Vermont Public Health Association Inc

What it reported doing in 2024

Vtpha is a statewide membership organization that seeks to positively influence the health of all vermonters and provide an important voice on public health issues at the national, state and local level. Working through its membership, the vtpha: - advocates for policies that improve the public's health; - provides a public forum for discussion and dissemination of information that concern policy and practice; - organizes educational programs to increase the knowledge and skills of its membership; and - collaborates with health professionals, health organizations and the educational community. Vtpha facilitates collaboration among people who care about public health and are interested in protecting and promoting the health of Vermont residents. In 2024, vtpha focused on growing its membership and communications infrastructure while managing a number of programs, including: - incubation and ongoing support of the Vermont legislature's public health caucus; - educational sessions funded with the support of the new england public health training center. These sessions have evolved into a monthly lunch- and-learn series; - mentorship partnerships with university of Vermont, middlebury college, and dartmouth college through which vtpha supports student interns; - policy position development, including a review of existing policy language and process to update our approach to policy development; - the creation and support of a public health nursing section.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
• Program expense ratio: 80.5%; rating input score 81

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 90.9%; rating input score 91; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

• Operating margin: -44.7%; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.86; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 56.8%; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 10.1% per year; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 14.8% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 13.2% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings