Black Directors Health Equity Agenda Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
861980606
IRS 990 coverage
2021–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Chicago, IL, USA
Phone
4142991622
Rating
74
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Professional Societies, Associations

Reported finances

Revenue
$529,800
Expenses
$1,185,161
Assets
$865,092
Liabilities
$353,308

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Gilbert Bland (President & CEO)

People named in this filing

  • John Daniels (Board Chair)
  • MIchele Baker Richardson (Director)
  • Dr Regina Benjamin (Director)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The BDHEA seeks to use our unique platform to advance work in ways that are likely to result in long-term, sustainable reductions in health disparities. To achieve this, we will: articulate the business case for addressing the health disparities that impact Black people and other communities of color; foster increased collaboration among top health systems to share best practices and synergies, ensure equitable access to care (with a focus, most immediately, on vaccine education and delivery), and address social determinants of health including housing, food insecurity, education and employment, through meaningful, yet practical programs while advocating for policies that can have a long-term, positive impact.

What it reported doing in 2025

Founded in 2020, the BDHEA is a pioneering non-profit 501(c)(3) organizationdedicated to transforming health care by eliminating disparities that disproportionately affect Black communities. The BDHEAs commitment to health equity will ensure that ALL have the ability to achieve their full health potential.- Expanded the BDHEA Directors Toolkit by launching the releases of an assessment of Community Health Centers and public hospitals.This will expand the Playbook to more than 4.2k hospitals and CHCs and support its usage. - To advance the Board Diversity and Inclusion Project convened a task force of Board Directors and Senior leaders in health, to define and develop strategies and actions which will champion and support increased participation of Black board directors who represent the heart of their communities. - Launched the BDHEA's Clinical Steering Council (CSC). The CSC leverages the expertise of subject matter professionals to advance our health care disparities and Outcome Pillar, with a focus on reducing health disparities and improving the health of the Black community and everyone. Our initial focus area is Maternal Health. - Presented a National Summit Innovating for Impact- Bold Strategies Breakthrough Solutions and Powerful Collaborations in Nashville, TN. This Summit convened experts and stakeholders from diverse health care sectors poised to create impactful initiatives for a powerful year of action.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 78% of the money available for current operations came from other operating 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.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of total spending goes to programs and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 74
  • Transparency & Controls: 81
  • Accountability: 88
  • Sustainability: 21
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 54.3%; rating input score 54
  • Fundraising efficiency: $0.39 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 85.7%; rating input score 86; 3rd 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: 5 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 71
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -123.7%; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.73; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.41; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -16.6% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -8.9% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 33.6% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 54.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 9 of 9 board members independent · 5 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $644K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
  • Highest-paid contractors: 3 contractors listed · $463K reported
  • Consistency: 22 of 24 current checks pass · 2 findings to review
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2021 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 54/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 3/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 1/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Schedule G fundraiser detail did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 34/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 15/100.