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The Physicians Foundation Inc

The mission of the physicians foundation is to support and empower all physicians to provide high quality care, to maintain the sanctity of the patient-physician relationship and to take an active leadership role in shaping the future of healthcare.

$692k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
7
Grants FY2025
15
Organizations funded FY2024
53%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$75,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$150,000
Organizations funded a year
9 to 18
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
5
Total assets, FY2025
$141M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 53% of the organizations The Physicians Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 59% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 41% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $972k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

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HealthEducationPhilanthropyOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving6$592k83%
FY202415$1.6M53%
FY20239$1.5M33%
FY202217$2.0M41%
FY202118$2.0M33%
FY202014$2.1M21%
FY201918$2.9M39%
FY201816$3.1M81%
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Health$18MPublic Safety & Disaster$2.2MEducation$800kCrime & Legal$729kPhilanthropy$150k

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

AK
ME
VT
NH
WA
MT
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
WY
IA
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
RI
CA
UT
CO
NE
VA
MD
AZ
KS
TN
NC
SC
HI
LA
MS
GA
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 84 grantees
All grantees of The Physicians Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Foundation for Healthy Floridians$1,305,000391%
North Carolina Medical Society Foundation Inc$930,000325%
Docs 4 Patient Care Foundation Inc$912,488494%
Dr Lorna Breen Heroes' Foundation$825,000249%
Medical Educational & Scientific Fdn of Ny Inc$729,300568%
American Academy of Pediatrics$676,97130%
Texas Medical Association Special Funds Foundation$650,000326%
Nebraska Medical Foundation$550,000467%
Wyoming Medical Society Scholarship Fund$525,000490%
Kansas Health Information Network Inc$500,000113%
Physicians Benevolent Fund$500,0001n/a
The Medical Society of Virginia Foundation$475,000418%
Vermont Medical Society Educ& Research Fdtninc$450,000375%
Indiana Medical Foundation Inc$450,000486%
Palm Beach County Medical Services Inc$447,600312%
Washington State Medical Association Foundation for Health Care Improvement$416,145325%
Physicians for a Healthy California$400,00032%
Ohio State Medical Association (Osma) Foundation$386,890497%
Medical Association of Georgia Foundation Inc$375,000348%
Accma Community Health Foundation$375,000395%
Mississippi State Medical Association Foundation Inc$373,000263%
Montana Medical Association Foundation$350,000364%
Health Leads Inc$340,00012%
Advocates for Better Health - the Foundation$337,384466%
Travis County Medical Society Foundation$315,000338%
Future Alaska Medical Leaders Inc$300,0002n/a
Tennessee Medical Education Fund Inc$300,000254%
Csms Physicians' Health & Education Fund$300,0002n/a
The Institute of Medicine and Public Health of New Jersey Inc$280,000268%
Community Service Education & Research Fund of the Sedms$278,491220%
Center for a Healthy Maryland Inc$225,000214%
South Carolina Medical Association Foundation$182,44939%
Hanley Center for Health Leadership and Education$155,000268%
Federation of State Physician Health Programs Inc$150,000122%
Michigan State Medical Society Foundation$150,000134%
Family Health Center of Worcesterinc$150,00010%
Tennessee Foundation for Quality Patient Healthcar$150,0001n/a
Bowler-Bartlett Foundation$150,0001n/a
Umass Chan Medical School Foundation Inc$150,0001n/a
Knoxville Academy of Medicine Foundation$150,00017%
Wisconsin Medical Society Foundation Inc$150,000116%
Pagny Health and Research Foundation Inc$150,000110%
Medical Society of Sedgwick County Physician Leadership Alliance Inc$150,000127%
Physicians Benevolent Fund$150,0001n/a
University of California San Francisco$150,0001n/a
Institute for Medical Quality$150,00017%
Scott & White Healthcare Foundation$150,00010%
Academy of Medicine Jacksonville Fl$150,000198%
Maine Quality Counts$149,99612%
Metro Omaha Medical Society Foundation$149,620161%
Regents of the University of Colorado$149,0861n/a
The Mount Sinai Medical Center$148,39716%
Louisiana State Medical Society Educational and Research Foundation$146,0001n/a
Inland Empire Health Information Organization$141,000123%
Rush University Medical Center$131,00010%
California Academy of Family Physicians$129,85014%
Western Carolina Medical Society Foundation Inc$127,938111%
Minnesota Medical Association Foundation$117,175165%
American Medical Association$109,48110%
University of Hawaii Foundation$100,00010%
Mass General Brigham Incorporated$100,0001n/a
Uc San Diego Health$100,0001n/a
Northwestern Memorial Healthcare$100,0001n/a
Providence St Joseph Health Foundation$100,00014%
Massachusetts Medical Society and Alliance Charitable Foundation$100,000215%
The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois$100,0001n/a
Americares Foundation Inc$100,00010%
Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute$99,92210%
Association of Women Surgeons Foundation$99,5561n/a
Nationwide Childrens Hospital Inc$93,9421n/a
American Medical Association Foundation$76,44612%
Utah Medical Association Foundation$75,000116%
Arizona Medical Association Foundation$75,000155%
Healthy Rural California Inc$75,00013%
Daniel Hanley Center for Health Lea$75,000114%
Medical Society of Northern Virginia Foundation$75,0001n/a
American Academy of Family Physicians Fdn$75,0001n/a
Nebraska Methodist Hospital Foundation$75,0001n/a
The Foundation of the Pennsylvania Medical Society$74,98512%
Texas Children's Hospital$67,00010%
University Medicine Foundation$50,0001n/a
Iowa Medical Society Foundation$49,600117%
Benjamin Rush Institute$40,000112%
Academy of Medicine Education Foundation$24,988119%

Where it is load-bearing

The Physicians Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 25 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 64 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetFoundation for Healthy Floridians: $1,305,000 over 3y, 91% of budgetNorth Carolina Medical Society Foundation Inc: $930,000 over 3y, 25% of budgetDocs 4 Patient Care Foundation Inc: $912,488 over 4y, 94% of budgetDr Lorna Breen Heroes' Foundation: $825,000 over 2y, 49% of budgetMedical Educational & Scientific Fdn of Ny Inc: $729,300 over 5y, 68% of budgetAmerican Academy of Pediatrics: $676,971 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetTexas Medical Association Special Funds Foundation: $650,000 over 3y, 26% of budgetNebraska Medical Foundation: $550,000 over 4y, 67% of budgetWyoming Medical Society Scholarship Fund: $525,000 over 4y, 90% of budgetKansas Health Information Network Inc: $500,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetThe Medical Society of Virginia Foundation: $475,000 over 4y, 18% of budgetVermont Medical Society Educ& Research Fdtninc: $450,000 over 3y, 75% of budgetIndiana Medical Foundation Inc: $450,000 over 4y, 86% of budgetPalm Beach County Medical Services Inc: $447,600 over 3y, 12% of budgetWashington State Medical Association Foundation for Health Care Improvement: $416,145 over 3y, 25% of budgetPhysicians for a Healthy California: $400,000 over 3y, 2.1% of budgetOhio State Medical Association (Osma) Foundation: $386,890 over 4y, 97% of budgetMedical Association of Georgia Foundation Inc: $375,000 over 3y, 48% of budgetAccma Community Health Foundation: $375,000 over 3y, 95% of budgetMississippi State Medical Association Foundation Inc: $373,000 over 2y, 63% of budgetMontana Medical Association Foundation: $350,000 over 3y, 64% of budgetHealth Leads Inc: $340,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetAdvocates for Better Health - the Foundation: $337,384 over 4y, 66% of budgetTravis County Medical Society Foundation: $315,000 over 3y, 38% of budgetTennessee Medical Education Fund Inc: $300,000 over 2y, 54% of budgetThe Institute of Medicine and Public Health of New Jersey Inc: $280,000 over 2y, 68% of budgetCommunity Service Education & Research Fund of the Sedms: $278,491 over 2y, 20% of budgetCenter for a Healthy Maryland Inc: $225,000 over 2y, 14% of budgetSouth Carolina Medical Association Foundation: $182,449 over 3y, 9.2% of budgetHanley Center for Health Leadership and Education: $155,000 over 2y, 68% of budgetFederation of State Physician Health Programs Inc: $150,000 over 1y, 22% of budgetMichigan State Medical Society Foundation: $150,000 over 1y, 34% of budgetFamily Health Center of Worcesterinc: $150,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetKnoxville Academy of Medicine Foundation: $150,000 over 1y, 6.7% of budgetWisconsin Medical Society Foundation Inc: $150,000 over 1y, 16% of budgetPagny Health and Research Foundation Inc: $150,000 over 1y, 10% of budgetMedical Society of Sedgwick County Physician Leadership Alliance Inc: $150,000 over 1y, 27% of budgetInstitute for Medical Quality: $150,000 over 1y, 7.2% of budgetScott & White Healthcare Foundation: $150,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetAcademy of Medicine Jacksonville Fl: $150,000 over 1y, 98% of budgetMaine Quality Counts: $149,996 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetMetro Omaha Medical Society Foundation: $149,620 over 1y, 61% of budgetThe Mount Sinai Medical Center: $148,397 over 1y, 5.9% of budgetInland Empire Health Information Organization: $141,000 over 1y, 23% of budgetRush University Medical Center: $131,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCalifornia Academy of Family Physicians: $129,850 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetWestern Carolina Medical Society Foundation Inc: $127,938 over 1y, 11% of budgetMinnesota Medical Association Foundation: $117,175 over 1y, 65% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 64.

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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.

Public Health InstituteCA15.8× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Public Health Institute · California Healthcare Foundation · American Cancer Society Inc · The California Endowment · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

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.

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About The Physicians Foundation Inc

How much does The Physicians Foundation Inc give?
The Physicians Foundation Inc reported 7 grants totaling $692,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 18 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does The Physicians Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (82%), Public Safety & Disaster (10%), Education (4%).
Who are The Physicians Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Foundation for Healthy Floridians ($1.3M), North Carolina Medical Society Foundation Inc ($930k), Docs 4 Patient Care Foundation Inc ($912k).
Does The Physicians Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 53% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as The Physicians Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Public Health Institute, California Healthcare Foundation, American Cancer Society Inc.
Where is The Physicians Foundation Inc based?
The Physicians Foundation Inc is based in TX.

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 88 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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