Attach to Form 990 or Form 990-EZ.
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| (i) Name of supported organization | (ii) EIN | (iii) Type of organization (described on lines 1- 10 above (see instructions)) | (iv) Is the organization listed in your governing document? | (v) Amount of monetary support (see instructions) | (vi) Amount of other support (see instructions) | |
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| Yes | No | |||||
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Calendar year
(or fiscal year beginning in)
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(a) 2018 | (b) 2019 | (c) 2020 | (d) 2021 | (e) 2022 | (f) Total | |
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| 1 | Gifts, grants, contributions, and membership fees received. (Do not include any "unusual grant.") .. | 11,487,635 | 12,350,908 | 12,694,734 | 13,121,152 | 14,184,281 | 63,838,710 |
| 2 | Tax revenues levied for the organization's benefit and either paid to or expended on its behalf.... | 0 | |||||
| 3 | The value of services or facilities furnished by a governmental unit to the organization without charge.. | 0 | |||||
| 4 | Total. Add lines 1 through 3 | 11,487,635 | 12,350,908 | 12,694,734 | 13,121,152 | 14,184,281 | 63,838,710 |
| 5 | The portion of total contributions by each person (other than a governmental unit or publicly supported organization) included on line 1 that exceeds 2% of the amount shown on line 11, column (f) .. | 2,801,371 | |||||
| 6 | Public support. Subtract line 5 from line 4. | 61,037,339 | |||||
Calendar year
(or fiscal year beginning in)
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(a) 2018 | (b) 2019 | (c) 2020 | (d) 2021 | (e) 2022 | (f) Total | |
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| 7 | Amounts from line 4.. | 11,487,635 | 12,350,908 | 12,694,734 | 13,121,152 | 14,184,281 | 63,838,710 |
| 8 | Gross income from interest, dividends, payments received on securities loans, rents, royalties and income from similar sources... | 194,956 | 168,530 | 181,740 | 348,882 | 780,615 | 1,674,723 |
| 9 | Net income from unrelated business activities, whether or not the business is regularly carried on.. | ||||||
| 10 | Other income. Do not include gain or loss from the sale of capital assets (Explain in Part VI.).. | 13,121 | 21,399 | 64,684 | 96,920 | 54,342 | 250,466 |
| 11 | Total support. Add lines 7 through 10 | 65,773,560 | |||||
Calendar year (or fiscal year beginning in) ![]() |
(a) 2018 | (b) 2019 | (c) 2020 | (d) 2021 | (e) 2022 | (f) Total | |
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| 1 | Gifts, grants, contributions, and membership fees received. (Do not include any "unusual grants.") . | ||||||
| 2 | Gross receipts from admissions, merchandise sold or services performed, or facilities furnished in any activity that is related to the organization's tax-exempt purpose | ||||||
| 3 | Gross receipts from activities that are not an unrelated trade or business under section 513 ..... | ||||||
| 4 | Tax revenues levied for the organization's benefit and either paid to or expended on its behalf... | ||||||
| 5 | The value of services or facilities furnished by a governmental unit to the organization without charge | ||||||
| 6 | Total. Add lines 1 through 5 | ||||||
| 7a | Amounts included on lines 1, 2, and 3 received from disqualified persons | ||||||
| b | Amounts included on lines 2 and 3 received from other than disqualified persons that exceed the greater of $5,000 or 1% of the amount on line 13 for the year. | ||||||
| c | Add lines 7a and 7b.. | ||||||
| 8 | Public support. (Subtract line 7c from line 6.) | ||||||
Calendar year (or fiscal year beginning in) ![]() |
(a) 2018 | (b) 2019 | (c) 2020 | (d) 2021 | (e) 2022 | (f) Total | |
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| 9 | Amounts from line 6... | ||||||
| 10a | Gross income from interest, dividends, payments received on securities loans, rents, royalties and income from similar sources.. | ||||||
| b | Unrelated business taxable income (less section 511 taxes) from businesses acquired after June 30, 1975. | ||||||
| c | Add lines 10a and 10b. | ||||||
| 11 | Net income from unrelated business activities not included on line 10b, whether or not the business is regularly carried on. | ||||||
| 12 | Other income. Do not include gain or loss from the sale of capital assets (Explain in Part VI.) .. | ||||||
| 13 | Total support. (Add lines 9, 10c, 11, and 12.).. | ||||||
| Section A - Adjusted Net Income | (A) Prior Year |
(B) Current Year (optional) |
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| 1 | Net short-term capital gain | 1 | ||||
| 2 | Recoveries of prior-year distributions | 2 | ||||
| 3 | Other gross income (see instructions) | 3 | ||||
| 4 | Add lines 1 through 3 | 4 | ||||
| 5 | Depreciation and depletion | 5 | ||||
| 6 | Portion of operating expenses paid or incurred for production or collection of gross income or for management, conservation, or maintenance of property held for production of income (see instructions) | 6 | ||||
| 7 | Other expenses (see instructions) | 7 | ||||
| 8 | Adjusted Net Income (subtract lines 5, 6 and 7 from line 4) | 8 | ||||
| Section B - Minimum Asset Amount | (A) Prior Year |
(B) Current Year (optional) |
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| 1 | Aggregate fair market value of all non-exempt-use assets (see instructions for short tax year or assets held for part of year): | 1 | ||||
| a | Average monthly value of securities | 1a | ||||
| b | Average monthly cash balances | 1b | ||||
| c | Fair market value of other non-exempt-use assets | 1c | ||||
| d | Total (add lines 1a, 1b, and 1c) | 1d | ||||
| e |
Discount claimed for blockage or other factors (explain in detail in Part VI): |
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| 2 | Acquisition indebtedness applicable to non-exempt use assets | 2 | ||||
| 3 | Subtract line 2 from line 1d | 3 | ||||
| 4 | Cash deemed held for exempt use. Enter 0.015 of line 3 (for greater amount, see instructions). | 4 | ||||
| 5 | Net value of non-exempt-use assets (subtract line 4 from line 3) | 5 | ||||
| 6 | Multiply line 5 by 0.035 | 6 | ||||
| 7 | Recoveries of prior-year distributions | 7 | ||||
| 8 | Minimum Asset Amount (add line 7 to line 6) | 8 | ||||
| Section C - Distributable Amount | Current Year | |||||
| 1 | Adjusted net income for prior year (from Section A, line 8, Column A) | 1 | ||||
| 2 | Enter 85% of line 1 | 2 | ||||
| 3 | Minimum asset amount for prior year (from Section B, line 8, Column A) | 3 | ||||
| 4 | Enter greater of line 2 or line 3 | 4 | ||||
| 5 | Income tax imposed in prior year | 5 | ||||
| 6 | Distributable Amount. Subtract line 5 from line 4, unless subject to emergency temporary reduction (see instructions) | 6 | ||||
| Section D - Distributions | Current Year | |
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| 1 Amounts paid to supported organizations to accomplish exempt purposes | 1 | |
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2
Amounts paid to perform activity that directly furthers exempt purposes of supported organizations, in excess of income from activity |
2 | |
| 3 Administrative expenses paid to accomplish exempt purposes of supported organizations | 3 | |
| 4 Amounts paid to acquire exempt-use assets | 4 | |
| 5 Qualified set-aside amounts (prior IRS approval required - provide details in Part VI) | 5 | |
| 6 Other distributions (describe in Part VI). See instructions | 6 | |
| 7Total annual distributions. Add lines 1 through 6. | 7 | |
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8
Distributions to attentive supported organizations to which the organization is responsive (provide details in Part VI). See instructions |
8 | |
| 9 Distributable amount for 2022 from Section C, line 6 | 9 | |
| 10 Line 8 amount divided by Line 9 amount | 10 | |
| Section E - Distribution Allocations (see instructions) |
(i) Excess Distributions |
(ii) Underdistributions Pre-2022 |
(iii) Distributable Amount for 2022 |
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| 1 Distributable amount for 2022 from Section C, line 6 | ||||
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2
Underdistributions, if any, for years prior to 2022 (reasonable cause required-- explain in Part VI).
See instructions. |
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| 3 Excess distributions carryover, if any, to 2022: | ||||
| a From 2017....... | ||||
| b From 2018....... | ||||
| c From 2019....... | ||||
| d From 2020....... | ||||
| e From 2021....... | ||||
| fTotal of lines 3a through e | ||||
| g Applied to underdistributions of prior years | ||||
| h Applied to 2022 distributable amount | ||||
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Carryover from 2017 not applied (see instructions) |
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| j Remainder. Subtract lines 3g, 3h, and 3i from line 3f. | ||||
| 4Distributions for 2022 from Section D, line 7: | ||||
| $ | ||||
| a Applied to underdistributions of prior years | ||||
| b Applied to 2022 distributable amount | ||||
| c Remainder. Subtract lines 4a and 4b from line 4. | ||||
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5
Remaining underdistributions for years prior to 2022, if any. Subtract lines 3g and 4a from line 2. If the amount is greater than zero, explain in Part VI. See instructions. |
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6
Remaining underdistributions for 2022. Subtract lines 3h and 4b from line 1. If the amount is greater than zero, explain in Part VI. See instructions. |
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7 Excess distributions carryover to 2023. Add lines 3j and 4c. |
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| 8 Breakdown of line 7: | ||||
| a Excess from 2018..... | ||||
| b Excess from 2019..... | ||||
| c Excess from 2020..... | ||||
| d Excess from 2021..... | ||||
| e Excess from 2022..... | ||||
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| Return Reference | Explanation |
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| Software Version: | 2022v5.0 |
Attach to Form 990 or 990-EZ.
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| Form 990, Part III, Line 4d | OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 4: OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 5: CommunicationsWorking with physicians, health experts, and celebrities who serve as spokespeople, we inform, persuade, and inspire readers through strategic media relations, social media, digital communications, print publications, and advertisements. Our work was featured in traditional news outlets, including The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, Associated Press, CNN, CNBC, Fox News, Reuters, New York Post, Popular Science, The Guardian, and many more. Our doctor-authored op-eds have been published in major newspapers including the Omaha World-Herald and The Tennessean. Over an average 30-day period in 2023, we placed 816 articles with a total engagement of 33,580 (number of times a link was shared, commented on, or liked on social media networks). Our social media content created conversations daily among more than 1.8 million followers on 16 social media accounts. In FY 2023, 29 million accounts were reached across Meta platforms. YouTube's following grew to 430k, up 97.5k followers from the previous year, making it the highest-growing account, and we reached 14.9 million people. The Exam Room podcast was downloaded more than 5.4 million times in FY 2023 and 15 million from its 2018 launch through FY 2023. Our website received 5,597,685 total page views in FY 2023. We completed more than 800 separately tracked print and display materials, promotional merchandise, and electronic graphics and e-publications. Good Medicine, the Physicians Committees 24-page magazine, keeps members informed and involved. Four issues of Good Medicine were published in FY 2023. Total print distribution was 339,794. OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 6: Clinical Research We design and conduct clinical health and nutrition research studies, with the goal of motivating more attention in diet and prevention among health care professionals, medical researchers, policymakers, and patients. Research staff and colleagues published 11 papers in peer-reviewed journals and presented their research at the American Diabetes Associations Scientific Sessions and at the International Symposium on Diabetes and Nutrition of the Diabetes and Nutrition Study Group of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes. We finished a 12-week clinical study for people with type 1 diabetes, tracking their insulin use and insulin sensitivity, and comparing a portion-controlled with a low-fat vegan diet. We are continuing a clinical trial, testing the effects of a vegan diet in women with endometriosis and its ability to reduce pain. We are currently conducting a study in partnership with Blue Cross Blue Shield, tracking not only clinical outcomes, such as body weight and glycemic control, but also health care expenditures in people with type 2 diabetes. Our goal is to build upon the body of knowledge of the value of plant-based diets and generate wider acceptance, among the medical and scientific communities, policymakers, and the press, of the power of plant-based diets to prevent and treat disease. OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 7: Education and Policy We lead advocacy efforts to expand the adoption and availability of plant-based diets. We advocated in Congress toward ending the inequitable statutory barriers that prevent students from accessing nondairy milks at schools participating in the National School Lunch Program, increasing the availability of plant-based meals at schools, and pushing back against the dairy industrys efforts to force schools to serve dairy milk. We also work to revise the Dietary Guidelines for Americans to be focused on science, instead of unnecessarily promoting meat and dairy. At the state level, our advocacy resulted in the New York State Legislature unanimously passing legislation to provide physicians in the state educational resources about the benefits of better nutrition, including plant-based diets. We also work in communities around the country to ensure hospitals, schools, and other institutions have the knowledge and resources to maximize the benefits of plant-based foods. We also advocate at the federal and state level to encourage the funding, development, and implementation of human-relevant, nonanimal methods in medical research, education, and product testing. In Congress, our advocacy helped to secure funding in the FY 2023 omnibus spending bill for the FDAs support of cross-cutting initiatives to reduce animal testing through alternative methods, among other provisions supporting human-based testing at the agency. We also helped secure in the omnibus report language calling for expanded transparency and accountability for the NIHs use of animals. We worked with legislators in Rhode Island to introduce legislation that would prohibit the use of animals for medical training in cases where nonanimal methods exist, as well as with legislators in Michigan to introduce legislation that would prohibit painful experiments on dogs and cats. Physicians Committee President Neal Barnard, MD, FACC, oversaw clinical research studies and medical education programs, including the International Conference on Nutrition in Medicine. He presented at medical schools and hospitals and conducted interviews to educate listeners about healthful nutrition and modern ethical research methods. The Physicians Committees e-commerce and fulfillment operation provides educational literature and merchandise to its members, the health care community, and the public at large on topics relating to nutrition, disease prevention, and ethical science. In FY 2023, we had 596 new customers, 11,000 pieces of literature were downloaded from our website, and we fulfilled more than 1,000 physical orders of 44,834 pieces of literature and merchandise (books, DVDs, educational posters, etc.) to locations around the globe. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 7a | The membership (of which there is only one class) has the right to elect or appoint the governing body. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 7b | The 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, Section B, Line 11b | Before 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 Senior 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, Section B, Line 12c | Each 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, Section B, Line 15a | Dr. 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 temporarily leave the meeting, 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, Section B, Line 15b | BETSY WASON'S (PHYSICIANS COMMITTEES Senior VICE PRESIDENT of DEVELOPMENT) COMPENSATION WAS DETERMINED AS FOLLOWS: DURING A REGULAR MEETING THEPHYSICIANS COMMITTEE'S BOARD REVIEWED DATA, INCLUDING PUBLISHED SALARY SURVEYS ANDCOMPENSATION DATA FROM FORM 990S FROM OTHER CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS, REFLECTINGCOMPARABLE COMPENSATION FOR SIMILARLY QUALIFIED PERSONS IN FUNCTIONALLY COMPARABLEPOSITIONS AT SIMILARLY SITUATED ORGANIZATIONS. MS. WASON WAS THEN ASKED TO TEMPORARILY LEAVE THE MEETING, AT WHICH TIME THE REMAINING INDEPENDENT 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, Section C, Line 19 | PHYSICIANS 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. |
| Software ID: | 22015553 |
| Software Version: | 2022v5.0 |