NonprofitsPhysicians Committee For Responsible Medicine Inc

Health Care

Physicians Committee For Responsible Medicine Inc

WASHINGTON, DC

Total revenue

$21.9M

Total expenses

$20.3M

Net assets

$14.4M

Grants received

$13.2M

369 grants

EIN

521394893

Tax year

2023

Mission

The Physicians Committee promotes preventive medicine, particularly good nutrition, conducts clinical research, and encourages higher standards for ethics and effectiveness in research.

Programs

2 programs

Nutrition Education Nutrition experts grew a variety of educational programs to promote plant-based diets for health. To educate clinicians, the Nutrition Guide for Clinicians, a diagnostic and treatment mobile application, reached 6,470 new users, with nearly 67,000 total users to date. NutritionCME.org brought in 3,637 health care professionals through novel and practical educational content, and we provided lectures at 18 medical, nursing, and dental schools, reaching 893 students. The clinician referral network brought in 101 new providers, for a total of 550 worldwide, and we launched a new dietitian referral program with more than 70 plant-based registered dietitians. The Lets Beat Breast Cancer campaign added 45 events in communities across the country, gaining media attention in 52 media articles with a reach of 151 million. The bilingual 21-Day Vegan Kickstart mobile application reached 22,800 people with menus, recipes, education, and cooking videos to support individuals transitioning to a plant-based diet. Our new multilingual One Healthy World program reached more than 400,000 people across the world in English, French, and Spanish languages. In India we held 24 in-person and virtual lunch-and-learn events reaching 3,500 people. In China, we reached more than 35,560 people, including 2,400 health care professionals, through a total of 218 lectures across 70 cities. The Food for Life nutrition and cooking program, via our global network of nearly 440 instructors and institutions, reached nearly 18,300 students through nearly 3,000 individual classes.

Expenses: $4.1MGrants: $96K

CommunicationsWorking with physicians, health experts, and celebrities who serve as spokespeople, we inform, persuade, and inspire readers through strategic media relations, social media, digital communications, print publications, and advertisements. Our work was featured in traditional news outlets including The New York Times, Newsweek, The Washington Post, BBC, The Los Angeles Times, NPR, The Mirror, New York Daily News, Forbes, United Press International, Medical Xpress, Healio, Womans World, U.S. News and World Report, ABC News, CBS News, Fox News, NBC News, Business Insider India, and many more. Our doctor-authored op-eds have been published in major newspapers including South Florida Sun Sentinel, Albany Times Union, Colorado Newsline, and Lansing State Journal. Print and online news coverage generated 3,699 news articles for a total engagement (number of times a link was shared, commented on, or liked on social media) of 275,880 and an average unique visitors per month of 4.4 million. Our social media content created conversations daily among more than 1.8 million followers on 16 social media accounts. In FY 2024, 20 million accounts were reached across Meta platforms and Twitter. YouTube's following grew to 468.4K, up 45K subscribers from the previous year, and our videos were viewed 8 million times. The Exam Room Podcast was downloaded more than 3.5 million times on podcast platforms in FY 2024 and nearly 20 million from its launch in 2018. Our website received 4,712,530 total page views in FY 2024. We completed more than 900 separately tracked print and display materials, promotional merchandise, and electronic graphics and e-publications. Good Medicine, the Physicians Committees 24-page magazine, keeps members informed and involved. Four issues of Good Medicine were published in FY 2024. Total print distribution was 325,841.

Expenses: $3.7M

Financials

FY 2023

Revenue

Contributions & grants$20.7M
Program service revenue$605K
Investment income$764K
Other revenue
Total revenue$21.9M

Expenses

Grants paid$475K
Salaries & benefits$9.9M
Fundraising$2.9M
Other expenses$9.9M
Total expenses$20.3M
Total assets$31.5M
Net assets$14.4M

People

11 listed

NameRoleCompensation

Betsy Wason

Sec/Sr VP Drv

Board

$126K

38 hrs/wk

Mark Sklar MD

Director

Board

0

Barbara Wasserman MD

Treasurer

Board

0

Neal D Barnard MD

President

Board

37 hrs/wk

Ruby Lathon Phd

Director

Board

0

Mindy Kursban ESQ

Chair

Board

0

Hana Kahleova MD PhD

Dir Clinical Res.

Staff

$194K

40 hrs/wk

John Pippin MD

Dir academic affrs

Staff

$151K

40 hrs/wk

Stephen Kane CPA

Sr VP of finance

Staff

$129K

37 hrs/wk

Stacey Glaeser

Sr VP Human Res

Staff

$125K

38 hrs/wk

Dania DePas MA

VP of Communicatio

Staff

$121K

40 hrs/wk

Independent contractors

Lautman Maska Neill & Co

membership development

$316K

Excel Mailing Srvc

printing mailing service

$287K

Evans & Page

legal services

$279K

Sheridan Random Lake Inc

printing mailing service

$170K

National Outdoor Media

Advertising service

$161K

Grants received

Showing 200 of 369

FromAmountPurposeYear
$50K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$38K
GENERAL OPERATIONAL SUPPORT
2024
$34K
FOR GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$28K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$25K
UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$17K
SUSTAINING SUPPORT
2024
$15K
ENVIRONMENT AND ANIMALS
2024
$14K
HEALTH, GENERAL
2024
$13K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$12K
MEDICAL / PUBLIC SERVICES
2024
$10K
GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES
2024
$10K
GENERAL OPERATING PURPOSES
2024
$10K
FOR PROGRAM EXPENSES
2024
$8K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$8K
CHARITABLE GIFT
2024
$6K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2024
$6K
To support the participation of applicants who are in need of financial assistance to attend PCRM's Summer Immersion Innovative Approaches in Science
2024
$3K
GENERAL PURPOSE
2024
$2K
FUNDS FOR DISCRETIONARY USE
2024
$1K
HUMANITARIAN
2024
$1K
GENERAL PURPOSES
2024
$1K
CLINICAL RESEARCH IN PEDIATRIC INTENSIVE CARE UNITS
2024
$1K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$1K
MEDICAL & HEALTH
2024
$500
GENERAL OPERATIONS
2024
$460
MATCHING CONTRIBUTION (GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT)
2024
$400
TO FURTHER THE CHARITABLE PURPOSE
2024
$250
MEDICAL TREATMENTS
2024
$200
MATCHING GIFTS
2024
$200
ANIMAL WELFARE
2024
$145
GENERAL OPERATING PURPOSE
2024
$100
EXEMPT PURPOSE
2024
$53
GENERAL PURPOSE
2024
$50
EMPLOYEE DONATION MATCH
2024
$30
GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$622K
General support
2023
$591K
FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2023
$500K
Toxicology Program
2023
$454K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2023
$100K
General support for programs, operations and other charitable purposes
2023
$63K
HEALTH, GENERAL
2023
$60K
PROMOTES PREVENTIVE MEDICINE, PARTICULARLY GOOD NUTRITION, CONDUCTS CLINICAL RESEARCH, AND ENCOURAGES HIGHER STANDARDS FOR ETHICS AND EFFECTIVENESS IN RESEARCH.
2023
$50K
A GRANT FROM THE MARY RUTH WEISEL FOUNDATION WILL PROVIDE CRUCIAL SUPPORT FOR THE FOLLOWING: 1) CAMPAIGNS TO END LIVE ANIMAL "LABS" IN WHICH ANIMALS ARE SUBJECTED TO INVASIVE PROCEDURES TO TRAIN PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS IN POST-GRADUATE RESIDENCY PROGRAMS; AND TERMINAL SURGERY LABS IN U.S. AND CANADIAN VETERINARY SCHOOLS IN WHICH PERFECTLY HEALTHY DOGS ARE OPERATED ON AND THEN, KILLED TO TRAIN STUDENTS; 2) EXPERIMENTS THAT SUBJECT ANIMALS TO PROFOUND PAIN AND SUFFERING TO TEST NEW CHEMICALS, DRUGS, AND CONSUMER PRODUCTS - REPLACING THEM WITH MODERN, NONANIMAL TEST METHODS; 3) ONLINE AND IN-PERSON TRAININGS FOR SCIENTISTS IN HOW TO USE ALTERNATIVES TO ANIMALS TO STUDY PRODUCT SAFETY AND THE ETIOLOGY AND TREATMENT OF DISEASE, AS WELL AS THE PUBLICATION OF PEER REVIEWED SCIENTIFIC PAPERS AND PRESENTATIONS AT INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCES.
2023
$50K
FIGHTING COVID-19 WITH FOOD, OFFERING ONLINE COURSES IN MORE HEALTHFULNESS PLANT-BASED DIETS TO PEOPLE MOST SUSCEPTIBLE TO COVID AND OTHER DIET-BASED DISEASES.
2023
$50K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$34K
FOR GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$27K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$24K
Operating Support/Annual Fund
2023
$20K
Medical Research
2023
$20K
UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$17K
GENERAL OPERATIONAL SUPPORT
2023
$15K
ENVIRONMENT AND ANIMALS
2023
$14K
UNRESTRICTED USE
2023
$11K
GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES
2023
$10K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$10K
ANIMAL-RELATED
2023
$10K
FOR GENERAL SUPPORT.
2023
$10K
PROVIDE GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2023
$10K
MEDICAL PREVENTION
2023
$10K
GENERAL OPERATING PURPOSES
2023
$10K
MEDICAL / PUBLIC SERVICES
2023
$8K
FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2023
$8K
CHARITABLE GIFT
2023
$6K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2023
$5K
FOR PROGRAM EXPENSES
2023
$5K
UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$5K
SAVING AND IMPROVING HUMAN AND ANIMAL LIVES
2023
$5K
GENERAL PURPOSE
2023
$5K
THE PHYSICIANS COMMITTEE PROMOTES PREVENTIVE MEDICINE, PARTICULARLY GOOD NUTRITION, CONDUCTS CLINICAL RESEARCH, AND ENCOURAGES HIGHER STANDARDS FOR ETHICS AND EFFECTIVENESS IN RESEARCH
2023
$5K
ALTERNATIVE ANTI-BODIES
2023
$2K
FUNDS FOR DISCRETIONARY USE
2023
$2K
RESEARCH & ADVOCACY ON SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE, GLOBAL WARMING, NUCLEAR POWER
2023
$2K
RESEARCH & ADVOCACY ON SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE, GLOBAL WARMING, NUCLEAR POWER
2023
$1K
GENERAL
2023
$1K
MEDICAL TREATMENTS
2023
$1K
FOR DONEE'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2023
$1K
GENERAL OPERATIONS
2023
$1K
CLINICAL RESEARCH IN PEDIATRIC INTENSIVE CARE UNITS
2023
$1K
DIRECT AID TO NEEDY
2023
$1K
Research
2023
$600
ANIMAL WELFARE
2023
$500
UNRESTRICTED
2023
$500
TO PROMOTE PREVENTIVE MEDICINE THROUGH INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS
2023
$465
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2023
$360
EXEMPT PURPOSE
2023
$300
FOR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2023
$250
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$200
GENERAL OPERATIONS.
2023
$150
ANIMAL WELFARE
2023
$150
CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTION TO SAVE AND IMPROVE HUMAN AND ANIMAL LIVES THROUGH PLAN BASED DIETS AND ETHICAL SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH
2023
$125
EXEMPT PURPOSE
2023
$118
EMPLOYEE MATCHING
2023
$100
TO AID THE DONEE ORGANIZATION IN CARRYING OUT THEIR EXEMPT FUNCTIONS.
2023
$100
EXEMPT PURPOSE
2023
$100
OPERATIONS EXPENSE
2023
$90
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$90
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$90
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$60
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$53
GENERAL PURPOSE
2023
$30
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$25
HEALTH - GENERAL AND REHABILITATIVE
2023
$25
MATCHING GIFTS
2023
$608K
FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2022
$500K
Toxicology Program
2022
$377K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2022
$365K
General support
2022
$100K
General Operating Support
2022
$55K
ANIMAL-RELATED
2022
$50K
FIGHTING COVID-19 WITH FOOD, OFFERING ONLINE COURSES IN MORE HEALTHFULNESS PLANT-BASED DIETS TO PEOPLE MOST SUSCEPTIBLE TO COVID AND OTHER DIET-BASED DISEASES.
2022
$50K
PROMOTES PREVENTIVE MEDICINE, PARTICULARLY GOOD NUTRITION, CONDUCTS CLINICAL RESEARCH, AND ENCOURAGES HIGHER STANDARDS FOR ETHICS AND EFFECTIVENESS IN RESEARCH.
2022
$50K
GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES
2022
$40K
Operating Support/Annual Fund
2022
$31K
FOR GENERAL SUPPORT
2022
$25K
ANIMAL RESCUE
2022
$25K
ADVISED - FOR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT.
2022
$18K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2022
$17K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2022
$15K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2022
$14K
ANIMAL RELATED
2022
$13K
SUSTAINING SUPPORT
2022
$13K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2022
$11K
GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES
2022
$11K
IN FURTHERANCE OF GRANTEE'S TAX-EXEMPT PURPOSE
2022
$10K
ENVIRONMENT, ANIMALS
2022
$10K
GENERAL OPERATING PURPOSES
2022
$10K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2022
$10K
ANIMAL-RELATED
2022
$8K
HEALTH, GENERAL
2022
$8K
CHARITABLE GIFT
2022
$6K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2022
$6K
GENERAL OPERATIONAL SUPPORT
2022
$5K
SAVING AND IMPROVING HUMAN AND ANIMAL LIVES
2022
$5K
GENERAL DONATION FOR OPERATING PURPOSES
2022
$5K
FOR PROGRAM EXPENSES
2022
$5K
MEDICAL PREVENTION
2022
$5K
ALTERNATIVE ANTI-BODIES
2022
$5K
UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT
2022
$3K
TO SUPPORT THE COMMITTEE'S WORK OF CHANGING THE WAY DOCTORS TREAT CHRONCI DISEASES FOCUSING ON PREVENTION AND EMPOWERING PATIENTS OT TAKE CONTROL OF THEIR OWN HEALTH.
2022
$2K
MATCHING GIFTS
2022
$2K
CLINICAL RESEARCH IN PEDIATRIC INTENSIVE CARE UNITS
2022
$2K
MEDICAL TREATMENTS
2022
$2K
Research
2022
$1K
GENERAL
2022
$1K
GENERAL USE.
2022
$1K
TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO EXEMPT ORGANIZATION
2022
$1K
AN UNRESTRICTED GRANT TO FURTHER THE DONEE'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2022
$1K
DIRECT AID TO NEEDY
2022
$1K
HUMANE TREATMENT OF ANIMALS
2022
$500
UNRESTRICTED
2022
$400
EMPLOYEE GIVING PROGRAM
2022
$360
GENERAL SUPPORT
2022
$300
GENERAL OPERATIONS.
2022
$250
MATCHING GIFTS
2022
$200
CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTION TO SAVE AND IMPROVE HUMAN AND ANIMAL LIVES THROUGH PLAN BASED DIETS AND ETHICAL SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH
2022
$165
EXEMPT PURPOSE
2022
$150
EXEMPT PURPOSE
2022
$150
GENERAL SUPPORT
2022
$150
TO PROMOTE NON-ANIMAL METHODS IN RESEARCH AND EDUCATION
2022
$125
GENERAL SUPPORT
2022
$110
Advocate for ethical research, end animal cruelty, and promote plant-based nutrition.
2022
$100
EMPLOYEE DONATION MATCH
2022
$90
GENERAL SUPPORT
2022
$90
GENERAL SUPPORT
2022
$80
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2022
$50
VOLUNTEER PROGRAM
2022

Funded by

$13.2M from 139 funders · 369 grants · 2017–2024

The PCRM Foundation

$2.8M · 6 grants · 2018–2023

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

$2.4M · 8 grants · 2017–2023

Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc

$1.4M · 7 grants · 2017–2023

Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program

$1.4M · 4 grants · 2020–2023

Carroll Petrie Foundation

$1M · 2 grants · 2022–2023

American Online Giving Foundation Inc

$411K · 6 grants · 2019–2024

The Community Foundation For Greater

$218K · 5 grants · 2019–2024

The Connecticut Community Foundation

$210K · 7 grants · 2018–2024

Details

EIN521394893
NTEE codeE85Z
Subsection03
Ruling date1988-03
Formed1985
Employees104
Volunteers15
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