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PHYSICIANS COMMITTEE FOR RESPONSIBLE MEDICINE INC: Form 990, tax year 2018

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Organization
PHYSICIANS COMMITTEE FOR RESPONSIBLE MEDICINE INC (EIN 52-1394893)
Tax period
2018-08-01 to 2019-07-31
Filed
2020-02-07
IRS object ID
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Descresearch and Regulatory AffairsThe Physicians Committee promotes alternatives to animal use in research, testing, and education. The Physicians Committee has a full-time team of physicians, scientists, and research staff raising awareness of the ethical and practical research issues and assisting in the implementation of nonanimal methods in research and education. The Physicians Committee has been instrumental in eliminating animal use in medical school curricula, trauma training courses, and residencies in North America and abroad. Many medical schools and centers offer postgraduate residency or other specialized courses, and a minority of these programs use animals. The Physicians Committee is working to end the use of animals in these programs, which will improve physician and paramedic training and ensure healthy patient outcomes. We have focused on trauma training and on pediatrics and emergency medicine residencies in the United States and Canada. As a result of our work, only one of the 322 Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) programs continues to use animals. All of the known pediatrics programs in North America teach critical procedures without the use of animals, and of the 246 responsive emergency medicine residency programs, 235 do not use animals to train residents.The Physicians Committee is leading the way in urging the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to replace the use of animals in diabetes, Alzheimer's disease, and nutrition research. Physicians Committee scientists and physicians meet with NIH leaders, publish scientific reviews and commentaries, and speak at national and international conferences on these subjects. In 2019, we expanded the Early-Career Researchers Advancing 21st-Century Research (ERA21) project. ERA21 provides outreach, advice, collaborative events, and resources to early-career researchers looking to conduct research with human cells, tissues, and other human-relevant models. The monthly newsletter has more than 150 subscribers, and the Facebook group engages young researchers as well.Physicians Committee toxicologists also actively promote the recommendations of the National Research Councils (NRC) June 2007 report for the development and implementation of nonanimal-based tests for chemical toxicity. One way in which this work is manifested is in the co-founding and continued support of the American Society for Cellular and Computational Toxicology (ASCCT). The ASCCT, which has more than 1,600 scientists on its mailing list, just held its eighth annual meeting, attracting senior scientists from government, academia, and industry, as well as student scientists. All were presenting their work on or discussing issues related to predictive toxicology, the discipline that has evolved from efforts stemming from the NRCs 2007 report. The ASCCT holds monthly webinars, attracting approximately 100 attendees each from around the world.In 2019, we learned that because of a new EPA policy accepting human cell-based methods for skin sensitization (methods which have been shown to be more predictive of the animal method it replaced), companies had submitted 25 dossiers, saving 750 mice in a few short months. The Physicians Committee advocated for the adoption of this policy and continues to encourage other regulatory agencies to adopt the same policy.Finally, this year the Physicians Committee provided training opportunities to more than 2,000 toxicologists in North America in web and in-person sessions describing new test methods or approaches for safety testing of chemicals, pharmaceuticals, and personal care products. In some cases, we have feedback from specific regulators that the training has resulted in increased acceptance of nonanimal test methods. The Physicians Committee also continued to schedule New Approach Methodology Use for Regulatory Application (NURA) training series events, designed to teach industry scientists how to use nonanimal approaches to assess the potential hazards of new chemicals they design through annual multiday, hands-on training events. Two events were held, and the presentations were videotaped and posted to an online portal. The Physicians Committee promotes this portal with online advertising, and the portal has more than 5,000 visitations.Desc

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DescNutrition EducationThe Physicians Committee hosts continuing education opportunities for physicians, nurses, dietitians, medical students, and other health care professionals so they can bring tools of disease prevention into their practice. NutritionCME.org, an online continuing education website, offers up to 50 free, nutrition-focused continuing medical education courses. In FY 2019, 1,541 medical professionals completed at least one course, a 57 percent increase compared to FY 2018. Those professionals completed a total of 6,242 continuing education credits. In August 2019, we also hosted our seventh annual International Conference on Nutrition in Medicine, a live, in-person continuing medical education conference in Washington, D.C., attended by 1,000 health care professionals. The vast majority of the planning for this successful event took place in FY 2019.In FY 2019, our team coordinated and sponsored six lunch-and-learn events, reaching hundreds of medical and nursing students. Our experts spoke at University of Washington, Bastyr, Boucher, Yale, Florida Atlantic University, George Washington, and Johns Hopkins, reaching 495 students. We attended two medical student conferences: the American Medical Student Association and the Student National Medical Association, reaching 450 students. The Nutrition Guide for Clinicians app brings evidence-based resources to clinicians fingertips, and in FY 2019 reached more than 32,000 with more than 200,000 chapter views online. Our diabetes educator team delivered educational presentations to 2,500 diabetes professionals at national and regional conferences. They were educated on the science and practical applications of plant-based clinical interventions designed to reverse, treat, and prevent diabetes via lectures, workshops, or webinars. The Physicians Committee runs nutrition education programming to reach communities all across the United States:In FY 2019, we trained 28 Food for Life instructors to teach our healthful cooking classes in their communities. They came from as far as Italy, Canada, and Hawaii. The training awards 18 continuing education hours for nurses and dietitians. During the past fiscal year, our instructors taught more than 1,000 classes and reached approximately 4,500 students. The Physicians Committee currently has more than 280 instructors and Education Alliance Program partners in 44 states, plus the District of Columbia, and 17 countries. In FY 2019, more than 105,000 participants followed our free, online 21-Day Vegan Kickstart program, which promotes a healthful plant-based diet with tips and recipes and nutrition education videos from our nutrition experts. We offer this app-based program in both English and Spanish with culturally relevant recipes and nutrition education. We also have resources in Mandarin and for those of Indian origin. Since launching in 2009, more than half a million people have participated in the 21-day online program with more than 92,000 installs of our mobile version.In FY 2019, the Physicians Committee hosted two two-day Kickstart Intensives, which educated 145 attendees about the health benefits of a plant-based diet. The two-day program included nutrition lectures, cooking demonstrations, testimonials, health measurements, and four meals. Our Native American outreach continues as the diabetes epidemic grows. In September 2018, through a collaboration with Clinical Education and Nutritive Services at the Tsehootsooi Medical Center in Fort Defiance, Ariz., we provided a four-hour continuing medical education program for 170 clinicians and members of the public, who were also provided with plant-based meals and resource materials. In January 2019, 100 participants attended a second four-week challenge offered by Tsehootsooi. In February 2019, we offered hands-on instruction on preparation of 17 plant-based dishes for hospital employees. In April, we were invited to assist the Gallup Indian Medical Center (GIMC) in Gallup, N.M., and we partnered with them to train 100 cooks and nutritionists at events at the Gallup Community Pantry in June 2019. In July, 15 people attended a four-week challenge GIMC offered to employees. Both the Tsehootsooi Medical Center and GIMC now offer made-from-scratch plant-based meal options in their cafeterias each day.The Physicians Committee promotes plant-based options in school cafeterias around the country through various channels. HealthySchoolLunches.org offers free resources to assist schools in integrating plant-based meals into the lunch line. In FY 2019, we attended and presented at two Greening School Food forums hosted by Friends of the Earth, reaching a total of 200 school food service professionals combined. Attendees learned from us about policy initiatives supporting the addition of plant-based meals and removal of processed meat in schools. In the fall of 2018, Santa Barbara Unified School District agreed to remove processed meat from its menu for good with our assistance, and we publicized it. The food service director spoke at one of the forums about her success in removing processed meat and having a daily vegan option on their districts menu. The Physicians Committee also works to promote the removal of processed meat from school lunches through distribution of our toolkit and supporting policy initiatives. A New York City resolution to remove processed meat from school lunches received strong support from action alerts and 12 members who gave testimony at a city council hearing. The resolution later passed, banning processed meat from all New York City public schools.FY 2019 marked the kick-off of public meetings hosted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture to update the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, a process that occurs every five years. The Physicians Committee also monitored the nomination of members to the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee by submitting nominations and weighing-in on those ultimately selected. We sent representatives to all public meetings, posted comments, and presented oral testimony when the opportunities were available.In FY 2019, our Kickstart Your Health team visited the Triangle area of North Carolina where we partnered with local experts who actively promote plant-based nutrition in their communities. We highlighted them in the media, on billboards, and across several events including a community health fest, Forks Over Knives screening, grand rounds in a hospital, Food for Life classes, and lunch-and-learn sessions for medical students. We reached 490 laypersons, medical professionals, and city officials to offer nutrition education and long-term support. The Physicians Committees international outreach programs in China and India work to decrease rising chronic disease rates with nutrition education. In FY 2019, our India program specialist went on two tours in India and reached 600 people at the Vegan Indian Conference in July. In February, through a partnership with Bollywood actress Mallika Sherawat, we launched a billboard campaign in five Indian cities with the message Go Vegan for Someone You Love, which reached 27.4 million people through Hindi and English media. Our China program specialist delivered plant-based lectures in 70 cities reaching 31,000 people.Desc

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FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Real-$48,000RealAmt

Net Rental Income Or Loss NetRentalIncomeOrLossGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column-$48,000TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion-$48,000ExclusionAmt

Gross Amount Sales Assets GrossAmountSalesAssetsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Securities$1,098,790SecuritiesAmt

Less Cost Oth Basis Sales Expnss LessCostOthBasisSalesExpnssGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Securities$1,128,733SecuritiesAmt

Gain Or Loss GainOrLossGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Securities-$29,943SecuritiesAmt

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestmentsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column-$29,943TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income-$29,943RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Fundraising Gross Income$16,500FundraisingGrossIncomeAmt
Contri Rpt Fundraising Event$76,200ContriRptFundraisingEventAmt
Fundraising Direct Expenses$36,190FundraisingDirectExpensesAmt

Net Incm From Fundraising Evt NetIncmFromFundraisingEvtGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column-$19,690TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion-$19,690ExclusionAmt

Net Income From Gaming NetIncomeFromGamingGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column$0TotalRevenueColumnAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Gross Sales Of Inventory$125,457GrossSalesOfInventoryAmt
Cost Of Goods Sold$45,282CostOfGoodsSoldAmt

Net Income Or Loss NetIncomeOrLossGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column$80,175TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income$80,175RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Other Revenue Misc OtherRevenueMiscGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
DescOther revenueDesc
Total Revenue Column$13,121TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion$13,121ExclusionAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Revenue Total$13,121OtherRevenueTotalAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column$13,818,224TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income$1,501,736RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Exclusion$100,825ExclusionAmt

Grants To Domestic Orgs GrantsToDomesticOrgsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$1,597,958TotalAmt
Program Services$1,597,958ProgramServicesAmt

Grants To Domestic Individuals GrantsToDomesticIndividualsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$0TotalAmt

Foreign Grants ForeignGrantsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$0TotalAmt

Benefits To Members BenefitsToMembersGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$0TotalAmt

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$110,920TotalAmt
Program Services$59,065ProgramServicesAmt
Fundraising$51,855FundraisingAmt

Comp Disqual Persons CompDisqualPersonsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$0TotalAmt

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$5,520,049TotalAmt
Program Services$4,483,600ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General$495,620ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising$540,829FundraisingAmt

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributionsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$99,016TotalAmt
Program Services$77,266ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General$13,445ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising$8,305FundraisingAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$585,407TotalAmt
Program Services$461,440ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General$60,963ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising$63,004FundraisingAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$407,120TotalAmt
Program Services$327,440ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General$36,217ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising$43,463FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Management FeesForServicesManagementGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$0TotalAmt

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegalGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$76,417TotalAmt
Program Services$74,667ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General$1,750ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$55,410TotalAmt
Management And General$55,410ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Lobbying FeesForServicesLobbyingGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$404,458TotalAmt
Program Services$404,458ProgramServicesAmt

Fees For Services Prof Fundraising FeesForServicesProfFundraising

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$18,101TotalAmt
Fundraising$18,101FundraisingAmt

Fees For Srvc Invst Mgmnt Fees FeesForSrvcInvstMgmntFeesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$0TotalAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$1,177,660TotalAmt
Program Services$992,711ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General$22,427ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising$162,522FundraisingAmt

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$663,149TotalAmt
Program Services$659,521ProgramServicesAmt
Fundraising$3,628FundraisingAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$169,994TotalAmt
Program Services$162,203ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General$3,681ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising$4,110FundraisingAmt

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$0TotalAmt

Royalties RoyaltiesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$0TotalAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$678,959TotalAmt
Program Services$550,364ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General$61,790ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising$66,805FundraisingAmt

Travel TravelGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$336,301TotalAmt
Program Services$301,631ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General$960ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising$33,710FundraisingAmt

Pymt Travel Entrtnmnt Pub Ofcl PymtTravelEntrtnmntPubOfclGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$0TotalAmt

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetingsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$969,033TotalAmt
Program Services$940,920ProgramServicesAmt
Fundraising$28,113FundraisingAmt

Interest InterestGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$43,017TotalAmt
Program Services$115ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General$42,888ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising$14FundraisingAmt

Payments To Affiliates PaymentsToAffiliatesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$0TotalAmt

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$186,471TotalAmt
Program Services$148,309ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General$18,718ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising$19,444FundraisingAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$62,325TotalAmt
Program Services$56,245ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General$2,839ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising$3,241FundraisingAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (4 entries)

DescDescTotalTotalAmtProgram ServicesProgramServicesAmtManagement And GeneralManagementAndGeneralAmtFundraisingFundraisingAmt
Printing and Publications$1,463,077$1,084,175$1,594$377,308
Postage and Shipping$928,486$564,115$760$363,611
Electronic Communications Cost$483,143$336,852$25,786$120,505
Mailing list costs$427,764$350,576$3,786$73,402

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpensesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$933,643TotalAmt
Program Services$651,513ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General$186,040ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising$96,090FundraisingAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$17,397,878TotalAmt
Program Services$14,285,144ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General$1,034,674ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising$2,078,060FundraisingAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Joint CostsYes (X)JointCostsInd

Total Joint Costs TotalJointCostsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$1,233,362TotalAmt
Program Services$859,523ProgramServicesAmt
Fundraising$373,839FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$572,908BOYAmt
EOY$746,269EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$7,428,963BOYAmt
EOY$5,287,784EOYAmt

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivableGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$49,701BOYAmt
EOY$130,753EOYAmt

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$188,109BOYAmt
EOY$70,359EOYAmt

Receivables From Officers Etc ReceivablesFromOfficersEtcGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
EOY$0EOYAmt

Rcvbl From Disqualified Prsn RcvblFromDisqualifiedPrsnGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
EOY$0EOYAmt

Oth Notes Loans Receivable Net OthNotesLoansReceivableNetGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
EOY$0EOYAmt

Inventories For Sale Or Use InventoriesForSaleOrUseGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$118,356BOYAmt
EOY$109,990EOYAmt

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$528,302BOYAmt
EOY$313,194EOYAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss$2,038,474LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec$771,836LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$1,388,135BOYAmt
EOY$1,266,638EOYAmt

Investments Pub Traded Sec InvestmentsPubTradedSecGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$2,197,683BOYAmt
EOY$2,337,819EOYAmt

Investments Other Securities InvestmentsOtherSecuritiesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$60,278BOYAmt
EOY$60,278EOYAmt

Investments Program Related InvestmentsProgramRelatedGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
EOY$0EOYAmt

Intangible Assets IntangibleAssetsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
EOY$0EOYAmt

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotalGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$4,468,234BOYAmt
EOY$2,844,456EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$17,000,669BOYAmt
EOY$13,167,540EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$1,423,276BOYAmt
EOY$1,416,082EOYAmt

Grants Payable GrantsPayableGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
EOY$37,500EOYAmt

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenueGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$616,968BOYAmt

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilitiesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$1,044,888BOYAmt
EOY$1,178,759EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$3,085,132BOYAmt
EOY$2,632,341EOYAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows SFAS117Yes (X)OrganizationFollowsSFAS117Ind

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssetsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$9,101,376BOYAmt
EOY$7,339,672EOYAmt

Temporarily Rstr Net Assets TemporarilyRstrNetAssetsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$4,814,161BOYAmt
EOY$3,195,527EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$13,915,537BOYAmt
EOY$10,535,199EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$17,000,669BOYAmt
EOY$13,167,540EOYAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss-$3,579,654ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Net Unrlzd Gains Losses Invst$95,341NetUnrlzdGainsLossesInvstAmt
Prior Period Adjustments$103,975PriorPeriodAdjustmentsAmt
Method Of Accounting AccrualYes (X)MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or ReviewfalseAccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS AuditedYes (true)FSAuditedInd

FS Audited Basis FSAuditedBasisGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Consolidated Basis Fincl StmtYes (X)ConsolidatedBasisFinclStmtInd
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Audit CommitteeYes (true)AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit RequiredfalseFederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Public Organization170Yes (X)PublicOrganization170Ind

Gifts Grants Contri Rcvd170 GiftsGrantsContriRcvd170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$11,592,990CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$19,024,540CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$9,282,692CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$18,187,565CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$10,737,635CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$68,825,422TotalAmt

Tax Rev Levied Orgnztnl Bnft170 TaxRevLeviedOrgnztnlBnft170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$0TotalAmt

Govt Furn Srvc Fclts Vl170 GovtFurnSrvcFcltsVl170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$0TotalAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$11,592,990CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$19,024,540CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$9,282,692CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$18,187,565CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$10,737,635CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$68,825,422TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Substantial Contributors Tot$0SubstantialContributorsTotAmt
Public Support Total170$68,825,422PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$73,282CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$103,307CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$113,751CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$126,671CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$194,956CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$611,967TotalAmt

Unrelated Business Net Incm170 UnrelatedBusinessNetIncm170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$3,445CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$5,296CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$3,510CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$3,960CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$1,981CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$18,192TotalAmt

Other Income170 OtherIncome170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$58,656CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$18,306CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$17,163CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$43,859CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$13,121CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$151,105TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Support$69,606,686TotalSupportAmt
Gross Receipts Rltd Activities$3,126,895GrossReceiptsRltdActivitiesAmt
Public Support CY1700.98880PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY1700.98980PublicSupportPY170Pct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY170Yes (X)ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY170Ind

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
ContributorRESTRICTEDContributorNum

Contributor Business Name ContributorBusinessName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1RESTRICTEDBusinessNameLine1

Contributor US Address ContributorUSAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line1RESTRICTEDAddressLine1
Address Line2RESTRICTEDAddressLine2
CityRESTRICTEDCity
StateRESTRICTEDState
ZIP CodeRESTRICTEDZIPCode
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total ContributionsRESTRICTEDTotalContributionsAmt

Schedule C IRS990ScheduleC

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Form4720 Filed Section4955 TaxfalseForm4720FiledSection4955TaxInd
Correction MadefalseCorrectionMadeInd
Organization Belongs Afflt GrpYes (X)OrganizationBelongsAffltGrpInd

Total Grassroots Lobbying TotalGrassrootsLobbyingGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total$64,499FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt
Affiliated Group Total$64,499AffiliatedGroupTotalAmt

Total Direct Lobbying TotalDirectLobbyingGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total$339,959FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt
Affiliated Group Total$339,959AffiliatedGroupTotalAmt

Total Lobbying Expend TotalLobbyingExpendGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total$404,458FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt
Affiliated Group Total$404,458AffiliatedGroupTotalAmt

Other Exempt Purpose Expend OtherExemptPurposeExpendGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total$14,915,360FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt
Affiliated Group Total$14,980,167AffiliatedGroupTotalAmt

Total Exempt Purpose Expend TotalExemptPurposeExpendGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total$15,319,818FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt
Affiliated Group Total$15,384,625AffiliatedGroupTotalAmt

Lobbying Nontaxable Amount LobbyingNontaxableAmountGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total$915,991FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt
Affiliated Group Total$919,231AffiliatedGroupTotalAmt

Grassroots Nontaxable GrassrootsNontaxableGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total$228,998FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt
Affiliated Group Total$229,808AffiliatedGroupTotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Form4720 FiledfalseForm4720FiledInd

Avg Lobbying Nontaxable Amount AvgLobbyingNontaxableAmountGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus3$712,719CurrentYearMinus3Amt
Current Year Minus2$760,579CurrentYearMinus2Amt
Current Year Minus1$828,188CurrentYearMinus1Amt
Current Year$919,231CurrentYearAmt
Total$3,220,717TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Lobbying Ceiling$4,831,076LobbyingCeilingAmt

Avg Total Lobbying Expend AvgTotalLobbyingExpendGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus3$60,856CurrentYearMinus3Amt
Current Year Minus2$43,188CurrentYearMinus2Amt
Current Year Minus1$381,045CurrentYearMinus1Amt
Current Year$404,458CurrentYearAmt
Total$889,547TotalAmt

Avg Grassroots Nontaxable AvgGrassrootsNontaxableGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus3$178,180CurrentYearMinus3Amt
Current Year Minus2$190,145CurrentYearMinus2Amt
Current Year Minus1$207,047CurrentYearMinus1Amt
Current Year$229,808CurrentYearAmt
Total$805,180TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Grassroots Ceiling$1,207,770GrassrootsCeilingAmt

Avg Grassroots Lobbying Expend AvgGrassrootsLobbyingExpendGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus3$15,745CurrentYearMinus3Amt
Current Year Minus2$9,557CurrentYearMinus2Amt
Current Year Minus1$133,811CurrentYearMinus1Amt
Current Year$64,499CurrentYearAmt
Total$223,612TotalAmt

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

CY Endwmt Fund CYEndwmtFundGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance$6,945,039BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions$500,745ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses$485,207InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures$210,159OtherExpendituresAmt
Administrative Expenses$69,878AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance$7,650,954EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus1 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus1YrEndwmtFundGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance$6,923,840BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions$16,210ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses$428,860InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures$356,291OtherExpendituresAmt
Administrative Expenses$67,580AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance$6,945,039EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus2 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus2YrEndwmtFundGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance$3,994,632BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions$2,602,988ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses$658,984InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures$266,461OtherExpendituresAmt
Administrative Expenses$66,303AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance$6,923,840EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus3 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus3YrEndwmtFundGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance$3,997,779BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions$1,830ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses$38,728InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Administrative Expenses$43,705AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance$3,994,632EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus4 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus4YrEndwmtFundGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance$3,917,179BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions$155,383ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses$104,670InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures$135,987OtherExpendituresAmt
Administrative Expenses$43,466AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance$3,997,779EndYearBalanceAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Board Designated Balance EOY0.66600BoardDesignatedBalanceEOYPct
Prmnnt Endowment Balance EOY0.21580PrmnntEndowmentBalanceEOYPct
Term Endowment Balance EOY0.11820TermEndowmentBalanceEOYPct
Endowments Held Unrelated OrgfalseEndowmentsHeldUnrelatedOrgInd
Endowments Held Related OrgYes (true)EndowmentsHeldRelatedOrgInd
Related Org List Sch RYes (true)RelatedOrgListSchRInd

Land LandGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$545,080OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Book Value$545,080BookValueAmt

Buildings BuildingsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$500,270OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$214,310DepreciationAmt
Book Value$285,960BookValueAmt

Leasehold Improvements LeaseholdImprovementsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$818,449OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$504,959DepreciationAmt
Book Value$313,490BookValueAmt

Equipment EquipmentGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$12,198OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$10,162DepreciationAmt
Book Value$2,036BookValueAmt

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildingsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$162,477OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$42,405DepreciationAmt
Book Value$120,072BookValueAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings$1,266,638TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt

Other Assets Org OtherAssetsOrgGrp (4 entries)

DescDescBook ValueBookValueAmt
Deposits$5,478
Health insurance rebate rece$37,225
Legacies & Bequests Receivable$2,682,173
WIP films$119,580
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Other Assets$2,844,456TotalBookValueOtherAssetsAmt

Other Liabilities Org OtherLiabilitiesOrgGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Desccharitable gift annuitiesDesc
Amt$1,178,759Amt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Liability$1,178,759TotalLiabilityAmt
Footnote TextYes (X)FootnoteTextInd

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (2 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDescExplanationExplanationTxt
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 FootnoteIn general, when tax returns are filed, it is highly certain that some positions taken would be sustained upon examination by the taxing authorities, while others are subject to uncertainty about the merits of the position taken or the amount of the position that would be ultimately sustained. The benefit of a tax position is recognized in the financial statements in the period during which, based on all available evidence, management believes it is more likely than not that the position will be sustained upon examination, including the resolution of appeals or litigation processes, if any. Tax positions taken are not offset or aggregated with other positions. Tax positions that meet the more-likely-than-not recognition threshold are measured as the largest amount of tax benefit that is more than 50 percent likely of being realized upon settlement with the applicable taxing authority. The portion of the benefits associated with tax positions taken that exceeds the amount measured as described above is reflected as a liability for unrecognized tax benefits in the accompanying balance sheets, along with any associated interest and penalties that would be payable to the taxing authorities upon examination. The Physicians Committee has determined that no such liabilities were required at July 31, 2019.

Schedule F IRS990ScheduleF

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Grant Records MaintainedYes (true)GrantRecordsMaintainedInd

Account Activities Outside US AccountActivitiesOutsideUSGrp (2 entries)

RegionRegionTxtOfficesOfficesCntEmployeeEmployeeCntType Of Activities ConductedTypeOfActivitiesConductedTxtSpecific Services ProvidedSpecificServicesProvidedTxtRegion Total ExpendituresRegionTotalExpendituresAmt
east asia and pacific01program serviceSSee Part V$127,000
south asia01program servicesSee Part V$48,000
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Subtotal Employees2SubtotalEmployeesCnt
Total Employee2TotalEmployeeCnt
Subtotal Spent$175,000SubtotalSpentAmt
Total Spent$175,000TotalSpentAmt
Transfer To Foreign CorpfalseTransferToForeignCorpInd
Interest In Foreign TrustfalseInterestInForeignTrustInd
Foreign Corp OwnershipfalseForeignCorpOwnershipInd
Passive Foreign Investmest CofalsePassiveForeignInvestmestCoInd
Foreign PartnershipfalseForeignPartnershipInd
Boycott CountriesfalseBoycottCountriesInd

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (2 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDescExplanationExplanationTxt
Part I, Line 2 - Grantmakers Explanation For Monitoring Use of Funds Outside USGrants 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 Accountingaccrual basis of accounting was used.

Schedule G IRS990ScheduleG

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Mail SolicitationsYes (X)MailSolicitationsInd
Email SolicitationsYes (X)EmailSolicitationsInd
Phone SolicitationsYes (X)PhoneSolicitationsInd
In Person SolicitationsYes (X)InPersonSolicitationsInd
Solicitation Of Non Govt GrantsYes (X)SolicitationOfNonGovtGrantsInd
Special Fundraising EventsYes (X)SpecialFundraisingEventsInd
Agrmt Prof Fundraising ActyYes (true)AgrmtProfFundraisingActyInd

Fundraiser Activity Info FundraiserActivityInfoGrp (2 entries)

Address Line1USAddress/AddressLine1TxtCityUSAddress/CityNmState AbbreviationUSAddress/StateAbbreviationCdZIPUSAddress/ZIPCdActivityActivityTxtFundraiser Control Of FundsFundraiserControlOfFundsIndGross ReceiptsGrossReceiptsAmtRetained By ContractorRetainedByContractorAmtNet To OrganizationNetToOrganizationAmt
Lautman Maska
1730 RI Ave NWWashingtonDC20036Membership developmentfalse$4,345,980$314,254$4,031,726
Donor Services
6715 Sunset BlvLACA90028Telemarketingfalse$14,145$17,701
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Gross Receipts$4,360,125TotalGrossReceiptsAmt
Total Retained By Contractors$331,955TotalRetainedByContractorsAmt
Total Net To Organization$4,031,726TotalNetToOrganizationAmt
Licensed StatesAKLicensedStatesCd
Licensed StatesALLicensedStatesCd
Licensed StatesARLicensedStatesCd
Licensed StatesCALicensedStatesCd
Licensed StatesCOLicensedStatesCd
Licensed StatesCTLicensedStatesCd
Licensed StatesDCLicensedStatesCd
Licensed StatesFLLicensedStatesCd
Licensed StatesGALicensedStatesCd
Licensed StatesHILicensedStatesCd
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Licensed StatesKYLicensedStatesCd
Licensed StatesLALicensedStatesCd
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Licensed StatesMDLicensedStatesCd
Licensed StatesMELicensedStatesCd
Licensed StatesMILicensedStatesCd
Licensed StatesMNLicensedStatesCd
Licensed StatesNCLicensedStatesCd
Licensed StatesNDLicensedStatesCd
Licensed StatesNHLicensedStatesCd
Licensed StatesNJLicensedStatesCd
Licensed StatesNMLicensedStatesCd
Licensed StatesNYLicensedStatesCd
Licensed StatesOHLicensedStatesCd
Licensed StatesOKLicensedStatesCd
Licensed StatesORLicensedStatesCd
Licensed StatesPALicensedStatesCd
Licensed StatesRILicensedStatesCd
Licensed StatesSCLicensedStatesCd
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Licensed StatesUTLicensedStatesCd
Licensed StatesVALicensedStatesCd
Licensed StatesWALicensedStatesCd
Licensed StatesWILicensedStatesCd
Licensed StatesWVLicensedStatesCd
Licensed StatesMSLicensedStatesCd

Fundraising Event Information FundraisingEventInformationGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Event1Hollywood FundraiserEvent1Nm
Gross Receipts Event1$82,600GrossReceiptsEvent1Amt
Charitable Contri Event1$76,200CharitableContriEvent1Amt
Gross Revenue Event1$6,400GrossRevenueEvent1Amt
Food And Beverage Event1$5,937FoodAndBeverageEvent1Amt
Entertainment Event1$330EntertainmentEvent1Amt
Other Direct Expenses Event1$19,166OtherDirectExpensesEvent1Amt
Event2FL FundraiserEvent2Nm
Gross Receipts Event2$10,100GrossReceiptsEvent2Amt
Gross Revenue Event2$10,100GrossRevenueEvent2Amt
Food And Beverage Event2$2,038FoodAndBeverageEvent2Amt
Other Direct Expenses Event2$8,719OtherDirectExpensesEvent2Amt
Gross Receipts Total$92,700GrossReceiptsTotalAmt
Charitable Contributions Tot$76,200CharitableContributionsTotAmt
Gross Revenue Total Events$16,500GrossRevenueTotalEventsAmt
Food And Beverage Total Events$7,975FoodAndBeverageTotalEventsAmt
Entertainment Total Events$330EntertainmentTotalEventsAmt
Oth Direct Expnss Total Events$27,885OthDirectExpnssTotalEventsAmt
Direct Expense Summary Events$36,190DirectExpenseSummaryEventsAmt
Net Income Summary-$19,690NetIncomeSummaryAmt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Form And Line ReferencePart I, Line 2b - Fundraiser Additional InformationFormAndLineReferenceDesc
ExplanationReconciliation of SChedule G, Part I, line 2b, column (v) with Form 990, part ix.Total amount paid to fundraisers on Schedule G 331,955Total paid for professional fundraising services, Form 990, 11e 18,101Difference 313,854The 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 totalPrinting & Publications 26,184 -0- 58,591 84,775Postage & shipping 13,736 -0- 5,648 19,384Mailing list costs 1,875 -0- -0- 1,875Other services 110,664 -0- 97,156 207,820Total 152,459 -0- 161,395 313,854ExplanationTxt

Schedule I IRS990ScheduleI

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Grant Records MaintainedYes (true)GrantRecordsMaintainedInd

Recipient Table RecipientTable (3 entries)

Address Line1USAddress/AddressLine1TxtCityUSAddress/CityNmState AbbreviationUSAddress/StateAbbreviationCdZIPUSAddress/ZIPCdRecipient EINRecipientEINCash GrantCashGrantAmtNon Cash AssistanceNonCashAssistanceAmtValuation Method UsedValuationMethodUsedDescNon Cash AssistanceNonCashAssistanceDescPurpose Of GrantPurposeOfGrantTxt
PCRM Clinic DBA Barnard Med
5100 Wisonsin Ave NW 401WashingtonDC20016464057257$3,350$45,723FMVdirect payment of clinic expensesgeneral support
Rochester Lifestyle Medicine
2024 W Henrietta Rd Suite 5ARochesterNY14623821801873$50,000$0promote lifestyle medicine
The PCRM Foundation
5100 Wisconsin Ave NW 400WashingtonDC20016731669893$1,500,000$0General support & fund endowment
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total501c3 Org3Total501c3OrgCnt
Total Other Org0TotalOtherOrgCnt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Form And Line ReferenceGrantmaker's Description of How Grants are UsedFormAndLineReferenceDesc
ExplanationThe 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.ExplanationTxt

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Form990 Of Other OrganizationsYes (X)Form990OfOtherOrganizationsInd
Compensation SurveyYes (X)CompensationSurveyInd
Board Or Committee ApprovalYes (X)BoardOrCommitteeApprovalInd
Severance PaymentfalseSeverancePaymentInd
Supplemental Nonqual Rtr PlanfalseSupplementalNonqualRtrPlanInd
Equity Based Comp ArrngmfalseEquityBasedCompArrngmInd
Comp Based On Revenue Of Flng OrgfalseCompBasedOnRevenueOfFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd On Rev Related OrgsfalseCompBsdOnRevRelatedOrgsInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Flng OrgfalseCompBsdNetEarnsFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Rltd OrgsfalseCompBsdNetEarnsRltdOrgsInd
Any Non Fixed PaymentsfalseAnyNonFixedPaymentsInd
Initial Contract ExceptionfalseInitialContractExceptionInd
Rebuttable Presumption ProcfalseRebuttablePresumptionProcInd

Rltd Org Officer Trst Key Empl RltdOrgOfficerTrstKeyEmplGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
PersonHana Kahleova MD PhDPersonNm
TitleDir Clinical Res.TitleTxt
Base Compensation Filing Org$160,561BaseCompensationFilingOrgAmt
Nontaxable Benefits Filing Org$5,463NontaxableBenefitsFilingOrgAmt
Total Compensation Filing Org$166,024TotalCompensationFilingOrgAmt

Schedule M IRS990ScheduleM

Securities Publicly Traded SecuritiesPubliclyTradedGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Non Cash CheckboxYes (X)NonCashCheckboxInd
Contribution29ContributionCnt
Noncash Contributions Rpt F990$98,726NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt
Method Of Determining RevenuesfmvMethodOfDeterminingRevenuesTxt

Other Non Cash Contri Table OtherNonCashContriTableGrp (4 entries)

Non Cash CheckboxNonCashCheckboxIndDescDescContributionContributionCntNoncash Contributions Rpt F990NoncashContributionsRptF990AmtMethod Of Determining RevenuesMethodOfDeterminingRevenuesTxt
Yes (X)cookware6$27,288fmv
Yes (X)cooking equipme25$7,622fmv
Yes (X)catering1$200fmv
Yes (X)google ads60448$154,208fmv
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Any Property That Must Be HeldfalseAnyPropertyThatMustBeHeldInd
Review Process Unusual NC GiftsYes (true)ReviewProcessUnusualNCGiftsInd
Third Parties UsedfalseThirdPartiesUsedInd

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (9 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDescExplanationExplanationTxt
Form 990, Part III, Line 4d: Other Program Services DescriptionOTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 4: PublicationsThe publications department supports the Physicians Committees nutrition and research ethics educational efforts through the design and production of print and electronic materials. In FY 2019, the department completed approximately 615 separately tracked projects. These design projects included a book, ads, fact sheets, brochures, postcards, educational diagrams, posters, billboards, fliers, program booklets, event signage, stationery, program logos, web graphics, infographics, merchandise graphics, and social media graphics. Supported projects included the 870-page third edition of the Nutrition Guide for Clinicians (2,500 printed copies), the 2019 International Conference on Nutrition in Medicine, demonstrations at universities, medical centers, and fast-food franchises, Food for Life instructor training, scientific conferences (academic posters and promotion), healthy hospital food initiative, Native American diabetes education, Alzheimers education Capitol Hill event, Kickstart Intensive event, Barnard Medical Center promotion and education campaigns, and toxicology education and websites. Many of our educational materials are available for free download from our websitePCRM.org.Good Medicine, the Physicians Committees 24-page magazine, keeps members informed and involved. Four issues of Good Medicine were published in FY 2019. Total print distribution was 364,485. The magazine also appears in electronic format on our website. OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 5: CommunicationsWorking with physicians, health experts, and celebrities who serve as spokespeople, we aim to inform, persuade, and inspire readers through strategic media relations, public relations, digital communications, content generation, social media, celebrity engagement, and advertisements. In the past year, our work was featured and referenced in traditional news outlets, including the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Boston Globe, the Star Tribune, the Houston Chronicle, the Miami Herald, and the Denver Post. Our message has been reported by wires including the Associated Press and Reuters, Capitol Hill papers including the Hill and Politico, and by major television networks including ABC News and CNN. International outlets such as the Daily Mail and the Toronto Star have covered our campaigns. Each month, we reach a potential audience of 240 million readers by appearing in an average of 167 news outlets. We further amplify this coverage on social media to empower our followers to make lasting health changes. Our social media content has created conversations daily among more than 1.3 million followers on 11 social media accounts. In 2018, we launched The Exam Room podcast which has reached more than 2.3 million people to date. These communications combined have reached hundreds of millions of people around the globe.On our websites, we post news about our peer-reviewed medical studies, our medical perspective on cultural commentary, our recommendations to strengthen scientific research standards, and expert-authored consumer health tips. In FY 2019, the Physicians Committee's websites received about 6.4 million visitors and 7.7 million page views. OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 6: Clinical ResearchThe Physicians Committee designs and conducts clinical health and nutrition research studies, with the goal of motivating more attention in diet and prevention among health care workers, medical researchers, policymakers, and patients.The paper entitled A plant-based diet in overweight individuals in a 16-week randomized clinical trial: metabolic benefits of plant protein, published in Nutrition & Diabetes by Physicians Committee research staff, showed that plant protein, as a part of a plant-based diet, and the resulting limitation of leucine and histidine intake are associated with improvements in body composition and reductions in both body weight and insulin resistance. This study demonstrates the potential of plant protein for weight management and may influence the dietary recommendations.Physicians Committee researchers co-authored a case study demonstrating a complete remission of Crohns disease with a plant-based diet. This case study describes a young adult male with newly diagnosed Crohns disease who failed to enter clinical remission despite standard medical therapy. After switching to a diet based exclusively on grains, legumes, vegetables, and fruits, he entered clinical remission without need for medication and showed no signs of Crohns disease on follow-up colonoscopy. This case study gives hope to patients diagnosed with inflammatory bowel disease and needs to be taken into account when making dietary recommendations to these patients.A Physicians Committee researcher co-authored a systematic review and meta-analysis on vegetarian dietary patterns and major cardiovascular outcomes, published in Frontiers in Nutrition, showing that vegetarian diets reduce cardiovascular mortality and incidence. This paper highlights the usefulness of plant-based diets for people with elevated cardiovascular risk.The Physicians Committee published a letter to the editor of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, exposing the dairy industry funding and the methodological issues in a prospective study that was trying to prove that eating dairy is not contributing to cardiovascular disease. We suggest that the contribution of dairy products to cardiovascular risk is best adjudicated in carefully designed randomized trials. Such trials have already indicated weight gain associated with consumption of both low-fat and whole-fat dairy and a considerable risk from saturated fat intake. This suggests that the dairy industrys appeals for a more generous verdict should not be so easily granted.Two papers in Nutrients by Physicians Committee research staff and colleagues showed that vegetable fat and carbohydrates, as part of a plant-based diet, may play an important role in body weight regulation. Physicians Committee research staff and colleagues published a review paper entitled The effects of vegetarian and vegan diets on gut microbiota in Frontiers in Nutrition. A plant-based diet appears to be beneficial for human health by promoting the development of more diverse and stable microbial systems. High fiber intake also encourages the growth of species that ferment fiber into metabolites as short-chain fatty acids, which improve immunity against pathogens, promote blood-brain barrier integrity, provide energy substrates, and regulate critical functions of the intestine. The available literature suggests that a vegetarian/vegan diet is effective in promoting a diverse ecosystem of beneficial bacteria to support both human gut microbiome and overall health.Another paper by Physicians Committee research staff and colleagues, entitled Plant-based diets for cardiovascular safety and performance in endurance sports, published in Nutrients, showed the practical implementation of the research and suggested the use of plant-based diets to boost the performance in athletes.Physicians Committee research staff published a paper entitled The thermic effect of food: a review in the Journal of American College of Nutrition. The thermic effect of food is the increase in the metabolic rate that occurs after a meal and represents a potentially modifiable component of energy expenditure, therefore playing an important role in weight management. Evidence suggests that the thermic effect of food is increased by larger meal sizes (as opposed to frequent small meals), intake of carbohydrate and protein (as opposed to dietary fat), and low-fat plant-based diets. This highlights the usefulness of plant-based diets for weight management.Our current randomized crossover clinical trial is comparing the effects of a low-fat, plant-based diet to a Mediterranean diet on body weight, metabolism, and body composition. Using indirect calorimetry, we are measuring metabolism of overweight and/or obese participants in the fasting state, and then for three hours after a standard meal. Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) is used to assess detailed body composition. The participants insulin sensitivity and glucose metabolism is also tested. All of these tests are performed at baseline and after 16 weeks of a low-fat vegan versus Mediterranean diet, at week 20 (after a four-week wash-out period), and at week 36 (after 16 weeks of the second intervention). Sixty-two participants were enrolled and started the study. This study will provide important insights for dietary recommendations.Using the design of a randomized crossover trial, we are testing the effects of dietary cholesterol on serum cholesterol levels in vegans who have no baseline dietary cholesterol intake. This study will provide the dose-response information on how much dietary cholesterol affects blood lipids and cardiovascular risk. We are currently conducting a randomized crossover trial, exploring the power of a
Form 990, Part VI, Line 7a: How Members or Shareholders Elect Governing BodyThe membership (of which there is only one class) has the right to elect or appoint the governing body.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 7b: Describe Decisions of Governing Body Approval by Members or ShareholdersThe 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, Line 11b: Form 990 Review ProcessBefore 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 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, Line 12c: Explanation of Monitoring and Enforcement of ConflictsEach 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, Line 15a: Compensation Review & Approval Process - CEO, Top ManagementDr. 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 step out of the room, 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, Line 15b: Compensation Review and Approval Process for Officers and Key EmployeesBetsy Wason's (Physicians Committees Assistant Secretary and Vice President for Development) 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. Ms. Wason was not present at this board meeting. The 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, Line 19: Other Organization Documents Publicly AvailablePHYSICIANS 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.
Sch C Part IV scheduleSChedule C, Part II-A affiliated group members schedule.

Schedule R IRS990ScheduleR

Id Related Tax Exempt Org IdRelatedTaxExemptOrgGrp (2 entries)

Address Line1USAddress/AddressLine1TxtCityUSAddress/CityNmState AbbreviationUSAddress/StateAbbreviationCdZIPUSAddress/ZIPCdEINEINPrimary ActivitiesPrimaryActivitiesTxtLegal Domicile StateLegalDomicileStateCdExempt Code SectionExemptCodeSectionTxtPublic Charity StatusPublicCharityStatusTxtBusiness Name Line1DirectControllingEntityName/BusinessNameLine1TxtControlled OrganizationControlledOrganizationInd
The PCRM Foundation
5100 Wisconsin Ave NW Suite 400WashingtonDC20016731669893Supporting OrganizationDC501(c)(3)Type I - 11APhysicians Committee For Responsible MedYes (true)
PCRM Clinic dba Barnard Medical Center
5100 Wisconsin Ave NW 401WashingtonDC20016464057257To provide primary medical careDC501(c)(3)10Physicians Committee for Responsible MedYes (true)
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Receipt Of Int Annts Rnts RyltsfalseReceiptOfIntAnntsRntsRyltsInd
Gift Grnt Or Cap Contri To Oth OrgYes (true)GiftGrntOrCapContriToOthOrgInd
Gift Grnt Cap Contri From Oth OrgYes (true)GiftGrntCapContriFromOthOrgInd
Loans Or Guarantees To Other OrgfalseLoansOrGuaranteesToOtherOrgInd
Loans Or Guarantees From Oth OrgfalseLoansOrGuaranteesFromOthOrgInd
Div Related OrganizationfalseDivRelatedOrganizationInd
Asset Sale To Other OrgfalseAssetSaleToOtherOrgInd
Asset Purchase From Other OrgfalseAssetPurchaseFromOtherOrgInd
Asset ExchangefalseAssetExchangeInd
Rental Of Facilities To Oth OrgYes (true)RentalOfFacilitiesToOthOrgInd
Rental Of Fclts From Oth OrgYes (true)RentalOfFcltsFromOthOrgInd
Perform Of Services For Oth OrgfalsePerformOfServicesForOthOrgInd
Perform Of Services By Other OrgYes (true)PerformOfServicesByOtherOrgInd
Sharing Of FacilitiesfalseSharingOfFacilitiesInd
Paid Employees SharingfalsePaidEmployeesSharingInd
Reimbursement Paid To Other OrgYes (true)ReimbursementPaidToOtherOrgInd
Reimbursement Paid By Other OrgYes (true)ReimbursementPaidByOtherOrgInd
Transfer To Other OrgfalseTransferToOtherOrgInd
Transfer From Other OrgfalseTransferFromOtherOrgInd

Transactions Related Org TransactionsRelatedOrgGrp (5 entries)

Transaction TypeTransactionTypeTxtInvolvedInvolvedAmtMethod Of Amount DeterminationMethodOfAmountDeterminationTxt
The PCRM Foundation
b$1,500,000fmv
The PCRM Foundation
c$210,159fmv
The PCRM Foundation
k$115,000lease agreement
PCRM Clinic dba Barnard Medical Center
j$104,000fmv
PCRM Clinic dba Barnard Medical Center
q$50,486FMV