Alliancechicago

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
815434098
IRS 990 coverage
2017–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2016
Location
Chicago, IL, USA
Phone
3122740068
Rating
79
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Health Support Services

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$12,289,430
Expenses
$10,323,098
Assets
$12,410,131
Liabilities
$6,021,488

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

Leadership & pay

18 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • FRED D RACHMAN MD (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER)

Highest reported compensation

  • FRED D RACHMAN MD (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER): $304,166 total reported compensation
  • KAI TAO (PRINCIPAL, IMPACT & INNOVATION, ICAN!): $282,548 total reported compensation
  • MARGARET CASTROVILLARI (CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER): $269,027 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Alliancechicago is the continuation of an existing effort to bring together charitable federally qualified health centers (fqhcs) to collaboratively pursue their charitable missions by better serving their disadvantaged patients with improved health care, better information, coordination, division of labor, and efficiency. In addition to incubating new strategic initiatives, alliancechicago provides a governance structure to assure accountability and alignment of activities of organizations with close connections to the overarching not for profit mission of alliancechicago.

What it reported doing in 2024

Research/academic grant projects for the period july 1, 2024 through june 30, 2025 included state, federal and private non-profit research awards for the following projects: comparative effectiveness of community health workers in chicago and New York city to prevent destabilization and unplanned hospitatlizations of adults with multiple chronice diseases; disapear: interventions to de-implement unnecessary antibiotic prescribing for ear infections; engagement for research and evidence sharing to augment community health (e-reach); hsii capacity building project; intensive lifestyle intervention for weight loss; promoting equitable access through primary care; factors associated with vaccination uptake in diverse and underserved populations who receive primary care at federally qualified health centers: aretrospective cohort study; improving hpv vaccination rates in community health centers; advancing community-driven optimization for equitable implementation of early childhood mental health prevention in pediatric learning health systems: mental health, earlier alacrity research center; reducing disparities in lung cance: a qr-based approach to improve self-reporting among black patients; intervention to reduce early (peanut) allergy in children (ireach); interpregnancy as a critical period for maternal-child cardiovascular health in pediatric clinics: ancillary to young hearts; understanding the multilevel impact of racism on suicidal thoughts and behaviors among black children with adhd: intersectionality, risk, and protective factors; implementing a secure firearm storage program in Illinois health centers in partnership with alliancechicago and the Illinois primary health care association; nih cardiovascular health trajectories from birth through adolescence in a diverser cohort of children; supporting transitions to primary care among under-resourced, postpartum women: the step-up; nih "optimize" study optimizing patient navigation for perinatal care; nih accelerating health equity and eliminating diabetes disparaties in community health centers (ahead-chc); promoting preconception care and diabetes self-management among reproductive-aged women with diabetes: the prepared trial; nih health brain and child development national consortium; chicago center for diabetes translation research; uic maternal health research center of excellence; patient, partner, and provider determinants of postpartum contraception and inter-pregnancy intervals; chicago department of public health adult cessation services; understanding t1d and insulin-requiring diabetes in federally qualified health centers (fqhc): a national needs assessment; young and a survivor (yaas!) network for health equity among young women diagnosed with breast cancer; Illinois maternal health innovation program; transforming health at the intersection of implementation science, learning health systems, and genomics at northwestern medicine; activities to increase engagement of community based organizations in maternal mortality review committee (mmrc) processes; addressing health inequities related to food insecurity & obesity in chicago; support data collection, management, analysis, visualization, and reporting of survey; evaluation of the stability for survivors; nih implementation and dissemination of evidence-based interventions to improve prep care continuum outcomes among women in community health clinics; improving maternal health through an adaptation of a two-generation postpartum care model in diverse settings, and nih lincc trial: linking inter-specialty newborn and contraception care.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 86% 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. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 66
  • Transparency & Controls: 85
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 53
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 62.4%; rating input score 62
  • Program expense ratio: 73.7%; rating input score 74
  • Fundraising efficiency: $27.32 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 93.8%; rating input score 94; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 4 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 67
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Pass
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • 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: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • 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: 16%; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.2; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.49; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 28%; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 26.5% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 27.8% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 26.3% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 62.4% of revenue deployed · 73.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 4 of 4 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $7.6M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $304K · 18 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 2 contractors listed · $536K reported
  • Consistency: 38 of 39 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 9 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 8 filing years from 2017 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 32 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 21 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.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Document-retention policy not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 43/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 2/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 30/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.