PCRM Clinic Dba Barnard Medical Center

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
464057257
IRS 990 coverage
2018–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2014
Location
Washington, DC, USA
Phone
2025277500
Rating
78
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Human Services N.E.C.

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,464,317
Expenses
$1,383,314
Assets
$821,190
Liabilities
$108,724

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

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Neal Barnard MD (President)

Highest reported compensation

  • James Loomis MD (Medical Director): $240,227 total reported compensation
  • Vanita Rahman MD (Clinic Director): $217,792 total reported compensation
  • Betsy Wason (Sr VP Devel/Sec): $158,700 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

PCRM Clinic d/b/a Barnard Medical Center (BMC) provides primary care, as well as specialized care for diabetes, obesity, lipid disorders, hypertension, chronic pain, and other conditions for which nutrition plays an important role.

What it reported doing in 2024

Medical ServicesPCRM Clinic d/b/a Barnard Medical Center (BMC) is a primary care facility providing comprehensive care for adults. Along with providing primary care needs, the clinicians at BMC also offer top-notch specialized care through nutrition and prevention to patients with diabetes, obesity, hypertension, lipid disorders, heart disease, arthritis, and migraines. BMC offers consultations, annual exams, medical office visits, telehealth visits, nutrition counseling, and medical nutrition therapy services. BMC clinicians try to tackle the root causes of the illness by providing extra attention to the patient and helping patients adopt a healthier lifestyle.Although BMCs board-certified physicians, nurse practitioners, and registered dietitians provide state-of-the-art medical care, many of the patients still need more support. While lifestyle changes and nutrition can make a huge difference in a patients health, it can be hard for patients to adapt to a new lifestyle. That is why the experts at BMC offer lifestyle management for patients to help prevent, treat, and, in many cases, reverse some chronic conditions. Along with serving communities within Washington, D.C., BMC helps patients who reside in Maryland and Northern Virginia. Our providers also provide telehealth visits to patients in the following states: Arizona, California, Colorado, D.C., Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Maryland, Massachusetts, Missouri, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia, and Washington.BMC accepts various major insurance plans, along with seeing patients without insurance. BMC also offers a sliding fee scale for patients who qualify for financial assistance. Since opening in January 2016, BMC has had more than 42,570 appointments. Along with providing nutrition education to patients and families, BMC also offers educational opportunities for future clinicians. The physicians at BMC currently hold faculty appointments at the George Washington University Medical School and the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS). BMCs medical director has provided multiple lectures and speaking engagements at USUHS to educate students and residents on how to integrate nutrition in medicine. BMC physicians regularly precept and educate medical students at George Washington University Medical School.

Operating model

Revenue model
Affiliate-supported. 62% of the money available for current operations came from contributions from related organizations.
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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and most voting board members are independent. Few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 83
  • Transparency & Controls: 65
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 37
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 91.3%; rating input score 91
  • Program expense ratio: 96.7%; rating input score 97
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 5.5%; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.59; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.13; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 44.2%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -0.8% per year; rating input score 0; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 8.7% per year; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 8.7% per year; rating input score 100; 54th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 91.3% of revenue deployed · 96.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 5 of 5 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $1.3M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $240K · 9 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 28 of 28 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2018 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 2 filed related-organization links
  • 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 — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 51/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 28/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 3/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 38/100.