Conejo Health

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
833478457
IRS 990 coverage
2022–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2021
Location
Thousand Oaks, CA, USA
Phone
8183909444
Rating
57
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Public Health Program (Includes General Health and Wellness Promotion Services)

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,789,161
Expenses
$1,376,047
Assets
$1,196,060
Liabilities
$267,398

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MATTHEW PALL (CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • MATTHEW PALL (CEO): $215,809 total reported compensation
  • IAN ANDERSON (COO): $104,899 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Conejo health's primary exempt purpose is to improve community health outcomes through harm reduction initiatives, substance use disorder (sud) navigation services, and evidence-based treatments. We focus on reducing overdose deaths and addressing health disparities by providing harm reduction supplies, running hospital-based sud navigation programs, and educating healthcare professionals through specialized training in community paramedicine and other lifesaving interventions. Our efforts prioritize data-driven, science-based approaches to save lives and promote health equity.

What it reported doing in 2024

Hcv navigation program ed-based hepatitis c care - $33,281in 2024, the organization launched an ed-based hepatitis c virus (hcv) navigation program to identify, educate, and connect patients to treatment. This program targets individuals screened or diagnosed with hcv in emergency settings and offers navigation through confirmatory testing, specialty referrals, and access to curative therapy. This initiative advances public health goals around hcv eradication and improves care for marginalized populations.licensed wholesale pharmacy - $19,735in 2024, the organization became a licensed wholesale pharmacy, expanding its capacity to distribute medications including naloxone, buprenorphine, and other critical supplies to partner organizations. This designation increases supply chain reliability, reduces costs, and enables rapid deployment of life-saving medications to high-risk settings across southerncalifornia.ems bup program field-based initiation of medication for oud - $7,925in 2024, the organization launched a pilot ems-based buprenorphine initiation program in partnership with the California paramedic foundation and ventura county emergency medical services agency (vc emsa). This innovative program enables paramedics to administer buprenorphine in the field, reducing withdrawal symptoms and encouraging treatment engagement for individuals experiencing opioid use disorder. Training, protocol development, and data infrastructure were completed in 2024, setting the stage for expansion in 2025.street medicine program - the organization continued its weekly street medicine program in 2024, providing mobile, low-barrier healthcare to individuals experiencing homelessness. Operating every tuesday, the program serves over 50 patients weekly with services including wound care, medication refills, harm reduction supplies, and referrals to housing and treatment. This work enhances health equity and reduces utilization of emergency services for preventable conditions.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
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

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 49
  • Transparency & Controls: 65
  • Accountability: 52
  • Sustainability: 53
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 49.3%; rating input score 49
  • Program expense ratio: 64.1%; rating input score 64
  • Fundraising efficiency: $2.23 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 50%; rating input score 50; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 56
    • 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: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 23.1%; rating input score 79; 79th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.87; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.22; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 23.3%; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 73.8% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 72.3% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 83% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 49.3% of revenue deployed · 64.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 2 of 4 board members independent · 5 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $882K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $216K · 4 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 28 of 28 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 49/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 50/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 6/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 8 not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 38/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 11/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 30/100.