Community Health Academy

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
270050239
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2010
Forms available
Form 990 2010
Location
Oakland, CA, USA
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Community Coalitions

Reported finances

Revenue
$387,706
Expenses
$462,296
Assets
$49,459
Liabilities
$1,745

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2010. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

1 person listed

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2010. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Engage in educational and charitable Community Health Activities that build healthy communities by organizing youth and service provider partnerships to promote community participation in self help and neighborhood improvement projects

What it reported doing in 2010

Partnership activities with the Alameda County Public Health Department PipelineInterns Community Organization and Emergency Medical Services Student Interns Provide stipends for 12 youth interns for participatory action researrch in four distr ict neighborhoods and provide a project coordinator to supervise 10 other youth interns in an alternative high school that provides instruction and engagement in Public Health Solutions at the neighborhood level Madison School Project Provide stud ent intern to assist in program planning and implementation of the Youth and Family Engagement component of the Madison School based health center Project New Start Provide student intern to provider information conduct interviews and assist in i mplementation of case management plans with high risk youth Community Capacity Building Provide training events for ACPHD staff to build skills fo working in multicultural settings and provide facilitators to improve communication and strengthen c ooperation among racially and linguistically diverse residents Mini Grants Provide funds for community initiatives that are monitored by a resident work group organized by ACPHD Building Blocks Collaborative Provide professional services to a co mmunity health collaborative including training of physicians and development of sustainable strategies

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 70% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 63
  • Sustainability: 20
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: Limited
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 88.9%; rating input score 89; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 1 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 12
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Fail
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -19.2%; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.11; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.04; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 9%; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: -47.5% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -88.3% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: 7 of 7 board members independent · 1 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $459K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $42K · 1 people listed
  • Consistency: 15 of 16 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes grants
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2009 to 2010
  • Money network: 6 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 4 filed related-organization links
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 6 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 15/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 7/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 39/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 51/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.
  • High — Grant Readiness: California registration: this organization is not authorized to operate as a charity in California.