2026-09-14T18:06:59-07:00 2025-12-31 431403519 McBride Lock & Associates LLC 4151 N Mulberry Dr Suite 275 Kansas City MO 64116 990 2025-01-01 480985815 CENTER FOR PRACTICAL BIOETHICS INC CENT 8162211100 13725 Metcalf Avenue Suite 427 Overland Park KS 66223 James Stowe President and CEO 8162211100 2026-09-08 1 Matthew Brickey P02380487 8162214559 2026-09-08 X 2025 James Stowe 13725 Metcalf Avenue Suite 427 Overland Park KS 66223 735538 0 X www.practicalbioethics.org X 1984 KS The mission of the Center for Practical Bioethics is to raise and respond to ethical issues in health and healthcare. 14 14 7 25 0 0 740004 355601 378177 296465 79439 74083 -45100 -8769 1152520 717380 0 0 0 0 1060980 840205 0 0 210834 466329 406945 1527309 1247150 -374789 -529770 6612507 6837058 123824 171591 6488683 6665467 The mission of the Center for Practical Bioethics is to raise and respond to ethical issues in health and healthcare. 0 0 457642 0 289811 Ethics Education and Consultation includes teaching medical students and clinicians; managing the KC Regional Ethics Committee Consortium (now in our 38th year); presenting educational lectures, symposia and workshops; developing and curating resources, including the website which contains more than 4,000 reports, guidelines, policy briefs, program resources, and audio/video recordings of interviews, lectures, and symposia. Education and Consultation also includes leading ethics consultations for healthcare providers and individuals, providing policymaker guidance and teaching at two area medical schools (the University of Kansas Medical Center and Kansas City University). 168395 0 0 Advance Care Planning builds on the Center's legacy work in end-of-life care, focusing on increasing participation in advance care planning in diverse communities. We provide individual consultation and community workshops and disseminate Caring Conversations resources. The Center helps to support providers at various stages of development of the Transportable Physician Orders for Patient Preferences (TPOPP), a bi-state initiative of a national voluntary POLST program. This program seeks to better align treatment plans with goals and values of patients. 225644 0 6654 Emerging Issues and Systems Change includes issues in healthcare that raise ethical concerns and identifies the need for systems change. The current focus is on the policies, individual champion leaders, organizational structures, and community voice that support the responsible and ethical use of artificial intelligence-enabled technologies in health and healthcare. The Center's core values of advocacy and justice underpin our actions, programs, and strategies, leading to identification of bias, pressing for representation and diversity, and building equitable delivery of healthcare. Moreover, we passionately attend to and protect the interests of those whose voices have been historically unheard or unheeded in health and healthcare. 0 0 0 851681 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14 0 1 7 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 X X James Stowe 8162211100 13725 Metcalf Avenue Suite 427 Overland Park KS 66223 James Stowe President/CEO 45 0 X 186582 0 11347 Ryan Pferdehirt Vice President of Ethics Services 45 0 X 133766 0 19965 Stephen Salanski MD Board Chair 10 0 X X 0 0 0 Maggie Neustadt JD CPHRM FASHRM Vice Chair 1.7 0 X X 0 0 0 Tresia Franklin CEBS CFA CCP Treasurer 10 0 X X 0 0 0 Eva Karp DHA MBA RN-C FACHE Immediate Past Chair & Secretary 1.7 0 X X 0 0 0 Abiodun Akinwuntan PhD MPH MBA Director 0.8 0 X 0 0 0 Karen Johnson PhD Director 0.8 0 X 0 0 0 Alan S Edelman Director 0.8 0 X 0 0 0 Mary Beth Blake JD Director 0.8 0 X 0 0 0 Norberto Ayala-Flores MA Director 0.8 0 X 0 0 0 Edward O'Connor PhD MBA FACHE Director 0.8 0 X 0 0 0 Anita Ho PhD MPH Director 0.8 0 X 0 0 0 Mike Rode CFA Director 0.8 0 X 0 0 0 Raghu Adiga MD Director 0.8 0 X 0 0 0 Victoria Leff MSW LSCW APHSW-C Director 0.8 0 X 0 0 0 Immaculada de Melo-Martin PhD MS Director 0.8 0 X 0 0 0 320348 0 31312 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 61523 0 5002 289076 0 355601 Earned Income 900099 296465 296465 0 0 0 0 0 0 296465 74083 0 0 74083 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6700 61523 18158 -11458 0 -11458 Other income 900099 2689 2689 0 0 0 0 0 0 2689 717380 299154 0 62625 X 205298 61589 41060 102649 0 485678 439429 40657 5592 14640 11344 1648 1648 85012 65232 11669 8111 49577 35395 6654 7528 71423 52108 8644 10671 239370 141433 45393 52544 5008 645 805 3558 17436 1456 14412 1568 6533 4053 1661 819 11685 10606 894 185 24683 6255 4742 13686 4238 3092 513 633 4360 0 4360 0 7363 5372 891 1100 Program supplies 11152 11027 125 0 Equipment 3625 2645 438 542 Other operating expense 69 0 69 0 1247150 851681 184635 210834 40336 36790 80000 30000 45000 11000 57729 48173 9837 21530 45944 37457 10876 8487 2895584 2769495 3473145 3911583 6612507 6837058 37836 30236 28618 86753 50000 50000 7370 4602 123824 171591 X -128335 -63388 6617018 6728855 6488683 6665467 6612507 6837058 X -529770 34224 0 -16315 0 688645 X 0 1 X 1 0 X 1102544 832185 753292 740004 355601 3783626 1102544 832185 753292 740004 355601 3783626 1493472 2290154 60572 65587 74484 79439 74083 354165 3513 5440 738 1417 2689 13797 4151588 1930601 0.55163 0.56720 X Schedule A, Part II, Line 10 Other income RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 2427694 0 259940 0 167222 0 2520412 2304432 0 285484 0 162222 0 2427694 2119509 0 332175 0 147252 0 2304432 2681519 0 -414787 0 147223 0 2119509 2457390 0 357346 0 133217 0 2681519 0.0509 0.1449 0.8042 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 45944 37457 8487 0 0 0 0 8487 Operating Lease Asset 4602 Beneficial Interest in Assets Held by Community Foundation 3906981 3911583 0 Operating lease liability 4602 4602 X 1423934 34224 0 0 688645 722869 701065 16315 0 16315 717380 1247150 0 0 0 0 0 1247150 0 0 0 1247150 Schedule D, Part V, Line 4 The Center's endowment fund is for funding key program staff at the Center. The endowment fund covers the salary and fringe benefit cost in part or in whole for the staff occupying the endowed "chair" at the Center. Schedule D, Part X, Line 2 As required by FASB ASC No. 740, Income Taxes, the Center evaluated its tax positions and the certainty as to whether those positions will be sustained in the event of an audit by taxing authorities at the federal and state levels. The primary tax positions evaluated are related to the Center's continued qualification as a tax-exempt organization and whether there is unrelated business income activities conducted that would be taxable. Management has determined that all income tax positions are more likely than not of being sustained upon potential audit or examination; no disclosures of uncertain tax positions are required. Schedule D, Part XI, Line 2d Realized gains, change in value of beneficial interest, and direct fundraising expenses Annual Event 68223 61523 6700 0 0 4400 8586 0 5172 0 0 68223 61523 6700 0 0 4400 8586 0 5172 18158 -11458 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 James Stowe President/CEO 186582 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11347 0 197929 0 0 0 Ryan Pferdehirt Vice President of Ethics Services 133766 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19965 0 153731 0 0 0 Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b The Form 990 is prepared by an external accounting firm working with staff, presented to the Finance/Audit Committee for approval, presented to the Board of Directors for review, then reviewed and signed by the CEO prior to sending to the IRS. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c All directors, employees, and Finance/Audit Committee volunteers are required to fill out a "Conflict of Interest" form annually. The conflict of interest policy requirements are discussed at new Board member orientation, and is reviewed with all Board members at the annual Board retreat. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15 The Executive Committee and CEO utilize an outside consultant from time to time, as well as accessing local salary studies for non-profit compensation guidance. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 Governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial documents are available to the public upon request. The Corporate Integrity and Corporate Relationship Policies are on the website. The Form 990 is available through two direct links from the website to Guidestar and the Greater Kansas City Community Foundation. Form 990, Part IX, Line 11g Consulting fees - $233,609; Professional/filing fees - $5,761 Form 990, Part XI, Line 9 Change in value of beneficial interest - $441,206; Realized Investment Gains (Losses) - $229,281; Fundraising event direct expenses - $18,158