APLA Health

Legal name: Apla Health & Wellness

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
841661910
IRS 990 coverage
2012–2024
Official website data refreshed
Aug 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024
Location
Alhambra, CA, US
Phone
(213) 201-1400
Rating
89
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Health - General and Rehabilitative N.E.C.

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$116,451,685
Expenses
$108,956,662
Assets
$82,656,747
Liabilities
$25,385,475

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

Leadership & pay

36 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • CRAIG THOMPSON (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER)

Highest reported compensation

  • CRAIG THOMPSON (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER): $573,954 total reported compensation
  • JAY GLADSTEIN (CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER): $418,584 total reported compensation
  • JEROME DE VENTE (ASSOCIATE MEDICAL DIRECTOR): $359,851 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

APLA Health's mission is to achieve health care equity and promote well-being for the LGBTQ+ and other underserved communities and people living with and affected by HIV.

What it reported doing in 2024

The home health program provides intensive nurse and social work case management to HIV positive clients in los angeles county who are in danger of falling into institutionalized care or out of care entirely. The program also provides additional in-home services such as attendant care and psychotherapy in order to promote independent living, quality of life, and maximize health outcomes. The program helps clients stay in their own homes thereby reducing he need for costly skilled nursing or extended care placements, and reduces the barriers to effective HIV treatment thereby helping limit HIV-disease progression. Apla health & wellness provides a number of other smaller programs to clients, including free confidential HIV counseling and testing; std screening and treatment; actively outreaching to the community at-risk for contracting HIV and AIDS with a variety of prevention-focused interventions; linkage and retention in care support services; benefits counseling; services to those aging with HIV; prep/pep navigation; and research projects.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 67% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 94% 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

STRONG - 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 total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 86
  • Transparency & Controls: 93
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 47
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 86.8%; rating input score 87
  • Program expense ratio: 92.6%; rating input score 93
  • Fundraising efficiency: $18.51 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 95%; rating input score 95; 34th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 5 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 83
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Pass
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
    • Written employment contract: Pass
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 98.2%; rating input score 98; 34th 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; 77th 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: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 6.4%; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.76; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.31; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 4.3%; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 21.5% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 21.4% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 23% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 16 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 86.8% of revenue deployed · 92.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 19 of 19 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $100.9M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $574K · 36 people listed · 5 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $7.2M reported
  • Consistency: 42 of 43 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 9 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 13 filing years from 2012 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 21 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 5 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.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 56/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 30/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Form 990 shared with the board not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 23/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 55/100.