Center for Health and Democracy

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
842862320
IRS 990 coverage
2022–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Philadelphia, PA, USA
Phone
2159789821
Rating
64
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$669,084
Expenses
$95,514
Assets
$564,226
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • WENDELL POTTER (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • WENDELL POTTER (PRESIDENT)
  • DIANE ARCHER (CHAIR)
  • VIKRUM AIYER (DIRECTOR)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Organized to promote social welfare including but not limited to securing generally available healthcare in the united states through a variety of educational and advocacy activities, such as educating the public concerning the views and actions of public officials regarding generally available healthcare, and engaging in legislative activities to approve and enact medicare for all legislation in some form or manner.

What it reported doing in 2024

Convening business and health care leaders to advance affordable health care. Chd regularly brings together business leaders committed to securing quality health insurance with lower out-of-pocket costs for employees. Facilitated weekly meetings of the lower out-of-pocket costs now coalition, comprising more than 65 representatives from health care, business, patient advocacy groups, and other stakeholders. Held bi-weekly meetings with nonprofit health care leaders to provide timely updates on medicare advantage. Engaged with independent health insurance brokers to explore alternatives to traditional insurance for small business employers. Conducted four in-person presentations to business leaders addressing barriers to affordable health care and the need for reform.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% 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 - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 30
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 76
  • Sustainability: 92
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 10.4%; rating input score 10
  • Program expense ratio: 72.7%; rating input score 73
  • 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: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Scored; rating input score 0

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 3 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 43
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • 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: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 85.7%; rating input score 98; 98th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 5.91; rating input score 87; 87th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 75.6% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 109.5% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 143.1% per year; rating input score 100; 100th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 10.4% of revenue deployed · 72.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 8 of 8 board members independent · 3 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $69K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 16 of 16 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules · includes major donors and related organizations
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • 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.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 10/100.
  • Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Related-party transparency scored 0/100.