Positive Health Project Inc
Overview
Mission
Php is a not-for-profit, culturally diverse, community-based organization whose mission is to improve the health and quality of life of drug users, sex workers and others who engage in behavior that puts them and the community at risk for HIV/AIDS, (see schedule o) hepatitis and other sexually transmitted diseases.
What it reported doing in 2024
Positive health project, inc. ("php") is a not-for-profit, culturally diverse, community-based organization whose mission is to improve the health and quality of life of drug users, sex workers, and others who engage in behavior that puts them and the community at risk for HIV/AIDS, hepatitis and other sexually transmitted diseases. Php accomplishes this by providing disease prevention, social and clinical health services, and education based in the harm reduction philosophy. Positive health project, inc. Is funded primarily from government agencies.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Grant-funded. 93% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The nonprofit carried out 100% of its reported program work directly.
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 133845305
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2011–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Headquarters
- Brooklyn, NY, USA
- Rating
- 65
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Health Support Services
The verdict
SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and the filing reports few safeguards for setting executive pay.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 80
- Transparency & Controls: 69
- Accountability: 32
- Sustainability: 12
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 85%; rating input score 85
- Program expense ratio: 72.5%; rating input score 72
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
- Public monitoring controls: Limited
- Public policy transparency: Limited
- Public financial transparency: Limited
- Impact reporting controls: Limited
- Public relationship transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 0%; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 7 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 78
- Public governance controls: Limited
- Zakat policy transparency: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -17.3%; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
- Operating reserve ratio: 0.42; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 3.88; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 7.7%; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 9.2% per year; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 6.4% per year; rating input score 100; 50th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 14% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 85% of revenue deployed · 72.5% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 0 of 4 board members independent · 7 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $2.1M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $567K · 8 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Consistency: 31 of 31 current checks pass
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
- Filing history: 14 annual filings from 2011 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Related organizations: 27 filed related-organization links
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.