Pennsylvania · Nonprofit
National Board of Medical Examiners
National Board of Medical Examiners (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $76,260 to it, the largest being ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN MEDICAL COLLEGES ($54,818). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $190M
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $76k
- Net assets
- $369M
What National Board of Medical Examiners does
Mission
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 information visit www.nbme.org.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
The United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) is a three-step examination for medical licensure in the United States and is sponsored by the Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) and NBME. The USMLE program supports medical licensing authorities in the United States through its leadership in the development, delivery, and continual improvement of high-quality assessments across the continuum of physicians' preparation for practice. It assesses a physician's ability to apply knowledge, concepts, and principles that are important in health and disease and that constitute the basis of safe and effective patient care.For further information visit www.usmle.org.Note: The expenses reflected above do not include management and general expenses.
$88,474,458 spent$117,336,370 earned by the program62% of program spendingThe Medical School and Student Services program provides assessment services to domestic and international medical schools, students, and residents. Assessments include the subject examination program, self-assessment services, and web-based examination programs and pilot projects. Subject exams measure achievement in the traditional basic and clinical science disciplines and are used to compare student performance with a national reference group. A series of web-based self-assessments are available to help students assess their readiness to take USMLE. Faculty services include item-writing workshops, and medical school liaison activities include the Advisory Committee for Medical School Programs.Note: The expenses reflected above do not include management and general expenses.
$29,889,006 spent$46,560,397 earned by the program21% of program spendingThe Growth and Innovation unit includes the Office of Research which supports NBMEs research enterprise by coordinating NBMEs research efforts across the organization and ensuring that NBMEs research portfolio is consistent with institutional priorities. In addition to these defined programs of research and development, each program area and service unit is charged to carry on a program of research and development relevant to the work of the program or unit, for example, development of new item formats for USMLE, exploring relationships between prior measures and certifying exam performance for those we serve and developing new testing methods for those we serve. These research and development activities result in the publication of dozens of research reports in scientific journals and presentations at scientific meetings each year.The Office of Research is responsible for conducting research related to improving the quality and efficiency of NBME products, services, and procedures. It is also aimed at developing capabilities that allow NBME to expand its range of assessments both geographically and across the health professions. In addition to this work, the Office of Research…
$14,562,082 spentof which $2,495,997 as grants$393,542 earned by the program10% of program spendingCustom Programs consist of a diverse portfolio of global customized assessment services and examination programs. The primary sources of revenue for Custom Programs are Health Profession Services, the Health and Wellness Coach Certifying Examination and the Post Licensure Assessment System. The Health Profession Services program provides comprehensive assessment, educational, consultative, and research services for healthcare organizations. During 2024, NBME's Health Profession Services worked with a variety of organizations to administer examinations for purposes of licensure and other evaluations of special competence for examination programs sponsored by health-related organizations. These organizations included allied health professional associations, members of the American Board of Medical Specialties, and medical societies. Examinations are administered worldwide, where applicable.NBME and the National Board for Health & Wellness Coaching collaborate to provide the Health and Wellness Coach Certifying Examination. The collaboration provides an opportunity to draw upon the unique capabilities of each organization to provide a high-quality assessment for health and wellness…
$10,455,227 spent$9,215,837 earned by the program7% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $143,380,773.
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 2018 to 2019, from $337M to $398M (+18%).
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.
0% of National Board of Medical Examiners’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (1% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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
Peter J Katsufrakis
President & CEO
Board chair
Reena Karani
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of National Board of Medical Examiners’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
National Board of Medical Examiners leans on a few funders — its largest provides 72% 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
100% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund National Board of Medical Examiners.
“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
National Board of Medical Examiners draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Pennsylvania, across 2 states in all.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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
National Board of Medical Examiners runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 2,075 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,075 health nonprofits over $100M, FY2024
Government funding National Board of Medical Examiners receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $103k on record — $88k federal, $15k state.
- Department of Veterans Affairs$88k
- Examinations$15k
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 National Board of Medical Examiners
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
80% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
95%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- Nbhwc · exempt
- Computer-Based Testing & Learning Corp · corp_trust
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for National Board of Medical Examiners: 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 National Board of Medical Examiners?
- National Board of Medical Examiners (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $76,260 to it, the largest being ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN MEDICAL COLLEGES ($54,818). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does National Board of Medical Examiners have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $76,260 in grants to National Board of Medical Examiners.
- Who is the largest funder of National Board of Medical Examiners?
- ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN MEDICAL COLLEGES is the largest funder on record, with $54,818 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like National Board of Medical Examiners 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.
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 2 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