California · Nonprofit
Physicians Medical Forum
Physicians Medical Forum (California) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,180,956 to it, the largest being THE CALIFORNIA WELLNESS FOUNDATION ($580,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $86k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $1.2M
- Net assets
- $274k
What Physicians Medical Forum does
Mission
To promote and inspire education, training and resource development that support physician recruitment and retention; to encourage individuals from diverse and social backgrounds to pursue careers in medicine; and to provide the infrastructure and support needed for their success, with the goal of reducing health disparities and improving healthcare equity and medical care throughout Northern California and the Bay Area.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The Physicians Medical Forum (PMF) Doctors on Board Program (DOB) and Initiatives encourages and supports students who aspire to become doctors. The pipline of students are high school, college/university, community college and post baccalaureate students who want to become physicians. The program provides studens with mentoring and networking opportunities. Students also receive information on taking SAT/ACT exams, MCAT prep medical school applications financial aid, internships, mock primary & surgery clinics, workshops on writing personal statements, interviewing and skill building sessions. High School students also network and are mentored by medical students, residents, physicians, educator and community mentors. PMF also provides scholarships, stipends and other access to finacial resources, networks and mentoring to medical students and residents. Additionally, PMF engages in programs and initiatives with physicians and educators on health policy and community wellness.
$30,956 spentof which $2,850 as grants26% of program spendingEncourage/recruit residents and medical students that upon their completion of their medical education, residency and fellowship training, to pursue careers as physicians in the Alameda, Contra Costa or San Francisco counties and Northern CA and the Bay Area.
$0 spent$109 earned by the program0% of program spendingTo maintain core business and strategic paractices, outreach, education and fund development to support the organizations vision, mission, goals and strategies to encourage individuals from diverse and social backgrounds in their journey through high school, college/university, medical shcool, residency, fellowships to pursing careers to become physicians in Alameda, Contra Costa and San Francisco counties and Northern CA and the Bay Area.
$0 spent0% of program spending1. Increased the outreach, education, scholarships and mentoring encouraging diverse and socially adverse backgrounds interested in medicine and becoming doctors. 2. Updated databases - schools, colleges/university, medical schools, associations, health organizations prep support that encourages and prepares students
$87,886 spentof which $2,850 as grants74% of program spendingand physicians for their careers as physicians in all sectors. 3. Partnering with medical schools, medical associations, nonprofit organizations, colleges, universities, high schools and educational institutions- along with exam preparation companies, associations of medical colleges, student medical organizations, high school counselors and educators, physician associations, and other
$0 spent0% of program spendingcommunity resources - to provide students with mentoring, coaching, SAT, ACT and MCAT preparation, academic guidance, and careeer development support.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 6 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $118,842.
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 2022 to 2023, from $145k to $438k (+202%).
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: 2021 95% · 2022 25%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
97% of Physicians Medical Forum’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (100% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 of the last 9 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
Stalfana Bello Broadhead MPA
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2020 and FY2021 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 3 funders, grant income rose $101k → $145k.
3 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 7% 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 Physicians Medical Forum’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
Physicians Medical Forum leans on a few funders — its largest provides 49% of grant income and the top three 99%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
51% 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 Physicians Medical Forum.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 89% · 2018 81% · 2019 100% · 2020 88% · 2021 88% · 2022 80% · 2023 52% — 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
100% of Physicians Medical Forum's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $86k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 states 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
Physicians Medical Forum's funding base is broadening — from 2 funders to 3 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 6,360 health nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Organizations like Physicians Medical Forum
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 California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
65% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Physicians Medical Forum: 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 Physicians Medical Forum?
- Physicians Medical Forum (California) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,180,956 to it, the largest being THE CALIFORNIA WELLNESS FOUNDATION ($580,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Physicians Medical Forum have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $1,180,956 in grants to Physicians Medical Forum, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Physicians Medical Forum?
- THE CALIFORNIA WELLNESS FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $580,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Physicians Medical Forum find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 5 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