Post Graduate Institute for Osteopathy

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
474386738
IRS 990 coverage
2023–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2022, Form 990-N 2017
Location
Santa Monica, CA, USA
Phone
8187966750
Rating
52
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Fund Raising and/or Fund Distribution

Reported finances

Revenue
$38,062
Expenses
$23,961
Assets
$557,456
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ELIOTT BLACKMAN DO FCA (PRESIDENT)
  • HIEU NGUYEN DO (VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • JARED CRUZ DO (DIRECTOR)
  • KATHRYN GILL MD (DIRECTOR)
  • R PAUL LEE DO FAAO FCA (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. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Pgio promotes the philosophy and practice of osteopathy. We intend to advance osteopathy and its supportive practices through education and research.

What it reported doing in 2025

The post graduate institute for osteopathy (pgio) is dedicated to create a renaissance in our profession and to disseminate andrew taylor still's gift of healing to the world. Pgio promotes the philosophy, research, and practice of osteopathy for physicians in practice to build upon their knowledge and skills. We provide medical education that utilizes the integration of living structural and functional relationships to promote self-healing within the body, mind, and spirit. We endeavor to evolve this science and demonstrate the value of its integration into the medical standard of care. Pgio advances osteopathy and its supportive practices through education and research. Pgio provides access to advanced and relevant osteopathic training, that equips physicians with the clinical competencies needed to practice successfully and gain advanced-level training in osteopathic principles in less time and at a reasonable cost. We also provide an opportunity for physicians to join a powerful international network of certified practitioners to gain knowledge, make professional connections, and have the support of experienced mentors.2025 course: retained reflexes and shocknovember 15-16, 2025laguna hills, cacourse director: charles a. Beck do faao

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
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

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 14
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 64
  • Sustainability: 77
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 9%; rating input score 9
  • Program expense ratio: 27.4%; rating input score 27
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 1 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 14
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • 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: 37%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 23.27; rating input score 83; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 10.7% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -21.9% per year; rating input score 0; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 11% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 9% of revenue deployed · 27.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 7 of 7 board members independent · 1 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $7K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 20 of 20 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2023 to 2025
  • 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.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 9/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 27/100.
  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 58/100.