Pennsylvania · Public charity
National Board of Medical Examiners
NBME advances assessment of health care professionals to achieve optimal care for all. While centered on assessment of physicians, this mission encompasses the spectrum of health professionals along the continuum of education, training and practice and includes research in evaluation as well as development of assessment tools.For further…
- $2.8M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 39
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 28
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 61%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $2.7M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $30,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $1,111,714
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 28
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 17
- Total assets, FY2024
- $457M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 61% of the organizations National Board of Medical Examiners funded were first-time grantees, receiving 63% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 37% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $853k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 38 | $2.7M | 50% |
| FY2023 | 28 | $1.3M | 61% |
| FY2022 | 20 | $609k | 75% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $446k | 14% |
| FY2020 | 11 | $478k | 55% |
| FY2019 | 9 | $551k | 56% |
| FY2018 | 6 | $335k | 33% |
| FY2017 | 6 | $329k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Medical Fellowships Inc | $1,229,848 | 2 | 20% |
| The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois | $554,277 | 6 | n/a |
| University City District | $469,616 | 8 | 1% |
| Drexel University | $300,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Regents of the University of Michigan | $299,878 | 4 | n/a |
| Albright College | $264,640 | 2 | 0% |
| Alvernia University | $170,035 | 1 | 0% |
| Hofstra University | $150,000 | 3 | 0% |
| New York University | $150,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Northwestern University | $150,000 | 2 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Medical Fellowships Inc | $1,229,848 | 2 | 20% |
| The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois | $554,277 | 6 | n/a |
| University City District | $469,616 | 8 | 1% |
| Drexel University | $300,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Regents of the University of Michigan | $299,878 | 4 | n/a |
| Albright College | $264,640 | 2 | 0% |
| Alvernia University | $170,035 | 1 | 0% |
| Hofstra University | $150,000 | 3 | 0% |
| New York University | $150,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Northwestern University | $150,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Seattle Children's Hospital | $149,999 | 2 | 0% |
| Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University | $149,926 | 2 | n/a |
| University of Minnesota | $149,673 | 2 | n/a |
| US Naval Academy | $149,562 | 2 | n/a |
| Children's Hospital Medical Center | $149,004 | 2 | 0% |
| University of Utah | $148,248 | 2 | n/a |
| Rutgers the State University | $134,000 | 5 | n/a |
| National Center for Civic Innovation In | $133,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai | $110,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Together for West Philadelphia | $110,000 | 3 | 63% |
| Health Career Collaborative Inc | $100,181 | 3 | 34% |
| Virginia Mason Medical Center | $100,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Regents of the University of California at Riverside | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Maternity Care Coalition | $95,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia | $75,000 | 1 | 0% |
| State University of Iowa | $74,358 | 1 | n/a |
| Building the Next Generation of Academic Physicians | $70,000 | 2 | 11% |
| University of Wisconsin | $65,857 | 1 | n/a |
| Albert Einstein College of Medicine | $62,484 | 2 | 0% |
| Network Towards Unity for Health Association | $60,000 | 2 | 10% |
| National Association of Medical Spanish | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Vision to Learn | $50,000 | 2 | 0% |
| University of Washington | $47,461 | 1 | n/a |
| Rutgers Network of Affiliated Family Medicine Residencies Inc | $40,000 | 1 | 34% |
| Association of Stemm Pathway and Bridge Programs | $37,850 | 1 | n/a |
| It Takes Philly | $37,500 | 2 | 1% |
| University of Cincinnati | $37,085 | 1 | n/a |
| Achieve Now | $27,875 | 2 | 3% |
| University of California San Francisco | $25,542 | 1 | n/a |
| Duke University | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Independence Blue Cross Foundation | $25,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Eastern Virginia Medical School Foundation | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Northeast Ohio Medical University | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Better Learning Experiences | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| USC School of Medicine Greenville | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Michigan State University | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| CeaseFire PA Education Fund | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Quinnipiac University | $24,168 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Miami | $21,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Medstar Health Research Institute Inc | $20,835 | 1 | 0% |
| Oakland University | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Lahey Clinic Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Central Michigan University | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| National Academy of Sciences | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Arkansas Colleges of Health Education | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Texas A&M Health Science Center | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| National Council of Asian Pacific Islander Physicians | $20,000 | 1 | 22% |
| Women in Measurement Inc | $19,500 | 3 | 11% |
| Foundation for Morristown Medical Center | $17,000 | 2 | 0% |
| UB Foundation Activities Inc | $14,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Maui Food Bank Inc | $10,266 | 1 | 0% |
| Tcg Groceries | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Temple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Philadelphia County Medical Society | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| George Washington Univ School of Medicine - Dr Sidney Fu | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Thomas Jefferson University | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University City Science Center | $9,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Kansas Medical Center Research Institute | $8,850 | 1 | 0% |
| Stony Brook Foundation Inc | $7,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The National Center for the Improvement of Educational Assessment Inc | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| National Council on Measurement in Education Inc | $6,000 | 1 | 1% |
Where it is load-bearing
National Board of Medical Examiners supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 47 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: American Cancer Society Inc · University of Miami · The Barra Foundation Inc · Georgetown University · Vanderbilt University Medical Center · The William Penn Foundation · Johns Hopkins University · National Philanthropic Trust · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Endowment Foundation
How this is measured
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About National Board of Medical Examiners
- How much does National Board of Medical Examiners give?
- National Board of Medical Examiners reported 39 itemized grants totaling $2,739,035, out of $2,819,348 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 28 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does National Board of Medical Examiners fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (45%), Health (39%), Community Improvement (7%).
- Who are National Board of Medical Examiners's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: National Medical Fellowships Inc ($1.2M), The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois ($554k), University City District ($470k).
- Does National Board of Medical Examiners fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 61% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as National Board of Medical Examiners?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include American Cancer Society Inc, University of Miami, The Barra Foundation Inc.
- Where is National Board of Medical Examiners based?
- National Board of Medical Examiners is based in PA.
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