DAP Health
Legal name: DAP Health Inc
Overview
Mission
To enhance and promote the health and wellbeing of the community. Support Our Mission Subscribe to receive updates on the latest DAP Health news and events Subscribe. Founded as Desert AIDS Project by community volunteers in Palm Springs in 1984, DAP Health has continually evolved, broadening its mission to protect and expand health care access for all people from the Coachella Valley to the San Diego coast. The nonprofit ensures every person who walks through its doors receives the expert, affirming care they need and deserve. See how we’ve grown Modern beige building with angular roof and tall metal supports, labeled "The Annette Bloch Care Building." Large windows, blue sky, landscaped entry with rocks, bushes, and some leafless trees, create a clean and welcoming appearance.
What it reported doing in 2024
Revivals Re-Sale StoresThe Organization operates four resale stores in the service area as a fundraising endeavor. Most items for sale are donated by individuals and include clothing, furniture, home dcor, artwork, jewelry and books. New furniture, carpets/rugs, mattresses and other new items are also available. Over 260 volunteers (many of whom are also patients and clients) donated more than 83,000 hours of their time to staff the stores increasing net revenue available to be allocated to community health programs, clinical care and social services.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 90% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program 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.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 330068583
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2009–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2021
- Headquarters
- Palm Springs, CA, USA
- Phone
- 7603232118
- Rating
- 85
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Standard
- Sector
- AIDS
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 77
- Transparency & Controls: 90
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 49
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 81.8%; rating input score 82
- Program expense ratio: 88.9%; rating input score 89
- Fundraising efficiency: $3.46 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 68th 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: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 76th 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: 8.2%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.68; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.57; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 2.2%; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 23.1% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 19.1% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 16.9% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: Mission, programs, and operating context captured from the official website.
- Where the money goes: 81.8% of revenue deployed · 88.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 13 of 13 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $228.9M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $893K · 28 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $5.1M reported
- Consistency: 40 of 40 current checks pass
- Schedules: 10 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
- Filing history: 16 annual filings from 2009 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 14 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 4 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.
- Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.
Leadership & pay
28 people listed
Highest reported compensation
- David Brinkman (Chief Executive Officer): $892,631 total reported compensation
- Shubha Kerkar MD (Director of Infectious Diseases): $502,113 total reported compensation
- Evan Schwenk MD (Medical Provider, OBGYN): $460,595 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: FY2024.