Buhl Regional Health Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
455247666
IRS 990-PF coverage
2021–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2020, Form 990-PF 2024, Form 990-N 2015
Location
Hermitage, PA, USA
Phone
7243013645
Rating
87
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Public Foundations

Reported finances

Revenue
$2,165,530
Expenses
$3,938,254

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

Overview

Mission

Public Foundations

What it reported funding in 2024

The foundation reported 48 grants totaling $2,532,013. The stated grant purposes included scholarship, to purchase a new ada accessible chair lift to enter and exit the buhl park outdoor pool. to improve the health of our community through outdoor recreational opportunities. to provide transportation for individuals with a physical handicap during buhl day., and to prepare for our facility expansion by providing additional staff members in our classrooms during key learning and transitional times of the day to enhance learning and provide needed support for our students and teachers, especially with the increase in special needs that we continue to see., plus 15 other reported purposes.

Operating model

Revenue model
Investment-supported. 100% of the foundation's positive operating resources came from recurring investment income.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The foundation distributed 68% of its reported charitable disbursements as grants.
  • Includes asset-sale income: Asset-sale income is shown separately from recurring resources when classifying the revenue model.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes to charitable grants and the filed numbers largely add up. Assets provide a limited cushion relative to annual grants.

Rating breakdown

  • Grant Deployment: 100
  • Cost Efficiency: 64
  • Transparency: 100
  • Compliance: 100
  • Endowment Health: 43

Detailed rating inputs

Grant Deployment

  • Grant deployment ratio: 100%; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings

Cost Efficiency

  • Grant expense ratio: 64.3%; rating input score 64; 20th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency

  • Grant recipient disclosure: Yes; rating input score 100

Compliance

  • Part VII-B activity disclosures: 19 of 19 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Property sale or exchange with a disqualified person: Pass
    • Borrowing from or lending to a disqualified person: Pass
    • Goods, services, or facilities involving a disqualified person: Pass
    • Compensation paid to a disqualified person: Pass
    • Assets transferred to a disqualified person: Pass
    • Payment to a government official: Pass
    • Uncorrected prior self-dealing: Pass
    • Prior-year undistributed income: Pass
    • Excess business holdings: Pass
    • Investments that may jeopardize charitable purposes: Pass
    • Uncorrected prior-year jeopardizing investments: Pass
    • Attempt to influence legislation: Pass
    • Attempt to influence an election: Pass
    • Grants to individuals: Pass
    • Grants to organizations: Pass
    • Spending for a noncharitable purpose: Pass
    • Funds received for a personal-benefit contract: Pass
    • Premiums paid on a personal-benefit contract: Pass
    • Prohibited tax-shelter transaction: Pass
  • Filing consistency checks: 10; rating input score 100

Endowment Health

  • Endowment-health comparison: 17.18; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Grants: 100% of grant recipient detail disclosed
  • Payout: At least 100% grant deployment rate
  • Trustees: Filed trustees detail
  • Self-dealing: 100% of reviewed questions answered “No”
  • Investments: 43th percentile for endowment coverage
  • Consistency: 10 of 10 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2021 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 69 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 16 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.

Key Signals

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

  • Moderate — Endowment Health: Endowment-health comparison scored 43/100.