Massachusetts · Nonprofit
PUBLIC RESPONSIBILITY IN MEDICINE & RESEARCH INC
PUBLIC RESPONSIBILITY IN MEDICINE & RESEARCH INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $145,223 to it, the largest being TOMPKINS EDNA H TR UWILL ($136,163). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $5.3M
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $145k
- Net assets
- $8.1M
What Public Responsibility in Medicine & Research Inc does
Mission
Prim&r advances the highest ethical standards in the conduct of biomedical, behavioral and social science research. Prim&r accomplishes this mission through education, membership services, professional certification, public policy initiatives and community building.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Conferences:prim&r's conferences serve as an open and independent forum in which stakeholders from around the world, including those representing research institutions, hospitals, universities, the federal government, pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries, and advocacy groups, come together to consider key issues related to human subjects and animal research. Our conferences address the latest ethical, regulatory, and policy-related developments in biomedical, social science, behavioral, and educational research as well as in animal care and use. Speakers and presenters are leaders in the fields of research, bioethics, and science policy.prim&r's conferences and other educational events are the cornerstone of our commitment to "connecting and protecting" - connecting those who work in the field of research and protecting those who participate as research subjects. Through these events, prim&r presents an opportunity for stakeholders to come together to consider complex and challenging issues.conference attendees include researchers and research staff, institutional officials, medical professionals, government personnel, subject advocates, academics, policy makers,…
$1,725,910 spent$1,985,419 earned by the program55% of program spendingMembership:prim&r strives to enhance subject protections and the responsible conduct of research by supporting the professional development of our more than 3,000 members who are based throughout the world. Our members are research ethics committee members and administrators, researchers and research staff, institutional officials, government representatives, and other policy makers, subject advocates, ethicists, pharmaceutical and biotechnology personnel, and attorneys. In addition to a range of resources that foster networking and professional growth - including mentoring, volunteer programs, and members-only publications - members receive discounts on all of prim&r's conferences, educational programs, and other initiatives, allowing them to receive critical professional development and workplace resources at an affordable cost.
$483,326 spent$912,456 earned by the program15% of program spendingCertification:prim&r's certification initiatives for institutional review board (irb) professionals - the certified irb professional (cip) credential - and for institutional animal care and use committee (iacuc) professionals - the certified professional iacuc administrator (cpia) credential - strengthen the quality of institutional review boards (irbs) and institutional animal care and use committees (iacucs) by establishing an accepted body of knowledge and national standards of practice for irb and iacuc administration. The credentials constitute formal recognition of a professional's knowledge and qualified experience, familiarity with best practices, and expertise.
$470,271 spent$262,335 earned by the program15% of program spendingEducational programs:education is the most effective way of creating and sustaining successful, high-quality, and ethical research programs, and prim&r is widely acknowledged to be the premier educator in the research ethics and oversight field.prim&r's highest priority has been providing those charged with ensuring research protections, as well as those involved in the design and implementation of research protocols, with knowledge, practical tools, and cutting-edge strategies to address the wide range of issues they face when designing and reviewing research with human subjects and animals.prim&r's educational programming is taught by professionals with decades of experience in their respective fields, who thus provide participants with balanced, thorough, and accurate information on the full range of ethical and regulatory issues surrounding human subjects and animal research. Prim&r events are also known to be gatherings that foster the exchange of information among peers, where all stakeholders understand that they are part of a larger community of individuals who share and support each other's professional challenges and pursuits. Prim&r's programming includes webinars,…
$472,787 spent$96,902 earned by the program15% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,152,294.
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 $6.7M to $7.8M (+16%).
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: 2020 9% · 2021 8%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
0% of PUBLIC RESPONSIBILITY IN MEDICINE & RESEARCH INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (51% 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
Ivy Tillman
Executive director
Board chair
Gianna Mcmillan
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2022 and FY2023 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $20k → $29k.
1 of 3 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 PUBLIC RESPONSIBILITY IN MEDICINE & RESEARCH 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
PUBLIC RESPONSIBILITY IN MEDICINE & RESEARCH INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 94% 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: 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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
PUBLIC RESPONSIBILITY IN MEDICINE & RESEARCH INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Massachusetts, across 1 state in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $49 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
PUBLIC RESPONSIBILITY IN MEDICINE & RESEARCH INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 8,121 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 8,121 health nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding PUBLIC RESPONSIBILITY IN MEDICINE & RESEARCH INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $144k on record.
- Department of Health and Human Services$127k
- Department of Veterans Affairs$17k
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 PUBLIC RESPONSIBILITY IN MEDICINE & RESEARCH 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 Massachusetts
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
78% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
92%
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 PUBLIC RESPONSIBILITY IN MEDICINE & RESEARCH 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 PUBLIC RESPONSIBILITY IN MEDICINE & RESEARCH INC?
- PUBLIC RESPONSIBILITY IN MEDICINE & RESEARCH INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $145,223 to it, the largest being TOMPKINS EDNA H TR UWILL ($136,163). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does PUBLIC RESPONSIBILITY IN MEDICINE & RESEARCH INC have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $145,223 in grants to PUBLIC RESPONSIBILITY IN MEDICINE & RESEARCH INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of PUBLIC RESPONSIBILITY IN MEDICINE & RESEARCH INC?
- TOMPKINS EDNA H TR UWILL is the largest funder on record, with $136,163 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like PUBLIC RESPONSIBILITY IN MEDICINE & RESEARCH INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Massachusetts. 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 3 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