Cardea Center for Health and Human Services

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
931220473
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2013
Forms available
Form 990 2013
Location
Oakland, CA, USA
Phone
5108353700
Rating
78
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Medical Research N.E.C.

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$125,700
Expenses
$131,215
Assets
$0
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2013. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • SHARON N BLACK (President)

Highest reported compensation

  • DAVID FINE (ASSO REGNL MGR): $6,056 total reported compensation
  • SEAN SCHAGANE (Controller): $4,240 total reported compensation
  • APRIL PACE (REGIONAL MGR): $2,933 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2013. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To improve the public's awareness of family planning and reproductive health issues with education, training, research and other technical assistance.

What it reported doing in 2013

OMH HIV/AIDS PARTNERSHIP - The primary goal of the OMH Minority Community HIV/AIDS Project is to prevent increasing HIV health disparities among Latino/Hispanic college-bound youth. Cardea is working extensively with two minority universities and local community health centers in South Texas in implementing a range of educational and health promotion interventions (individual, group, campus-wide) to increase awareness among this vulnerable population; As well as promote HIV/STD screening and referral services for those testing HIV positive. During this reporting period, Cardea and its campus partners reached 1049 students through classroom/booth/project-led events, 106 HIV screening tests, and 174 students received risk reduction counseling. Milestones accomplished included development and pilot testing of a new curriculum tailored for male Latino students, training peer leaders on the existing curriculum for female students, completion of a digital storytelling project, acceptance of a professional presentation by the American Public Health Association, and initial development of the guidebook titled Addressing HIV/AIDS Prevention at Minority Colleges and Universities. All educational and service goals were surpassed.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 100% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
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. Revenue has declined or grown slowly and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 77
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Accountability: 84
  • Sustainability: 18
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 88%; rating input score 88
  • Program expense ratio: 84.3%; rating input score 84
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 62
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -4.4%; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 10.1%; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: -67.4% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -87.8% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 88% of revenue deployed · 84.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 6 of 6 board members independent · 5 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $111K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $6K · 10 people listed
  • Consistency: 19 of 19 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes related organizations
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2011 to 2013
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 7 not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 30/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 35/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: California registration: this organization is recorded as not currently operating in California.