United Hospital Fund of New York

What it reported doing in 2024

Uhf awarded $240,000 in grants in fy25 to support ongoing programs to address polypharmacy in nursing homes, to support clinical quality improvement training, and to support research on individual experience and outcomes for maintaining coverage during the unwind of the continuous coverage requirement process. Uhf hosted the 2024 medicaid conference, which brought together over 850 policymakers, providers, insurers, community organizations, and policy experts statewide to share and discuss important issues in New York's medicaid program. The conference, shaping the future of care integration" featured a keynote by amir bassiri, the state's medicaid director. Other sessions included panels on coordinating perinatal care, integration to provide whole-person care, and the future of integrating social needs into medicaid.other program expenses included general operating expenses not allocated across programs and two new projects. The health equity fellowship launched in fy25 with the selection of 8 fellows who embarked on the start of an 18-month experiential learning opportunity blending collaborative leadership development, policy, and systems change thinking. Fellows partner with a community-based organization (cbo) and collaborate on a project to address a specific health equity need within their served community. The New York state 1115 waiver project builds on uhf's historic medicaid institute work with a new focus on integrating physical, behavioral, and social care to improve population health. Other program expense description expenses revenuepublications and info. Services $1,380,286 $0health equity fellowship $1,093,254 $0program general $475,474 $0grants and conferences $277,554 $0nys waiver-health equity reform $240,205 $0library $6,992 $0

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
• Program expense ratio: 60.8%; rating input score 61
• Fundraising efficiency: $2.75 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: 4 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 67
  • Compensation committee: Pass
  • Independent consultant: Pass
  • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
  • Written employment contract: Missing
  • Compensation survey or study: Pass
  • Board or committee approval: Pass
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 95.8%; rating input score 96; 26th percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: Pass
  • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Pass
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

• Operating margin: -41.9%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 10.87; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.04; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 28.2%; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: -3.2% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: -11% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 1.6% per year; rating input score 100; 18th percentile among comparable filings