Central & Western Area Health Educa
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 141941590
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2012–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2011
- Location
- Mt Pleasant, MI, USA
- Phone
- 9897747106
- Rating
- 73
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Medical Research N.E.C.
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $387,375
- Expenses
- $390,899
- Assets
- $334,634
- Liabilities
- $111,582
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
5 people listed
People named in this filing
- AMY AMES (TRUSTEE)
- MARY KUSHION (TRUSTEE)
- DR JYOTSNA PANDEY (SECRETARY/TR)
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
Mid central ahec is a non-profit corporate organization whose purpose is: a. To enhance access to good quality health care, particularly primary and preventative care by improving the supply, distribution, diversity and quality of health care professionals through community/academic partnerships. B. Improve access to good quality health care for underserved areas and underserved populations. C. To receive and administer funds and to operate exclusively for charitable, scientific, literary or educational purposes within the meaning of section 501(c)(3) of the internal revenue code of 1986, or comparable provisions of subsequent legislation (the"code"), and to give funds and property from time to time to other organizations to be used (or held for use) directly in carrying out one or more such purposes. D. To acquire, own, dispose of and deal with real and personal property and interests therein and to apply gifts, grants, bequests and devises and the proceeds thereof in the furtherance
What it reported doing in 2024
The central & western ahec host several health career pipeline programs throughout our thirty-eight county catchment area. The health career pipeline program will empower high school students to pursue careers in the health professions. Through exposure to health career options, mentorship, and health and wellness education, students will participate in an engaging, hands-on, enriching experience that will help develop their confidence and a support systemn for their journey into post-secondary education and beyond. Program overview: this innovative program represents a community partnership between several representative area high schools, central Michigan university college of medicine, and central & western area health education center (ahec). It is designed to recruit a diverse group of students interested in pursuing a health professions career. Three main pillars to this program include mentorship, teaching, and health and wellness. Under the guidance of cmu undergraduate, medical students and other health professions student mentors, students will explore career options, engage in hands-on clinical simulation experiences, learn how to navigate the post-secondary environment to achieve their goals, and become more observant of their own health and wellness.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 89% 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.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 66
- Transparency & Controls: 83
- Accountability: 76
- Sustainability: 38
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 74.5%; rating input score 74
- Program expense ratio: 73.8%; rating input score 74
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 91.7%; rating input score 92; 19th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Limited
- Related-party transparency: Limited
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: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- 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: -0.9%; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.86; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.33; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 2.6% per year; rating input score 100; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 1.6% per year; rating input score 100; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 9.7% per year; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 74.5% of revenue deployed · 73.8% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 5 of 5 board members independent · 3 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $288K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
- Consistency: 24 of 25 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules
- Filing history: 12 filing years from 2012 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 6 not reported.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 37/100.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 36/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 15/100.