Community Catalyst Action Fund Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
300687494
IRS 990 coverage
2012–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Boston, MA, USA
Phone
6173386035
Rating
72
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Alliance/Advocacy Organizations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$120,921
Expenses
$290,807
Assets
$490,890
Liabilities
$41,186

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

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DANA CLARKE (CO-INTERIM PRESIDENT & CEO)
  • BRANDON WILSON (CO-INTERIM PRESIDENT & CEO)
  • EMILY STEWART - FORMER (FORMER CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER)

Highest reported compensation

  • DANA CLARKE (CO-INTERIM PRESIDENT & CEO): $371,632 total reported compensation
  • MAHESH BHATIA (CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER): $318,367 total reported compensation
  • BRANDON WILSON (CO-INTERIM PRESIDENT & CEO): $299,938 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

The community catalyst action fund (ccaf) is committed to ensuring consumers are actively engaged in the decision-making that shapes our health and health system.that means influencing or changing the landscape to make access to comprehensive health care a central tenet of policymaking and creating opportunities for consumers to participate fully and directly in the creation and implementation of laws affecting their access to quality care.we elect candidates who will relentlessly protect and champion access to quality, affordable care and get involved in efforts that center health care and justice in policy and decision making.

What it reported doing in 2024

Affordable care act implementation fund (acaif) provides new support to state-based health advocates in the form of grants which will be used to ensure effective and consumer focused implementation of the affordable care act.the action fund was created to ensure that national, state, and local health care policies and delivery systems meet community and individual needs by sponsoring and promoting public education, advocacy, community participation in policy-making, and collaboration among stake-holders and others dedicated to improving the nation's health care system. The action fund provides support for state-based health advocacy to ensure health reform reflects consumer interests and concerns, especially those of low-income and vulnerable populations.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 83% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 94% 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. Few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 78
  • Transparency & Controls: 71
  • Accountability: 91
  • Sustainability: 21
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 66%; rating input score 66
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 78
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -140.5%; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.69; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.08; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 39%; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -9.7% per year; rating input score 0; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -11.4% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -9.4% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 66% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 3 of 3 board members independent · 7 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $192K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $372K · 7 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 20 of 20 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 13 filing years from 2012 to 2024
  • 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.

  • High — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 1/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 9 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 55/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 7/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 28/100.