2024-01-25T10:39:22-08:00 2023-07-31 521544293 ARKIN & LEARY PC 2200 RESEARCH BLVD STE 540 ROCKVILLE MD 20850 990 2022-08-01 521394893 Physicians Committee for Responsible Med PHYS 2026862210 5100 Wisconsin Avenue NW 400 Washington DC 20016 Betsy Wason Secretary/Sr VP Dev 2024-01-25 true Betsy Wason 999009999 true Douglas P Arkin CPA P00579014 3013401550 2 AAL1 IAL1 FAL1 2022 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z Neal D Barnard MD 5100 Wisconsin Avenue NW 400 Washington DC 20016 28396581 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 99 9 0 701 16426634 19386641 187010 437995 -82751 335663 -187358 -342407 16343535 19817892 1446198 768087 0 7811886 8764867 15001 15001 2635412 8109776 8919828 17382861 18467783 -1039326 1350109 15803422 29642083 4743563 17034616 11059859 12607467 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 4493406 5140 11367 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 FY 2023, our scientists continued our work to overcome barriers to uptake of nonanimal approaches. We provided input to relevant agencies through responses to requests for information, and notices in the Federal Register. To overcome bias toward animal use in research, our scientists established an international collaboration to provide evidence of the bias and implement strategies to overcome it. Our toxicologists actively promote the development and implementation of nonanimal-based tests for product testing, including through training established and early-career scientists. In FY 2023, we published a manuscript on reducing animal use in carcinogenicity studies. We presented to two federal agency advisory committees on the evaluation and integration of nonanimal approaches. We held 29 individual training sessions that included more than 6,000 scientists and professionals attending live, then offered the recordings for free in order to reach many more. To improve physician training, we work to replace animals in residency training programs. As a result of our work, only seven of 292 surveyed emergency medicine residencies in the US and Canada continue to use animals. In FY 2023, we launched new campaigns by filing federal complaints to challenge the use of live animals for medical training at three schools. We held four physician-led demonstrations and also posted advertisements targeting seven institutions. We ended animal use for medical or veterinary training at two schoolsthe University of California-Davis and Colorado State University. 3438246 31315 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 Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, Associated Press, CNN, CNBC, Fox News, Reuters, New York Post, Popular Science, The Guardian, and many more. Our doctor-authored op-eds have been published in major newspapers including the Omaha World-Herald and The Tennessean. Over an average 30-day period in 2023, we placed 816 articles with a total engagement of 33,580 (number of times a link was shared, commented on, or liked on social media networks). Our social media content created conversations daily among more than 1.8 million followers on 16 social media accounts. In FY 2023, 29 million accounts were reached across Meta platforms. YouTube's following grew to 430k, up 97.5k followers from the previous year, making it the highest-growing account, and we reached 14.9 million people. The Exam Room podcast was downloaded more than 5.4 million times in FY 2023 and 15 million from its 2018 launch through FY 2023. Our website received 5,597,685 total page views in FY 2023. We completed more than 800 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 2023. Total print distribution was 339,794. 3424928 25590 392104 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 5,849 new users, with nearly 61,000 total users to date. NutritionCME.org brought in 1,768 health care professionals through novel and practical educational content, and we provided lectures at 33 medical, nursing, and dental schools, reaching 2,300 students. The clinician referral network brought in 47 new providers, for a total of 449 worldwide. The Lets Beat Breast Cancer campaign launched, reaching thousands of new people through our online campaign along with weekly online education to spread the word about using four lifestyle steps to reduce breast cancer risk. 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. Online educational offerings allowed us to reach tens of thousands of people: The Fight Diabetes With Food program reached more than 7,000 live participants. One Healthy World, our new multilingual online program, reached more than 320,000 people across the world in English, French, and Spanish languages. In India we held 25 in-person and virtual lunch-and-learn events reaching 2,475 people. In China, we reached more than 11,200 people through a total of 106 lectures across 40 cities. The Food for Life nutrition and cooking program, via our global network of nearly 350 instructors and institutions, reached 16,500 students through nearly 1,800 individual classes. 3086782 740490 66670 14443362 true true false true false false false false false true true false false true true true false true false true true true false true true false false true false true false false false false false false false false true false false false false true true true false false true 59 0 true 99 true true true false false false false true true false 0 false false false false false false false X 5 5 false false false false true true true true true false false true true true true true true true true false AL AR CA FL GA HI IL KS KY MA MD MI MN MS NH NJ NM NY OR PA RI SC TN UT WI WV X X THE CORPORATION 2026862210 5100 Wisconsin Ave NW Suite 400 Washington DC 20016 X Hana Kahleova MD PhD Dir Clinical Res. 40.00 0.00 188650 0 16538 John Pippin MD Dir academic affrs 40.00 0.00 147634 0 15779 Stephen Kane CPA Sr VP of finance 37.00 3.00 123457 0 20901 Stacey Glaeser Sr VP Human Res 38.00 2.00 114675 0 15213 Betsy Wason Sec/Sr VP Drv 38.00 2.00 X 114414 0 3797 Saray Stancic Dir Medical Educat 40.00 0.00 111423 0 3627 Mindy Kursban ESQ Chair 0.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Ruby Lathon Phd Director 0.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Mark Sklar MD Director 0.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Barbara Wasserman MD Treasurer 0.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Neal D Barnard MD President 33.00 7.00 X X 0 0 0 800253 75855 10 false true false Excel Mailing Svc 6900 English Muffin Way Ste N Frederick MD 21703 print mailing service 585624 Lautman Maska Neill & Co 1730 RI Ave NW 301 Washington DC 20036 Membership Developme 344874 Evans & Page 2912 Diamond St Ste 346 San Francisco CA 94131 legal services 307422 Dataprise LLC PO Box 22645 New York NY 100872645 IT Systems network 278279 Sheridan Random Lake Inc 100 Industrial Dr Random Lake WI 53075 printing mailing service 156449 11 7232 75944 263992 19039473 584512 19386641 Service Income 561000 437995 437995 437995 349516 349516 0 9813 9813 428328 821035 -392707 -392707 -392707 7655915 7669768 -13853 -13853 -13853 10464 75944 70024 -59560 -59560 0 63567 17862 45705 45705 Other revenue 54342 54342 54342 19817892 469847 -38596 664087 664087 0 104000 104000 0 120547 60744 59803 0 6905104 5458239 713727 733138 165908 129762 18430 17716 1072019 865369 76015 130635 501289 394483 51116 55690 0 347107 345802 1305 54845 54845 261587 261587 15001 15001 0 1225151 1024167 21683 179301 857208 800743 56465 230970 224629 2123 4218 0 0 832036 665622 77310 89104 326763 298875 177 27711 0 443049 435139 7910 48976 48976 0 61618 56314 2477 2827 65617 58760 3203 3654 Printing and Publications 1452542 912603 14710 525229 Postage and Shipping 1006245 559005 672 446568 Electronic Communications Cost 535322 386039 60228 89055 Equipment rental & maintenance 350505 257802 7082 85621 820287 479591 234930 105766 18467783 14443362 1389009 2635412 X 1502298 955089 547209 1247397 863342 7087291 10416724 284817 314546 671834 66207 0 0 0 84315 84518 502309 442481 2191608 1338497 884664 853111 3055699 4029386 60278 60278 0 0 1924818 12511490 15803422 29642083 3090993 1367461 105000 211898 309219 1440672 15252936 4743563 17034616 X 8160906 10393974 2898953 2213493 11059859 12607467 15803422 29642083 1350109 197499 X false true X true false X 11487635 12350908 12694734 13121152 14184281 63838710 0 0 11487635 12350908 12694734 13121152 14184281 63838710 2801371 61037339 194956 168530 181740 348882 780615 1674723 1981 2112 2112 1584 1872 9661 13121 21399 64684 96920 54342 250466 65773560 3429432 0.92800 0.93740 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED false false X 52181 52181 209406 209406 261587 261587 15570784 16445866 15832371 16707453 941619 985373 235405 246343 false 900527 881414 915430 985373 3682744 5524116 315755 285087 317803 261587 1180232 225132 220354 228858 246343 920687 1381031 56974 35781 30657 52181 175593 9220934 625713 493769 263992 78596 9997828 10752266 1025 -1126566 317338 88453 9220934 7144949 2269573 2040187 617837 84606 10752266 7650953 327 493660 933302 66689 7144949 6945039 500745 485207 210159 69878 7650954 0.80630 0.19370 false true true 545080 545080 500270 287010 213260 841079 827011 14068 12198 12198 292981 212278 80703 853111 Deposits 1914 Due from PCRM Foundation 103 Health insurance rebate rece Legacies & Bequests Receivable 1147284 Oper lease ROU asset 11129912 WIP films 232277 12511490 Lease Liability - Operating 13656921 LT Annuities Payable 1422606 ST Annuities Payable 173409 15252936 X Part V, Line 4: Intended uses of the endowment fund. 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, 2023, 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, 2023, the tax filings that are subject to possible examination by major tax jurisdictions are for the years ended July 31, 2022, 2021 and 2020. true east asia and pacific 0 2 program serviceS See Part V 159800 south asia 0 2 program services See Part V 104300 4 4 264100 264100 North America plant based diet 100000 wire transfr 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. X X X X X true Lautman Maska 1730 RI Ave NW Washington DC 20036 Membership development false 5145781 326775 4819006 false 5145781 326775 4819006 AK AL AR CA CO CT DC FL GA HI IL KS KY LA MA MD ME MI MN NC ND NH NJ NM NY OH OK OR PA RI SC TN UT VA WA WI WV MS MO Beat Breast Cancer 49869 46305 3564 22115 20021 Autumn Harvest 36539 29639 6900 4537 23351 86408 75944 10464 26652 43372 70024 -59560 Part I, Line 2b - Fundraiser Additional Information Reconciliation of SChedule G, Part I, line 2b, column (v) with Form 990, part ix.Total amount paid to fundraisers on Schedule G 326,775Total paid for professional fundraising services, Form 990, 11e 15,001Difference 311,774The reason for this reconciliation is because the costs incurred for one fundraising company were considered to be part of the joint costs from combined educational campaigns and fundraising solicitations. 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 105,789 -0- 104,151 209,940Advertising and promotion -0- -0- -0- -0-Printing & Publications 28,875 -0- 57,963 86,838Postage & shipping 9,634 -0- 5,362 14,996Mailing list costs -0- -0- -0- -0-Total 144,298 -0- 167,476 311,774 true PCRM Clinic DBA Barnard Med 5100 Wisonsin Ave NW 401 Washington DC 20016 464057257 501(c)(3) 1020 35491 FMV direct payment of clinic expenses general support The PCRM Foundation 5100 Wisconsin Ave NW 400 Washington DC 20016 731669893 501(c)(3) 600000 0 General support 2 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. 188650 16538 205188 John Pippin MD Dir academic affrs 147634 3913 11866 163413 X 18 185283 FMV X cookware 7 35238 fmv X cooking equip 28 8316 fmv X google ads 223848 355675 fmv false true false Form 990, Part III, Line 4d OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 4: OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 5: 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 Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, Associated Press, CNN, CNBC, Fox News, Reuters, New York Post, Popular Science, The Guardian, and many more. Our doctor-authored op-eds have been published in major newspapers including the Omaha World-Herald and The Tennessean. Over an average 30-day period in 2023, we placed 816 articles with a total engagement of 33,580 (number of times a link was shared, commented on, or liked on social media networks). Our social media content created conversations daily among more than 1.8 million followers on 16 social media accounts. In FY 2023, 29 million accounts were reached across Meta platforms. YouTube's following grew to 430k, up 97.5k followers from the previous year, making it the highest-growing account, and we reached 14.9 million people. The Exam Room podcast was downloaded more than 5.4 million times in FY 2023 and 15 million from its 2018 launch through FY 2023. Our website received 5,597,685 total page views in FY 2023. We completed more than 800 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 2023. Total print distribution was 339,794. OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 6: 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 11 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 finished a 12-week clinical study for people with type 1 diabetes, tracking their insulin use and insulin sensitivity, and comparing a portion-controlled with a low-fat vegan diet. We are continuing a clinical trial, testing 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 7: Education and Policy We lead advocacy efforts to expand the adoption and availability of plant-based diets. We advocated in Congress toward ending the inequitable statutory barriers that prevent students from accessing nondairy milks at schools participating in the National School Lunch Program, increasing the availability of plant-based meals at schools, and pushing back against the dairy industrys efforts to force schools to serve dairy milk. We also work to revise the Dietary Guidelines for Americans to be focused on science, instead of unnecessarily promoting meat and dairy. At the state level, our advocacy resulted in the New York State Legislature unanimously passing legislation to provide physicians in the state educational resources about the benefits of better nutrition, including plant-based diets. We also work in communities around the country to ensure hospitals, schools, and other institutions have the knowledge and resources to maximize the benefits of plant-based foods. 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 FY 2023 omnibus spending bill for the FDAs support of cross-cutting initiatives to reduce animal testing through alternative methods, among other provisions supporting human-based testing at the agency. We also helped secure in the omnibus report language calling for expanded transparency and accountability for the NIHs use of animals. We worked with legislators in Rhode Island to introduce legislation that would prohibit the use of animals for medical training in cases where nonanimal methods exist, as well as with legislators in Michigan to introduce legislation that would prohibit painful experiments on dogs and cats. 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 to its members, the health care community, and the public at large on topics relating to nutrition, disease prevention, and ethical science. In FY 2023, we had 596 new customers, 11,000 pieces of literature were downloaded from our website, and we fulfilled more than 1,000 physical orders of 44,834 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 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 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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