Physicians for Reform Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN: 208048383
IRS 990-EZ coverage: 2012–2024
Forms available: Form 990-EZ 2024
Location: Hickory, NC, USA
Phone: 8282569080
Rating confidence: Limited
Sector: Professional Societies, Associations

Reported finances

Expenses: $1,274
Assets: $66
Liabilities: $12,221

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

CLARE GRAY MD (P,CEO,DIRECT)

People named in this filing

CLARE GRAY MD (P,CEO,DIRECT)
BILL SHILLITO (VP,CFO,TREAS)
PATSY GRAY (SECRETARY)

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

To educate physicians, patients, and the business community on the issues surrounding american health care. To support academic study and seminars to develop solutions for america's failing healthcare system. To underwrite educational materials and advertising to further the general public's understanding of the choices american healthcare faces.

What it reported doing in 2024

Disiminate information to the general public via direct mail, internet, press releases, articles, research papers, seminars, newsletters, monographs, and media appearances.

Operating model

Revenue model: Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
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

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

Financial Efficiency: 16
Transparency & Controls: 82
Sustainability: 15
Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

Mission deployment rate: Limited
Program expense ratio: 43.5%; rating input score 43

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

Operating margin: Limited
Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.05; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
Liabilities to assets ratio: 185.17; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

Program expense growth: -6.6% per year; rating input score 0; 58th percentile among comparable filings
Revenue growth: 1.2% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings
Asset growth: -16.7% per year; rating input score 0; 33rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

Where the money goes: 43.5% of spending went to programs
Governance: Filed governance answers
Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $554 in reported program spending
Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
Consistency: 4 of 4 current checks pass
Schedules: 3 filed schedules
Filing history: 12 filing years from 2012 to 2024
Contacts: How to reach this organization
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.

Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 43/100.
High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 31/100.
High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 0/100.
High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 51/100.