California Hospice and Palliative Care Association (CHAPCA)

Legal name: California Hospice and Palliative Care Association

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
943344411
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2015
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2015
Location
Elk Grove, CA, US
Phone
(916) 925-3770
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Hospices

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$528,935
Expenses
$512,399
Assets
$871,581
Liabilities
$49,597

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2015. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

13 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • PATRICIA SHADER (PRESIDENT/REGION 8 DIRECTO)
  • CAROLYNN PETERSON (PAST PRESIDENT/REGION 3 DI)
  • SUSAN NEGREEN SEE SCHEDULE O (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • SUSAN NEGREEN SEE SCHEDULE O (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $129,153 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2015. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To enhance the value and quality of end-of-life care for patients and their families by focusing on education and advocacy.

What it reported doing in 2015

Regulatory - closely monitored federal and state activity on hospice and palliative care issues. Analyzed the impact of these activities on providers of hospice and palliative care and regularly communicated with providers about changes. Provided members with e-newsletters to help them keep up to date on regulatory concerns and on training opportunities to better meet the regulatory challenges hospice providers face.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 92% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
  • Transparency & Controls: 85
  • Accountability: 79
  • Sustainability: 57
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: Limited
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 88.9%; rating input score 89; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 97.1%; rating input score 97; 40th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 4 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 3.1%; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.7; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.06; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 1.5%; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 0.2% per year; rating input score 100; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 2.3% per year; rating input score 100; 43rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 5 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: 12 of 12 board members independent · 4 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments
  • Leadership: top reported pay $129K · 13 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 10 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes grants
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2010 to 2015
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: 2 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.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 7 not reported.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 50/100.