Institute for Patient Access

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
453456087
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2012–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2022, Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Washington, DC, USA
Phone
2029642624
Rating
93
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Alliance/Advocacy Organizations

Reported finances

Revenue
$110,055
Expenses
$147,827
Assets
$63,418
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DR JACK SCHIM (PRESIDENT, DIRECTOR)
  • DR ROGER KOBAYASHI (VICE PRESIDENT, DIRECTOR)
  • JOSIE COOPER - SEE SCHEDULE O (INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

People named in this filing

  • DR JACK SCHIM (PRESIDENT, DIRECTOR)
  • DR ROGER KOBAYASHI (VICE PRESIDENT, DIRECTOR)
  • DR PAUL CHRISTO (DIRECTOR)

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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The institute for patient access is a physician-led policy research organization dedicated to maintaining the primacy of the physician-patient relationship in the provision of quality health care. In furtherance of its mission, ifpa produces educational materials and programming designed to promote informed discussion about patient access to approved therapies and appropriate clinical care.

What it reported doing in 2024

Sponsored health policy events to explore policy issue impacting patient access to appropriate healthcare.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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: 94
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 28
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 85.2%; rating input score 85

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: -34.3%; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.43; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 14.8% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 3.4% per year; rating input score 100; 39th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 2.7% per year; rating input score 100; 36th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 85.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $126K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2012 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • 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 4/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 34/100.