Altermed Research Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
562588132
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2012–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2024
Location
Fort Collins, CO, USA
Phone
9703103030
Rating
94
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Medical Disciplines Research

Reported finances

Revenue
$189,627
Expenses
$237,154
Assets
$31,649

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ADAM COMEAU (JUNIOR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • KERRI DIAMANT (PRESIDENT (BOARD))

People named in this filing

  • ADAM COMEAU (JUNIOR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • KERRI DIAMANT (PRESIDENT (BOARD))
  • JOHN DIAMANT (SECRETARY (BOARD))

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To be a change agent, through education, research and patient access to achieve full integration of evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine into conventional health care so all people can enjoy optimum wellness.

What it reported doing in 2025

Altermed research foundation organized and delivered the fifth Colorado integrative medicine conference in estes park Colorado on july 11-13 2025. The conference provided accredited continuing medical education (cme) programming designated for up to 17.25 ama pra category 1 credits for physicians and attracted approximately 250 healthcare professionals. Approximately 45 percent of attendees were physicians. The conference advanced the foundations educational mission by providing evidence-based scientifically rigorous integrative medicine education focused on improving patient care and promoting whole-person wellness. Participants received practical clinical tools interdisciplinary collaboration opportunities and access to a professional support network designed to strengthen integrative healthcare delivery within their communities.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 67% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 100
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 9
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 98.8%; rating input score 99

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -25.1%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.13; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 12.3%; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 24.1% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 16.3% per year; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -1.7% per year; rating input score 0; 21st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 98.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $234K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2012 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 5/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 14/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 21/100.