Name: Edward Via Virginia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Address: Blacksburg, VA

Edward Via Virginia College of Osteopathic Medicine

Blacksburg, VA 24060

Tax ID54-2052107

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About this organization

Revenue

$206,959,605

Expenses

$191,276,782

Website

vcom.edu

Mission

TO PROVIDE OSTEOPATHIC MEDICAL EDUCATION, OUTREACH OR MEDICAL SERVICES AND RESEARCH THAT PREPARES PHYSICIANS WHO WILL PROMOTE HUMAN HEALTH IN MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREAS.

About

EDUCATION VCOM IS A NOT-FOR-PROFIT OSTEOPATHIC MEDICAL COLLEGE. IN 2003, VCOM OPENED ITS DOORS WITH A DEDICATION OF PURPOSE TO SOLVE THE PHYSICIAN SHORTAGE IN THE SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA, PARTICULARLY FOR THOSE LIVING IN RURAL AND MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREAS. SINCE THEN, THE VISION HAS EXPANDED TO THE RURAL AND MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN AND DELTA REGIONS OF THE UNITED STATES, WITH VCOM CAMPUSES NOW INCLUDING VIRGINIA, CAROLINAS, ALABAMA; AND A FOURTH CAMPUS CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN LOUISIANA. THE COLLEGE'S MULTIPLE, DISTINCT CAMPUSES SHARE ONE COMMON MISSION: TO GRADUATE COMMUNITY-FOCUSED, GLOBALLY MINDED OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIANS TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE RURAL AND MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS AND TO PROVIDE RESEARCH TO IMPROVE HUMAN HEALTH. THE MISSION REMAINS THE HEART AND SOUL OF VCOM, AND IS SHARED BY THE STUDENTS, FACULTY, AND STAFF. AS A MEDICAL SCHOOL, VCOM CONTINUES TO MAKE EXTRAORDINARY PROGRESS TOWARDS IMPROVING HEALTHCARE IN RURAL AMERICA THOUGH THE WORK OF STUDENTS, ALUMNI AND RESEARCH. THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THIS YEAR ARE LANDMARK STEPS IN EDUCATING THE NEXT GENERATION OF PHYSICIANS. VCOM HAS NOW GRADUATED OVER 3,100 PHYSICIANS, WITH MORE THAN 65% OF OUR ALUMNI WORKING IN MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES. WHILE VCOM HAS GROWN INTO ONE OF THE LARGEST MEDICAL SCHOOLS IN THE COUNTRY, EACH CAMPUS MAINTAINS THE FEEL OF A SMALL PRIVATE COLLEGE FOR THE STUDENT, WITH DEDICATED FOCUS ON THE COMMUNITY, STATE, AND MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED REGION THAT CAMPUS SERVES. IN ADDITION TO SO MANY VCOM GRADUATES CHOOSING TO WORK IN UNDERSERVED AREAS, VCOM PROUDLY BOASTS THAT ITS TUITION IS AMONG THE LOWEST FOR PRIVATE MEDICAL SCHOOLS IN THE COUNTY. A MOST RECENT TUITION AND FEES SURVEY REFLECTS THAT VCOM IS TIED FOR 4TH LOWEST TUITION OF ALL PRIVATE COM SCHOOLS. ADDITIONALLY, IT REMAINS RANKED 5TH LOWEST FOR OUT-OF-STATE TUITION, EVEN WHEN PUBLIC COMS ARE ADDED TO CONSIDERATION. VCOM DOES NOT CHARGE AN OUT-OF-STATE FEE FOR ANY CAMPUS. THESE RATINGS BECOME EVEN MORE IMPRESSIVE WHEN YOU CONSIDER THAT VCOM PROVIDES HEALTH INSURANCE AND OTHER SERVICES TO THEIR STUDENTS AT NO ADDITIONAL COST TO THEM. VCOM'S MISSION ACTS AS THE COLLEGE'S COMPASS, GUIDING US EVERY STEP OF THE WAY. A RURAL AND UNDERSERVED DIRECTION. FROM THE ADMISSIONS PROCESS TO GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS, THE VCOM MISSION FOCUSES ON RURAL AND MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS IN STUDENT ACADEMIC PROGRAMS AND IN ALUMNI OUTCOMES. THE COMMITMENT TO RURAL HEALTH IS EVIDENT IN THE ADMISSIONS PROCESS, WITH 22% OF OUR STUDENTS COMING FROM RURAL COMMUNITIES OF LESS THAN 10,000 AND 47% FROM COMMUNITIES OF LESS THAN 30,000. DIVERSITY OUTCOMES ALSO DEMONSTRATE THIS COMMITMENT, AS INDICATED BY VCOM'S #3 RANKING IN US NEWS AND WORLD REPORT FOR NUMBER OF AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDENTS ENROLLED. FURTHERMORE, VCOM IS #4 IN THE UNITED STATES FOR HISPANIC STUDENTS ENROLLED. PRESENTLY 65% OF VCOM GRADUATES NOW WORK IN MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES UPON COMPLETION OF RESIDENCY, AND 64% PRACTICE IN A TARGET AREA IN AN APPALACHIAN OR DELTA COUNTY OR CITY. VCOM'S PROVEN PHILOSOPHY OF TARGETING RECRUITMENT OF STUDENTS MOST LIKELY TO RETURN TO THE REGIONS OF OUR MISSION, PROVIDES THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THOSE FROM RURAL AND MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES TO BECOME PHYSICIANS IN THOSE AREAS. THE COMPASS THAT GUIDES SUCCESS IS THE STRENGTH OF THIS MISSION AND A VISION FOR HEALTHIER APPALACHIAN AND DELTA REGIONS. IT POINTS TO A FUTURE WHERE EVERY PERSON HAS ACCESS TO GOOD MEDICAL CARE AND GOOD HEALTH, REGARDLESS OF THE SIZE OF THE COMMUNITY WHERE THEY LIVE, THEIR DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS OR THEIR SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS. PURPOSEFUL PUBLIC / PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS VCOM'S INITIAL VISION WAS TO PROVIDE HEALTHCARE FOR SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND OTHER MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED REGIONS AND THE GREATER APPALACHIAN REGION AND TO PROMOTE JOINT BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH WITH VIRGINIA TECH. UNDER A PUBLIC/PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN VCOM AND VIRGINIA TECH, THE COLLEGE OPENED ITS DOORS TO THE FIRST STUDENTS IN BLACKSBURG, VIRGINIA IN THE FALL OF 2003 AND GRADUATED ITS FIRST CLASS IN 2007. BETWEEN 2007 AND 2016, VCOM ALUMNI COMPLETED RESIDENCIES, AND 323 HAVE SETTLED IN VIRGINIA WITH OVER A THIRD OF THOSE IN THE SOUTHWEST REGION. THIS HAS MOVED THE NEEDLE FROM VIRGINIA RANKING 38TH IN THE COUNTRY FOR PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIANS PER POPULATION TO 8TH IN THE COUNTRY IN 2018. IN 2010, VCOM FOUNDED A SECOND CAMPUS IN COLLABORATION WITH SPARTANBURG REGIONAL HEALTH SYSTEM TO ADDRESS THE HEALTHCARE SHORTAGES IN THE UPSTATE REGION OF SOUTH CAROLINA. THE FIRST STUDENTS BEGAN THEIR MEDICAL EDUCATION AT VCOM-CAROLINAS IN THE FALL OF 2011, AND THE CAMPUS GRADUATED ITS FIRST CLASS IN 2015. ALUMNI ARE BEGINNING TO ESTABLISH MEDICAL PRACTICES IN THE STATE. AUBURN UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATION LEARNED OF THE SUCCESS OF THE VCOM/VT COLLABORATION AND THROUGH A PUBLIC/PRIVATE COLLABORATION OPENED A VCOM CAMPUS AT AUBURN UNIVERSITY. VCOM-AUBURN'S INAUGURAL CLASS BEGAN IN 2015 AND GRADUATED IN MAY 2019. THESE GRADUATES, WHO ARE ENTERING RESIDENCY THIS YEAR, WILL MOVE THE NEEDLE FOR HEALTHCARE IN ALABAMA, WHICH CURRENTLY RANKS 45TH-50TH AMONG STATES FOR MOST HEALTHCARE OUTCOMES. IN A COLLABORATIVE PUBLIC/PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA-MONROE, VCOM BROKE GROUND ON A NEW CAMPUS IN 2018. THE VCOM-LOUISIANA CAMPUS WILL ADDRESS THE RURAL PHYSICIAN SHORTAGE IN THE NORTHERN REGION OF THE STATE. LOUISIANA CURRENTLY RANKS 39TH IN THE U.S. FOR PER CAPITA PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIANS AND THE MAJORITY OF THE PHYSICIANS ARE IN THE URBAN AREAS OF THE SOUTHERN REGION OF THE STATE. PLANS ARE TO OPEN THE CAMPUS IN SUMMER OF 2020. RECRUITING FOR DIVERSITY VCOM VALUES AND AFFIRMS THAT DIVERSITY CONTRIBUTES RICHNESS TO THE COLLEGE AND ENHANCES THE QUALITY OF MEDICAL EDUCATION PRODUCING BETTER DOCTORS OVERALL. VCOM RECOGNIZES THE LACK OF MEDICAL CARE AVAILABLE TO MINORITY POPULATIONS AND ACTIVELY RECRUITS MINORITY STUDENTS WHO ARE UNDERREPRESENTED IN HEALTHCARE. THE UNITED STATES POPULATION IS BECOMING INCREASINGLY DIVERSE, AND VCOM SEEKS A STUDENT BODY THAT WILL MEET THE NEEDS OF AN EVER-CHANGING SOCIETY. VCOM HAS INITIATED SUCCESSFUL PROGRAMS TO INCREASE THE DIVERSITY OF THE STUDENT BODY AND FUTURE HEALTHCARE WORKFORCE. VCOM IS PROUD TO HAVE RECEIVED NATIONAL AWARDS FROM MINORITY ACCESS, INC. FOR EIGHT CONSECUTIVE YEARS AND WE RANK #4 NATIONALLY FOR MEDICAL SCHOOLS FOR THE ENROLLMENT OF HISPANIC AND LATINO STUDENTS. ADDITIONALLY, VCOM IS HIGHLY RECOGNIZED AS A LEADER IN THE RECRUITMENT FOR AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDENTS. THE SCHOOL ALSO BOASTS A 14% AVERAGE UNDERREPRESENTED MINORITY ENROLLMENT OVERALL AND RANGES FROM 12% TO 20% EACH YEAR ACCORDING TO CAMPUS. QUALITY OUTCOMES WHILE VCOM IS COMMITTED TO THE MISSION AND THE WELL-BEING OF STUDENTS, VCOM IS ALSO COMMITTED TO PRODUCING QUALITY PHYSICIAN GRADUATES. VCOM WAS LISTED BY US WORLD NEWS REPORT AS #2 IN THE COUNTRY FOR GRADUATES RECEIVING FIRST CHOICE OF RESIDENCY. 90% OF VCOM MEDICAL STUDENTS COME FROM AT-RISK, DISTRESSED OR TRANSITIONAL COUNTIES IN APPALACHIA, AND 22% HAIL FROM COMMUNITIES OF LESS THAN 10,000 POPULATION. VCOM'S BOARD SCORES ARE BETWEEN 91 AND 96 PERCENT ON FIRST TIME PASS RATE AND A 99 TO 100 PERCENT FINAL PASS RATE. THIS BECOMES EVEN MORE IMPRESSIVE WHEN YOU CONSIDER THAT THE ATTRITION RATE AT VCOM HAS BEEN LESS THAN 4% EACH YEAR. VCOM FOCUSES ON RECRUITING STUDENTS HIGHLY COMMITTED TO OUR MISSION AND RECIPROCATES WITH A STRONG COMMITTED TO THEIR EDUCATIONAL SUCCESS. MORE THAN 2,200 VCOM-VIRGINIA ALUMNI HAVE BEEN ADDED TO THE PHYSICIAN WORKFORCE SINCE 2007. ADDITIONALLY, MORE THAN 77% OF VCOM ALUMNI AND RESIDENTS PRACTICE IN A COUNTY CLASSIFIED AS AT-RISK, DISTRESSED OR TRANSITIONAL. DEMONSTRATING THEIR COMMITMENT TO THE MISSION, MORE THAN 100 ALUMNI HAVE RETURNED TO OUR RURAL AND UNDERSERVED SITES AS CLINICAL TEACHING FACULTY. NEARLY 40% OF GRADUATES ARE PRACTICING IN RURAL OR MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREAS IN VIRGINIA. VCOM-CAROLINAS BOASTS MORE THAN 770 PHYSICIANS THAT HAVE GRADUATED SINCE 2015. DURING 2019, DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM THE CAMPUS, CONSTRUCTION BEGAN ON A NEW TEACHING MEDICAL CLINIC. THIS PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN NONPROFIT NORTHSIDE DEVELOPMENT GROUP, WOFFORD COLLEGE AND VCOM WILL ENABLE FACULTY AND STUDENTS TO ENHANCE THE HEALTH AND WELLNESS OF THE COMMUNITY. VCOM-AUBURN RECENTLY GRADUATED 153 PHYSICIANS WITH THEIR CLASS OF 2019. THIS COULD NOT HAVE COME AT A MORE CRITICAL TIME AS ONLY AN ESTIMATED 73% OF ALABAMA'S CURRENT NEED FOR PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIANS HAS BEEN MET. FURTHER DEMONSTRATING THE NEED, ACCORDING TO STATISTICS, 60 OF THE STATE'S 67 COUNTIES CURRENTLY SUFFER FROM A SHORTAGE OF PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIANS. LOUISIANA HAS SIMILAR SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGES, WITH APPROXIMATELY 81% OF THE STATE BEING DESIGNATED A HEALTH PROFESSIONAL SHORTAGE AREA BY THE LA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. THE NATIONAL WORKFORCE STUDY PLACES THE STATE AT A 19% DEFICIT IN PER CAPITA FAMILY PRACTICE PHYSICIANS. BECAUSE OF VCOM'S COMMITMENT TO SUPPORTING COMMUNITIES MOST IN NEED, DEVELOPING AND RUNNING T

Interesting data from their 2020 990 filing

The filing sets forth the mission of the non-profit as “The mission of the edward via college of osteopathic medicine is to prepare globally-minded, community-focused physicians to meet the needs of rural and medically underserved populations and promote research to improve human health.”.

When detailing its responsibilities, they were listed as: “To provide osteopathic medical education, outreach or medical services and research that prepares physicians who will promote human health in medically underserved areas.”.

The state in which the non-profit is legally permitted to operate is VA.
The address of the non-profit for 2020 according to the filing is 2265 KRAFT DRIVE, BLACKSBURG, VA, 24060.
The number of employees reported by the non-profit on their form as of 2020 is 750.
Does not operate a hospital.
Operates a school.
Does not collect art.
Does not provide credit counseling.
Has foreign activities.
Is not a donor advised fund.
Is not a private foundation.
Expenses are greater than $1,000,000.
Revenue is greater than $1,000,000.
Revenue less expenses is $15,682,823.
The CEO compensation structure within the organization is based on a review and approval from a neutral party.
The organization elects its board members.
The organization has a written policy that describes how long it will retain documents.
The organization has 15 independent voting members.
The organization was formed in 2001.
The organization has a written policy that addresses conflicts of interest.
The organization is required to file Schedule B.
The organization is required to file Schedule J.
The organization is required to file Schedule O.
The organization engages in lobbying activities.
The organization pays $49,970,350 in salary, compensation, and benefits to its employees.
The organization pays $1,197,773 in fundraising expenses.
The organization provides Form 990 to its governing body.
The organization pays grants to individuals.
The organization has minutes of its meetings.
The organization has a written whistleblower policy.
The organization's financial statements were reviewed by an accountant.

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