Apca Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
920154822
IRS 990 coverage
2013–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Anchorage, AK, USA
Phone
9079292722
Rating
78
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Public Health Program (Includes General Health and Wellness Promotion Services)

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$9,739,950
Expenses
$9,280,025
Assets
$4,688,621
Liabilities
$1,212,664

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

Leadership & pay

40 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MERRIMAN NANCY (CEO)
  • GILMORE JOSHUA (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • MERRIMAN NANCY (CEO): $262,039 total reported compensation
  • TERESA O'CONNER (CHIEF PROGRA): $239,368 total reported compensation
  • LINDUSKA PATRICIA (SPECIAL PROJ): $177,114 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 provide Alaska community health centers and other primary care safety net providers with training and technical assistance so they can deliver high quality health care to patients. To assist alaskans in discovering and pursuing health careers. To assist alaskans in exploring options for health care coverage. To proactively assess new policy and regulations that could affect primary care providers.

What it reported doing in 2024

Hrsa pca - provided numerous opportunities for community health center leaders and staff to interact and learn from one another and from experts in the field about improving the delivery of health care to patients. Dramatically increased the number of health centers being recognized for pcmh and quality accomplishments. Hccn - the Alaska quality improvement network (aquin), alaskas health center controlled network (hccn) is a project funded under the health resources and services with a goal of improving the quality of care and health outcomes at community health centers. Aquin is comprised of 10 participating health centers from across the state. The aquin model utilizes a central data warehouse, fed daily by health centers' electronic health records (ehr). The platform has a portfolio of tools and pre- formatted reports that allow sophisticated analytics to be performed, resulting in actionable information used to improve quality. The overall purpose of the aquin is quality improvement for better health outcomes, increased patient and family engagement and lower costs. The data warehouse aims to strengthen quality, efficiency, and safety through the data-driven support of pcmh models, optimization of the clinics ehrs, and attainment of meaningful use. Scahec - facilitated 300+ individuals in exploring health care careers. Apprenticeship - the organization is a subawardee of the state of Alaska department of labor and workforce development (dolwd), division of employment and training services (dets), under the "healthy Alaska through apprenticeship" grant from the us department of labor. Under this funding, apca created apprenticeship opportunities within the health care sector in the following occupations: community health worker (chw), provides care coordination for underserved populations, clinical medical assistant (cma); provides clinical support, medical administrative assistant (maa); provides administrative support in health centers, and billing and coding specialist (bcs); provides billing and coding services.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 96% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 69% for direct work, and 31% for grants.

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 expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 71
  • Transparency & Controls: 75
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 36
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 78.3%; rating input score 78
  • Program expense ratio: 82.1%; rating input score 82
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Pass
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Missing
  • 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; 63rd 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: 4.7%; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.51; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.26; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 12.1%; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 13.8% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 13% per year; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 16.7% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 78.3% of revenue deployed · 82.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 39 of 39 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $7.6M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $262K · 40 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 3 contractors listed · $698K reported
  • Consistency: 35 of 35 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 12 filing years from 2013 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 24 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 20 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 18/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 50/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 24/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 38/100.