2025-02-06T05:22:47-08:00 2024-07-31 521544293 ARKIN & LEARY PC 2200 RESEARCH BLVD STE 540 ROCKVILLE MD 20850 990 2023-08-01 521394893 Physicians Committee for Responsible Med PHYS 2026862210 5100 Wisconsin Avenue NW 400 Washington DC 20016 Betsy Wason Sec/Sr VP DEV 2025-02-05 true true Douglas P Arkin CPA P00579014 3013401550 2023 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z Neal D Barnard MD 5100 Wisconsin Avenue NW 400 Washington DC 20016 35261400 false X www.pcrm.org X 1985 DE The Physicians Committee promotes preventive medicine, particularly good nutrition, conducts clinical research, and encourages higher standards for ethics and effectiveness in research. 5 5 104 15 4067 3067 19386641 20721490 437995 604546 335663 763676 -342407 -225458 19817892 21864254 768087 475189 0 8764867 9928000 15001 15001 2894455 8919828 9865864 18467783 20284054 1350109 1580200 29642083 31494079 17034616 17139562 12607467 14354517 X The Physicians Committee promotes preventive medicine, particularly good nutrition, conducts clinical research, and encourages higher standards for ethics and effectiveness in research. false false 4707428 252019 5033 Research and Regulatory Affairs We promote human-specific, nonanimal approaches for use in research, testing, and education, through scientific support, policy change, and education and outreach. In fiscal year (FY) 2024, our scientists continued our work to overcome barriers to the uptake of nonanimal approaches. We provided input to relevant agencies through responses to requests for information, with notices in the Federal Register, and at agency meetings. To overcome bias in favor of animal use in research, our scientists continued leading a collaboration to provide evidence of the bias and implement strategies to overcome it. To promote human-based approaches, our scientists continued training established and early-career scientists via direct agency training, continuing education courses, a training program focused on human-based approaches for use in regulatory testing, supporting webinars for a scientific society, and our biennial summer program that covers human-based approaches in research and testing, reaching approximately 5,000 scientists live, and many more through recordings. To meet a need for training in non-English speaking countries, we launched a learning management system with translations in Spanish. We published on bias favoring the use of animals in research, xenotransplantation, in vitro methods, and computational modeling. To improve physician training, we continued our work to replace animals in residency training programs. Largely as a result of our work, 99% of surveyed advanced trauma life support programs in the U.S. and Canada use nonanimal, human-based training methods. In addition, 97% of emergency medicine programs in the U.S. and Canada no longer use animals, and nearly 80% of surgery programs have replaced animals. 4104397 95749 564003 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. 3731353 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. 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Endowment funds will be used to support the mission of Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, an organization described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Part X : FIN48 Footnote At July 31, 2024, and for the year then ended, The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, Inc. has determined that there were no material unrecognized/derecognized tax benefits, tax penalties or interest. No provision for income taxes has been made in the accompanying financial statements. At July 31, 2024, the tax filings that are subject to possible examination by major tax jurisdictions are for the years ended July 31, 2023, 2022 and 2021. true east asia and pacific 0 2 program serviceS See Part V 164235 south asia 0 2 program services See Part V 129747 4 4 293982 293982 Europe non-aminal research 40563 bio-tech, train fmv Europe non-animal research 34477 bio-tech, train fmv Europe non-animal research 46536 bio-tech, train fmv Europe non-animal research 61209 bio-tech, train fmv Europe non-animal research 21637 wire transfe North America plant-base research 100000 wire transfe 5 1 false false false false false false Part I, Line 2 - Grantmakers Explanation For Monitoring Use of Funds Outside US Grants made outside the U.S. are approved and monitored by a committee made up of Physicians Committees president and scientific, health, or other experts in the relevant field. Grantees are required to sign a comprehensive grant agreement detailing restrictions on the expenditure of grant funds, recordkeeping and periodic reporting requirements. The grant agreement states that any unspent or misspent funds must be returned to Physicians Committee. Part I, Line 3f - Method of Accounting accrual basis of accounting was used. 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As a result, not all of these costs reported on Schedule G will be reflected as fundraising services on Form 990, Part ix, line 11e, column D. amounts amounts amounts included included included Form 990 Form 990 Form 990 Part IX Part IX Part IX column B column C Column D totalOther services 95,659 -0- 113,890 209,549Printing & Publications 21,489 -0- 50,073 71,562Postage & shipping 4,352 -0- 3,093 7,445 --------- --------- -------- -------Total 121,501 -0- 167,055 288,556Part I, line 2b, column (v)The agreement between Newport One and Physicians Committee distinguishes between compensation for services directly provided by Newport One (which includes Account-Management and Strategy, Creative Services, Production Management and Digital Services) and payments to outside vendors (managed by Newport One) for printing, mail shop and postage. For fiscal year 2024 in addition to the $151,662 reported in Schedule G, Part I. Physicians Committee paid Newport One an additional $966,594 for printing, mail shop and postage services performed by outside vendors. true Los Angeles Unified School Di 333 South Beaudry Ave Los Angeles CA 90017 956001908 501(c)(3) 40000 0 soy milk taste tests Michigan State University 426 Auditorium Road East Lansing MI 48824 386092962 501(c)(3) 0 38845 FMV bio-technology & training promote non-animal research PCRM Clinic DBA Barnard Med 5100 Wisonsin Ave NW 401 Washington DC 20016 464057257 501(c)(3) 0 25134 FMV direct payment of clinic expenses general support Plant Pure Communities PO Box 387 Graham NC 27253 812017935 501(c)(3) 10000 0 General support 4 0 Grantmaker's Description of How Grants are Used The Physicians Committees board of directors approves grants to The PCRM Foundation to fund the Physicians Committee Endowment and grants to PCRM Clinic for direct Physicians Committee payment of PCRM Clinic expenses, as well as for professional and administrative services. Other grants, except as noted, are approved and monitored by a committee made up of the President and scientific, health, or other experts in the relevant field. Grantees are required to sign a comprehensive grant agreement. Sponsorship contributions to scientific and health-related conferences that support the mission of Physicians Committee are exempt from the approval and reporting process. X X X false false false false false false false false false Hana Kahleova MD PhD Dir Clinical Res. 194332 19006 213338 John Pippin MD Dir academic affrs 151482 4633 14062 170177 X 1 6500 fmv X 54 461618 fmv X 15 51469 fmv X Cookware 6 31128 fmv X cooking equip 22 7192 fmv X google adds 204224 311508 fmv false true true Form 990, Part III, Line 4d OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 4: 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. OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 5: Clinical Research We design and conduct clinical health and nutrition research studies, with the goal of motivating more attention in diet and prevention among health care professionals, medical researchers, policymakers, and patients. Research staff and colleagues published nine papers in peer-reviewed journals and presented their research at the American Diabetes Associations Scientific Sessions and at the International Symposium on Diabetes and Nutrition of the Diabetes and Nutrition Study Group of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes. We are continuing a clinical trial that tests the effects of a vegan diet in women with endometriosis and its ability to reduce pain. We are currently conducting a study in partnership with Blue Cross Blue Shield, tracking not only clinical outcomes, such as body weight and glycemic control, but also health care expenditures in people with type 2 diabetes. Our goal is to build upon the body of knowledge of the value of plant-based diets and generate wider acceptance, among the medical and scientific communities, policymakers, and the press, of the power of plant-based diets to prevent and treat disease. OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 6: Education and Policy We lead advocacy efforts to expand the adoption and availability of plant-based diets. We advocate in Congress to end the inequitable statutory barriers that prevent students from accessing nondairy milks at schools, increase the availability of plant-based school meals, and push back against the dairy industrys efforts to force schools to serve dairy. We empower physicians, clinicians, and students to ensure their voices are heard on the need for better nutrition. We advocate to revise the Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA) to end its unnecessary promotion of meat and dairy. We work alongside Native American tribal governments to ensure federal agencies consult with tribes regarding the DGA. At the state level, our advocacy resulted in the first-of-its-kind resource in New York State, which will ensure the state informs physicians about continuing medical education opportunities in nutritionincluding plant-based diets. We also advocate at the federal and state level to encourage the funding, development, and implementation of human-relevant, nonanimal methods in medical research, education, and product testing. In Congress, our advocacy helped to secure funding in the FY2024 spending bill for the Food and Drug Administrations initiatives to reduce animal testing, among other provisions supporting human-based testing at the agency. We also helped secure report language to encourage the National Institutes of Health to develop guidance for the use of cephalopods in research, and opposed efforts to expand the agencys primate research. At the state level, we worked with legislators in Michigan to support legislation that would prohibit painful experiments on dogs and cats and advocated for a new law in Virginia to create a task force to explore greater transparency of state-funded animal research. Physicians Committee president Neal Barnard, MD, FACC, oversaw clinical research studies and medical education programs, including the International Conference on Nutrition in Medicine. He presented at medical schools and hospitals and conducted interviews to educate listeners about healthful nutrition and modern ethical research methods. The Physicians Committees e-commerce and fulfillment operation provides educational literature and merchandise on nutrition and disease prevention to its members, the health care community, and the public. In FY 2024, we had 689 new customers, 5,000 pieces of literature were downloaded from our website, and we fulfilled more than 1,200 physical orders of 46,394 pieces of literature and merchandise (books, DVDs, educational posters, etc.) to locations around the globe. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 7a The membership (of which there is only one class) has the right to elect or appoint the governing body. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 7b The membership (of which there is only one class) has the right to approve the board's decision to amend the articles of incorporation and amend the bylaws. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b Before it is filed, a Draft copy of Form 990 is sent to each member of the board. The Form 990 is accompanied by a letter illuminating the most important information on Form 990 and addressing any potential difficulties or controversies (if any). The letter asks each board member to respond by a date certain if they have any questions or input regarding Form 990. Also before it is filed, a representative from the preparers audit firm will review Form 990 with the Form 990 Review Committee, which consists of members of the audit committee and the Senior Vice President of Legal Affairs. Upon unanimous approval of the draft 990 by individuals noted above, and after addressing any concerns and/or other input, and obtaining approval, from the full board, Form 990 is filed with the I.R.S. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c Each year board members and key employees are required to complete a detailed questionnaire designed to help them determine whether they have a conflict of interest. The board reviews the completed questionnaires, along with the conflict of interest policy, together annually. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15a Dr. Barnards (President of Physicians Committee) compensation was determined as follows: During a regular meeting the Physicians Committee's board reviewed data, including published salary surveys and compensation data from Form 990s from other charitable organizations, reflecting comparable compensation for similarly qualified persons in functionally comparable positions at similarly situated organizations. Dr. Barnard was then asked to temporarily leave the meeting, at which time the remaining independent board members discussed whether Dr. Barnards compensation is objectively reasonable, and upon finding it to be so, the board officially approved Dr. Barnards compensation. The deliberation and decision were contemporaneously substantiated. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15b BETSY WASON'S (PHYSICIANS COMMITTEES Senior VICE PRESIDENT of DEVELOPMENT) COMPENSATION WAS DETERMINED AS FOLLOWS: DURING A REGULAR MEETING THEPHYSICIANS COMMITTEE'S BOARD REVIEWED DATA, INCLUDING PUBLISHED SALARY SURVEYS ANDCOMPENSATION DATA FROM FORM 990S FROM OTHER CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS, REFLECTINGCOMPARABLE COMPENSATION FOR SIMILARLY QUALIFIED PERSONS IN FUNCTIONALLY COMPARABLEPOSITIONS AT SIMILARLY SITUATED ORGANIZATIONS. MS. WASON WAS THEN ASKED TO TEMPORARILY LEAVE THE MEETING, AT WHICH TIME THE REMAINING INDEPENDENT BOARD MEMBERS DISCUSSED WHETHER MS. WASONS COMPENSATION IS OBJECTIVELY REASONABLE, AND UPON FINDING IT TO BE SO, THE BOARD OFFICIALLY APPROVED MS. WASONS COMPENSATION. THE DELIBERATION AND DECISION WERE CONTEMPORANEOUSLY SUBSTANTIATED. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 PHYSICIANS COMMITTEES AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, FORM 990, FORM 990-T AND FORM 1023 ARE AVAILABLE BY REQUEST. THE AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND FORM 990 ARE ALSO AVAILABLE ON ITS OWN WEBSITE AT WWW.PCRM.ORG. PHYSICIANS COMMITTEES FORM 990 IS ALSO AVAILABLE ON OTHER SITES SUCH AS WWW.GUIDESTAR.ORG. PHYSICIANS COMMITTEE MAKES ITS CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY AND OTHER GOVERNING DOCUMENTS AVAILABLE ON AN AS NEEDED BASIS, SUBJECT TO THE DISCRETION OF THE ORGANIZATION. 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