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AMERICAN COLLEGE OF LIFESTYLE MEDICINE: Form 990, tax year 2022

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Organization
AMERICAN COLLEGE OF LIFESTYLE MEDICINE (EIN 32-0208451)
Tax period
2022-01-01 to 2022-12-31
Filed
2023-10-19
IRS object ID
202332929349300833
Schema version
2022v5.0
Source
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Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

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DescUME / GME / CME EDUCATION: ACLM'S 24.1 MILLION COMMITMENT (EDUCATION VALUE EQUIVALENT) IN SUPPORT OF THE 2022 WHITE HOUSE CONFERENCE ON HUNGER, NUTRITION AND HEALTH WAS APPLAUDED BY WHITE HOUSE, CDC AND CONFERENCE LEADERS. COMPRISED OF 100,000 COMPLIMENTARY REGISTRATIONS FOR THE 5.5-HOUR CME/CE-ACCREDITED LIFESTYLE MEDICINE AND FOOD AS MEDICINE ESSENTIALS ONLINE COURSE, IT IS ALREADY REACHING THOUSANDS OF CLINICIANS WITH TRAINING THEY DID NOT RECEIVE IN THEIR FORMAL MEDICAL EDUCATION: THE INTRODUCTION TO LIFESTYLE MEDICINE, PAIRED WITH NUTRITION FOR PREVENTION AND LONGEVITY, AND NUTRITION FOR TREATMENT AND RISK REDUCTION (THE FIRST TWO MODULES OF ACLM'S MULTI-MODULE FOOD AS MEDICINE ONLINE COURSE). FOODASMED.ORG IS ACLM'S CURATED REPOSITORY OF OUR FOOD IN MEDICINE (FIM) RELATED CURRICULA, RESEARCH AND OFFERINGS. A NEW LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM WAS LICENSED IN 2022 TO SUPPORT ACLM'S RAPIDLY EXPANDING CME AND GME OFFERINGS, INCLUDING THE REMISSION OF TYPE 2 DIABETES & REVERSAL OF INSULIN RESISTANCE WITH LIFESTYLE MEDICINE ONLINE COURSE (A CERTIFICATE TO BE ADDED IN 2023). IN JUST ITS THIRD YEAR, THE EXPANSION OF THE LIFESTYLE MEDICINE RESIDENCY CURRICULUM (LMRC) TO MORE THAN 202 PROGRAMS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, REPRESENTED MORE THAN 5,300 ENROLLEES, WITH THE STEPHEN TURNER RESIDENCY DIRECTOR SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM HELPING TO ENSURE THAT THIS KEY CONSTITUENCY IS EDUCATED, EQUIPPED AND EMPOWERED TO TRAIN OUR FUTURE PHYSICIANS AND, IN TURN, TENS OF MILLIONS OF PATIENTS. ACLM ALSO BECOME AN AMA ED HUB CONTENT PROVIDER, FEATURING ACLM CONTENT AND COURSES. UME FOCUS INCLUDED CONTINUED AVAILABILITY OF COMPLIMENTARY CURRICULA, ALONG WITH LIFESTYLE MEDICINE INTEREST GROUP (LMIG) EXPANSION, GROWING THE 104 LMIG LOCATED ON CAMPUSES ACROSS THE NATION. GRANT FUNDING WAS ALSO PROCURED TO DEVELOP THE UME CURRICULUM CERTIFICATION PROJECT. LM2022 REPRESENTED THE FIRST IN-PERSON CONVENING IN THE POST-COVID PANDEMIC ERA: ACLM SUCCESSFULLY PRODUCED A HYBRID EVENT, WITH A SOLD-OUT IN-PERSON ATTENDANCE OF 1,900, WITH HUNDREDS MORE PARTICIPATING VIRTUALLY. THE CONFERENCE, PAIRED WITH ACLM'S FOUNDATIONS OF LIFESTYLE MEDICINE BOARD REVIEW COURSE, SATISFY THE LIVE AND NON-LIVE PREREQUISITES TO SIT FOR THE AMERICAN BOARD OF LIFESTYLE MEDICINE (ABLM) CERTIFICATION EXAM.Desc

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DescRESEARCH: A BLARING WAKE-UP CALL, IS THAT TYPE 2 DIABETES (T2D) CAN NO LONGER BE REFERRED TO AS 'ADULT ONSET' BECAUSE TOO MANY CHILDREN ARE BEING DIAGNOSED WITH THIS DEGENERATIVE DISEASE. ACLM IS THE CHAMPION FOR TREATMENT, REMISSION (REVERSAL), AND PREVENTION OF THIS LIFESTYLE-RELATED CHRONIC CONDITION AND, THIS YEAR, DEVELOPED A DIETARY TREATMENT PROGRAM FOR T2D REMISSION: LIFESTYLE EMPOWERMENT APPROACH FOR DIABETES REMISSION (LEADR) PROGRAM, WITH INITIAL GRANT FUNDING RECEIVED FROM THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES OF MEDICINE AND THE ARDMORE INSTITUTE OF HEALTH. 2022 RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS INCLUDED: DIETARY INTERVENTIONS FOR TYPE 2 DIABETES REMISSION: AN EXPERT CONSENSUS STATEMENT FROM THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF LIFESTYLE MEDICINE LIFESTYLE MEDICINE CORE COMPETENCIES: AJLM-PUBLISHED UPDATE OF ORIGINAL 2010 JAMA-PUBLISHED ACLM ACCEPTED CONFERENCE RESEARCH ABSTRACTS (MORE THAN 100) IN AJLM ACLM'S RESEARCH DEPARTMENT AND COMMITTEE WORKED THROUGH LIFESTYLE MEDICINE INTENSIVIST COMPETENCIES AND LM PERFORMANCE MEASURES, WHILE ALSO DEVELOPING A PILOT OF THE ACLM DIET SCREENER.Desc

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DescPRACTICE ADVANCEMENT & HEALTH EQUITY: ESTABLISHED IN 2021, THE ACLM'S HEALTH SYSTEMS COUNCIL ENDED 2022 WITH 82 MEMBERS, REPRESENTING HEALTH SYSTEMS IN 34 STATES ACROSS THE NATION, WITH THE GOAL OF REACHING 100 MEMBERS AND ALL 50 STATES IN THE COMING YEAR. ALL MEMBER SYSTEMS HAVE COMMITTED TO INFUSING LIFESTYLE MEDICINE INTO BOTH EMPLOYEE AND PATIENT HEALTH. IN 2022, ACLM DEBUTED THE CLINICAL PRACTICE AND QUALITY COMMITTEE (CPQC) FROM WHICH A WIDE ARRAY OF CLINICAL PRACTICE AND PATIENT-FACING TOOLS AND RESOURCES, WHICH, THIS YEAR, HAVE INCLUDED WOMEN'S HEALTH FOR PRECONCEPTION, PREGNANCY AND POSTPARTUM; THE PEDIATRIC OBESITY TOOLKIT; AND THE INDEPENDENT PRIMARY CARE PRACTICE ROADMAP. THE COMMITTEE ALSO COMPLETED THE TEMPLATE OF STANDARD EMR DATA ELEMENTS. EMANATING FROM ACLM'S HEALTH EQUITY ACHIEVED THROUGH LIFESTYLE MEDICINE (HEAL) INITIATIVE, MORE THAN TWO DOZEN HEAL SCHOLARSHIPS WERE AWARDED (TOTALING 90K) TO PROVIDE COMPREHENSIVE ACLM LM TRAINING AND THE OPPORTUNITY FOR CERTIFICATION IN THE FIELD THROUGH REGISTRATION FOR THE ABLM EXAM. THESE SCHOLARSHIPS ARE DESIGNED TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEMATIC REALITY OF UNDERREPRESENTED IN MEDICINE (URM) CLINICIANS. HELPING TO USHER IN HEALTH EQUITY, ACLM PILOTED THE HEALTH AND FAITH INITIATIVE TO BRING LIFESTYLE MEDICINE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES TO THE BLACK CHURCH, WITH THIS PROJECT EMANATING FROM THE ACLM 2020 HEALTH DISPARITIES SOLUTIONS SUMMIT. THE PROJECT PILOT WAS HOSTED IN A 5000-MEMBER BLACK CHURCH, DELIVERING AN ONLINE RESOURCE PORTAL AND FULL EIGHT-WEEK, FACILITATOR-LED GROUP TRAINING CENTERED ON FULL PLATE LIVING, CUSTOMIZED FOR THE BLACK COMMUNITY. ACLM ESTABLISHED A REOCCURRING COLUMN IN MEDSCAPE AND PUBLISHED GUEST COMMENTARIES IN HEALTH AFFAIRS, ALL WITH THE GOAL OF PROMOTING LIFESTYLE MEDICINE IN HEALTHCARE AND AMPLIFYING IT AS A SOLUTION TO OUT-OF-CONTROL AND UNSUSTAINABLE HEALTHCARE SPENDING.Desc

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DescMEMBERSHIP & OPERATIONS: ACLM EXPERIENCED CONTINUED RAPID GROWTH, BREAKING THROUGH THE 9,000- MEMBERSHIP MARK, REPRESENTING A 28% INCREASE FROM FY21 TO FY22. MORE THAN TWO DOZEN MEMBER INTEREST GROUPS (MIGS) FACILITATE ACTIVE ACLM MEMBER ENGAGEMENT, WITH ENDOCRINOLOGY, MEN'S HEALTH AND EMERGENCY MEDICINE MIGS ADDED IN 2022. ACLM'S NEW CONNECT PLATFORM WAS ALSO LAUNCHED TO ENABLE MEMBER DISCUSSION THREADS, WITH THE NEW ACLM JOBS BOARD DEBUTING AS A SERVICE TO MEMBERS AND TO THE EMPLOYERS ACROSS THE NATION SEEKING LIFESTYLE MEDICINE-TRAINED PHYSICIANS, CLINICIANS, ADMINISTRATORS AND EDUCATORS. IN ORDER TO ASSIST CONSUMERS IN LOCATING A LIFESTYLE MEDICINE-TRAINED PROVIDER, LMPROS.COM WAS UNVEILED (WILL CONTINUE TO BE BUILT-OUT) AS THE DIRECTORY OF CERTIFIED LIFESTYLE MEDICINE PROVIDERS. ACLM IMPLEMENTED A MULTI-FACTOR AUTHENTICATION OFFICE ENVIRONMENT AND MOVED ITS WEBSITE HOSTING TO A TIER 4 SERVER TO ENSURE THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF CYBER SECURITY, WHILE ALSO FOCUSING ON ENHANCED CUSTOMER SERVICE SOFTWARE AND CAPACITY TO ENSURE OPTIMAL MEMBER AND CUSTOMER SUPPORT.Desc
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FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
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Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

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Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

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Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (9 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDescExplanationExplanationTxt
FORM 990 - ORGANIZATION'S MISSIONMISSION STATEMENT: ADVANCING EVIDENCE-BASED LIFESTYLE MEDICINE TO TREAT, REVERSE AND PREVENT NON-COMMUNICABLE, CHRONIC DISEASE. VISION STATEMENT: A NATION AND WORLD WHEREIN LIFESTYLE MEDICINE IS THE FOUNDATION OF HEALTH AND ALL HEALTHCARE. THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF LIFESTYLE MEDICINE (ACLM) SUPPORTS ITS MEMBERS IN PROVIDING WHOLE-PERSON, PERSON-CENTERED, INTEGRATED, AND COLLABORATIVE CARE THROUGH INTERDISCIPLINARY TEAMS. A LIFESTYLE MEDICINE-FIRST APPROACH TO REAL "HEALTH" CARE IS ESSENTIAL TO OPTIMIZING VALUE-BASED CARE, TO ACHIEVING THE QUINTUPLE AIM, AND TO MANIFESTING WHOLE HEALTH. ACLM IS THE NATION'S MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION REPRESENTING THE FIELD OF LIFESTYLE MEDICINE, WITH A FOCUS ON TREATING ROOT CAUSES OF DISEASE WITH THE GOAL OF HEALTH RESTORATION. ACLM IS DEDICATED TO ADVANCING THE FIELD OF LIFESTYLE MEDICINE THROUGH RESEARCH, ADVOCACY, PARTNERSHIPS, AND BY FILLING THE GAPING VOID OF LIFESTYLE MEDICINE, INCLUDING USING FOOD AS MEDICINE, IN MEDICAL EDUCATION, FROM UNDERGRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION (UME) AND GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION (GME) TO CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION (CME), WHILE ACTIVELY SUPPORTING AND ACCELERATING INTEGRATION OF LIFESTYLE MEDICINE INTO CLINICAL PRACTICE FOR THE BENEFIT OF CLINICIANS AND ALL PATIENTS. LIFESTYLE MEDICINE IS A MEDICAL SPECIALTY THAT USES THERAPEUTIC LIFESTYLE INTERVENTIONS AS A PRIMARY MODALITY TO TREAT CHRONIC CONDITIONS INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES, TYPE 2 DIABETES, AND OBESITY. LIFESTYLE MEDICINE CERTIFIED CLINICIANS ARE TRAINED TO APPLY EVIDENCE- BASED, WHOLE-PERSON, PRESCRIPTIVE LIFESTYLE CHANGE TO TREAT AND, WHEN USED INTENSIVELY, OFTEN REVERSE SUCH CONDITIONS. APPLYING THE SIX PILLARS OF LIFESTYLE MEDICINE-A WHOLE-FOOD, PLANT-PREDOMINANT EATING PATTERN, PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, RESTORATIVE SLEEP, STRESS MANAGEMENT, AVOIDANCE OF RISKY SUBSTANCES AND POSITIVE SOCIAL CONNECTIONS-ALSO PROVIDES EFFECTIVE PREVENTION FOR THESE CONDITIONS. FORMER ACLM PRESIDENT DAVID KATZ MD, FACLM, SUMS UP THE POTENTIAL OF LIFESTYLE MEDICINE, SAYING "LIFESTYLE AS MEDICINE HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PREVENT UP TO 80% OF CHRONIC DISEASE; NO OTHER MEDICINE CAN MATCH THAT. IN ADDITION, IT IS POTENTIALLY INEXPENSIVE AND EVEN COST-SAVING; FREE OF ALL BUT GOOD SIDE EFFECTS; SAFE AND APPROPRIATE FOR CHILDREN AND OCTOGENARIANS ALIKE. IT IS, QUITE SIMPLY, THE BEST MEDICINE WE'VE GOT."
FORM 990, PAGE 2, PART III, LINE 4AUME / GME / CME EDUCATION: ACLM'S 24.1 MILLION COMMITMENT (EDUCATION VALUE EQUIVALENT) IN SUPPORT OF THE 2022 WHITE HOUSE CONFERENCE ON HUNGER, NUTRITION AND HEALTH WAS APPLAUDED BY WHITE HOUSE, CDC AND CONFERENCE LEADERS. COMPRISED OF 100,000 COMPLIMENTARY REGISTRATIONS FOR THE 5.5-HOUR CME/CE-ACCREDITED LIFESTYLE MEDICINE AND FOOD AS MEDICINE ESSENTIALS ONLINE COURSE, IT IS ALREADY REACHING THOUSANDS OF CLINICIANS WITH TRAINING THEY DID NOT RECEIVE IN THEIR FORMAL MEDICAL EDUCATION: THE INTRODUCTION TO LIFESTYLE MEDICINE, PAIRED WITH NUTRITION FOR PREVENTION AND LONGEVITY, AND NUTRITION FOR TREATMENT AND RISK REDUCTION (THE FIRST TWO MODULES OF ACLM'S MULTI-MODULE FOOD AS MEDICINE ONLINE COURSE). FOODASMED.ORG IS ACLM'S CURATED REPOSITORY OF OUR FOOD IN MEDICINE (FIM) RELATED CURRICULA, RESEARCH AND OFFERINGS. A NEW LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM WAS LICENSED IN 2022 TO SUPPORT ACLM'S RAPIDLY EXPANDING CME AND GME OFFERINGS, INCLUDING THE REMISSION OF TYPE 2 DIABETES & REVERSAL OF INSULIN RESISTANCE WITH LIFESTYLE MEDICINE ONLINE COURSE (A CERTIFICATE TO BE ADDED IN 2023). IN JUST ITS THIRD YEAR, THE EXPANSION OF THE LIFESTYLE MEDICINE RESIDENCY CURRICULUM (LMRC) TO MORE THAN 202 PROGRAMS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, REPRESENTED MORE THAN 5,300 ENROLLEES, WITH THE STEPHEN TURNER RESIDENCY DIRECTOR SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM HELPING TO ENSURE THAT THIS KEY CONSTITUENCY IS EDUCATED, EQUIPPED AND EMPOWERED TO TRAIN OUR FUTURE PHYSICIANS AND, IN TURN, TENS OF MILLIONS OF PATIENTS. ACLM ALSO BECOME AN AMA ED HUB CONTENT PROVIDER, FEATURING ACLM CONTENT AND COURSES. UME FOCUS INCLUDED CONTINUED AVAILABILITY OF COMPLIMENTARY CURRICULA, ALONG WITH LIFESTYLE MEDICINE INTEREST GROUP (LMIG) EXPANSION, GROWING THE 104 LMIG LOCATED ON CAMPUSES ACROSS THE NATION. GRANT FUNDING WAS ALSO PROCURED TO DEVELOP THE UME CURRICULUM CERTIFICATION PROJECT. LM2022 REPRESENTED THE FIRST IN-PERSON CONVENING IN THE POST-COVID PANDEMIC ERA: ACLM SUCCESSFULLY PRODUCED A HYBRID EVENT, WITH A SOLD-OUT IN-PERSON ATTENDANCE OF 1,900, WITH HUNDREDS MORE PARTICIPATING VIRTUALLY. THE CONFERENCE, PAIRED WITH ACLM'S FOUNDATIONS OF LIFESTYLE MEDICINE BOARD REVIEW COURSE, SATISFY THE LIVE AND NON-LIVE PREREQUISITES TO SIT FOR THE AMERICAN BOARD OF LIFESTYLE MEDICINE (ABLM) CERTIFICATION EXAM.
FORM 990, PAGE 2, PART III, LINE 4BRESEARCH: A BLARING WAKE-UP CALL, IS THAT TYPE 2 DIABETES (T2D) CAN NO LONGER BE REFERRED TO AS 'ADULT ONSET' BECAUSE TOO MANY CHILDREN ARE BEING DIAGNOSED WITH THIS DEGENERATIVE DISEASE. ACLM IS THE CHAMPION FOR TREATMENT, REMISSION (REVERSAL), AND PREVENTION OF THIS LIFESTYLE-RELATED CHRONIC CONDITION AND, THIS YEAR, DEVELOPED A DIETARY TREATMENT PROGRAM FOR T2D REMISSION: LIFESTYLE EMPOWERMENT APPROACH FOR DIABETES REMISSION (LEADR) PROGRAM, WITH INITIAL GRANT FUNDING RECEIVED FROM THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES OF MEDICINE AND THE ARDMORE INSTITUTE OF HEALTH. 2022 RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS INCLUDED: DIETARY INTERVENTIONS FOR TYPE 2 DIABETES REMISSION: AN EXPERT CONSENSUS STATEMENT FROM THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF LIFESTYLE MEDICINE LIFESTYLE MEDICINE CORE COMPETENCIES: AJLM-PUBLISHED UPDATE OF ORIGINAL 2010 JAMA-PUBLISHED ACLM ACCEPTED CONFERENCE RESEARCH ABSTRACTS (MORE THAN 100) IN AJLM ACLM'S RESEARCH DEPARTMENT AND COMMITTEE WORKED THROUGH LIFESTYLE MEDICINE INTENSIVIST COMPETENCIES AND LM PERFORMANCE MEASURES, WHILE ALSO DEVELOPING A PILOT OF THE ACLM DIET SCREENER.
FORM 990, PAGE 2, PART III, LINE 4CPRACTICE ADVANCEMENT & HEALTH EQUITY: ESTABLISHED IN 2021, THE ACLM'S HEALTH SYSTEMS COUNCIL ENDED 2022 WITH 82 MEMBERS, REPRESENTING HEALTH SYSTEMS IN 34 STATES ACROSS THE NATION, WITH THE GOAL OF REACHING 100 MEMBERS AND ALL 50 STATES IN THE COMING YEAR. ALL MEMBER SYSTEMS HAVE COMMITTED TO INFUSING LIFESTYLE MEDICINE INTO BOTH EMPLOYEE AND PATIENT HEALTH. IN 2022, ACLM DEBUTED THE CLINICAL PRACTICE AND QUALITY COMMITTEE (CPQC) FROM WHICH A WIDE ARRAY OF CLINICAL PRACTICE AND PATIENT-FACING TOOLS AND RESOURCES, WHICH, THIS YEAR, HAVE INCLUDED WOMEN'S HEALTH FOR PRECONCEPTION, PREGNANCY AND POSTPARTUM; THE PEDIATRIC OBESITY TOOLKIT; AND THE INDEPENDENT PRIMARY CARE PRACTICE ROADMAP. THE COMMITTEE ALSO COMPLETED THE TEMPLATE OF STANDARD EMR DATA ELEMENTS. EMANATING FROM ACLM'S HEALTH EQUITY ACHIEVED THROUGH LIFESTYLE MEDICINE (HEAL) INITIATIVE, MORE THAN TWO DOZEN HEAL SCHOLARSHIPS WERE AWARDED (TOTALING 90K) TO PROVIDE COMPREHENSIVE ACLM LM TRAINING AND THE OPPORTUNITY FOR CERTIFICATION IN THE FIELD THROUGH REGISTRATION FOR THE ABLM EXAM. THESE SCHOLARSHIPS ARE DESIGNED TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEMATIC REALITY OF UNDERREPRESENTED IN MEDICINE (URM) CLINICIANS. HELPING TO USHER IN HEALTH EQUITY, ACLM PILOTED THE HEALTH AND FAITH INITIATIVE TO BRING LIFESTYLE MEDICINE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES TO THE BLACK CHURCH, WITH THIS PROJECT EMANATING FROM THE ACLM 2020 HEALTH DISPARITIES SOLUTIONS SUMMIT. THE PROJECT PILOT WAS HOSTED IN A 5000-MEMBER BLACK CHURCH, DELIVERING AN ONLINE RESOURCE PORTAL AND FULL EIGHT-WEEK, FACILITATOR-LED GROUP TRAINING CENTERED ON FULL PLATE LIVING, CUSTOMIZED FOR THE BLACK COMMUNITY. ACLM ESTABLISHED A REOCCURRING COLUMN IN MEDSCAPE AND PUBLISHED GUEST COMMENTARIES IN HEALTH AFFAIRS, ALL WITH THE GOAL OF PROMOTING LIFESTYLE MEDICINE IN HEALTHCARE AND AMPLIFYING IT AS A SOLUTION TO OUT-OF-CONTROL AND UNSUSTAINABLE HEALTHCARE SPENDING.
FORM 990, PAGE 2, PART III, LINE 4DMEMBERSHIP & OPERATIONS: ACLM EXPERIENCED CONTINUED RAPID GROWTH, BREAKING THROUGH THE 9,000- MEMBERSHIP MARK, REPRESENTING A 28% INCREASE FROM FY21 TO FY22. MORE THAN TWO DOZEN MEMBER INTEREST GROUPS (MIGS) FACILITATE ACTIVE ACLM MEMBER ENGAGEMENT, WITH ENDOCRINOLOGY, MEN'S HEALTH AND EMERGENCY MEDICINE MIGS ADDED IN 2022. ACLM'S NEW CONNECT PLATFORM WAS ALSO LAUNCHED TO ENABLE MEMBER DISCUSSION THREADS, WITH THE NEW ACLM JOBS BOARD DEBUTING AS A SERVICE TO MEMBERS AND TO THE EMPLOYERS ACROSS THE NATION SEEKING LIFESTYLE MEDICINE-TRAINED PHYSICIANS, CLINICIANS, ADMINISTRATORS AND EDUCATORS. IN ORDER TO ASSIST CONSUMERS IN LOCATING A LIFESTYLE MEDICINE-TRAINED PROVIDER, LMPROS.COM WAS UNVEILED (WILL CONTINUE TO BE BUILT-OUT) AS THE DIRECTORY OF CERTIFIED LIFESTYLE MEDICINE PROVIDERS. ACLM IMPLEMENTED A MULTI-FACTOR AUTHENTICATION OFFICE ENVIRONMENT AND MOVED ITS WEBSITE HOSTING TO A TIER 4 SERVER TO ENSURE THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF CYBER SECURITY, WHILE ALSO FOCUSING ON ENHANCED CUSTOMER SERVICE SOFTWARE AND CAPACITY TO ENSURE OPTIMAL MEMBER AND CUSTOMER SUPPORT.
FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 11BTHE BOARD OF DIRECTORS REVIEWS THE TAX RETURN BEFORE IT IS SUBMITTED TO THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE.
FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 12CTHE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF LIFESTYLE MEDICINE HAS A CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY IN PLACE AND COVERS ALL DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, AGENTS AND EMPLOYEES OF THE ORGANIZATION. IN SHORT, A CONFLICT OF INTEREST WOULD ARISE WHEN ANY OF THE ABOVE HAS COMPETING LOYALTIES BY VIRTUE OF THE PERSON'S ROLE IN THE ORGANIZATION AND ANY DUALITY WITH OTHER BUSINESSES OR ORGANIZATIONS. IF A CONFLICT OF INTEREST IS DISCOVERED OR DISCLOSED, THE AFFECTED MEMBER IS NOT ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE DISCUSSION OR VOTING ON THE ISSUE IN CONFLICT AND THAT MEMBER'S ATTENDANCE AT ANY MEETING UPON WHICH ACTION IS TAKEN IS NOT COUNTED TOWARDS DETERMINING A QUORUM.
FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 15ABASE SALARY - WILL BE REVIEWED ANNUALLY BY THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AND MAY BE INCREASED BEYOND THE COST-OF-LIVING ADJUSTMENT IN THE DISCRETION OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE BASED UPON EXTRAORDINARY PERFORMANCE OF THE EXECUTIVE. THIS BASE SALARY SHALL BE PRORATED FOR ANY PARTIAL YEAR OF THE EXECUTIVES EMPLOYMENT HEREUNDER. BONUS - THE EXECUTIVE SHALL BE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE AN ANNUAL BONUS BASED UPON EXTRAORDINARY PERFORMANCE AGAINST A PLAN TO BE MUTUALLY AGREED UPON BY THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AND THE EXECUTIVE FROM TIME TO TIME. EACH BONUS SHALL CORRESPOND TO THE CALENDAR YEAR AND SHALL BE PAID TO THE EXECUTIVE IN ONE LUMP SUM, SUBJECT TO DEDUCTIONS AND WITHHOLDING, DURING THE FIRST MONTH OF THE FOLLOWING CALENDAR YEAR. THE BONUS IS NOT ALLOWED TO EXCEED 20% OF THE BASE SALARY.
FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 19THE ORGANIZATION DOES NOT MAKE PUBLIC ITS FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OR GOVERNING DOCUMENTS.