and disaster settings globally. Broader and more secular than MedSend but operates in the same global healthcare delivery space and competes for some institutional donor dollars.
• Partners In Health: Major global health nonprofit providing healthcare in resource-poor settings. Operates at significantly larger scale than MedSend and is secular, but addresses overlapping patient populations in countries like Haiti and Malawi where MedSend's grantees also serve.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/MedSend
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/medsend
• Instagraminstagram.com/projectmedsend

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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