Mission:318

What Mission:318 does

Mission:318 is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit medical mission organization founded in 2012 and headquartered in Wildwood, Missouri (St. Louis area), that delivers sustainable healthcare to underserved communities in Northern Ghana, Western Ghana, Cap-Haïtien (Haiti), San Pedro de Marcoris (Dominican Republic), and North St. Louis. The organization operates a volunteer-driven model in which credentialed medical professionals — primarily surgeons, CRNAs, and nurses sourced largely from Mercy Hospital in Washington, MO — travel to partner facilities to perform surgical care, conduct medical training, donate equipment, and construct infrastructure such as the first ICU and Emergency/Trauma Center in Northern Ghana (Yendi Hospital) and the newly commissioned Sefwi Bekwai Mother Baby Clinic (June 2025). Its core technology is a five-stage 'sustainable healthcare delivery model' (relationship building, medical needs assessment, service and training provision, advocacy, and sustained health delivery) combined with a Mercy Virtual telemedicine link connecting Yendi Hospital to remote stateside consultation.

The organization's revenue is generated exclusively through tax-deductible donations from individuals, corporations, and foundations, supplemented by an institutional fundraising event calendar that includes the 'Lighting the Way' gala, 'Building Hope' gala, 'Takes Flight' gala, an annual Topgolf event in Chesterfield, MO, and the March 18 'Giving Day' campaign. Named scholarship programs (Alicia Reine Bishop Scholarship, Rainer Meyrer Award, Nurse Scholarship Fund) subsidize healthcare-worker participation in missions. Mission:318 employs a small core team of 2-10 staff, led by Executive Director April Anderson and Program Administrator Heather Mallinckrodt, and is governed by a Board of Directors and Advisory Board that includes multiple Mercy Hospital physicians. Strategic partnerships with Ghana Health Service, Pittsburgh Kids Foundation, Brace For Impact46, Pujols Family Foundation, MAP International, MDF Instruments, BSA LifeStructures, The Tabernacle Community Development Corporation, and The Crossing Church anchor the operational and supply ecosystem. Since inception the organization has performed 1,500+ surgical cases and 20,000+ patient encounters, and operates no proprietary technology product or commercial revenue stream beyond donations and participant trip fees.

Name

Mission:318

Legal name

Mission:318

Website

https://mission318.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Mission:318 is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that delivers sustainable medical care to underserved communities in Ghana, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, and North St. Louis through volunteer-driven surgical missions, hospital partnerships, and permanent clinic infrastructure projects funded by donations.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Medical Mission Services

NAICS

Voluntary Health Organizations (813212), Emergency and Other Relief Services (624230), Social Assistance (624)

SIC

Services-Misc Health & Allied Services, Nec (8090), Services-Health Services (8000), Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Medical Missions & Global Health NGOs (BPAGACAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

International & Local Implementing NGOs (HLAJAKAD), Public Health & Medical Volunteering Programs (EDAIAGAC), Humanitarian Health & Emergency Medical Relief NGOs (HLAJAKAE)

Keywords

• Medical mission services
• Global health programs
• Surgical mission delivery
• Nonprofit healthcare services
• Community health partnerships

Headquarters

HQ city

Saint Louis

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Personnel, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Donations: Tax-deductible donations from individuals, corporations, and foundations supporting the medical mission work
2. Fundraising Events: Annual galas (Lighting the Way, Building Hope, Takes Flight), Topgolf events, and Giving Day campaigns
3. Scholarship Funds: Named scholarship funds (Alicia Reine Bishop Scholarship, Rainer Meyrer Award) that support healthcare workers to participate in mission trips

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels10 records

Core offering

Mission:318 delivers volunteer-driven medical mission trips and runs long-term healthcare partnership programs (surgical care, hospital infrastructure construction, maternal and child health, pediatric support, and telemedicine) in underserved communities across Northern Ghana, Western Ghana, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, and North St. Louis, MO. Services are provided free of charge to patients and are funded by donations, fundraising events, and volunteer participation fees.

Product overview

Mission:318 is a medical mission organization (nonprofit 501c(3)) that offers a portfolio of healthcare programs and services focused on transforming forgotten communities through sustainable healthcare. The organization operates medical mission trips and long-term partnership programs across Ghana, Haiti, Dominican Republic, and St. Louis, MO. Key offerings include the Yendi Hospital Partnership Program (Northern Ghana), Sefwi Bekwai Mother Baby Clinic, CHIDA Medical Clinic partnership (Haiti), ConGracia Healthcare Program (Dominican Republic), Child Life Program, and scholarship programs for healthcare workers (Nurse Scholarship Fund, Alicia Reine Bishop Scholarship, Rainer Meyrer Award). The organization does not offer a technology product or platform.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Alicia Reine Bishop Scholarship: Annual award given to a healthcare worker who will travel with Mission:318, established in honor of Alicia Bishop.
• Rainer Meyrer Award

Products and services

• Medical Mission Services Volunteer-driven medical mission trips that deliver surgical care, health screenings, and clinical training in Ghana, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, and St. Louis, MO, in partnership with local hospitals and clinics. Services are provided free of charge to patients.
• Yendi Hospital Partnership Program Multi-year partnership program with Yendi Municipal Hospital serving over 250,000 people, delivering surgical care, equipment donations, infrastructure (the region's first ICU and the 2024-completed Alicia Reine Bishop Emergency and Trauma Center), medical training, and telemedicine connection to Mercy Virtual.
• Sefwi Bekwai Mother Baby Clinic Maternal and child health clinic program at Sefwi-Bekwai Health Centre in Western North Region of Ghana providing prenatal care, expanded delivery-room services, and malaria interventions, designed to serve 20,000+ patients per year.
• CHIDA Medical Clinic Partnership Partnership program with CHIDA Medical Clinic in Cap-Haïtien, Haiti delivering medical and surgical care, well-child visits, and critical care visits to over 1,000 children and adults in a region affected by post-2018 infrastructure collapse, in collaboration with Brace For Impact46 and Pittsburgh Kids Foundation.
• ConGracia Healthcare Program Culturally sensitive comprehensive healthcare program for families in Batey Aleman, San Pedro de Macorís, Dominican Republic, delivered in partnership with the Pujols Family Foundation through the ConGracia enrollment program.
• Child Life Program Pediatric emotional-support and therapeutic-play service at Yendi District Hospital (Ghana) that normalizes hospital stays for pediatric patients through reading, developmental activities, and play to reduce stress and anxiety.

Quantifiable outcome

• 1500+ surgical cases performed since 2012
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered core and supporting.

• Brace For Impact46coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPrimary partner for CHIDA Medical Clinic in Haiti. Collaborates on medical and surgical care delivery to children and families in the Cap-Haitien region.
• The Crossing ChurchcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMulti-site church in St. Louis, MO with strategic relationships with global partners. Pastor Randall Littleton serves on Mission:318's Board.
• Pittsburgh Kids FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNonprofit funding CHIDA Medical Clinic in Haiti. Partnership supports over 1000 children and adults in a region often overlooked due to 2018 political crisis.
• Mercy VirtualcoreTechnology or IntegrationConnects Yendi Hospital in Ghana to telemedicine capabilities, providing remote medical consultation and training support.
• Ghana Health ServicecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational health authority partnering on healthcare delivery and infrastructure projects in Ghana including Yendi Hospital and Sefwi-Bekwai Health Centre.
• Pujols Family FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for healthcare program in Batey Aleman, San Pedro de Marcoris region of Dominican Republic. Serves families enrolled in ConGracia program.
• MAP InternationalsupportingChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorSupply partner providing medical supplies and medications for mission trips.
• MDF InstrumentssupportingChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorSupply partner providing medical instruments for mission work.
• Blessing.orgsupportingChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorSupply partner providing medical supplies and equipment.
• BSA LifeStructuressupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerArchitecture and design firm partnered to design and build new campus at Yendi Hospital, including emergency department.
• The Tabernacle Community Development Corporation (TCDC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership to provide medical services to North St. Louis community. TCDC renovated old school building ('The Hub') for nonprofit office space where Mercy provides healthcare services.
• Mercy HospitalcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMissouri-based hospital system providing volunteer medical professionals, equipment donations, and telemedicine support. Multiple Mercy physicians serve on Mission:318's Board and Advisory Board.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Medical Teams International: Faith-inspired global health nonprofit that sends volunteer medical teams and provides medical supplies to disaster and refugee settings. Directly comparable volunteer-driven medical mission delivery model.
• CURE International: Nonprofit that operates a network of pediatric surgical hospitals in low- and middle-income countries. Directly comparable model of building permanent surgical infrastructure and training local medical staff in underserved regions.
• Mercy Ships: Operates hospital ships delivering free surgical and medical care in underserved regions of Africa. Highly comparable faith-based, donor-funded medical mission model with a focus on surgical capacity-building in low-resource settings.
• Partners In Health: Global health nonprofit that builds long-term healthcare infrastructure in resource-poor settings alongside local governments. Closely comparable emphasis on long-term partnerships, local capacity building, and hospital/clinic establishment rather than one-off missions.
• CMMB (Catholic Medical Mission Board): Faith-based medical mission organization delivering healthcare and medicines to underserved communities worldwide. Comparable donor-funded model, focus on women and children's health, and partnerships with pharmaceutical/medical supply donors.

Broad incumbents

• Project HOPE: Global health and humanitarian organization operating sustainable health programs and deploying medical volunteers. Comparable nonprofit health capacity-building mission and donor-driven operating model.
• Samaritan's Purse: Faith-based humanitarian organization with World Medical Mission placing volunteer healthcare professionals in mission hospitals. Comparable Christian-affiliated medical mission mobilization and donor-funded operations.
• International Medical Corps: Large global humanitarian organization delivering emergency medical relief and longer-term healthcare programs. Operates on a much larger scale in similar geographies and disease profiles, with comparable hospital/clinic capacity-building work.
• Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF): International medical humanitarian organization providing emergency medical care in conflict zones and underserved regions. Overlaps in mission delivery and volunteer medical professional model, though significantly larger and more focused on emergency response.

Others

• Pittsburgh Kids Foundation: Nonprofit funder partner of Mission:318 that helps finance the CHIDA Medical Clinic in Haiti. Distinguishable as a funding partner rather than operating peer, but comparable pediatric-focused nonprofit health work.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCJ49AJpl_sYmH_c7io5MIig
• Facebookfacebook.com/mission318medical
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/mission-318

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

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