125 Years,
VELLORE CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION
2025 Annual Report
“Only those who can see the invisible can achieve the impossible.” —Dr. Ida S. Scudder 2
Celebrating 125 Years of Compassionate Care and Loyal Global Support In this year’s report, we celebrate the 125th anniversary of Christian Medical College, Vellore (CMC) and 125 years of impactful philanthropy in the United States that has supported CMC’s work through the Vellore Christian Medical College Foundation (the Foundation). From Dr. Ida S. Scudder’s first one-room clinic which opened in 1900 to the opening of CMC’s new Pediatric Specialty Centre, this report highlights how CMC and the U.S. Foundation have grown in tandem while staying true to the original spirit of Aunt Ida.
Our Mission
Our Values
To support Christian Medical College, Vellore (CMC), in its pursuit of excellence in healthcare, education, and research, while honoring the legacy of its founder, Dr. Ida S. Scudder.
We champion excellence through collaboration, embrace diversity with integrity, lead with innovation and creativity, and advance sustainable philanthropy to ensure a lasting impact.
Our Vision Our vision is to continuously expand our U.S. development strategy to enhance the impact of CMC Vellore. In 2025, the Foundation worked towards this vision by raising $13 million, with $11 million directed towards CMC’s new Pediatric Specialty Centre, and establishing the ‘Edison to India’ 5K, a new annual event to build awareness of CMC’s work.
“Among other things, the Foundation serves as CMC’s global ambassador.” —Raj Narayan, MD Chairman, Board of Directors, Vellore CMC Foundation Front cover photos: Scenes from 125 years of CMC Vellore: the Town Campus, Dr. Ida S. Scudder with a co-ed class in the 1950s, excerpt from Ida’s letter sharing her thoughts on the first graduation, and an aerial view of the Town Campus today. Photographs courtesy of CMC Archives and Heritage Centre. 3
Leadership + Governance From the Board Chair Our Foundation was originally established by Dr. Ida S. Scudder almost a hundred years ago, in 1932, as the American Section of the Governing Board of the Missionary Medical College for Women, Vellore (quite a mouthful!). Subsequently, it became the Vellore CMC Board (U.S.A.), and in 2009, it became the Vellore CMC Foundation. Nevertheless, it has continued in its original mission of supporting and helping guide CMC. Over the past 125 years, CMC has transformed from a single room dispensary into one of the premier medical teaching institutions of India, treating about three million patients a year with almost 4,000 hospital beds, multiple campuses, and training courses in virtually all disciplines of medicine. The Vellore CMC Foundation serves as CMC’s ambassador in the U.S. I am pleased to report that it is thriving and has raised millions of dollars for structural and programmatic growth. CMC is largely self-sufficient financially, thanks to its good governance and dedicated staff. However, the Foundation has served to provide the “icing on the cake”. Our Foundation has succeeded in its mission because of its small but excellent staff, and an extraordinarily committed Board of Directors who give so generously of their time, talent and treasure. Our four major donor groups — CMC alumni, the Scudder Family Association, U.S.-based churches, and individuals, who despite having no previous connection to CMC, are among our most generous and committed supporters. Thank you for your belief in this remarkable institution that truly serves millions of people, regardless of their religion or financial status. It is our privilege to help build what Ida Scudder called “not just a hospital, but the kingdom of God”. With love,
Raj K. Narayan, MD, FACS, FAANS CMC Batch of ‘69 Chairman, Board of Directors
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Board of Directors Chair Raj Narayan, MD Vice Chair Honorine Ward, MD Treasurer Binu Varughese Secretary Anita Raja, PhD Directors Juvenal Balisasa, PhD Lydia Booher, PhD Niranjan Bose, PhD Joseph Camardo, MD Rev. Theodore Crass Anindya Dutta, MD, PhD Scott Engelsman Madelon Finkel, PhD Jack Gillmar Mark Ranjan Jesudason, MD Usha Jesudasan Margaret Kumar, PhD Mrinalini Matcha, MD Bibhuti Mishra, MD Ruth Nemzoff, Ed.D. Philip Ninan, MD Meenakashi “Meena” Narula Prasad Palla Vinciya Pandian, PhD John “Hans” Quitmeyer, JD Sudhakar Rajamoney H. David Reines, MD Rebecca “Becky” Shenton, PhD Sarabdeep “Sabi” Singh Cephas Swamidoss, MD Susan Taylor, MD Christie Thomas, MD
From the President and CEO As I reflect on 2025, I find myself deeply moved by the generosity, faith, and steadfast commitment of everyone who stands with the Vellore Christian Medical College Foundation. Serving as president of this organization is both a privilege and a reminder of how powerful a community can be when it rallies around a mission rooted in compassion and service. This year, your support brought us significantly closer to a milestone that has been years in the making: the completion of the Pediatric Specialty Centre, CMC’s first standalone children’s hospital. I have been inspired by the vision behind this project — a place where every child, regardless of circumstance, will receive world class, family centered care. Knowing that our collective efforts are helping open those doors soon is one of the most meaningful highlights of my tenure. I am also proud to share an important achievement within the Foundation itself. For the first time in our history, we reduced our administrative costs to just 3% of total expenses. This accomplishment reflects our commitment to stewarding every gift with integrity and ensuring that your generosity flows directly to the programs, people, and priorities that matter most at CMC. It is a point of pride for our entire team — and a promise to you that we will continue to operate with transparency and care. Throughout the year, we strengthened support for scholarships, faculty development, community health initiatives (notably the Cervical Cancer Screening program), and essential infrastructure. Each of these investments represents a story — a student whose path is made possible, a clinician whose training is deepened, a patient whose life is changed. As we look ahead, I am filled with gratitude and hope. Thank you for walking alongside us, for believing in our mission, and for helping extend CMC’s legacy of healing to future generations. Sincerely,
“For the first time in our history, we reduced our administrative costs to just 3% of total expenses. This accomplishment reflects our commitment to stewarding every gift with integrity.” —John Riehl, President & CEO
John A. Riehl President & CEO
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Integrity. Compassion. Innovation.
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2025 Highlights 125th Anniversary Tribute
Inaugural 5K Dash-or-Dally
Cervical Cancer Screening
On November 6, 2025, the Vellore Christian Medical College Foundation, in collaboration with the Reformed Church in America (RCA) Global Mission gathered in New York to celebrate CMC Vellore’s 125th Anniversary and to pay tribute to the legacy of Dr. Ida S. Scudder. Coinciding with the 150th jubilee of the RCA’s Woman’s Board of Foreign Missions which helped sustain Ida’s earliest work, the evening brought together members of the Scudder family, faith community partners, and Foundation supporters.
The Foundation’s first ‘Edison to India’ 5K Dash-or-Dally held near the New Dover United Methodist Church in Edison, New Jersey, was a great success. 124 runners and walkers participated. They were supported by friends and advocates of CMC, local business sponsors and faith based community partners. Many participants created their own fundraisers. Together, nearly $50,000 was raised for CMC. This 5K will become an annual Foundation tradition.
The Foundation launched a campaign to fund a new cervical cancer self-screening program at CMC, led by CMC’s Rural Unit for Health and Social Affairs (RUHSA) department in collaboration with the College of Nursing Community Health (CONCH). India accounts for nearly onefifth of global cervical cancer cases, yet 99% are preventable through HPV screening. This five-year initiative targets rural women in Vellore, providing self-screening kits, nurse-led education, and referral pathways for treatment. The campaign raised nearly half of its $300,000 goal in its first year.
“Through her living example of how she provided healthcare without prejudice, regardless of sex, religion, race, income, Aunt Ida taught me what one person can do who has vision and faith.” —Renee Scudder, Dr. Ida S. Scudder’s great-grand niece reflecting on her legacy
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125 Years in Support
of CMC’s Mission:
In 1900, a young American doctor opened a one-room clinic in Vellore, India with two medical books, a microscope, a skeleton, and a bullock cart. She had no hospital, no faculty, and no campus. What she had was a sense of calling so clear that it made others feel it, too. Her name was Ida Sophia Scudder. She had come back to India — the country where she was born — because she witnessed three women die one night because their husbands were unwilling to let a male doctor treat them. She could not un-know what she had witnessed. She trained at Cornell Medical College and returned with a vision and a determination.
The clinic she opened became a dispensary. The dispensary became a hospital. The hospital became a medical college. The college became one of the most respected healthcare institutions in the world, training generations of physicians, nurses, and researchers who carried its mission throughout India and globally. That is CMC Vellore’s story. But there is another story threaded through it. It is quieter, less visible, but important in understanding the connection of those who were inspired by Ida’s story in the United States.
A New York banker overheard Ida speaking about her work in Vellore and was moved to donate $10,000 in memory of his deceased wife. The Mary Taber Schell Memorial Hospital was opened in 1902. This compelling moment that moved a stranger to act is the founding story of both CMC and the Vellore CMC Foundation. For 125 years, the Foundation in its many forms has been the bridge between CMC’s work and the Americans who believe in it: raising funds, cultivating partnerships, and ensuring the people who want to support this mission have a way to do so.
This year’s annual report reflects on 125 years of achievement throughout CMC’s pursuit of excellence in Service, Research and Education, and the role the Foundation has played to support its mission throughout its history. What follows is a look at the standout moments in CMC’s history, including gifts that enabled new facilities, relationships that endured, and the organizations and individuals who have supported all along.
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Top left: Dr. Ida S. Scudder. Top right: Dr. Scudder performing an operation, assisted by her team. Center: The Medical School Campus. Bottom: The Mary Taber Schell Hospital, established 1902. Photographs courtesy of CMC Archives and Heritage Centre.
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1900–1948 The Mission Takes Root Ida Scudder did not build CMC alone. From the beginning, she understood a mission of this scale required a community, and she set about building one on both sides of the world. In India, the one-bed dispensary became the 40-bed Mary Taber Schell Memorial Hospital by 1902. Roadside clinics began reaching villages beyond Vellore in 1906. Training for compounders started in 1903, and nurses in 1909. In 1918, Ida opened India’s first Medical School for Women, offering the Licentiate of Medical Practitioner (LMP) course to the first cohort of women who would go on to become physicians.
1900
In the U.S., Ida was equally tireless. She traveled, spoke, wrote letters, and cultivated relationships with virtually every major Protestant denomination. She had a gift for making people feel the weight of what was happening in a faraway town. Her U.S. Board of Directors came to include leadership from the Reformed Church in America (RCA), the American Baptist Church, the Seventh Day Adventist Church (SDA), the United Methodist Church, and others. In the meanwhile, the Scudder family gave in ways that were personal as much as financial and would continue to do so long after Ida was gone.
Compounder training begins
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—Deepika Srivastava, Director of Church Relations, Vellore CMC Foundation
1902
Mary Taber Schell Memorial Hospital established
One-bed dispensary, Vellore
1903
“The U.S. faith-based community has been a collaborative partner of Dr. Ida Scudder – and her Divine vision – from the very beginning. This collaboration, more than any other, has defined the Christ-centered mission of CMC Vellore over the course of the past 125 years.”
1918
India’s first Medical School for Women (LMP course)
1906
Roadside clinics launched
1909
Nurse training begins
A Turning Point By 1924, CMC had a 267-bed hospital in the center of Vellore. By 1932, a full suite of college buildings had opened at the Bagayam campus. By 1942, the institution had upgraded to a full MBBS degree program. And in 1947, for the first time, men were admitted. CMC had become co-educational. That same year, India became independent. 1948 was a turning point. Ida incorporated an independent entity, the Vellore Christian Medical College Board (U.S.A.), which is today known as the Vellore CMC Foundation.
The logic was simple. CMC was now an Indian institution, led by Indians, operating in an independent India. The Americans who supported it needed their own structure that honored this independence while sustaining the partnership. Ida S. Scudder passed away in 1960, at ninety years old, near the institution she had built from a single room. But the community and institution she had created would outlast her by generations.
“I can’t tell you how moved I was by the turnout of 500 ordinary citizens of Vellore to honor Aunt Ida at the garlanding of her statue in January 2025. This was a tribute to CMC and how the medical work has touched the local people. Aunt Ida loved the people of Vellore and they still revere her.” —Sue Swanson, President, Scudder Association Foundation
1947
India gains independence CMC becomes co-educational
1924
267-bed hospital, Vellore Town Campus
1942
MBBS degree program established
1932
The American Section of the Governing Board of the Missionary Medical College for Women, Vellore, was incorporated in the U.S.
1948
Vellore Christian Medical College Board (U.S.A.) (later renamed Vellore CMC Foundation) incorporated as independent U.S. entity
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1948–2014 From Vision to Institution Dr. Ida S. Scudder left behind more than a hospital. She left behind a model of medicine practiced as ministry, education as transformation, and an institution that measured its success not by prestige but by reach. The generations that followed her built on that model with extraordinary ambition. The firsts came steadily. In 1948, Dr. Paul Brand performed the world’s first reconstructive surgery on leprosy patients at CMC. By 1949, CMC had established South Asia’s first Department of Neurological Sciences under Dr. Jacob Chandy who had returned after graduate studies in North America.
1948
Each of these moments was not just a medical achievement; it was a testament to what CMC believed all patients deserved. Meanwhile, a number of CMC medical and nursing school alumni chose to pursue a career in the U.S. They carried CMC’s values, standards, and sense of mission with them.
World’s first reconstructive surgery on leprosy patients by Dr. Paul Brand
1955
1949
1961
South Asia’s first Department of Neurological Sciences by Dr. Jacob Chandy
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In 1961, India’s first successful open-heart surgery and first middle ear microsurgery were performed. In 1966, Dr. Mary Verghese — a paraplegic hand surgeon who had refused to let her own disability define the limits of her work — founded India’s first inpatient Rehabilitation Institute at CMC.
Community Health and Development Programme (CHAD) established
India’s first successful open heart surgery and first middle ear microsurgery
Over time, they became a community. This new alumni community began giving back. Faith-based relationships continued to deepen. The Board, later renamed as the Vellore Christian Medical College Foundation, grew with them, becoming a true partner in CMC’s development. Several of the Foundation’s board members were themselves CMC-trained physicians, researchers, and nurses, contributing their time, treasure, and expertise.
1966
India’s first Rehabilitation Institute by Dr. Mary Verghese
1971
India’s first successful kidney transplant
Private & Public Sector Partnerships A new chapter opened in the 1980s. Over the next four decades, the Foundation became the recipient of nearly $15 million in Federal grants, which funded multiple innovative CMC programs and facilities. This included among others, a neonatal intensive care unit for infants with birth asphyxia, a blood bank management system, a brachytherapy unit, an ophthalmology simulation lab, a robotic & virtual reality physical rehabilitation facility, and a toxicology lab.
As grants grew, reaching between one and two million dollars annually, these infrastructure projects expanded CMC’s excellence of care and capabilities. CMC has also built longstanding relationships with several private sector institutions including the Rockefeller and the Gates Foundations. Each has benefited CMC in the fields of research, education and patient care.
By 2011, CMC had opened its Chittoor Campus in Andhra Pradesh, extending its reach into a new state in India. The institution that had begun as a one-room clinic now operated across multiple campuses, served millions of patients annually, and was consistently ranked among the top medical colleges in India.
1982
Federal grant partnership begins; nearly $15M over four decades
2011
Chittoor Campus opens
1986
South India’s first successful bone marrow transplant
1996
Carotid Bifurcation Stenting (India’s first); Transseptal Carotid Stenting (world’s first); Trans-jugular Mitral Valvuloplasty (world’s first)
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2015–2025 When It Matters Most When a crisis hits, that’s when an institution’s values and the community’s alignment with these values are tested. CMC passed that test in 2020. When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, the newly opened Ranipet Campus — CMC’s largest expansion since the Town Campus nearly a century earlier — was transformed almost overnight into a pandemic relief facility. New ICUs opened as the second COVID-19 wave swept the country. CMC was honored with the India Today Healthgiri Award 2020 for being India’s “Best Charity Hospital Combating COVID-19”.
2020
Ranipet Campus opens, and is immediately available for COVID-19 response
2021
In the U.S., the Foundation’s donors responded with matching urgency. Alumni gave first, then the faith community followed. The Foundation raised more than $4 million for CMC Vellore’s COVID-19 response. This number reflects not just generosity, but also the depth of relationships built over generations. Reverend Moses Kumar, General Counsel of Finance Administration at the United Methodist Committee on Relief, who advocated for the Foundation with churches and congregations across the country during CMC’s COVID relief
That is how the relationships between the Vellore CMC Foundation, its donor community and CMC Vellore work. They are personal, long, and layered — exactly as Ida intended when she first walked into a Methodist women’s meeting in New York more than a century ago and shared with them what she was trying to build.
2022
CMC signs a landmark donation agreement with Quess Corp and The Six Four Foundation, a foundation funded through the operations of Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited, to open a 350-bed Pediatric Specialty Center at its Ranipet Campus
India’s first transjugular pulmonary valve implantation and first transfemoral tricuspid valve implantation
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efforts, said, “The seeds are already planted. At least I can play a little part in what people are doing to support and love others.”
2026
Pediatric Specialty Center is scheduled to open
The Most Transformational Gift in Foundation History During this decade came a moment of a different kind. Canada’s Fairfax Financial Holdings, in partnership with Quess Corp (based in India), committed what would become the largest single donation ever made through the Vellore CMC Foundation to establish a Pediatric Specialty Center at CMC’s Ranipet Campus. The number was extraordinary. The reasoning behind it was straightforward.
“When organizations of like-mindedness come together, incredible things happen. We believe that building institutions requires collaborative philanthropy. The joint purpose of helping others remains the central theme throughout this whole process — the commitment of all parties to make a meaningful difference in the lives of those in need has been the thread that connected everyone, and it’s been the anchor and driver of the project’s success. Not only structurally, even operationally, the Pediatric Block is expected to be the best in class.” —Prem Watsa, Chairman and CEO, Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd. and Ajit Isaac, Chairman, Quess Corp
The Next 125 Years Starts Now In 2026, the doors of CMC Vellore’s Pediatric Specialty Center will open at the Ranipet campus. Children will be brought in. Families will wait. Physicians trained in the tradition Ida S. Scudder built will go to work. It will feel, to the people inside it, like a beginning. At the first graduation ceremony in 1922, Ida spoke to graduates: “Much lies before you of work to be done. Face trials with a smile, with head erect and a calm exterior. If you are fighting for the right and a true principle, be calm and sure and keep on until you win.”
They did, and those who came did, too. Today, CMC is one of the largest teaching hospitals in India, offering over 200 healthcare courses. Its alumni serve across five continents and a network of mission hospitals. CMC performed many firsts — neurosurgery, open heart surgery, and kidney transplant. And more than 10,000 patients receive care every day. For 125 years, this has been the pattern: someone hears what CMC is doing and cannot look away. A stranger at a luncheon. A faith-based institution that is inspired and stays inspired.
Alumni who leave CMC and carry their passion with them. Individuals who contribute year after year because they believe so deeply in CMC’s integrity and mission. And larger corporations that look at a pediatric hospital and see a legacy and social impact. The Foundation exists because of all these organizations and people, including you. And because of these relationships and undeniable belief in the institution, CMC exists as it does today. It is larger than Aunt Ida could have imagined, and still unmistakably the place she built.
“CMC Vellore is really a unique place which does not compromise in excellence in care and does not care whether you are poor or rich. India needs a thousand CMC’s, and the world needs a million.” —George Varughese, Managing Director, Alvarez & Marsal Board Member, Vellore CMC Foundation
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2025 Highlights
Scholarships In 2025, the Foundation supported 103 CMC students (63 nursing students, 23 allied health, and 17 medical students). Each graduate represents not just an individual success story, but expanding circles of impact that will touch countless lives. CMC’s graduates demonstrate resilience in the face of significant challenges. Prasanna V., a fourth-year BSc Nursing student, is the daughter of a roadside vendor who earns very little. She is a three-year recipient of the United Women in Faith scholarship from the Foundation and has maintained strong academic and clinical scores. She has vowed to contribute to CMC’s scholarship fund herself one day.
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Anisa L. joined CMC’s nursing program after her father had a severe stroke, leaving the family without income. Her mother struggles with depression; her sister paused her studies to care for their father. “The scholarship has brought a lot of hope. I would like to be a similar source of help to others in need once I start to earn.”
INDVAC: India Vaccinology Course CMC received renewed funding from the Gates Foundation in 2025 to continue hosting INDVAC, which is India’s only accredited, comprehensive vaccinology course. INDVAC has trained 535 participants from 34 countries since 2010, equipping immunization officers, researchers, pediatricians, and public health professionals with the expertise to assess evidence, shape vaccine policy, and deliver vaccination programs.
Research Support In 2025, the Foundation supported CMC with more than $50,000 to advance CMC’s research mission. The Core Research Grant Competition awarded seed funding to promising junior faculty proposals, selected through CMC’s Institutional Review Board and Research Funding Committee. Annual Research Day brought together researchers across medicine, nursing, allied health, and bioengineering to present findings and compete for awards. Research training workshops in good clinical research practices, manuscript writing, and grant writing strengthened the skills of early-career investigators. Travel grants supported conference participation, and publication fees ensured CMC’s findings reached high-impact journals worldwide.
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LCECU Chronic Patient Registry Launched in July 2025, the Foundationsupported Low-Cost-Effective Care Unit (LCECU) Chronic Patient Registry is a three-year initiative to build a comprehensive health database for lowresourced urban communities in Vellore. Built on REDCap, a research-grade platform from Vanderbilt University, the registry tracks chronic disease patients, coordinates cancer care, supports antenatal and pediatric health, and generates data for future research. In its first year, the program enabled LCECU to treat 155 patients in tertiary care covering specialised surgeries, procedures and ICU admissions.
Neuro Oncology Database The Foundation funded NEUROHUB, a new five-year neuro-oncology database at CMC designed to advance research for malignant brain lesions, improve personalized treatment planning, and support clinical trials for new therapies. Trained data professionals ensure accurate, comprehensive entry of clinical data in accordance with the study protocol. In its first year, 223 neurosurgery and radiation therapy patients were successfully entered into the database. This database serves as a critical resource for research that can reshape how brain cancer is diagnosed and treated.
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Person-to-Person Fund The Person-to-Person (PTP) Fund represents CMC’s commitment to immediate, life-saving assistance for patients facing critical healthcare needs and financial hardship. In 2025, the Foundation supported 182 patients through the PTP fund. The fund supported patients who received lifesaving care across the pediatric, ophthalmology, ENT, orthopedic, and general medicine departments. D*, a 29-year-old from Vellore, worked in housekeeping to support his wife, young child, and elderly parents until debilitating stomach pain left him unable to eat. CMC’s gastroenterology team diagnosed a serious blockage requiring surgery. The PTP fund covered his care and he is recovering well.
M* had a major crisis during her first pregnancy when a fall caused a brain bleed. Her husband earned 15,000 rupees a month and had saved 50,000 rupees for the delivery, but the costs far exceeded their savings. PTP covered her C-section while CMC’s charitable funds supported her brain surgery and rehabilitation. “I will never forget this extraordinary help,” says M*.
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2025 Financials Statement of Activities Revenue Charitable Contributions, Gifts, and Grants
2025
2024
Alumni
$468,275
$465,514
U.S. Faith-Based Community
$84,501
$130,760
Friends of CMC
$426,120
$561,050
Board Members
$584,742
$521,517
Public & Private Sector Grants
$11,791,526
$7,197,969
Special Events & Other Income
$129,465
$176,565
$13,484,629
$9,053,375
2025
2024
$12,593,659
$7,994,558
Fundraising
$224,333
$168,419
Management & General
$186,326
$263,025
$13,004,318
$8,426,002
2025
2024
Total Contributions, Gifts, and Grants
Expenses
Operating Expenses Program Support
Total Operating Expenses
Statement of Financial Position Assets Cash and Cash Equivalents
$399,267
$342,216
$12,863,558
$11,654,265
Pledges
$108,644
$250,002
Prepaid Interest & Other Assets
$55,931
$18,457
Property and Equipment, net
$3,999
$3,090
$13,431,399
$12,268,030
2025
2024
Accounts Payable
$85,033
$79,266
Accrued Expenses
$61,861
$57,892
$138,538 $285,432
$142,310 $279,468
$6,555,581
$5,842,438
Investments
Total Assets
Liabilities & Net Assets Liabilities
Loan Payable Total Liabilities Net Assets Without Donor Restrictions With Donor Restrictions
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$6,590,386
$6,146,124
Total Net Assets
$13,145,967
$11,988,562
Total Liabilities and Net Assets
$13,431,399
$12,268,030
Annual Charitable Contributions
$13.3M
CMC Program Support $12.2M
$14M
$12M
$12M $9.1M
$10M
$10M
$8M
$8M
$8M $5.1M
$4.6M
$6M $4M
$2M
$1.2M
$684K
$2M $0
2018
2020
2022
2024
$14M
2018
2025
Foundation Net Assets
$6M $4M
$2M
2020
$2M 2022
2024
2025
$0
Contributions by Donor Type $13,404,342
$11,988,562 $9,445,939 $9,611,156 $6,812,467
2018
2020
2022
2024
2025
Expense Allocations
2018
30%
Admin Overhead
2025
70%
Program Support
3%
Admin Overhead
97%
Program Support
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Awards + Events 2025 EISRE Awards The Foundation honored its 2025 Excellence in Service, Research, and Education (EISRE) Award recipients at the CMC Alumni Reunion (GOTC) in Dallas, Texas on June 20th. Each awardee embodies CMC’s mission and dedication to service, research, and education. Dr. Honorine Ward (Batch of 1969) (pictured top) received the EISRE Award in Medicine. Dr. Margaret Kamalini Kumar (Batch of 1963) (pictured bottom) received the EISRE Award in Nursing. Dr. Preethy Samuel (Batch of 1998) (pictured right) received the EISRE Award in Allied Health.
‘Edison to India’ 5K The inaugural ‘Edison to India’ 5K Dash-or-Dally in Edison, New Jersey, brought together 124 runners and walkers, 21 local business sponsors, and community partners including the United Methodist Foundation and the Reformed Church in America. Edison Mayor Sam Joshi and Chamber of Commerce President Joe Coyle joined to support the event. The Foundation raised nearly $50,000 in its inaugural 5K charitable event. Through its meaningful collaboration with Pastor Chuck Coblentz, members of the New Dover United Methodist Church, and the Edison community, the Foundation is eager to develop this activity into an annual event.
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Scudder Humanitarian Oration Dr. Ravi Kannan, Director of Cachar Cancer Hospital and Research Centre (CCHRC) in Assam, was the distinguished honoree at the 14th Dr. Ida S. Scudder Humanitarian Oration, held on September 25, 2025 at CMC. The annual event celebrated Dr. Ida S. Scudder’s legacy of compassion and CMC’s continuing mission to serve the underserved. In his speech, Dr. Kannan reflected on the guiding question: “Are we truly relevant to the communities we serve?” He reminded the audience that compassion, equity, and innovation should be woven into every decision to ensure that care remains relevant to the communities that are served.
125th Anniversary On November 6, 2025, the Foundation and the Reformed Church in America Global Mission co-hosted A Century and Beyond: Honoring the Mission Legacy of Dr. Ida Scudder at the Interchurch Center in New York City. This evening celebrated 125 years of CMC and the 150th jubilee of the RCA's Woman's Board of Foreign Missions, the organization that helped sustain Ida's earliest work. Renee Scudder, Ida S. Scudder's great-grand niece and Chief Strategy Officer at the Northbridge Companies, offered personal reflections on her ancestor's legacy. "Aunt Ida has been inspiring me since I was a young girl," she said, "and she does today." Renee recounted stories of Ida's determination including her ninety-mile bicycle ride from Philadelphia to New York to join Cornell Medical School's first class to admit women. The evening also featured a reading and book signing of Ida and the Three Visitors, a new children’s book by Eric and Meredith Schrotenboer, designed to inspire young readers to find their own mission of service.
“Aunt Ida has been inspiring me since I was a young girl – and she does today.” —Renee Scudder, Board Member, Scudder Association Foundation
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Our Donors Aunt Ida Angels $100,000+
Service Champions $25,000—$99,999
Drs. C.J. & Saramma J. Alexander (‘60) Gates Foundation The Six Four Foundation Dr. Bobby Thomas (‘65)
United Methodist Women in Faith Dr. Khem Fatimi (‘59) The Scudder Association Foundation Inc Dr. Gagandeep Kang (‘81)
Mr. Jitender Palla Mr. Pravin K.& Dr. Suja Santiago Drs. Ajith & Anila Thomas (‘85, ‘86)
Purposeful Patrons $10,000—$24,999 General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists Bethany Memorial Reformed Church Thomas Family Foundation Dr. John Jayachandran (‘84) Mr. Ramesh Kar Dr. Manju & Sanjay Kalra (‘74) Mr. Nitish Korula Dr. Mrinalini Matcha (‘87)
Drs. Bibhuti & Lopa Mishra (‘71) Dr. Jyothsna Narla Dr. Kalpana Nathan (‘79) Mr. Binu Varughese & Dr. Lisa Nowell Dr. Daniel Perli (‘01) Dr. Sunita Pereira (‘75) Mr. John & Ms. Siri Quitmeyer Drs. Haran Ramachandran & Madhumathi Rao (‘75)
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Benevolent Benefactors $5,000—$9,999 Reformed Church in America Dr. Niranjan Bose Dorothy C. Wilson Estate Dr. Aruna David (‘84) Dr. Arputharaj H. Kore (‘73) Dr. Mercy Kuriyan (‘63) Mr. Chacko Kurian Drs. Raj & Tina Narayan (‘69, ‘73)
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Charitable Advocates $2,500—$4,999 Dr. Elizabeth Balraj (‘57) Drs. Ashrito K. & Usha Dayal (‘71, ‘75) Dr. Premkumar Devanbu Global Ministries/UCC/Disciples Dr. Anindya Dutta (‘75) The Madelon Global Health Foundation Mr. Rajagopal Ganesan Dr. & Mrs. Gurdev Garewal (‘58) Dr. Romani George (‘81)
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Compassionate Friends $500—$2,499 Dr. Varkey Abraham (‘55) Drs. S. V. & Esther Ariathurai (‘69) Dr. Jaya Asirvatham (‘56) Mr. Albert & Ms. Katherine Bauman Dr. Utpala Bandyopadhyay (‘68) Dr. Monika Bhola (‘78) Mr. Robert Bolton The Estate of Edith E. Buhler Dr. Neville Carmical Drs. Abraham F. & Sarah Cher (‘71) Mr. Michael Chiorazzi Ms. Shalini Cornelio Ms. Eleanor Cunningham Ms. Nirmala David Ms. Vasantha C.Daniel Dr. & Mrs. Pourushasp J. Dhabhar (‘65) Drs. Prakash Balasubramanian & Amitha Domalpally (‘92) Drs. Ranjan & Shahnaz Duara (‘66, ‘69) Scaria Philip Family Ms. Maureen Ferrari Ms. Phyllis Ferrier E. Irene Boardman Foundation Milton Davis Jr. Charitable Foundation Dr. Jane Von Gaudecker (‘93) Dr. George V. George (‘66) Mr. Mathew George Ms. Renuka George Dr. Roshny George (‘91) Mr. Jack Gillmar Dr. Suganthi Z. Walter Gnanadoss (‘75) Dr. Sarla & Mr. Daniel Gnanamuthu (‘56) Mr. Ebenezer Gnanamanickam Mr. Mukesh Harisinghani Dr. Manorama Hermon (‘67)
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Dr. John Paul Drs. Honorine Ward & Shiv Pillai (‘69) Mrs. Carolyn K. Pollock Dr. & Mrs. N. Sri Prakash (‘65) Revs. Paul & Esther Rajashekar Dr. Krishna Rajamani (‘75) Mr. Sudhakar & Ms. Heather Rajamoney (‘89) Mrs. Sheila Rajan Dr. Anooradha Raman (‘85) Dr. Nalinakshi Rangala (‘58) Mr. Timothy Rude Dr. Trilochan Sahoo Mr. Gautam Sajeev Mr. Samuel Satyanathan Rev. Dr. Byron Shafer Drs. Samson Jesudass & Anita Sharan (‘85, ‘87) Dr. Kirti Shetty (‘83) Mr. Sarabdeep Singh Mr. Frederic Smies Mr. Michael Stein Mr. John & Mrs. Reiko Stevens Dr. Kanta SubbaRao (‘75) Drs. Kalindi & Cherian Thomas (‘61, ‘60) Dr. Mariamma Thomas (‘51) Mr. Vivek Thomas Dr. Vimala Thamburaj (‘66) Dr. & Mrs.Norman Thoms Ms. Jancy Varughese Mr. Ruby Victor Mr. Kishore Vuyyuru Ms. Anna Watkins Dr. Julia Wattacheril Ms. Milicent K.Wewerka Dr. Rachel & Kunju Zachariah (‘55)
At the Foundation, we cherish all of our supporters, and you can be assured that we act as responsible stewards of the valuable resources we receive from our donors. Photo: Mahatma Gandhi visiting CMC Vellore in 1928.
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On the Horizon Care for the Future: The Pediatric Specialty Centre For nearly a century, CMC has been a place of last resort and first hope for children with conditions too complex for other hospitals to treat. Pediatric care at CMC began in 1928 with a single children’s ward. Today, CMC’s Department of Child Health sees more than 170,000 young patients a year across 12 advanced subspecialties, and the demand continues to outpace capacity. This is about to change. A new 350-bed Pediatric Specialty Center is nearing completion at CMC’s Ranipet Campus, on track to open in 2026. When its doors open, it will bring together the full range of CMC’s pediatric expertise under one roof: oncology, nephrology, neurology, gastroenterology, infectious
diseases, emergency medicine, endocrinology, rheumatology, respiratory care, developmental pediatrics, and more. There will be a dedicated ICU, advanced diagnostics, and training facilities for the next generation of specialists. The Pediatric Specialty Center will act as a beacon of hope for children in need. This includes children who arrive without a diagnosis and families who are lower resourced. All of them will find the same thing CMC patients have found for 125 years: a door that is open, and a team that does not turn anyone away.
The Pediatric Specialty Center was made possible through a major gift from Quess Corp and The Six Four Foundation, a foundation funded through the operations of Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited.
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“This has been a dream years in the making. With the Pediatric Specialty Center, Fairfax and Quess are proud to have contributed to the building of an institution which is for posterity — something that has the potential to impact the way healthcare for children is looked at in India.” —Prem Watsa, Chairman and CEO, Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd. and Ajit Isaac, Chairman, Quess Corp
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Members of the Foundation Individual Varkey K. Abraham, MD C.J. & Saramma J. Alexander, PhD/MD Mariam Priya Alexander, MD Pavan Bhargava, MD Bobby Cherayil, MD Abraham F. & Sarah Cheriyan, MD Rev. Chuck Coblentz Vasantha C. Daniel Rev. Lisa Durkee Robert H. Fish Mary Ganguli, MD Jane Von Gaudecker, PhD Roshny George, MD Meredith Hawkins, MD Pothen Jacob Diane Jedlicka, MD Sajiv & Reena John, MD Albert Johnson, MD Gagandeep Kang, MD Cyrus & Shanta Kapadia, MD Robert Liberatore Divya Mallam, MD Krishen Mehta
Institutional Arjun & Renu Mohandas, MD Tina Narayan, MD John J. Paul, PhD Thomas Philips, PhD Catherine Poornaselvan, MSc Siri Quitmeyer Puthucode N. Rajamani Lalitha Rambhala, MD Rev. Sarosh Koshy, PhD Kirti Shetty, MD Rev Chandra Soans Jane P. Srinivasan, MD John Stevens, III Susan Swanson Mark W. Tibbetts, PhD Nina Totenburg Rev. Mienda Uriarte Robin Varghese, MD Ajit & Nissi Varki, MD George Varughese Abraham Verghese, MD Christine Wanke Elise Youth, PhD
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Foundation Leadership President & Chief Executive Officer John A. Riehl
Director of Donor Development Mabel Haro
Director of Operations Rekha Gupta Menon
Director of Church Relations Deepika Srivastava
Associate Director of Donor Engagement Akriti Jha