AIDS Services of Austin Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
742440845
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Austin, TX, USA
Phone
8003599272
Rating
83
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Health

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$17,008,892
Expenses
$17,441,183
Assets
$78,690,602
Liabilities
$77,434,332

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

Leadership & pay

28 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • BRANDON HILL (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER)

Highest reported compensation

  • BRANDON HILL (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER): $701,518 total reported compensation
  • TIMOTHY D DYER (EXECUTIVE VP & CFO): $529,532 total reported compensation
  • MARGARET G LIDSTONE CHIEF (DEVELOP. OFFICER (END 07/2025)): $331,499 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Vision: vivent health envisions an end to the HIV/AIDS epidemic.mission: to end HIV/AIDS by providing integrated, personalized, judgment-free healthcare, social services, and effective prevention strategies.

What it reported doing in 2024

Medical services - vivent health HIV medical home provides patients with the following: medical care that includes medical management of HIV disease, primary care for general health conditions, diagnosis and treatment of other chronic and co-morbid conditions, psychiatry, including telepsychiatry for the patients living considerable distances from their mental health provider, medication adherence counseling including drug interaction and side effect counseling, HIV prevention education and counseling including pre exposure prophylaxis for HIV-negative individuals, and referrals and close monitoring for needed specialty care; dental care services that include preventive and restorative care, oral health education, cleanings, fillings and dental prosthetics, partial and full dentures and oral surgery; behavioral health care services that include mental health screenings and treatment, neuropsychological testing, alcohol and other drug treatment and individual and group counseling and wellness programs; medical case management that assures successful health outcomes by enrolling patients into care, identifying and securing health care payer sources when available, providing medication and appointment adherence counseling, ensuring patient referrals to specialty care are completed, conducting HIV prevention counseling and assisting patients in accessing other needed services. Vivent pharmacy provides specialty pharmacy services with a distinction in HIV and is one of only 10 entities with this recognition, as well as the only pharmacy in each state that operates with this accreditation. Vivent pharmacy dispenses medications and medication adherence counseling is available to all HIV patients through the integrated vivent pharmacy medication assistance program. Health care providers are also able to utilize the expertise of vivent health pharmacists in providing care for their patients.in Texas, vivent health cared for approximately 3,000 patients and clients in fy2025. In the same period, vivent health Texas provided 7,165 medical care appointments, 4,167 dental appointments, 937 behavioral health and wellness appointments, and filled more than 43,078 prescriptions. 97% of patients rate the care they receive as good or very good.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 93% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 81% 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

STRONG - 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 some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 90
  • Transparency & Controls: 71
  • Accountability: 91
  • Sustainability: 45
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 82.4%; rating input score 82
  • Fundraising efficiency: $22.78 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd 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; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 78
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • 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: -2.5%; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.51; rating input score 83; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.98; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 1.6%; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 10.5% per year; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 8.5% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 24.4% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 82.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 19 of 19 board members independent · 7 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $14.4M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $702K · 28 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 34 of 34 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: 7 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.

Key Signals

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

  • High — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 9 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 22/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 7/100.