Aliveness Project Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
411593900
IRS 990 coverage
2013–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024
Location
Minneapolis, MN, USA
Phone
6128227946
Rating
80
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$11,369,637
Expenses
$8,658,804
Assets
$8,267,442
Liabilities
$1,154,494

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

Leadership & pay

16 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • THOMAS KELLER (PRESIDENT)
  • RAQUELLE PAULSON (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • JOE WATERS (2ND VICE PRESIDENT)
  • MATTHEW TOBUREN (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • MATTHEW TOBUREN (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $148,769 total reported compensation
  • MATTHEW HARTLE (MEDICAL DIRECTOR): $117,423 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 aliveness project boldly advances equitable access to transformative HIV care and prevention services.

What it reported doing in 2024

Lgtbtq+ individuals and other communities impacted by HIV can receive judgement-free HIV testing, sti screening and treatment, and other sexual health services. We provide targeted outreach to communities disproportionately affected by HIV through education, awareness, and strategies for eliminating stigma. Aliveness project also provides pre-exposure prophylaxis (prep), and has helped hundreds gain access to this effective HIV prevention tool and enroll in public programs to help pay for medications. Recently, aliveness project has been providing diagnosis and treatment of mpox, and prescribing doxy pep for prevention of stis.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 66% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
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.

The verdict

STRONG - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. 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: 65
  • Transparency & Controls: 87
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 66
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 60.3%; rating input score 60
  • Program expense ratio: 78.8%; rating input score 79
  • Fundraising efficiency: $12.25 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 94.1%; rating input score 94; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • 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; 66th 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: 23.8%; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.95; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.14; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 3.1%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 17.7% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 20% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 9.6% per year; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 60.3% of revenue deployed · 78.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 14 of 14 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $6.8M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $149K · 16 people listed
  • Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $290K reported
  • Consistency: 32 of 32 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 11 filing years from 2013 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 44/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 34/100.