Asian Health Coalition

Overview

Mission

Improve the health and well-being of asian americans and pacific islanders (aapis) in Illinois through advocacy, technical assistance, education, and community-based research.

What it reported doing in 2023

Community health promotion: ahc's community health programs utilize a collaborative partnership approach in the areas of health promotion and translational research with the overarching theme of increasing asian american community visibility and voice through health advocacy. Programs includes cardiovascular and diabetes prevention, community health worker capacity building development and training, obesity prevention and health care reform outreach.ahc also offered a program for education and awareness related to covid 19, including assistance in translating covid education material into various languages to help ethnic groups.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 89% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
311607193
IRS 990 coverage
2020–2023
Forms available
Form 990 2023
Headquarters
Chicago, IL, USA
Phone
7737025736
Rating
69
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Public Health Program (Includes General Health and Wellness Promotion Services)

Official website

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence and a relatively small share of voting board members are independent.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 84
  • Transparency & Controls: 65
  • Accountability: 48
  • Sustainability: 32
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 95.3%; rating input score 95
  • Program expense ratio: 94.9%; rating input score 95
  • 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
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Missing
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 20%; rating input score 20; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -0.3%; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.38; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.41; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 1.4%; rating input score 79; 79th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 26.9% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 29.6% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 20.1% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 95.3% of revenue deployed · 94.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 1 of 5 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $4.2M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $387K · 6 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 24 of 24 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 4 annual filings from 2020 to 2023
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Related organizations: 24 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.

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • KAREN E KIM MS MD (DIRECTOR): $387,498 total reported compensation
  • FORNESSA T RANDAL MCRP (SECRETARY): $84,763 total reported compensation
  • MUMTAZ DARBAR (TREASURER): $24,938 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: FY2023.