Health and Life Organization Inc

Overview

Mission

To provide quality comprehensive primary healthcare to low income and ethnically diverse and underserved populations residing within the City and County of Sacramento.

What it reported doing in 2024

Provide medical dental and mental health services to the underserved population specifically to the Southeast Asian Community in the Sacramento area.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 96% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The nonprofit carried out 100% of its reported program work directly.

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
020714551
IRS 990 coverage
2014–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Headquarters
Sacramento, CA, USA
Rating
75
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Health

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The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of total spending goes to programs and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filing reports few safeguards for setting executive pay.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 62
  • Transparency & Controls: 76
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 68
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 58.5%; rating input score 58
  • Program expense ratio: 69.3%; rating input score 69
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
  • Public governance controls: Limited
  • Zakat policy transparency: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 17.7%; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings
  • Operating reserve ratio: 2.33; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.25; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 7.7%; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 10.9% per year; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 13.6% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 20.5% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 58.5% of revenue deployed · 69.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 11 of 11 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $31.8M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $447K · 26 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 45 of 45 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes executive pay
  • Filing history: 10 annual filings from 2014 to 2024
  • Money network: 15 filed money-flow records