Alliance for Community Research Engagement and Support

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
452394204
IRS 990 coverage
2019–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2018
Location
Chicago, IL, USA
Phone
3122740068
Rating
75
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Research Institutes and/or Public Policy Analysis

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$727,620
Expenses
$1,994,509
Assets
$2,590,887
Liabilities
$8,835,529

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

Leadership & pay

15 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • FRED D RACHMAN MD (CO-CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER)
  • ALEJANDRO ROMILLO (CO-CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER)

Highest reported compensation

  • FRED D RACHMAN MD (CO-CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER): $304,166 total reported compensation
  • MARGARET CASTROVILLARI (CO-CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER): $269,027 total reported compensation
  • ANDREW HAMILTON (CHIEF INFORMATICS OFFICER): $263,774 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

To support the use of data and health information technology through research and technical assistance, education, innovation, and evaluation in order to improve health care delivery in safety net settings and to improve the health status of underserved communities.

What it reported doing in 2024

Data analytics platform expenses to support related organization research/academic grant projects for the period july 1, 2024 through june 30, 2025 including federal and state non-profit research awards for the following projects: advancing community-driven optimization for equitable implementation of early childhood mental health prevention in pediatric learning health systems; intervention to reduce early (peanut) allergy in children (ireach); hccn grant award to support network of 38 health centers working together to use health information technology (hit) to improve operations and clinical practices; interpreganancy as a critical period for maternal-child cardiovascular health in pediatric clinics; understanding the multilevel impact of racism on suicidal thoughts and behaviors among black children with adhd; cardiovascular health trajectories from birth through adolescense in a diverse cohort of children; supporting transitions to primary care among under-resourced postpartum women; optimizing patient navigation for perinatal care; promoting preconception care and diabetes self-management mong reproductive-aged women with diabetes; championing disease surveillance through partnerships with health centers, health systems and academic research institutions (mends); tobacco cessation program; strengthening public health systems and services through national partnerships to improve and protect the nation's health; leading edge acceleration projects (leap) in health information technology; pregnant people-infant surveillance for public health outcomes through interoperability in chicago; improving the system for timely referrals: youth at risk for suicide; improving obesity prevention, treatment, and nutrition in fqhcs; and implementations and dissemination of evidence-based interventions to improve prep care continuum outcomes among women in community health clinics in the southern u.s.

Operating model

Revenue model
Affiliate-supported. 63% of the money available for current operations came from contributions from related organizations.
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

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 some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 88
  • Transparency & Controls: 65
  • Accountability: 70
  • Sustainability: 22
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 97.6%; rating input score 98
  • 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: 87.5%; rating input score 88; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 4 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 44
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • 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: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -174.1%; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.3; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 3.41; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 5.3%; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 22.1% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 62.1% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 8.7% per year; rating input score 100; 54th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 97.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 7 of 8 board members independent · 4 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $1.9M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $304K · 15 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: 6 filing years from 2019 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Related organizations: 2 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.
  • Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 1/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 51/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 1/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 52/100.