Medical Staff of Research Medical Center

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
461198401
IRS 990 coverage
2013–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2018
Location
Kansas City, MO, USA
Phone
8162764468
Rating
81
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Chambers of Commerce & Business Leagues

Reported finances

Revenue
$116,519
Expenses
$127,677
Assets
$612,751
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

33 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • BRIAN MIECZKOWSKI MD (PRESIDENT ELECT)
  • MEGAN GARCIA (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • ROBERT GOLDER (DEPT. CHAIR): $15,000 total reported compensation
  • MEGAN GARCIA (PRESIDENT): $7,500 total reported compensation
  • THOMAS M LANCASTER MD (CREDENTIALS CHAIR): $6,000 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

To provide patients with quality of care that is commensurate with acceptable standards and available community resources.

What it reported doing in 2025

Funding to enhance the health of the entire community, via high quality, local continuing health education and scholarship programs, for physicians and nursing professionals.

Operating model

Revenue model
Membership-supported. 93% of the money available for current operations came from membership dues.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 68% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 88
  • Transparency & Controls: 84
  • Accountability: 69
  • Sustainability: 41
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 95.9%; rating input score 96
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 88.9%; rating input score 89; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 92.8%; rating input score 93; 56th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 2 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 25
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -9.6%; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.8; rating input score 79; 79th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: Limited

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 7.5% per year; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 1.2% per year; rating input score 100; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 6.7% per year; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 95.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 30 of 30 board members independent · 2 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $122K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $15K · 33 people listed
  • Consistency: 17 of 18 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules · includes grants
  • Filing history: 8 filing years from 2013 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 14 filed money-flow records
  • 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 19/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.