Nonprofit · EIN 35-2461541
GASTROINTESTINAL SPECIALISTS FOUNDATION INC
Tax-exempt · MEMPHIS, TN 38120
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 30, 2025 | 990 | $10,561,636 | $16,529,566 | -$5,967,930 | $5,200,984 | $38,215,276 | -$33,014,292 |
| September 30, 2024 | 990 | $9,554,892 | $14,296,691 | -$4,741,799 | $2,175,705 | $29,222,067 | -$27,046,362 |
| September 30, 2023 | 990 | $7,828,401 | $11,522,683 | -$3,694,282 | $1,448,805 | $23,753,368 | -$22,304,563 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended September 30, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $10,561,636
- Investment income
- $0
- Other revenue
- $0
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $0
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $4,641,682
- Other salaries and wages
- $8,134,599
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $14,085,410
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Occupancy
- $486,862
- Travel
- $5,205
- Depreciation
- $99,749
- Program services (functional)
- $14,856,607
- Management and general (functional)
- $1,672,959
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $2,175,705
- Total assets, end of year
- $5,200,984
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $38,215,276
- Net assets, end of year
- -$33,014,292
- Land, buildings and equipment
- $189,968
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- -$33,014,292
- Gross receipts
- $10,561,636
- Employees
- 57
- Volunteers
- 0
- Year formed
- 2012
- State of legal domicile
- TN
From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.
Officers, directors and key employees
As listed on the 990 for the year ended September 30, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | From related orgs | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GREGORY M DUCKETT | SECRETARY Officer | 0.04 | $0 | $1,667,844 | $92,287 |
| GARY C ANDERSON | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.04 | $0 | $1,674,623 | $85,263 |
| KENNETH FIELDS MD | VICE PRESIDENT/DIRECTOR/PHYSICIAN Trustee or director, Officer | 40 | $1,590,762 | $0 | $102,597 |
| MARK E SWANSON MD | FORMER CEO Former | 0 | $0 | $1,297,719 | $19,891 |
| PAUL S BIERMAN MD | PRESIDENT/DIRECTOR/PHYSICIAN Trustee or director, Officer | 40 | $1,191,229 | $0 | $98,307 |
| GAURAV KISTANGARI MD | PHYSICIAN Highest-paid employee | 40 | $1,183,291 | $0 | $56,121 |
| ABDULLAH AL-RASHDAN MD | PHYSICIAN Highest-paid employee | 40 | $1,090,759 | $0 | $93,663 |
| RANDELON SMITH MD | PHYSICIAN Highest-paid employee | 40 | $1,077,638 | $0 | $102,202 |
| EDWARD S FRIEDMAN MD | PHYSICIAN/DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 40 | $1,018,019 | $0 | $98,568 |
| JUSTIN RHODES | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.04 | $0 | $534,587 | $86,505 |
| WILLIAM F THOMPSON | CFO (AS OF 06/25) Officer | 0.5 | $0 | $412,511 | $63,217 |
| JOSEPH FELTMAN | CRNA Highest-paid employee | 40 | $219,335 | $0 | $58,161 |
| WALTER H STUART IV | CRNA Highest-paid employee | 40 | $238,533 | $0 | $8,982 |
| ANDREW D JETER | CFO (THRU 01/25) Officer | 0.5 | $0 | $199,215 | $43,483 |
990 for the year ended September 30, 2024: 13 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | From related orgs | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KENNETH FIELDS MD | VICE PRESIDENT/DIRECTOR/PHYSICIAN Trustee or director, Officer | 37.5 | $1,407,126 | $93,630 | $114,586 |
| PAUL S BIERMAN MD | PRESIDENT/DIRECTOR/PHYSICIAN Trustee or director, Officer | 38.42 | $1,241,989 | $51,599 | $120,763 |
| GREGORY M DUCKETT | SECRETARY Officer | 0.04 | $0 | $1,256,183 | $90,318 |
| GARY C ANDERSON | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.04 | $0 | $1,212,139 | $88,606 |
| EDWARD S FRIEDMAN MD | PHYSICIAN/DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 36.23 | $1,023,615 | $105,172 | $110,557 |
| MARK E SWANSON MD | CEO/DIRECTOR Trustee or director, Officer | 0.04 | $0 | $1,195,822 | $24,823 |
| RANDELON SMITH MD | PHYSICIAN Highest-paid employee | 37.25 | $953,723 | $71,667 | $116,676 |
| GAURAV KISTANGARI MD | PHYSICIAN Highest-paid employee | 35.5 | $904,340 | $113,689 | $54,223 |
| JUSTIN RHODES | DIRECTOR (AS OF 09/24) Trustee or director | 0.04 | $0 | $441,335 | $84,677 |
| ABDULLAH AL-RASHDAN MD | PHYSICIAN Highest-paid employee | 40 | $281,964 | $0 | $65,072 |
| MICHAEL W SIMS | CRNA Highest-paid employee | 40 | $211,018 | $0 | $63,427 |
| JOSEPH FELTMAN | CRNA Highest-paid employee | 40 | $216,908 | $0 | $46,271 |
| ANDREW D JETER | CFO Officer | 0.5 | $0 | $187,549 | $43,316 |
990 for the year ended September 30, 2023: 14 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | From related orgs | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAUL D DEPRIEST MD | DIRECTOR (THRU 08/23) Trustee or director | 0.04 | $0 | $1,407,602 | $87,814 |
| KENNETH FIELDS MD | VICE PRESIDENT/DIRECTOR/PHYSICIAN Trustee or director, Officer | 40 | $1,239,298 | $0 | $107,583 |
| GREGORY M DUCKETT | SECRETARY Officer | 0.04 | $0 | $1,120,752 | $82,097 |
| PAUL S BIERMAN MD | PRESIDENT/DIRECTOR/PHYSICIAN Trustee or director, Officer | 40 | $1,033,898 | $0 | $116,837 |
| GARY C ANDERSON | DIRECTOR (AS OF 09/23) Trustee or director | 0.04 | $0 | $1,062,887 | $83,871 |
| MARK E SWANSON MD | CEO/DIRECTOR Trustee or director, Officer | 0.04 | $0 | $1,000,668 | $21,797 |
| EDWARD S FRIEDMAN MD | PHYSICIAN/DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 40 | $866,888 | $0 | $103,554 |
| RANDELON SMITH MD | PHYSICIAN Highest-paid employee | 40 | $828,889 | $0 | $109,120 |
| JAMES Z WHATLEY MD | PHYSICIAN Highest-paid employee | 21.17 | $368,375 | $336,710 | $56,109 |
| GAURAV KISTANGARI MD | PHYSICIAN Highest-paid employee | 40 | $648,463 | $0 | $49,592 |
| MICHAEL W SIMS | CRNA Highest-paid employee | 40 | $205,151 | $0 | $60,677 |
| JOSEPH FELTMAN | CRNA Highest-paid employee | 40 | $211,458 | $0 | $43,044 |
| ANDREW D JETER | CFO (AS OF 01/23) Officer | 0.5 | $0 | $193,723 | $41,491 |
| DANNA BROWN | CONTROLLER (THRU 12/22) Officer | 40 | $95,642 | $0 | $24,637 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 80 HUMPHREYS CENTER, MEMPHIS, TN 38120-2353
- In care of
- % BAPTIST MEMORIAL HEALTH CARE
- Principal officer (990 for 2024)
- PAUL S BIERMAN MD, 80 HUMPHREYS CENTER, MEMPHIS, TN 38120
- Signed the 990
- JASON M LITTLE, PRESIDENT
- Phone
- (901) 227-3627
- Return prepared by
- DELOITTE TAX LLP
Mission
GASTROINTESTINAL SPECIALISTS FOUNDATION, INC. IS A COMPREHENSIVE GASTROINTESTINAL MEDICAL PRACTICE AND OUR MISSION IS TO PROVIDE EXCEPTIONAL, UNPARALLELED QUALITY CARE.
Program accomplishments
- GASTROINTESTINAL SPECIALISTS FOUNDATION, INC. IS A COMPREHENSIVE GASTROINTESTINAL MEDICAL PRACTICE AND OUR MISSION IS TO PROVIDE EXCEPTIONAL, UNPARALLELED QUALITY CARE. OUR PROVIDERS ARE EXPERTS IN HELPING PREVENT, DIAGNOSE AND TREAT EVERYTHING FROM HEARTBURN, FOOD ALLERGIES AND HEMORRHOIDS, TO COLON AND PANCREATIC CANCERS. WE PERFORM PROCEDURES AT OUR FULLY EQUIPPED, STATE OF THE ART ENDOSCOPY CENTER WHICH IS OWNED AND OPERATED BY BAPTIST MEMORIAL HEALTH CARE CORPORATION. WE ALSO UTILIZE AMERICAN ESOTERIC LABORATORIES (AEL) CONVENIENTLY LOCATED IN OUR BUILDING AS A REFERENCE LAB. AS AN AFFILIATE OF BAPTIST MEMORIAL MEDICAL GROUP, INC., WE OFFER MEDICAL CARE THAT REFLECTS THE THREE-FOLD MINISTRY OF CHRIST-PREACHING, TEACHING AND HEALING. WE ARE ALSO VERY THANKFUL TO BE BLESSED WITH THE MANY RESOURCES PROVIDED BY BAPTIST MEMORIAL HEALTH CARE CORPORATION. OUR SIX GASTROENTEROLOGISTS, DR. PAUL S. BIERMAN, DR. KENNETH I. FIELDS, DR. EDWARD S. FRIEDMAN, DR. GAURAV KISTANGARI, DR. RANDELON D. SMITH, AND DR. ABDULLAH AL-RASHDAN, AND OUR PATHOLOGIST, DR. ANDRE THOMPSON ARE COMMITTED TO EDUCATION, TRAINING AND SUPPORT OF OTHER LOCAL HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONERS. THEY ATTEND A VARIETY OF SEMINARS, CONFERENCES AND OTHER EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS IN ORDER TO INTERACT WITH COLLEAGUES AND STAY ABREAST OF NEW AND DEVELOPING TECHNOLOGIES. WE ARE ALSO FOCUSED ON A VARIETY OF QUALITY ASSURANCE INDICATORS INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO PRESS GANEY ASSOCIATES, LLC. WE HAVE OFFICE LOCATIONS IN MEMPHIS, TN, ARLINGTON, TN, COVINGTON, TN, COLLIERVILLE, TN, SOUTHAVEN, MS, AND MARION, AR, WHICH ALLOWS US TO EXPAND ACCESS TO CULTURALLY DIVERSE PATIENT POPULATIONS ACROSS THE GREATER MEMPHIS AREA. WE ALSO ACCEPT MOST HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAMS INCLUDING TENNCARE AND MEDICAID, UNDERSTANDING THAT ALL PATIENTS DESERVE QUALITY CARE REGARDLESS OF THEIR ABILITY TO PAY. WE HAVE ALSO STRATEGICALLY POSITIONED OURSELVES FOR THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT TO ENSURE THAT WE REACH PATIENTS WHO WERE PREVIOUSLY UNINSURED. ADDITIONALLY, WE PARTICIPATE IN SEVERAL OUTREACH PROGRAMS INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE FOLLOWING:- PROVIDING HEALTH SERVICES TO THE VETERANS ADMINISTRATION. - PROVIDING HEALTH SERVICES TO LOCAL INMATES. - SUPPORT FOR THE CROHN'S AND COLITIS FOUNDATION. - COMMUNITY HEALTH FAIRS AND COMMUNITY AWARENESS PROGRAMS. - PROVIDING PHYSICIANS FOR SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS PERTAINING TO GASTROINTESTINAL ISSUES AND OTHER HEALTH-RELATED SUBJECT MATTERS.Expenses $14,856,607 · revenue $10,561,636
What it must file and when
IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in September, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | September 30, 2026 | February 16, 2027 | Not due yet |
| 2024 | September 30, 2025 | February 17, 2026 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | September 30, 2024 | February 18, 2025 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 35-2461541
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Hospital or medical research organization
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 2014
- Accounting year ends
- September
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Health care (E21)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $5,200,984
- Income (IRS master file)
- $10,561,636
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | September 2025 | $10,561,636 | $16,529,566 | $5,200,984 | XML |
| 990 | September 2024 | $9,554,892 | $14,296,691 | $2,175,705 | XML |
| 990 | September 2023 | $7,828,401 | $11,522,683 | $1,448,805 | XML |
| 990 | September 2022 | $8,433,781 | $11,369,809 | $2,013,583 | IRS |
| 990 | September 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | September 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | September 2019 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | September 2018 | – | – | – | IRS |
990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 35-2461541).
Questions about GASTROINTESTINAL SPECIALISTS FOUNDATION INC
- What is the EIN of GASTROINTESTINAL SPECIALISTS FOUNDATION INC?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of GASTROINTESTINAL SPECIALISTS FOUNDATION INC is 35-2461541.
- Is GASTROINTESTINAL SPECIALISTS FOUNDATION INC tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 2014.
- Are donations to GASTROINTESTINAL SPECIALISTS FOUNDATION INC tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does GASTROINTESTINAL SPECIALISTS FOUNDATION INC file?
- Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
- When is the next return of GASTROINTESTINAL SPECIALISTS FOUNDATION INC due?
- The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending September 30, 2026) is due February 16, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did GASTROINTESTINAL SPECIALISTS FOUNDATION INC last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended September 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of GASTROINTESTINAL SPECIALISTS FOUNDATION INC?
- The 990 for the year ended September 30, 2025 names PAUL S BIERMAN MD.
- Who are the officers and directors of GASTROINTESTINAL SPECIALISTS FOUNDATION INC?
- The 990 for the year ended September 30, 2025 lists 14 people; 8 received compensation from the organization.
- How much revenue does GASTROINTESTINAL SPECIALISTS FOUNDATION INC have?
- On its 990 for the year ended September 30, 2025 it reported revenue of $10,561,636, expenses of $16,529,566 and total assets of $5,200,984 at year end.
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