Amga Foundation Inc
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
TO FOSTER QUALITY IMPROVEMENT IN GROUP PRACTICE THROUGH EDUCATION AND RESEARCH PROGRAMS IN CLINICAL QUALITY, PATIENT SAFETY, SERVICE, OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY AND INNOVATION.
- Income
- $4.5 million
- Spending
- $3.6 million
- Spent on programs
- 80%
- Reserves
- 6.1 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 98%
- Employees
- 18
- Volunteers
- 0
- Highest pay
- $924,150, secretary
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Strong: 93 out of 100. Higher than 70% of charities in its peer group (medical research, $1m to $10m).
Reserves
28 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 6.1 months of spending.
Debt
20 of 20It owes 1% of what it owns.
Living within its means
15 of 15Income exceeded spending by 21% of income.
Income trend
15 of 15Income rose 12% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 1580% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 13 cents.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
Strong: 100 out of 100. Higher than 64% of charities in its peer group (medical research, $1m to $10m).
Independent board
25 of 2517 of 19 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 December 31, 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 (5)
- $491,225 spent. THE ASCVD BEST PRACTICES LEARNING COLLABORATIVE IS A 33-MONTH PROGRAM TO IMPROVE THE MANAGEMENT AND TREATMENT FOR PATIENTS WITH ATHEROSCLEROTIC CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE (ASCVD). THIRTEEN AMGA MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS WERE SELCTED TO PARTICIPATE. PARTICIPATING ORGANIZATIONS WORKED TO DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT STRATEGIES TO IMPROVE SECONDARY ASCVD RISK ASSESSMENT, DIAGNOSIS AND EVIDENCE-BASED TREATMENT AMONG THE POPULATION OF AT RISK ADULT PATIENTS WITH ELEVATED LDL CHOLESTEROL UNDER THE CARE OF PHYSICIANS WITHIN MULTI-SPECIALTY GROUPS AND INTEGRATED DELIVERY SYSTEMS IN BOTH PRIMARY CARE AND CARDIOLOGY SPECIALTY CLINICAL SETTINGS. FIVE EXPERT ADVISORS WERE SELECTED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE NATIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE. PARTICIPATING ORGANIZATIONS ATTENDED A VIRTUAL DISCUSSION FORUM, KICK-OFF IN-PERSON MEETING, MONTHLY EDUCATIONAL WEBINARS, REGULARLY REPORTED QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DATA, HOSTED AMGA FOR SITE VISITS, RECEIVED REGULAR CLINICAL OUTREACH AND COACHING FROM AMGA AND ATTENDED A FINAL VIRTUAL MEETING. MULTIPLE PUBLICATIONS WERE DEVELOPED AND DISSEMINATED TO INCLUDE AN INFOGRAPHIC, PEER-REVIEWED MANUSCRIPT AND MEETING SUMMARY.
- $1.1 million spent. THE RISE TO IMMUNIZE CAMPAIGN LAUNCHED IN OCTOBER 2021 AND CHALLENGES PARTICIPATING MEDICAL GROUPS AND HEALTH SYSTEMS TO COLLECTIVELY ADMINISTER 30 MILLION VACCINES BY 2027. TO ACHIEVE THIS AIM, THE CAMPAIGN CURRENTLY LEVERAGES THE COORDINATED DELIVERY SYSTEMS OF 85 AMGA MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS NATIONWIDE AND THE RESOURCES OF NATIONAL PARTNERS AND SPONSORS. CAMPAIGN PROGRAMMING FACILITATES COLLABORATION AMONG PARTICIPANTS AND ADOPTION OF EVIDENCE-BASED CARE PROCESSES. PARTICIPATING ORGANIZATIONS REPORT QUARTERLY DATA ON VACCINATION RATES TO THE CAMPAIGN, ENABLING RISE TO IMMUNIZE TO MEASURE IMPROVEMENT OVER THE COURSE OF THE SIX-YEAR INITIATIVE.
- $578,532 spent. THE COLORECTAL CANCER (CRC) SCREENING BEST PRACTICES LEARNING COLLABORATIVE IS A 34-MONTH LEARNING COLLABORATIVE TO INCREASE THE PROPORTION OF ADULTS WHO RECEIVE SCREENING FOR COLORECTAL CANCER BASED ON THE MOST RECENT GUIDELINES. EIGHTEEN PARTICIPATING ORGANIZATIONS ARE WORKING TO DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT STRATEGIES TO INCREASE COLORECTAL CANCER SCREENING RATES AMONG ALL AVERAGE RISK PATIENTS AGE 45-75 IN MULTI-SPECIALTY GROUPS AND INTEGRATED DELIVERY SYSTEMS. AMGA IDENTIFIED A PANEL OF 5 EXPERT ADVISORS TO OUTLINE THE QUALITY MEASURES, INTERVENTION AREAS OF FOCUS AND DEVELOP THE CRITERIA FOR SELECTION OF AMGA MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE COLLABORATIVE. PARTICIPATING ORGANIZATIONS ATTENDED A KICK-OFF IN-PERSON MEETING, MONTHLY EDUCATIONAL WEBINARS, REGULARLY REPORTED QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DATA, PARTICIPATED IN PEER-TO-PEER ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITIES, AND RECEIVED REGULAR CLINICAL OUTREACH AND COACHING FROM AMGA AND ATTENDED A FINAL IN-PERSON MEETING. AN INFOGRAPHIC WAS DEVELOPED AND DISSEMINATED TO THE BROADER AMGA MEMBERSHIP. ADDITIONALLY, A PEER-REVIEWED MANUSCRIPT WAS DEVELOPED AND SUBMITTED TO A PUBLISHER FOR REVIEW.
- $274,536 spent. THE RIZE PNEUMOCOCCAL VACCINATION BEST PRACTICES LEARNING COLLABORATIVE (PNEUMOCOCCAL VACCINATION COLLABORATIVE) TO IMPROVE PNEUMOCOCCAL VACCINATION RATES AMONG THE AGE 19-64 POPULATION WITH UNDERLYING MEDICAL CONDITIONS BASED ON THE 2022 ACIP PNEUMOCOCCAL VACCINE GUIDELINES. IN THIS 25-MONTH COLLABORATIVE, PARTICIPATING ORGANIZATIONS DEVELOPED AND IMPLEMENTED STRATEGIES TO IMPROVE PNEUMOCOCCAL VACCINATION RATES WITHIN MULTI-SPECIALTY GROUPS AND INTEGRATED DELIVERY SYSTEMS IN BOTH PRIMARY CARE AND SPECIALTY CLINICAL SETTINGS. THREE EXPERT ADVISORS WERE SELECTED TO OUTLINE THE QUALITY MEASURE(S) AND INTERVENTION AREAS OF FOCUS AND DEVELOP THE CRITERIA FOR SELECTION OF AMGA MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE COLLABORATIVE. EIGHT AMGA MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS FROM AMGA FOUNDATION'S RISE TO IMMUNIZE NATIONAL CAMPAIGN WERE SELECTED TO IMPLEMENT IDENTIFIED INTERVENTIONS AND STRATEGIES, WITH FACILITATION AND SUPPORT FROM THE AMGA TEAMS. PARTICIPATING ORGANIZATIONS ATTENDED A VIRTUAL KICK OFF MEETING, MONTHLY EDUCATIONAL WEBINARS, REGULARLY REPORTED QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DATA AND RECEIVED REGULAR CLINICAL OUTREACH AND COACHING FROM AMGA, AND ATTENDED A FINAL VIRTUAL MEETING. A WHITE PAPER AND INFOGRAPHIC WERE DEVELOPED AND DISSEMINATED TO THE BROADER AMGA MEMBERSHIP.
- $442,773 spent. THE OSTEOPOROSIS BEST PRACTICES LEARNING COLLABORATIVE 2.0 IS A 27-MONTH PROGRAM TO EXTEND THE LEARNINGS OF THE ORIGINAL OSTEOPOROSIS BEST PRACTICES LEARNING COLLABORATIVE (1.0) . EIGHT AMGA MEMBER MULTI-SPECIALTY MEDICAL GROUPS AND INTEGRATED HEALTH SYSTEMS WERE SELECTED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE LEARNING COLLABORATIVE. THREE EXPERT ADVISORS COLLABORATED WITH AMGA IN PROGRAM PLANNING, AND ONGOING RESEARCH IN SUPPORT OF THE ESTABLISHED MEASURES, SUCCESSFUL INTERVENTIONS AND PROGRAM GOAL AND OBJECTIVES. THE GOAL OF THE COLLABORATIVE IS TO DEVELOP, IMPLEMENT, AND SUSTAIN CLINICAL PRACTICE GUIDELINE-INFORMED STRATEGIES AND INTERVENTIONS TO IMPROVE PATIENT-CENTERED IDENTIFICATION, DIAGNOSIS, LONG-TERM MANAGEMENT, AND EDUCATION. PARTICIPATING ORGANIZATIONS ATTENDED A KICK-OFF IN-PERSON MEETING, PARTICIPATED IN BI-MONTHLY EDUCATIONAL WEBINARS, REGULARLY REPORTED QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DATA, PARTICIPATED IN PEER-TO-PEER ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITIES, RECEIVED REGULAR CLINICAL OUTREACH AND COACHING FROM AMGA, AND ATTENDED A FINAL IN-PERSON MEETING. A WHITE PAPER AND INFOGRAPHIC WERE DEVELOPED AND DISSEMINATED TO THE BROADER AMGA MEMBERSHIP.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 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 October 13, 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 November 6, 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 October 13, 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 October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since June 2009.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 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 November 4, 2026.
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