American Academy of Family Physicians Fdn

What it reported doing in 2024

Center for history of family medicine: established in 1992, the center for the history of family medicine (chfm) curates and houses a library of archival repository, audiovisual materials and artifacts to share the history of family medicine within the united states. The chfm serves three important roles in one, as a historical research library, archive, and museum. The chfm also serves as the official repository for the 8 organizations which comprise the "family" of family medicine. Acting as the scribe for the specialty, the center for the history of family medicine (chfm) is dedicated to serving as the collective memory as well as informing the future. In 2024, the center: 1) held the fourth annual chfm student and resident essay contest to encourage future physicians to engage with the specialty's history to direct the future, awarding grants to two projects: "medicalizing marginalization: the role of the family physicians in treating the social determinants of health "the compendium of hardknocks: a window into the history of family medicine 2) awarded the fellowship award for a research project, "lessons in family medicine from the ancient greeks 3) awarded a grant for the creation of oral history interviews focused on family medicine to a project titled "healing beyond crisis: the lasting legacy of a pandemic on the health community in an underserved population", and 4) the number of tours, reference requests, and other engagements reached 753. Https://www.aafpfoundation.org/our-programs/center-history-family-medicine.html family medicine discovers: the aafp foundation's scientific program, in partnership with aafp national research network and dartnet, focuses on building a robust family medicine research infrastructure by cultivating scholarship and engagement among community family physicians. Family medicine discovers rapid cycle scientific discovery and innovation (fmd rapsdi) program seeks practicing family physicians with little or no research experience to generate new evidence and innovative models for "what works" in real-world primary care settings. In 2024, two scholars of the fmd rapsdi program started their respective projects: 1) assessing the impact of a virtual sel-management education course on symptoms and quality of life for adults living with long covid, and 2) exploring the feasibility of using wearable fitness trackers and ai-delivered text messaging to provide self-management education and support for adults living with type 2 diabetes. Https://www.aafpfoundation.org/our-programs/scientific-initiatives.html

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 73.2%; rating input score 73
• Program expense ratio: 63.3%; rating input score 63
• Fundraising efficiency: $2.88 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 94.7%; rating input score 95; 25th percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
  • Compensation committee: Missing
  • Independent consultant: Missing
  • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
  • Written employment contract: Missing
  • Compensation survey or study: Missing
  • Board or committee approval: Missing
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: 96%; rating input score 96; 31st percentile among comparable filings
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 95.2%; rating input score 95; 25th percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: Pass
  • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Pass
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 19.5%; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 6.7; rating input score 87; 87th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.04; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 6.5%; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: -3.7% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: -0.6% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 3.2% per year; rating input score 100; 25th percentile among comparable filings