American Board of Medical Specialties
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What it says it does
IN COLLABORATION WITH ITS MEMBER BOARDS, ABMS CREATES STANDARDS FOR BOARD CERTIFICATION FOR PHYSICIANS AND MEDICAL SPECIALISTS. SPECIFICALLY, FOR INITIAL AND CONTINUING CERTIFICATION. ABMS AND ITS MEMBER BOARDS ESTABLISH RIGOROUS STANDARDS OF (CONTINUED IN SCH O)
- Income
- $23.4 million
- Spending
- $19.9 million
- Employees
- 71
- Volunteers
- 132
- Highest pay
- $940,870, president & ceo
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Financial health
We do not score finances when yearly spending is very small or the return has too little detail. The ratios stop meaning much at that size.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Governance
This return does not answer enough of the governance questions to score.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. 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 (4)
- IN PARTNERSHIP WITH ITS MEMBER BOARDS, ABMS IS A LEADER IN SETTING RIGOROUS STANDARDS FOR BOARD CERTIFICATION ACROSS 38 MEDICAL SPECIALTIES AND 89 MEDICAL SUBSPECIALTIES. WHILE MEMBER BOARDS TAILOR THESE STANDARDS TO THEIR SPECIFIC SPECIALTIES AND SUBSPECIALTIES, ABMS SUPPORTS THE MEMBER BOARDS IN THE OVERALL IMPLEMENTATION OF THE STANDARDS BY PROVIDING LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES AND RESOURCES REGARDING EVALUATION, ASSESSMENT AND POLICY DEVELOPMENT RELATIVE TO CERTIFICATION. THESE SUPPORTS ARE CRITICAL TO THE ABMS COMMUNITY. AT PRESENT, IN THE UNITED STATES, ABMS MEMBER BOARDS HAVE CERTIFIED MORE THAN 997,000 PHYSICIANS AND MEDICAL SPECIALISTS.
- INTERNATIONALLY, ABMS CONTRACTS WITH THE SINGAPORE MINISTRY OF HEALTH TO DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN A PROGRAM OF PHYSICIAN ASSESSMENT AND CERTIFICATION FOR SINGAPORE'S PHYSICIANS AND MEDICAL SPECIALISTS, AS WELL AS CONSULTS WITH OTHER COUNTRIES AND COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE WORLD SEEKING TO EXPLORE OR ESTABLISH PHYSICIAN CERTIFICATION PROGRAMS.
- ABMS CONVENES LEADERS AND STAKEHOLDERS FROM ACROSS THE ABMS AND GREATER HEALTH CARE COMMUNITIES TO DISCUSS CURRENT AND EMERGING ISSUES IN TODAY'S HEALTH CARE SYSTEM, SEEKING TO UNDERSTAND WAYS IN WHICH ABMS AND ITS MEMBER BOARDS CAN ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF PATIENT CARE.
- IN TERMS OF ADVOCACY, ABMS COMMUNICATES INFORMATION ABOUT AND EMPHASIZES THE IMPORTANCE OF BOARD CERTIFICATION TO DIPLOMATES, MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS, HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATIONS, INSURERS, LEGISLATORS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC. THESE COMMUNICATIONS PROVIDE THESE STAKEHOLDERS AND ADVOCATES WITH FACTUAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF BOARD CERTIFICATION AND THE MARKER OF TRUST SIGNIFIED BY THE CREDENTIAL. CERTIFICATIONMATTERS.ORG, WHICH IS A PUBLIC ACCESS ABMS WEBSITE, ALSO PROVIDES INFORMATION ABOUT BOARD CERTIFICATION. ANY INDIVIDUAL MAY ACCESS THIS SITE TO DETERMINE IF A PHYSICIAN OR MEDICAL SPECIALIST IS BOARD CERTIFIED BY AN ABMS MEMBER BOARD. IN TERMS OF RESEARCH AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, ABMS AND ITS MEMBER BOARDS ACTIVELY STUDY AND SUPPORT RESEARCH INTO THE IMPACT THAT CERTIFICATION PROGRAMS HAVE ON BOTH THE PROFESSION OF MEDICINE AS WELL AS IMPROVING PATIENT SAFETY AND HEALTH CARE. ABMS IS ALSO COMMITTED TO PHYSICIAN PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AS PART OF ITS MEMBER BOARDS' CONTINUING CERTIFICATION PROGRAMS, INCLUDING CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION AND QUALITY AND PRACTICE IMPROVEMENT ACTIVITIES.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. 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)(6) business league.
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? Caution.
The IRS master file records contributions to this 501(c)(6) business league as not deductible.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2024.
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 November 1964.
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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