Center for Closing the Health Gap in Greater Cincinnati

What it reported doing in 2024

Do right campaign - the do right campaign empowers communities to improve nutrition, increase physical activity, encourages healthy lifestyles to reduce obesity and obesity-related diseases and removes barriers that limit access to healthy eating and physical activity. The goals are to increase awareness of health disparities and to co-create shared culture of health with residents. The annual campaign reached 249,444 this fiscal year. A component of the do right campaign expansion is the life-style modification which is targeted towards neighborhood residents and delivered through health education. More specifically, focusing on healthy eating, physical activity & civic engagement to help residents sustain healthy lifestyles. We also collect community needs assessments in targeted populations to identify the barriers for healthy lifestyles. This fiscal year we conducted 170 needs assessments regarding covid-19's impact. We also conducted trainings for cincinnati metropolitan housing authority (cmha) senior residents. Over 522 people attended 46 cmha activities. 18th annual health expo - the 18th annual health expo was held on april 30, 2022, at cincinnati's Washington park. Over 8,500 people attended this free event. The expo promoted awareness about health disparities and healthy lifestyles for families. Participants received information about nutrition, physical activities, and related topics to help them lead healthier lives. We featured a variety of family friendly activities including: 19 free, comprehensive health screenings with over 1000 health screenings conducted. Movin- and groovin' stage with 11 continuous physical fitness demonstrations. Children's pavilion with health screenings and physical fitness and nutrition activities for ages 2 to 14. 103 exhibit booths featuring health information, demonstrations, food, and wellness products. Main stage featuring 1 national and 6 local recording artists and a morning fitness session black women's health movement pavilion attendees completed health screening questionnaires, and 280 health expo evaluations. We collect this data for evaluation. Throughout the year, we invite expo attendees to participate in our programs and activities black women's health movement - the black women's health movement (bwhm) is designed to engage and empower african american women across the socioeconomic spectrum of our community to live healthier lives -- body and mind. Pillars of focus: physical health mindful health economic health community health the goals are to increase participants increase relevant website content to serve as regional, national resource for women and organizations publish movement and programming results engage area businesses and organizations to participate improving their effectiveness and reach hamilton county, care for caregivers - chg provides support and care services for caregivers ("caregivers") of senior hamilton county residents ("senior residents") age 60 or older to better prepare them to meet the demands of caregiving. Chg provides training and education for caregivers, identification of barriers to self-care, caregiver health, holistic coping strategies, stress reduction, communication, goal setting and solutions to difficult caregiving situations. The program is coordinated through in person or online interactive and educational sessions. We spent this year planning since this was the initial operating year. We conducted caregiver assessments and one pilot program. There were 26 referrals and 17 people enrolled in the pilot. The health collaborative, test & protect - this grant supported hamilton county's covid-19 testing and data collection project through the following activities: 1.attend and provide community insights and leadership at community core team meetings (a minimum of one/week) and other meetings as requested in planning, testing prioritization and strategic direction, implementation and follow up. 2.facilitate community outreach and me

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 95.5%; rating input score 96
• Program expense ratio: 77.7%; rating input score 78
• Fundraising efficiency: $13.2 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
  • Compensation committee: Missing
  • Independent consultant: Missing
  • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
  • Written employment contract: Missing
  • Compensation survey or study: Missing
  • Board or committee approval: Missing
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: Limited
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 90%; rating input score 90; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
  • 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: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Missing
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

• Operating margin: -23%; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.22; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.81; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 12.1%; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 0.7% per year; rating input score 100; 21st percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 1.9% per year; rating input score 100; 24th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: -18% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings