AMERICAN BOARD OF MEDICAL SPECIALTIES RESEARCH & EDUCATION F

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

H11

Classification

1000

Street

353 N CLARK ST STE 1400

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Other organizations at this address

1 other organization in the IRS Business Master File lists the same street address. matched by us

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• AMERICAN BOARD OF MEDICAL SPECIALTIES

  EIN 41-0847713

Mission and programs · 2025

• THE ABMS REF GRANT PROGRAM FUNDS INDEPENDENT AND INNOVATIVE RESEARCH THAT EXPLORES THE IMPACT OF BOARD CERTIFICATION, WORKING TO ENHANCE HEALTH CARE QUALITY AND PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS, AND GATHERING INSIGHTS AND INFORM IMPROVEMENTS IN THE STRUCTURE, PROCESSES, AND OUTCOMES OF MEDICAL SPECIALTY CERTIFICATION. A KEY OBJECTIVE OF THE GRANT PROGRAM IS TO FACILITATE A COMMUNITY OF RESEARCH FOCUSED ON BOARD CERTIFICATION. THE PROGRAM FOSTERS GRANTEE INTERACTIONS WITH EACH OTHER, AND THE ABMS MEMBER BOARDS. THE REF ALSO OVERSEES THE ABMS SCHOLARS PROGRAM, FOSTERING EARLY-CAREER PHYSICIANS AND RESEARCH PROFESSIONALS AND FACILITATING LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT THROUGH ENGAGEMENT WITH ABMS AND THE BROADER CERTIFICATION COMMUNITY.

  Expenses $529,512 · Grants $300,000

• THE ABMS REF OVERSEES THE IMPLEMENTATION AND COORDINATION OF THE ABMS SCHOLARS PROGRAM (SP). THE SP IS ESTABLISHED TO SUPPORT RESEARCH PROJECTS OF EARLY-CAREER PHYSICIANS, MEDICAL AND SURGICAL SPECIALISTS, AND RESEARCH PROFESSIONALS, JUNIOR FACULTY, FELLOWS, AND RESIDENTS, AS WELL AS INDIVIDUALS HOLDING MASTER OR DOCTORATE DEGREES IN PUBLIC HEALTH, HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH, EDUCATIONAL EVALUATION AND STATISTICS, PUBLIC HEALTH POLICY AND ADMINISTRATION, OR OTHER RELEVANT DISCIPLINES.SP PARTICIPANTS ARE EXPOSED TO THE FIELDS OF PHYSICIAN AND MEDICAL SPECIALISTS PROFESSIONAL ASSESSMENT AND CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, QUALITY IMPROVEMENT, HEALTH CARE (CONTINUED ON SCH O) POLICY AND REGULATION, AND HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH. SP PARTICIPANTS CONDUCT RESEARCH IN COLLABORATION WITH MENTORS FROM THEIR INSTITUTIONS, ABMS, AND ABMS MEMBER BOARDS. THROUGH THEIR RESEARCH AND PROGRAM ENGAGEMENT, SCHOLARS INFORM THE STUDY OF CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, PHYSICIAN ASSESSMENT, SELF-REGULATION, AND QUALITY IMPROVEMENT.

  Expenses $302,206 · Grants $226,007

• THE ABMS REF SYNERGIZES, GUIDES, CONVENES, FACILITATES, CONDUCTS, AND COLLABORATES IN RELATION TO ALL ASPECTS OF RESEARCH REGARDING ABMS INITIAL AND CONTINUING CERTIFICATION ACROSS THE 24 ABMS MEMBER BOARDS. THE ABMS REF ALSO PARTNERS WITH OTHER RESEARCHERS TO DEVELOP RESEARCH PROJECTS IN THE AREAS OF QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT, PATIENT SAFETY, PHYSICIAN AND MEDICAL SPECIALISTS' LEARNING AND EDUCATION, RESEARCH AND EDUCATION FOUNDATIONS/ORGANIZATIONS AND OTHER DISCIPLINES. THE ABMS REF CONDUCTS PROGRAM EVALUATION AND RESEARCH ON THE ABMS LONGITUDINAL ASSESSMENT PROGRAMS' ABILITY TO SUCCESSFULLY ANALYZE PHYSICIAN KNOWLEDGE, JUDGEMENT, AND SKILLS.

  Expenses $149,823

• THE ABMS REF DEVELOPS, DEPLOYS, MAINTAINS, AND IMPROVES AN ONLINE REPOSITORY OF PUBLISHED LITERATURE AND OTHER PRESENTATIONS ON INITIAL PHYSICIAN SPECIALTY CERTIFICATION, CONTINUING PHYSICIAN SPECIALTY CERTIFICATION, AS WELL AS COMPONENTS OF CONTINUOUS CERTIFICATION SUCH AS KNOWLEDGE ASSESSMENT, PHYSICIANS AND MEDICAL SPECIALISTS' LEARNING AND EDUCATION, AND QUALITY IMPROVEMENT. THIS CURATED REPOSITORY INFORMS RESEARCHERS, KEY STAKEHOLDERS AND ABMS MEMBER BOARDS REGARDING FINDINGS THAT CAN BE USED TO IMPROVE THE CERTIFICATION PROCESS.

  Expenses $21,046

• TOTAL PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES: $1,002,588

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2025

As listed in Part VII of the 2025 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

• 2025

  Revenue

  $6,664,147

  Expenses

  $1,878,040

  Contributions

  $6,657,820

  Grants paid

  $526,007

• 2023

  Revenue

  $484,417

  Expenses

  $1,096,260

  Contributions

  $480,000

  Grants paid

  $195,000

• 2022

  Revenue

  $65,835

  Expenses

  $440,273

  Contributions

  $62,500

  Grants paid

  $125,000

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

• 2021 · 990-EZ

  Revenue

  $112,268

  Expenses

  $416,618

  Assets (EOY)

  $305,881

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $29,845

  Expenses

  $469,955

  Assets (EOY)

  $292,889

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $98,650

  Expenses

  $629,164

  Assets (EOY)

  $277,398

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $752,093

  Expenses

  $865,913

  Assets (EOY)

  $217,429

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $904,149

  Expenses

  $748,991

  Assets (EOY)

  $306,011

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,441,357

  Expenses

  $699,181

  Assets (EOY)

  $289,350

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $65,871

  Expenses

  $784,374

  Assets (EOY)

  $187,427

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,722,742

  Expenses

  $1,057,581

  Assets (EOY)

  $203,925

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,525,604

  Expenses

  $1,976,588

  Assets (EOY)

  $428,688

• 2012 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $2,403,533

  Assets (EOY)

  $230,920

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

• JOHN HOPKINS UNIVERSITY

  $75,000

  2025 · REF RESEARCH GRANT

• UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO

  $75,000

  2025 · REF RESEARCH GRANT

• AMERICAN ACADEMY OF FAMILY PHYSICIANS

  $75,000

  2025 · REF RESEARCH GRANT

• UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM

  $75,000

  2025 · REF RESEARCH GRANT

• JOHN HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE

  $60,000

  2023 · VISITING SCHOLAR PROGRAM

• UNIV OF PITTSBURGH

  $30,000

  2023 · VISITING SCHOLAR PROGRAM

• OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY

  $15,000

  2025 · ABMS SCHOLARS PROGRAM

• MASS GENERAL HOSP HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL

  $15,000

  2025 · ABMS SCHOLARS PROGRAM

• UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE

  $15,000

  2025 · ABMS SCHOLARS PROGRAM

• BETH ISREAL-HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL

  $15,000

  2025 · ABMS SCHOLARS PROGRAM

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

• AMERICAN BOARD OF MEDICAL SPECIALTIES

  $6,462,820

  2025 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• AMERICAN BOARD OF RADIOLOGY FOUNDATION

  $45,000

  2023 · SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM

• AMERICAN BOARD OF RADIOLOGY FOUNDATION

  $12,500

  2022 · SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

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