American Indian Health & Services
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 770398793
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2011–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Santa Barbara, CA, USA
- Phone
- 8056817356
- Rating
- 79
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Cultural, Ethnic Awareness
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $19,075,044
- Expenses
- $17,530,068
- Assets
- $20,811,943
- Liabilities
- $6,024,792
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
19 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Scott Black (CEO)
Highest reported compensation
- Dr Bradley E Hope (Physician): $454,114 total reported compensation
- Merin McCabe (CAO): $342,399 total reported compensation
- Scott Black (CEO): $335,053 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 promote and provide quality services to improve the health and well-being of American Indians/Alaska Natives and other community members.
What it reported doing in 2024
Medical and dental services: the organization serves over 9,000 patients and provides primary medical, dental and mental health care as well as outreach and referral services in santa barbara and ventura counties. The clinic is open to the public and operates many cultural programs for american indian and Alaska natives in acordance with their contract with the indian health services. Native sun, a quarterly publication, is mailed to members of the community outlining available health and educational services, program topics and calendar of upcoming events. Aih&s is the lead organization for the santa barbara clinic on wheels program(cow).diabetes: the organization provides diabetes care programs for all patients. Specific cultural programs are offered for american indian/Alaska native patients through grant funding from the indian health services.prevention: the organization provides preventive care programs for all patients.specific cultural programs are provided to american indian/Alaska native patientsthrough grant funding from the indian health services.mental health: the organization provides individual counseling for mental andbehavioral health services to all patients. Specific cultural programs are providedto american indian/Alaska native patients through grant funding from the indianhealth services.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 61% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- 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. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 70
- Transparency & Controls: 79
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 48
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 67.3%; rating input score 67
- Program expense ratio: 73%; rating input score 73
- Fundraising efficiency: $53.53 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
- Compensation committee: Missing
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Pass
- Compensation survey or study: Pass
- Board or committee approval: Pass
- 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: 8.1%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.19; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.29; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 21.7%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 9.8% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 11.7% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 18.1% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 67.3% of revenue deployed · 73% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 5 of 5 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $12.8M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $454K · 19 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Highest-paid contractors: 2 contractors listed · $505K reported
- Consistency: 35 of 35 current checks pass
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
- Filing history: 14 filing years from 2011 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 14 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
- 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 — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 42/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 3/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 47/100.