Pennsylvania · Nonprofit
EMERGENCY CARE RESEARCH INSTITUTE
EMERGENCY CARE RESEARCH INSTITUTE (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,424,014 to it, the largest being GORDON E AND BETTY I MOORE FOUNDATION ($5,632,758). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $80M
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $6.4M
- Net assets
- $42M
What Emergency Care Research Institute does
Mission
Ecri is organized exclusively for charitable, scientific, and educational purposes within the meaning of irc section 501(c)(3). Ecri's mission is advancing effective, evidence-based healthcare globally. Ecri's mission is accomplished through its publishing, membership and information programs, technical assistance and consulting programs, and educational programs.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Research and evaluation programs, memberships, publications and information:ecri's applied research and evaluation, memberships, and publications all focus on improving healthcare safety, quality, and cost-effectiveness in settings across the continuum of care, from acute care to ambulatory care to long-term care and home care. These programs are used by hospitals and healthcare providers, policymakers, payers, the public, government agencies, and others in the healthcare community to improve patient care. Through these programs, ecri disseminates the results of its internally conducted research and evaluation, of information and experience obtained through technical assistance services and other activities, and of information gathered from many other sources. Ecri conducts studies and disseminates information and tools that protect the public from unsafe and ineffective medical technologies and practices; improves patient safety by preventing medical errors, patient accidents, injuries, and death; assesses the effectiveness of drugs, devices, procedures, and practices; and reduces costs for healthcare providers and payors. Each year, ecri disseminates hundreds of guidance…
$32,725,230 spent$56,722,489 earned by the program69% of program spendingTechnical assistance programs: ecri promotes improved methods of patient care by providing the healthcare community and federal and state agencies with a wide range of technical assistance on safety, quality improvement, and cost-effectiveness. Ecri's technical assistance programs include providing information tools and support for the buyers and users of healthcare technology;; investigating and analyzing accidents and events involving patient safety; providing assessment and evaluation of healthcare safety and quality; providing evidence-based research and effectiveness reports to government agencies; conducting hands-on laboratory testing to evaluate the safety and efficacy of medical devices that are on the market; designing and maintaining a repository of critical clinical guidelines; designing and maintaining patient safety reporting and analysis programs; and running a federally designated patient safety organization (pso). Ecri takes reports on medical device problems from any member of the public, analyzes the problems, and disseminates recommendations to the public for safe practices. The form for submitting reports is publicly available. Information and experience…
$14,949,200 spent$19,800,031 earned by the program31% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $47,674,430.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 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 $86M to $111M (+28%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 0% · 2021 11%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
0% of EMERGENCY CARE RESEARCH INSTITUTE’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (7% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 8 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
Marcus Schabacker Md Phd
President/CEO
Board chair
Richard Arons Scd
Trustee, board chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2017 and FY2018 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income fell $1.2M → $229k.
1 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% 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 EMERGENCY CARE RESEARCH INSTITUTE’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
EMERGENCY CARE RESEARCH INSTITUTE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 88% of grant income and the top three 100%; 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% · 2018 100% · 2019 99% · 2023 66% — 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
EMERGENCY CARE RESEARCH INSTITUTE draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Pennsylvania, across 3 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $19k 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
EMERGENCY CARE RESEARCH INSTITUTE's revenue grew 32% between 2017 and 2024.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,580 health nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Government funding EMERGENCY CARE RESEARCH INSTITUTE receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $52.6M on record — $52.5M federal, $51k state.
- Department of Health and Human Services$30.1M
- Department of Defense$13.6M
- Department of Veterans Affairs$8.5M
- Department of Commerce$254k
- Department of the Interior$49k
- Department of State$25k
- Other Contr and 3rd Pty Serv$51k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like EMERGENCY CARE RESEARCH INSTITUTE
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 Pennsylvania
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
74% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
87%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 13 related entities
- The Just Culture Company LLC · disregarded
- Surgismart Iq LLC · disregarded
- Institute for Safe Medication Practices · exempt
- Ecri Laboratories · exempt
- Ecri Shared Services · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for EMERGENCY CARE RESEARCH INSTITUTE: 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 EMERGENCY CARE RESEARCH INSTITUTE?
- EMERGENCY CARE RESEARCH INSTITUTE (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,424,014 to it, the largest being GORDON E AND BETTY I MOORE FOUNDATION ($5,632,758). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does EMERGENCY CARE RESEARCH INSTITUTE have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $6,424,014 in grants to EMERGENCY CARE RESEARCH INSTITUTE, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of EMERGENCY CARE RESEARCH INSTITUTE?
- GORDON E AND BETTY I MOORE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $5,632,758 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like EMERGENCY CARE RESEARCH INSTITUTE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Pennsylvania. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 4 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