Alliance for Health
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 382004919
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2014–2014
- Forms available
- Form 990 2014
- Location
- Grand Rapids, MI, USA
- Rating
- 77
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Alliance/Advocacy Organizations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $765,775
- Expenses
- $812,929
- Assets
- $313,095
- Liabilities
- $279,831
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2014. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
15 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- PAUL BRAND (PRESIDENT, C)
Highest reported compensation
- PAUL BRAND (PRESIDENT, C): $104,000 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2014. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The alliance for health is a broad-based community coalition dedicated to encouraging optimal health for all residents through high-quality health care services at the lowest cost. We bring together all associated parties to work together on health-related community priorities and initiatives.
What it reported doing in 2014
Provide services in health systems facilitation & education on health issues to organizations & citizens in west Michigan. Perform certificate of need evaluations. First friday forum series continues to create interest engaging west Michigan with thought-provoking dialogue and remains an attraction to multidisciplinary health care workforces. Held once in a blue moon event as a means for fundraising and recognition of tom and mickie fox and family.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 90% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- 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.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - 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 expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 72
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 20
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 76.3%; rating input score 76
- Program expense ratio: 71.9%; rating input score 72
- Fundraising efficiency: $12.59 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings
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: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 8 of 8 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: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -6.2%; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.39; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.89; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 12.8%; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 76.3% of revenue deployed · 71.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 14 of 14 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $584K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $104K · 15 people listed
- Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $115K reported
- Consistency: 30 of 30 current checks pass
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- 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.
Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 49/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 20/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 21/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 10/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 25/100.
- High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.