Black Heart Association

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
821011939
IRS 990 coverage
2022–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2021, Form 990-N 2019
Location
Grand Prairie, TX, USA
Phone
8176838859
Rating
74
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Heart and Circulatory System Diseases, Disorders

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,122,095
Expenses
$1,058,953
Assets
$739,743
Liabilities
$653,877

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

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Tara Robinson (Executive Director & Founder)

Highest reported compensation

  • Tara Robinson (Executive Director & Founder): $105,000 total reported compensation
  • Fredrick Robinson (COO): $85,000 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

BHA is dedicated to improving health outcomes for all people. We are focused on communities that face the greatest concerns. Our mission is to eliminate preventable cardiovascular health disparities through advocacy, education, free preventative heart health screenings, early detection and connections to care.

What it reported doing in 2025

In 2025, Black Heart Association significantly expanded its Vehicle for Change program, delivering free cardiovascular screenings, preventive health education, navigation, referrals and follow-up support through 153 events across the United States. BHA directly screened 5,209 youth and adults, a 24% increase. The organization also increased its number of community activations by 53%, growing from 100 events in 2024 to 153 events in 2025. BHAs impact extended beyond those directly screened. Through its community-education model, BHA educated approximately two additional people for every person screened. This resulted in an estimated 10,418 additional people receiving heart-health education and a combined screening and education reach of approximately 15,627 people during 2025. BHA brought prevention directly to people at worksites, schools, churches, festivals and other trusted community locations. Through every interaction, BHA transformed screening results into understandable, actionable information, helping individuals and families recognize cardiovascular risks earlier and take informed steps toward protecting their health.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 97% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 64
  • Transparency & Controls: 80
  • Accountability: 91
  • Sustainability: 34
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 66.1%; rating input score 66
  • Program expense ratio: 69.8%; rating input score 70
  • Fundraising efficiency: $9.33 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 84.6%; rating input score 85; 2nd 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: 7 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 78
    • 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: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 5.6%; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.7; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.88; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 17.9%; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 39.8% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 48.4% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 53.6% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 66.1% of revenue deployed · 69.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 6 of 6 board members independent · 7 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $739K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $105K · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 27 of 29 current checks pass · 2 findings to review
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2022 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 33/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 46/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 33/100.
  • 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.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 5/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 19/100.