The Foundation for Gender-specific Medicine Inc

What it reported doing in 2024

Scientific research and education concerning gender specific medical treatment. To promote awareness in both the medical and scientific communities, as well as the general public to treat health issues from a gender-specific protocol. Awareness was distributed online and by print media. Medical conferences and seminars throughout the year. The foundation has issued research grants, working to update textbooks and is responsible for editing a monthly magazine to promote awareness and its mission in this discipline. The foundation continues to hold leadership roles in the international gender medicine community. This science is still in its infancy and continues to be explored. The foundation continues to award annual grants to support research by junior investigators who are studying various aspects of gender specific medicine. $ 135,000 was granted over three international awards to further investigate and support research and collaboration in osteoporosis in women as well as male-specific therapies for parkinsons disease. Two columbia university ferrer awards were awarded for the study of the impact of infectious diseases on pregnant women and sex differences in the differences in the behavior of carotid artery plaques respectfully. The john hopkins score pilot grant award was dedicated to researching premenstrual dysphoric disorder. The foundation continues to prepare an updated second edition of the plasticity of sex, which was originally published in 2020. Elsevier, the publisher, looks forward to this new edition. The foundation maintains a regular blog and web presence, publishing timely and relevant articles and observations calling attention to current issues, continued under representation of women in medical research and the foundational differences between the biological sexes in general as it relates to nearly all medical conditopns and interventions. The foundation has started a sequel to its work on space flight which will codify the human research program for civilians, which will be a summary of the standards for assessing the fitness not of professional astronauts but of ordinary civilians for space travel. The expanding interest of commercial entities in the exploration of other celestial bodies makes the development of standards for surviving the challenge of life beyond our own atmosphere essential. The book now is in the early stages of preparation and will be published in early 2026.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
• Program expense ratio: 78.9%; rating input score 79
• Fundraising efficiency: $4.44 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 93.8%; rating input score 94; 24th 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: 0%; rating input score 0; 13th percentile among comparable filings
• 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: 5 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 62
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Fail
  • Document-retention policy: Fail
  • CEO compensation review process: Fail
  • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Pass
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

• Operating margin: -30%; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.53; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.34; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 22.7%; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 6.4% per year; rating input score 100; 49th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 4% per year; rating input score 100; 37th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 17.9% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings