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American Board of Medical Specialties Research and Education Foundation

Abms research and education foundation (abms ref) supports the scientific, scholarly and public education purposes of the american board of medical specialties (abms).

$195k
Granted FY2023
9
Grants FY2023
8
States reached
$60k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2017–2023.

Health$238kEducation$183kScience & Tech$75k
02FY2023 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2023

  • $10k–50k8 grants · $135k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $60k
$15,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$424k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
JOHN HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE$60,000
UNIV OF PITTSBURGH$30,000
LAHEY CLINIC INC$15,000
SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY$15,000
HOUSTON METHODIST RESEARCH INSTITUTE$15,000
MAYO CLINIC$15,000
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA - CHAPEL HILL$15,000
CINCINNATI CHILDRENS HOPSITAL MEDICAL CENTER$15,000
THE CLEVELAND VA MEDICAL RESEARCH & EDUCATION FOUNDATION$15,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

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

show:

Dollar for dollar, your grants (FY17–23) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 78% of your dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%Harvard University: $13k → 8%BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL: $13k → 16%MAYO CLINIC: $15k → 9%Icahn School of Medicine: $13k → 17%HOUSTON METHODIST RESEARCH INSTITUTE: $15k → 16%REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN: $13k → 14%SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY: $15k → 21%UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA - CHAPEL HILL: $15k → 13%RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL: $13k → 14%UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO: $13k → 10%NATIONAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL: $13k → 15%CINCINNATI CHILDRENS HOPSITAL MEDICAL CENTER: $15k → 16%THE CLEVELAND VA MEDICAL RESEARCH & EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $15k → 17%UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE: $13k → 9%University of Chicago: $13k → 14%National Sports Medicine Institute: $13k → 4%VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY: $13k → 22%National Institutes of Health: $13k → 8%John Hopkins University: $13k → 19%BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL: $13k → 16%University of Michigan: $13k → 14%Cincinnati Children's Hospital: $13k → 16%University of Washington: $13k → 9%Johns Hopkins University: $13k → 14%JOHN HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE: $13k → 19%CINCINNATI CHILDRENS HOSPITAL: $13k → 16%JOHN HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE: $60k → 19%John Hopkins School of Medicine: $13k → 19%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

WA
MN
IL
MI
NY
MA
OH
PA
RI
CO
MO
VA
MD
NC
AL
TX

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

52%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$243k · 5 repeat orgs$225k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +47% since the first grant, against +43% for the ones you funded once.

5 repeat relationships — 3 still active in FY2023, 2 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

5
12

Total granted

$243k
$150k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+47%
+43%

Still filing today

60%
42%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 58% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $75k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’23
EducationHealthOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
    4× · 2017–2023 · $110k · revenue +64%
  • UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH
    2× · 2018–2023 · $43k · revenue +40%
  • CH
    CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER
    3× · 2018–2023 · $40k · revenue +47%

Funded once

  • BA
    BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL
    one grant, 2020 · $13k
  • TG
    The George Washington University
    one grant, 2020 · $13k · revenue +22%
  • ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAIgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $13k · revenue +58%

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

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

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Lehigh University

The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…

Education
2
Rush University Medical Center

The mission of Rush is to improve the health of the individuals and diverse communities we serve through the integration of outstanding patient care, education, research and community partnerships.

Health
3
Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary

THE MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY ("THE INFIRMARY") IS A NOT-FOR-PROFIT TEACHING HOSPITAL CONDUCTING PATIENT CARE AND RESEARCH. THE INFIRMARY IS A TEACHING HOSPITAL OF HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL AND AN INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR RESEARCH.…

Health
4
University of Minnesota Physicians

University of minnesota physicians serves as the integrated group practice for the university of minnesota medical school full-time faculty to provide the highest quality healthcare to patients and their families.university of minnesota…

Health
5
The Trustees of Princeton University

Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…

Education
6
University of Maryland Anesthesiology 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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7
Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

We educate the next generation of leaders to improve the health of our society.

Education
8
University of Maryland Neurosurgeryassociates 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…

Education
9
Thomas Jefferson University

Thomas jefferson university ("tju") is a comprehensive university with preeminence in transdisciplinary, experiential professional education, research and discovery, delivering exceptional value for the 21st century students with…

Education
10
Case Western Reserve University

Case Western Reserve University is an independent, research-oriented university with broadly based strengths in health, including medicine, nursing and dentistry; in engineering; in the arts and sciences; and in law, management and social…

Education
11
University of Maryland Otorhino-Laryngology-Head & Neck Surgery 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…

Health
12
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

The children's hospital of philadelphia, the oldest hospital in the united states dedicated exclusively to pediatrics, strives to be the world leader in the advancement of health care for children by integrating excellent patient care,…

Health

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Johns Hopkins University and the most unlike its peers is Rhode Island Hospital. 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

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

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 13 of the 24 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
13/13
Grantees still filing
13/13
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY — $110,000 · EducationJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYUNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH — $42,500 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGHST LOUIS UNIVERSITY — $15,000 · EducationST LOUIS UNIVERSITYThe George Washington University — $12,500 · EducationThe George Washington UniversityICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI — $12,500 · EducationICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAIPresident and Fellows of Harvard College — $12,500 · EducationPresident and Fellows of Harvard CollegeUniversity of Chicago — $12,500 · EducationUniversity of ChicagoUNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON — $25,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTONREGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN — $25,000 · OtherREGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGANUNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL — $15,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL…METHODIST HOSPITAL — $15,000 · OtherMETHODIST HOSPITALBRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL — $12,500 · OtherBRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITALMASS GENERAL BRIGHAM INCORPORATED — $12,500 · OtherMASS GENERAL BRIGHAM INCORPORATEDVCUVCU HEALTH CAMPUS — $12,500 · OtherVCUVCU HEALTH CAMPUSNIHNIA — $12,500 · OtherNIHNIANATIONAL SPORTS MEDICINE FOUNDATION INC — $12,500 · OtherNATIONAL SPORTS MEDICINE FOUNDATION IN…UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM — $12,500 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAMREGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO — $12,500 · OtherREGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADOCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER — $40,000 · HealthCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDIC…CLEVELAND VA MEDICAL RESEARCH AND EDUCATION FOUNDATION — $15,000 · HealthCLEVELAND VA MEDICAL RESE…MAYO CLINIC — $15,000 · HealthMAYO CLINICLAHEY CLINIC INC — $15,000 · HealthLAHEY CLINIC INCRhode Island Hospital — $12,500 · HealthRhode Island HospitalPEDIATRIC ACADEMIC ASSOCIATION INC — $12,500 · HealthPEDIATRIC ACADEMIC ASSOCI…
Education$217,500Other$167,500Health$110,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY — $110,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH — $42,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER — $40,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCLEVELAND VA MEDICAL RESEARCH AND EDUCATION FOUNDATION — $15,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMAYO CLINIC — $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST LOUIS UNIVERSITY — $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLAHEY CLINIC INC — $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe George Washington University — $12,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI — $12,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPresident and Fellows of Harvard College — $12,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRhode Island Hospital — $12,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPEDIATRIC ACADEMIC ASSOCIATION INC — $12,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Chicago — $12,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

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

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a set of overlaps that mostly run through you, not between each other.

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Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization American Board of Medical Specialties Research and Education Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal, a single department, or state — and drag the year to watch it move.

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no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%your share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →median 7%
  • Johns Hopkins University — 12% of income from government
  • President and Fellows of Harvard College — 7% of income from government
  • Lahey Clinic Inc — 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
typical government reliance, FY20–25

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 24 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2024) is on record and reports $715k of grant expense, but none of it to a named recipient. On a Form 990 that can mean grants abroad, filed by region only (Schedule F), grants under $5,000, which are not itemized, or a schedule referenced as an attachment the e-file does not carry. The figures above are therefore from FY2023, the most recent year this funder named its grantees.

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