Kentucky · Nonprofit
ABFM FOUNDATION INC
ABFM FOUNDATION INC (Kentucky) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,159,149 to it, the largest being THE ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION ($1,097,486). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $25M
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $2.2M
- Net assets
- $125M
What Abfm Foundation Inc does
Mission
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 in family medicine or educational training and testing and to advise the abfm of the benefit to the specialty of family medicine of providing such support; (b)to solicit and accept contributions or research grants from organizations to help fund any projects/initiatives that meet the above requirements.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Research directed towards improving the education, training and certification processes for family physicians.
$3,093,221 spentof which $1,464,820 as grants34% of program spendingThe foundation manages the publication of the journal of the american board of family medicine (jabfm) and of the annals of family medicine. Both journals publish peer reviewed articles from researchers who are addressing health care issues facing the patients in the care of family physicians.
$836,377 spentof which $200,541 as grants$1,006,974 earned by the program9% of program spendingThe foundation manages the center for professionalism & value in health care. The center, located in washington dc, aims to study relationships between professionalism and value, promote their alignment, reduce health proffessionals' burden and better support outcome and quality improvement. The center also manages the prime registry, an outpatient clinical data registry and is a qualified clinical data registry.
$2,468,494 spent$2,468,494 earned by the program27% of program spendingProvide funding to support organizations engaged in providing educational opportunities, scholarly efforts or research in family medicine and administration of the same. Consider requests submitted to the abfm or from other organizations involved in the fostering of education, scholarly analysis or research in family medicine; creation of an electronic architecture that enables real time interactions amoung health care related entities or researchers for the purpose of sharing data that drives improvements in the health care field.
$2,606,270 spentof which $1,939,852 as grants29% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $9,004,362.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $71M to $110M (+56%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
53% of ABFM FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (21% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Roger Bean Cpa
Executive director
Board chair
Diane Beebe Md
Director and chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $33k → $1.4M.
1 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 3% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of ABFM FOUNDATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
ABFM FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 51% of grant income and the top three 90%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 52% · 2023 47% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
ABFM FOUNDATION INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Kentucky, across 5 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $75k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
ABFM FOUNDATION INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 3,288 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,288 human services nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Organizations like ABFM FOUNDATION INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Kentucky
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
95% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 5 related entities
- Abfm Realty LLC · disregarded
- Abfm International LLC · disregarded
- American Board of Family Medicine Inc · exempt
- Annals of Family Medicine Inc · exempt
- Cpvhc Realty Inc · exempt
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for ABFM FOUNDATION INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds ABFM FOUNDATION INC?
- ABFM FOUNDATION INC (Kentucky) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,159,149 to it, the largest being THE ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION ($1,097,486). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ABFM FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $2,159,149 in grants to ABFM FOUNDATION INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ABFM FOUNDATION INC?
- THE ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,097,486 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ABFM FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Kentucky. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2019–2024), and the filings of 7 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing