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Abfm Foundation Inc

To perform the functions of and carry out the education scientific literary and charitable purposes of its supported organization, the american board of family medicine (abfm) including: (a)to accept funding requests submitted to the abfm or from other organizations involved in the fostering of education, scholarly activities or research…

$3.6M
Granted FY2024still arriving
51
Grants FY2024still arriving
28
States reached
$203k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Health$6.1MEducation$3.0MScience & Tech$1.7MEmployment$895k
02FY2024 · 51 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $6k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $182k
  • $50k–250k44 grants · $3.3M
$50,000
Median grant
28
States reached
$131M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NORTH AMERICA PRIMARY CARE RESEARCH GROUP$202,920
ANNALS OF FAMILY MEDICINE$200,541
SOCIETY OF TEACHERS OF FAMILY MEDICINE$200,000
AMERICAN COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHIC FAMILY MEDICINE$169,482
SOCIETY OF TEACHERS OF FAMILY MEDICINE$154,742
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO$125,003
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SYSTEM$125,000
UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON$125,000
UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURG$125,000
PISACANO LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION INC$120,000
NATIONAL ACADEMIES OF SCIENCES INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE$88,000
SOCIETY OF TEACHERS OF FAMILY MEDICINE$87,150
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON$61,741
VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY$55,000
ASSOCIATION OF DEPARTMENTS OF FAMILY MEDICINE$55,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY19–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 65% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO: $125k → 11%UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SYSTEM: $125k → 16%NATIONAL ACADEMIES OF SCIENCES INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE: $1.2M → 14%ANNALS OF FAMILY MEDICINE: $204k → 5%AMERICAN COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHIC FAMILY MEDICINE: $169k → 14%VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY: $200k → 22%PISACANO LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION INC: $240k → 15%UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO: $125k → 11%UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON: $125k → 16%NATIONAL ACADEMIES OF SCIENCES INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE: $100k → 14%NORTH AMERICA PRIMARY CARE RESEARCH GROUP: $203k → 5%OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCES UNIVERSITY: $332k → 12%AMERICAN COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHIC FAMILY MEDICINE: $85k → 14%VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY: $159k → 22%PISACANO LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION INC: $120k → 15%UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON: $125k → 16%NATIONAL ACADEMIES OF SCIENCES INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE: $88k → 14%ANNALS OF FAMILY MEDICINE: $201k → 5%OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCES UNIVERSITY: $194k → 12%AMERICAN COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHIC FAMILY MEDICINE: $85k → 14%VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY: $153k → 22%PISACANO LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION INC: $120k → 15%UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SYSTEM: $125k → 16%NATIONAL ACADEMIES OF SCIENCES INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE: $88k → 14%SOCIETY OF TEACHERS OF FAMILY MEDICINE: $200k → 5%OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCES UNIVERSITY: $138k → 12%VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY: $148k → 22%NATIONAL ACADEMIES OF SCIENCES INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE: $76k → 14%SOCIETY OF TEACHERS OF FAMILY MEDICINE: $155k → 5%OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCES UNIVERSITY: $116k → 12%VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY: $119k → 22%SOCIETY OF TEACHERS OF FAMILY MEDICINE: $147k → 5%OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCES UNIVERSITY: $114k → 12%VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY: $81k → 22%SOCIETY OF TEACHERS OF FAMILY MEDICINE: $132k → 5%SOCIETY OF TEACHERS OF FAMILY MEDICINE: $110k → 5%SOCIETY OF TEACHERS OF FAMILY MEDICINE: $110k → 5%ASSOCIATION OF DEPARTMENTS OF FAMILY MEDICINE: $100k → 5%SOCIETY OF TEACHERS OF FAMILY MEDICINE: $100k → 5%ASSOCIATION OF DEPARTMENTS OF FAMILY MEDICINE: $95k → 5%SOCIETY OF TEACHERS OF FAMILY MEDICINE: $93k → 5%GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY: $1.1M → 14%AMERICAN ACADEMY OF FAMILY PHYSICIAN'S FOUNDATION: $93k → 5%SOCIETY OF TEACHERS OF FAMILY MEDICINE: $89k → 5%SOCIETY OF TEACHERS OF FAMILY MEDICINE: $88k → 5%SOCIETY OF TEACHERS OF FAMILY MEDICINE: $87k → 5%SOCIETY OF TEACHERS OF FAMILY MEDICINE: $82k → 5%ASSOCIATION OF DEPARTMENTS OF FAMILY MEDICINE: $71k → 5%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

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How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

84%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$9.5M · 17 repeat orgs$1.8M to everyone else

17 repeat relationships: 15 still active in FY2024, 2 since wound down; 28 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

17
5

Total granted

$9.5M
$324k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+10%
+28%

Still filing today

53%
60%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 58% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.5M went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthEducationArts & CultureScience & TechOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • SO
    Society of Teachers of Family Medicine
    6× · 2019–2024 · $1.4M · revenue +34%
  • TG
    The George Washington University
    2× · 2022–2023 · $1.1M · revenue +18%
  • AO
    Association of Departments of Family Medicine
    6× · 2019–2024 · $572k · revenue +65% · 31% of their budget

Funded once

  • RO
    REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO
    one grant, 2020 · $148k
  • VC
    VIRGINIA CENTER FOR HEALTH INNOVATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $59k · revenue +28%
  • MF
    MEDICAL FACULTY ASSOCIATES INC
    one grant, 2020 · $50k · revenue -2%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
American Academy of Family Physicians Iowa Chapter

Advocate, educate and support family physicians to improve the health and wellbeing of patients, families, and communities.

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2
University of Maryland Family Medicine Associates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

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3
Illinois Academy of Family Physicians

To promote excellence in the health and well-being of people of illinois through support and education of family physicians and the families and communities they serve.

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4
American Academy of Family Physicians Louisiana Chapter

To promote and support louisiana's family physicians in providing excellent health care, service and leadership.

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5
Washington Academy of Family Physicians Foundation

To foster the advancement of family medicine in washington state by investing in workforce development, advocacy, leadership development, and other special projects.

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6
The Administrators in Medicine Foundation
Health
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Washington Academy of Family Physicians

Washington academy of family physicians is a member organization committed to advancing and supporting family physicians in providing optimal health care for all people in washington state.

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8
American Association of Physicists in Medicine

Advancing medicine through excellence in the science, education and professional practice of medical physics. the mission is carried out through driving scientific and clinical innovation in medical physics to improve human health,…

Science & Tech
9
West Virginia Academy of Family Physicians Inc

The mission of the american academy of family physicians is to promote excellence in health care and the betterment of health of the american people.

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10
American Academy of Physician Associates Inc

To ensure the professional growth, personal excellence, and recognition of physician associates, and to support efforts to enable them to improve the quality, accessibility, and cost-effectiveness of patient-centered health care.

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Texas Academy of Family Physicians

The texas academy of family physicians is dedicated to the promotion of a health care environment that values the vital role of family physicians in providing quality, comprehensive care to all texans.

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12
Oregon Academy of Family Physicians

The mission of the oregon academy of family physicians is to advocate for family physicians and assist them in providing for the health of their patients and communities.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Association of Family Medicine Residency Directors; the most unlike its peers is New Mexico Primary Care Training Consortium. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

36 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 36 of the 52 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
36/36
Grantees still filing
17/36
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Society of Teachers of Family Medicine: $1,436,329 · OtherSociety of Teachers of Family MedicineVCUVCU HEALTH CAMPUS: $1,024,993 · OtherVCUVCU HEALTH CAMPUSOREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY: $894,618 · OtherOREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITYAssociation of Departments of Family Medicine: $572,079 · OtherAssociation of Departments of Family MedicineAMERICAN COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHIC FAMILY P: $339,482 · OtherNORTH AMERICA PRIMARY CARE RESEARCH GROUP: $250,920 · OtherREGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA: $250,004 · OtherTHE UNIV OF TX HEALTH SCIENCE CTR OF SA: $250,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON: $250,000 · Other+21 more: $1,173,792 · Other+21 moreThe George Washington University: $1,080,000 · EducationThe George Washington Un…PISACANO LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION INC: $480,000 · EducationPISACANO LEADERSHIP FOUN…THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $336,244 · EducationTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF…CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY: $288,405 · EducationCASE WESTERN RESERVE UNI…UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH: $125,000 · Education+5 more: $250,000 · Education+5 moreNATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES: $1,620,000 · Science & TechNATIONAL ACADEM…AMERICAN ACADEMY OF FAMILY PHYSICIANS FDN: $244,300 · HealthVIRGINIA CENTER FOR HEALTH INNOVATION: $59,319 · HealthMEDICAL FACULTY ASSOCIATES INC: $50,000 · HealthCommunity Health of South Florida Inc: $50,000 · HealthWISCONSIN NORTHERN & CENTRAL GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION CONSORTIUM: $50,000 · HealthNEW MEXICO PRIMARY CARE TRAINING CONSORTIUM: $50,000 · HealthColorado Institute of Family Medicine: $50,000 · HealthFAMILY MEDICINE MIDWEST FOUNDATION: $50,000 · HealthPATIENT-CENTERED PRIMARY CARE FOUNDATION: $30,000 · HealthANNALS OF FAMILY MEDICINE INC: $404,718 · Arts & CultureOREGON ACADEMY OF FAMILY PHYSICIANS FOUNDATION: $50,000 · Arts & Culture
Other$6,442,217Education$2,559,649Science & Tech$1,620,000Health$633,619Arts & Culture$454,718

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetNATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES: $1,620,000 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetSociety of Teachers of Family Medicine: $1,436,329 over 6y, 7.9% of budgetThe George Washington University: $1,080,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAssociation of Departments of Family Medicine: $572,079 over 6y, 31% of budgetPISACANO LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION INC: $480,000 over 3y, 18% of budgetANNALS OF FAMILY MEDICINE INC: $404,718 over 2y, 38% of budgetAMERICAN COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHIC FAMILY P: $339,482 over 3y, 2.2% of budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $336,244 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY: $288,405 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN ACADEMY OF FAMILY PHYSICIANS FDN: $244,300 over 6y, 2.4% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH: $125,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVIRGINIA CENTER FOR HEALTH INNOVATION: $59,319 over 1y, 4.4% of budgetAMERICAN ACADEMY OF FAMILY PHYSICIANS LA COUNTY CHAPTER: $50,000 over 1y, 83% of budgetMARYLAND ACADEMY OF FAMILY PHYSICIANS: $50,000 over 1y, 9.6% of budgetNEW JERSEY ACADEMY OF FAMILY PHYSICIANS: $50,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetFlorida Academy of Family Physicians Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE EDUCATIONAL TRUST: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMEDICAL FACULTY ASSOCIATES INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCommunity Health of South Florida Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGEORGIA ACADEMY OF FAMILY PHYSICIANS IN: $50,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetFAMILY MEDICINE EDUCATION CONSORTIUM: $50,000 over 1y, 4.8% of budgetOREGON ACADEMY OF FAMILY PHYSICIANS FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 1y, 69% of budgetWISCONSIN NORTHERN & CENTRAL GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION CONSORTIUM: $50,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEW MEXICO PRIMARY CARE TRAINING CONSORTIUM: $50,000 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetRutgers Network of Affiliated Family Medicine Residencies Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 19% of budgetCALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF FAMILY PHYSICIANS FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetColorado Institute of Family Medicine: $50,000 over 1y, 27% of budgetTENNESSEE ACADEMY OF FAMILY PHYSICIANS: $50,000 over 1y, 7.6% of budgetMISSOURI ACADEMY OF FAMILY PHYSICIANS INC: $50,000 over 1y, 7.5% of budgetMarian University: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHAWAII ACADEMY OF FAMILY PHYSICIANS: $50,000 over 1y, 37% of budgetFAMILY MEDICINE MIDWEST FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 1y, 24% of budgetASSOCIATION OF FAMILY MEDICINE RESIDENCY DIRECTORS: $42,857 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetPATIENT-CENTERED PRIMARY CARE FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Pharmaceutical Resear…American Cancer Socie…American Heart Associ…Amazonsmile Foundation
Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of AmericaDC14.5× affinity5 shared granteesties to 3 of 3Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America · American Cancer Society Inc · American Heart Association Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Abfm Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Abfm Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%6%23%51%90%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 22%
  • Community Health of South Florida Inc: 22% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to Abfm Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to Abfm Foundation Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 52 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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