Baptist Clinical Research Institute Inc
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
Points to look into
- It owes more than it owns.
These come from the organization's own tax return. There may be a good explanation; ask the charity.
What it says it does
BAPTIST CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC. ENGAGES IN AND FACILITATES MEDICAL AND SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES IN CLINICAL AREAS.
- Income
- $2.2 million
- Spending
- $4.3 million
- Spent on programs
- 90%
- Reserves
- -49.6 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- fees for its services, 88%
- Employees
- 71
- Volunteers
- 0
- Highest pay
- $2.2 million, former president
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
Weak: 25 out of 100. Higher than 2% of charities in its peer group (science, $1m to $10m).
Reserves
0 of 35Spendable reserves are negative: it owes or has committed more than it holds.
Debt
0 of 20It owes 4440% of what it owns.
Living within its means
0 of 15Spending exceeded income by 99% of income.
Income trend
10 of 15Income fell 0% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 1590% 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
Fair: 65 out of 100. Higher than 18% of charities in its peer group (science, $1m to $10m).
Independent board
5 of 250 of 6 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
0 of 10Did not give the board a copy of this return before filing it.
Pay set independently
0 of 5Reports no independent review process for its chief executive's pay.
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)
- $3.9 million spent. BAPTIST CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC. IS ORGANIZED EXCLUSIVELY FOR CHARITABLE, EDUCATIONAL, RELIGIOUS AND SCIENTIFIC PURPOSES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ENGAGING IN AND FACILITATING MEDICAL AND SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES IN CLINICAL AREAS, PROMOTING, COORDINATING AND ADVANCING THE QUALITY AND AVAILABILITY OF INNOVATIVE CLINICAL RESEARCH PROGRAMS AND METHODOLOGIES, ENSURING THAT QUALITY RESEARCH IS PERFORMED WITH A FOCUS ON PATIENT SAFETY AND ETHICAL OVERSIGHT PURSUANT TO ALL APPLICABLE REGULATORY STANDARDS, ENHANCING PATIENT CARE THROUGH FOSTERING AN ACADEMIC CULTURE THAT IS CONDUCIVE FOR RECRUITING BOTH NEW AND ESTABLISHED RESEARCH PHYSICIANS, AND ENGAGING IN ANY OTHER ACTIVITIES IN FURTHERANCE OF THE FOREGOING PURPOSES AS MAY BE PERMITTED BY THE TENNESSEE NONPROFIT CORPORATION ACT. BAPTIST CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC. WORKS CLOSELY WITH PHYSICIANS, PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES, THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH AND OTHER RESEARCH ORGANIZATIONS TO ENSURE AN EFFECTIVE TRIAL PROCESS BY PROVIDING THE EXPERTISE AND SUPPORT FOR THE CONDUCT OF CLINICAL RESEARCH, ENSURING THAT THE GUIDANCE AND TOOLS ARE RELEVANT, ACCESSIBLE, AND CURRENT. BAPTIST CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC. FOSTERS RESEARCH PARTICIPANT ADVOCACY BY PROMOTION OF BEST PRACTICES FOR THE SAFE AND ETHICAL CONDUCT OF RESEARCH. RESEARCH ALLOWS BAPTIST CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC. AND BAPTIST MEMORIAL HEALTH CARE CORPORATION AFFILIATED PHYSICIANS TO BE IN THE FOREFRONT OF INNOVATIVE TREATMENT. BAPTIST CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC. PROVIDES CLINICAL RESEARCH SERVICES TO ALL BAPTIST MEMORIAL HEALTH CARE CORPORATION AFFILIATED HOSPITALS AND SEVERAL BAPTIST MEMORIAL MEDICAL GROUP, INC. CLINICS. BAPTIST CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC. SERVES THE TRI-STATE AREA WHICH ENCOMPASSES TENNESSEE, MISSISSIPPI AND ARKANSAS. OVER 50 PHYSICIANS HAVE PARTICIPATED IN BAPTIST CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC. TRIALS TO DATE, WITH AN AVERAGE OF 8-10 ENROLLED PATIENTS PER TRIAL. BAPTIST CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC.'S DATABASE CONSISTS OF OVER 300 CLINICAL TRIALS IN A VAST NUMBER OF AREAS WITH THE MAJORITY BEING IN THE FIELD OF ONCOLOGY. IN AN EFFORT TO CONTINUE BUILDING A STRONG RELATIONSHIP WITH THE BAPTIST RESEARCH FAMILY, BAPTIST CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC. LAUNCHED A QUARTERLY NEWSLETTER IN 2014 IN ORDER TO SHARE RESEARCH, COMPLIANCE, AND INSTITUTIONAL REVIEW BOARD (IRB) NEWS AND INFORMATION WITH ITS GROWING NETWORK OF RESEARCHERS. THIS NEWSLETTER HAS BEEN VERY WELL-RECEIVED BY THE RESEARCH COMMUNITY AND SERVES AS A RESOURCE AND INFORMATION GUIDE FOR THE RESEARCH SITES AND THEIR STAFF. IN 2015, BAPTIST CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC. INITIATED A RESEARCH EDUCATION AND TRAINING PROGRAM TARGETED TO CLINICAL RESEARCHERS AND INSTITUTIONAL REVIEW BOARD MEMBERS. THE AIM OF THIS TRAINING PROGRAM WAS TO HELP IMPLEMENT THE FRAMEWORK REQUIRED FOR RESEARCH SITES TO STAY COMPLIANT AND EFFICIENTLY MANAGE CLINICAL TRIAL REQUIREMENTS, AND FOR INSTITUTIONAL REVIEW BOARD STAFF AND REVIEWERS TO ENHANCE THEIR UNDERSTANDING AND INSIGHT INTO CORE TOPICS RELATED TO HUMAN RESEARCH PROTECTION PROGRAMS (HRPPS), AS WELL AS FEDERAL REGULATIONS GOVERNING HUMAN SUBJECTS RESEARCH, INSTITUTIONAL REVIEW BOARD OPERATIONS AND REVIEWING PROCEDURES. BAPTIST CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC. HAS SPONSORED THREE DAY-LONG RESEARCH TRAINING CONFERENCES AND SEVERAL SEMINARS IN THE PAST YEAR THAT ATTRACTED RESEARCHERS FROM A NUMBER OF BAPTIST HOSPITALS AND CLINICS, AS WELL AS RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS SUCH AS ST. JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL AND THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER. THESE CONFERENCES WERE CONDUCTED BY LEADERS IN THE CLINICAL RESEARCH FIELD, WITH TOPICS RANGING FROM CLINICAL BILLING COMPLIANCE TO RESEARCH ETHICS, CODE OF THE FEDERAL REGULATIONS, CLINICAL RESEARCH SITE LIABILITIES, INVESTIGATOR AND SITE RESPONSIBILITIES, FDA AUDITS AND PRIVACY AND CONFIDENTIALITY ISSUES IN CLINICAL TRIALS. IN THE UPCOMING YEAR, BAPTIST CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC. WILL CONTINUE TO STRIVE TOWARDS ITS VISION OF EXCELLENCE AND CONTINUE TO BRING INNOVATIVE AND ACCESSIBLE RESEARCH TO THE PATIENT POPULATION IN THE MIDSOUTH.
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 July 2014.
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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