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Engineering Ministries International

Design a hospital you will never run

Architects, engineers, and surveyors join a one- to two-week trip to survey a site and produce a real construction design package for a hospital, school, or water system, then finish the drawings at home. Salaried eMi project managers carry the work between volunteer trips so nothing stalls.

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Why this is listed

Almost no short-term trip uses a professional's actual skill; this one uses nothing else, and the deliverable is a buildable design package rather than a photograph. Close to 800 projects in 80 countries since 1982 is the reason to trust the process.

How to start

  1. Open emiworld.org (opens an external site) and read what Engineering Ministries International says about itself before you read anything else.
  2. Check the time it asks for: weeks.
  3. Look at the filings below, then decide. Numbers are context, not a verdict.
  4. Tell your church. Going out is rarely meant to be done alone.

Public filings

Pulled live from ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer, which republishes IRS Form 990 data. Grain does not edit these figures.

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