Community Catalyst Inc

What it reported doing in 2024

The community benefit and economic stability project works with state and local partners to develop community-driven financial assistance practices and billing and collection policies. Cci is also involved in community engagement in health needs assessment to help hospitals better serve their communities and promote economic justice. This includes efforts to improve community benefit programming, hospital policies on financial assistance, and to end predatory billing and collection practices. Cci also provides a platform for people who have medical debt to share their experiences, which helps to shape policies aimed at reducing and eliminating medical debt.the hospital equity and accountability project is an effort designed to address the negative impact of hospital and health industry consolidation on systemically excluded communities including asian, black, indigenous, latinx, and pacific islander communities, immigrants, women, lgbtq+ people, people with disabilities, older adults, and rural residents.the restuccia health justice fellowship is dedicated to supporting the growth and reach of diverse advocacy organizations and their leadership teams situated at the intersection of health equity, racial justice, and organizational transformation. The fellowship's primary objective is to equip diverse teams within local, state, and national health advocacy organizations with the tools, resources, and teamwork they need to transform their organizations. From this, these organizations will be able to take greater strides towards health equity and racial justice.the gender equity and health justice program works to defend coverage gains, and to improve access to a wide range of health care services for women and families. The project has a particular focus on lifting up the voices of women who are rarely represented in health policy discussions, such as young women, women of color, immigrant women, older women, low-income women, transgender people, and lgbtq+ women.together for medicaid is a partnership between community catalyst, the center on budget and policy priorities and the georgetown university center for children and families creates advocacy campaigns with community-based organizations and a dynamic cohort of medicaid expansion advocates to build demand for medicaid expansion. The project centers people most affected by the lack of medicaid coverage in these efforts.the dental access project partners with community advocates to identify and implement community-based solutions. This includes supporting state and tribal partners in creating policy change that helps people get quality, affordable dental care where and when they need it, in their own communities, with particular attention to communities of color, tribal communities and low-income populations, as well as other groups who have been ignored by or intentionally excluded from the current oral health delivery system.vaccine equity and access program (veap) was developed with funding from the centers for disease control and prevention (cdc) to address vaccine confidence and increase influenza and covid-19 vaccination coverage for adults in racial and/or ethnic populations experiencing dispiriting in the united states. The goal of the vaccine equity and access program is to increase vaccination coverage for adults in racial and/or ethnic populations experiencing disparities in the u.s. The substance use disorders program works to builds broad based advocacy for new and proven strategies to address addiction and other misuse of drugs and alcohol. Cci helps people lead healthier lives by improving the quality of and access to health services and community supports. These services range from prevention and treatment to housing and transportation.the state consumer health advocacy program encompasses projects aimed at supporting and expanding the capacity of consumer advocates to participate in and influence public policy on a broad range of issues such as health care a

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
• Program expense ratio: 72.5%; rating input score 72
• Fundraising efficiency: $10.82 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
  • Compensation committee: Missing
  • Independent consultant: Missing
  • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
  • Written employment contract: Missing
  • Compensation survey or study: Missing
  • Board or committee approval: Pass
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: 99.8%; rating input score 100; 37th 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; 66th percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: Pass
  • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Pass
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

• Operating margin: -95.3%; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.31; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.13; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 7.7%; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 8.8% per year; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 9.2% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 12.7% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings