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Physicians Research Institute Inc

Physicians Research Institute Inc (Maryland) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $95,100 to it, the largest being Global Action to End Smoking Inc ($95,100). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$26k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$95k
Net assets
$14k
1/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 27%
01What it does

What Physicians Research Institute Inc does

Mission

The mission of the physicians research institute (pri) is to defend the rights of physicians to determine the best therapy for their patients free from legislative or third party payor interference and to allow doctors to prescribe and/or dispense such medicines as they deem appropriate and necessary for the health, welfare and care of their patients.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Program

  1. The mission of the physicians research institute (pri) is to defend the rights of physicians to determine the best therapy for their patients free from legislative or third party payor interference and to allow doctors to prescribe and/or dispense such medicines as they deem appropriate and necessary for the health, welfare and care of their patients.

    $43,138 spent$25,800 earned by the program
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $43,138.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($210k) Expenses 100 ($198k) Net assets 100 ($44k)2018 Revenue 96 ($202k) Expenses 102 ($201k) Net assets 102 ($45k)2019 Revenue 87 ($184k) Expenses 97 ($191k) Net assets 84 ($37k)2020 Revenue 56 ($118k) Expenses 74 ($147k) Net assets 18 ($8k)2021 Revenue 63 ($133k) Expenses 66 ($130k) Net assets 24 ($11k)2022 Revenue 73 ($154k) Expenses 64 ($127k) Net assets 83 ($37k)2023 Revenue 70 ($146k) Expenses 76 ($151k) Net assets 74 ($32k)2024 Revenue 81 ($170k) Expenses 80 ($158k) Net assets 102 ($45k)2025 Revenue 12 ($26k) Expenses 29 ($56k) Net assets 33 ($14k)
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Revenue (12)Expenses (29)Net assets (33)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $45k to $14k (−68%).

$44k
$45k
$37k
$8k
$11k
$37k
$32k
$45k
$14k
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2021 29%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

100% of Physicians Research Institute Inc’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (77% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 10,230 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$12k
’17
$739
’18
−$8k
’19
−$29k
’20
$3k
’21
$26k
’22
−$4k
’23
$13k
’24
−$31k
’25
3.1
months of
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.

Board chair

Gene Ransom

Chairman

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

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Listed766333544
Joined·+0+0+0+0+0+2+0+0
No longer listed·10300010
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2022 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income held at $40k.

Funder
'22
'23
'25*
total
funders
1
1
1

From the IRS filings of Physicians Research Institute 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.

Where its funders are

Physicians Research Institute Inc draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Maryland, across 1 state in all.

NY

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’22
’23
Maryland out of state home

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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

Physicians Research Institute Inc's revenue fell 88% between 2017 and 2025.

Operating margin−119% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve3.1mo · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)−23% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 6,328 community improvement nonprofits under $100k, FY2025

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In Maryland

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

76% of spending goes to programs.

Program 76%Management 24%Fundraising 0%

Governance

4
board members
75%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

MD

Screen this organization

A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Physicians Research Institute 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 Physicians Research Institute Inc?
Physicians Research Institute Inc (Maryland) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $95,100 to it, the largest being Global Action to End Smoking Inc ($95,100). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does Physicians Research Institute Inc have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $95,100 in grants to Physicians Research Institute Inc, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of Physicians Research Institute Inc?
Global Action to End Smoking Inc is the largest funder on record, with $95,100 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like Physicians Research Institute Inc find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Maryland. 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 1 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