Brown Emergency Medicine
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
TO PROVIDE EXCEPTIONAL EMERGENCY MEDICAL CARE, EDUCATION, RESEARCH, AND SERVICE TO THE PEOPLE OF RHODE ISLAND AND BEYOND.
- Income
- $89.1 million
- Spending
- $86.2 million
- Spent on programs
- 87%
- Reserves
- 4.1 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- fees for its services, 97%
- Employees
- 426
- Volunteers
- 0
- Highest pay
- $707,769, director
Source: Form 990 for the year ending September 30, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Good: 75 out of 100. Higher than 63% of charities in its peer group (health care, $10m to $100m).
Reserves
20 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 4.1 months of spending.
Debt
10 of 20It owes 38% of what it owns.
Living within its means
15 of 15Income exceeded spending by 3% of income.
Income trend
15 of 15Income rose 21% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 1587% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 0 cents.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending September 30, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
Good: 80 out of 100. Higher than 14% of charities in its peer group (health care, $10m to $100m).
Independent board
5 of 250 of 9 voting board members are independent.
Conflict of interest policy
15 of 15Has a written conflict of interest policy.
Whistleblower policy
8 of 8Has a written whistleblower policy.
Record keeping policy
7 of 7Has a written policy on keeping and destroying records.
Board minutes
5 of 5Keeps minutes of board meetings.
Board sees the tax return
10 of 10Gave the board a copy of this return before filing it.
Pay set independently
5 of 5Sets its chief executive's pay through independent review and comparison.
Independent check of accounts
15 of 15Its accounts were audited by an independent accountant.
No reported misuse
10 of 10Reports no diversion of assets, excess benefits or loans to insiders.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending September 30, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (1)
- $75.0 million spent. THE ORGANIZATION UNDERTAKES MULTIPLE CHARITABLE, SCIENTIFIC, AND EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES, INCLUDING:(A) PROVIDING EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES AND URGENT MEDICAL CARE TO THE SICK AND INJURED WHO MAY COME FOR DIAGNOSIS, TREATMENT, AND CARE WITHOUT REGARD TO RACE, COLOR, CREED, SEX, AGE OR ABILITY TO PAY FOR SERVICES, AND TO PROVIDE SUCH MEDICAL SERVICES TO ALL PERSONS WHO MAY SEEK CARE AT RIH, TMH, HASBRO, NPT AND WIH.(B) COORDINATING, OVERSEEING, AND MONITORING CLINICAL PROGRAMS AND SERVICES.(C) PARTICIPATING IN RESEARCH TO ALLEVIATE HUMAN SUFFERING.(D) PROVIDING TEACHING SERVICES TO MEDICAL STUDENTS AND TO GRADUATES OF MEDICAL AND OSTEOPATHIC SCHOOLS WHO ARE IN POSTGRADUATE TRAINING PROGRAMS.(E) EMPLOYING HIGH-QUALITY TEACHING AND CLINICAL PHYSICIANS TO PROMOTE THE EDUCATIONAL AND PATIENT CARE MISSIONS OF HOSPITALS.(F) PARTICIPATING IN JOINT PLANNING AND DELIVERY OF TEACHING, RESEARCH, AND CLINICAL SERVICES.BROWN EMERGENCY MEDICINE (BROWN EM) PROVIDES EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES, CONDUCTS MEDICAL RESEARCH, AND EDUCATES MEDICAL RESIDENTS, FELLOWS, MEDICAL STUDENTS AND OTHERS. BROWN EM PROVIDES THESE SERVICES THROUGH AFFILIATIONS WITH RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL (RIH), HASBRO CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL (HASBRO), THE MIRIAM HOSPITAL (TMH), NEWPORT HOSPITAL, AND WOMEN AND INFANTS HOSPITAL (WIH).BROWN EM IS THE ACADEMIC EMERGENCY MEDICINE PHYSICIAN PRACTICE PLAN OF THE DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE AT THE ALPERT MEDICAL SCHOOL OF BROWN UNIVERSITY, BROWN UNIVERSITY HEALTH'S RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL, AND THE MIRIAM HOSPITAL. WITH APPROXIMATELY 100 FULL TIME PHYSICIANS AND 40 MID-LEVEL PROVIDERS, BROWN EM PROVIDES EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT STAFFING FOR RIH, THE REGION'S ONLY LEVEL 1 TRAUMA CENTER, HASBRO, THE STATE'S ONLY CHILDREN'S SPECIALTY HOSPITAL, TMH, WHICH IS A LEADING COMMUNITY TEACHING HOSPITAL, AND NEWPORT HOSPITAL. ALL BEM MEMBER PHYSICIANS ARE BOARD CERTIFIED IN EMERGENCY MEDICINE OR PEDIATRIC EMERGENCY MEDICINE.DURING THE YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2024, THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDED EMERGENCY MEDICAL CARE TO 247,662 PATIENTS. IN ADDITION, OVER 100 RESIDENTS AND 8 FELLOWS RECEIVED TEACHING, HUNDREDS OF INDIVIDUALS RECEIVED TRAINING IN A SIMULATION CENTER, DOZENS OF MEDICAL STUDENTS FROM OTHER DEPARTMENTS ROTATED THROUGH THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT TO RECEIVE EDUCATION SERVICES.THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDES CARE TO CERTAIN PATIENTS WHO ARE UNINSURED, WITHOUT CHARGE OR AT AMOUNTS LESS THAN ITS ESTABLISHED RATES. DURING THE YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2024, EXPENSES ESTIMATED AT $1.7M AROSE FROM PROVIDING SERVICES TO CHARITY PATIENTS. THE ESTIMATED COSTS OF PROVIDING CHARITY SERVICES ARE BASED ON A CALCULATION WHICH APPLIES A RATIO OF COSTS TO CHARGES TO THE GROSS UNCOMPENSATED CHARGES ASSOCIATED WITH PROVIDING CARE TO CHARITY PATIENTS.THE ORGANIZATION'S TEACHING MISSION WAS CARRIED OUT BY 87% OF THE ORGANIZATION'S PHYSICIANS WHO ARE ON THE FACULTY AT BROWN UNIVERSITY FOR THE YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2024. THE ORGANIZATION'S PHYSICIANS PROVIDE TEACHING SERVICES TO MORE THAN 100 BROWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL STUDENTS AT A COST TO THE ORGANIZATION THAT EXCEEDED THE STIPEND FOR THE TEACHING SERVICES PROVIDED. FOR THE YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2024, THE ORGANIZATION'S CONTRIBUTION TO UNFUNDED TEACHING SERVICES IS ESTIMATED AT $2,474,000.THE ORGANIZATION ALSO SUPPORTS ITS PHYSICIANS WHO ARE INVOLVED IN STUDIES TO FURTHER THE SCIENCE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH. THESE PHYSICIANS TYPICALLY FUNCTION AS PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORS OR CO-INVESTIGATORS ON GRANT-FUNDED STUDIES CONDUCTED IN CONJUNCTION WITH BROWN UNIVERSITY HEALTH AND BROWN UNIVERSITY. FOR THE YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2024, THE ORGANIZATION'S CONTRIBUTION TO UNFUNDED RESEARCH IS ESTIMATED AT $7,156,100.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending September 30, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 30, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 10, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending September 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since February 1998.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 7, 2026.
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