Academy for Health & Lifespan Research Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
833184159
IRS 990 coverage
2023–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2022, Form 990-N 2021
Location
New York, NY, USA
Phone
9175969485
Rating
68
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Geriatrics Research

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$933,872
Expenses
$719,806
Assets
$616,177
Liabilities
$16,598

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

2 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • Courtney Hudson-Paz (Executive Dir.): $120,000 total reported compensation
  • Risa Starr (Executive Dir.): $60,000 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The taxpayer's mission is to target aging as a root cause of all age-related disorders as well as to provide support for basic and translational research to promote longer and healthier life. The goal is to drive change among states and payers to recognize aging as a treatable disease in addition to educating the public and attracting promising scientists to the aging field.

What it reported doing in 2024

Empowering scientists to develop drugs and treatments by acting as a catalyst, an idea pipeline, and a convening body for talent and technology. The efforts are accelerating the current brilliant work being done in laboratories around the world, bringing the level of attention and funding that longevity initiatives deserve and demand.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 99% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 82% 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.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 51
  • Transparency & Controls: 94
  • Accountability: 58
  • Sustainability: 56
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 52.4%; rating input score 52
  • Program expense ratio: 67.3%; rating input score 67
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 0 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Limited
    • Other executive compensation review process: Limited
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Fail
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 22.9%; rating input score 79; 79th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.86; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.03; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 25%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 102.8% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 70.9% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 105% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 52.4% of revenue deployed · 67.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 4 of 4 board members independent · 0 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $485K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $120K · 2 people listed
  • Consistency: 24 of 24 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2023 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 52/100.
  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 6 of 6 not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 38/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 10/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 59/100.