Dch Foundation Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
630718581
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Tuscaloosa, AL, USA
Phone
2057597349
Rating
81
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Scholarships, Student Financial Aid Services, Awards

Reported finances

Revenue
$2,449,046
Expenses
$2,239,915
Assets
$13,049,253
Liabilities
$107,782

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

Leadership & pay

30 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MR TIM PARKER (PAST PRESIDENT)
  • MRS CARRIE FITTS (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • MRS SHARON HARRISON (PRESIDENT)
  • D BRADLEY LEECH (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • MS KATRINA KEEFER (CEO DCH HEALTHCARE AUTHORITY)

Highest reported compensation

  • MS KATRINA KEEFER (CEO DCH HEALTHCARE AUTHORITY): $1,003,904 total reported compensation
  • D BRADLEY LEECH (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $240,662 total reported compensation
  • DR RICHIE TANNER (BOARD MEMBER): $44,340 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

To provide funds to enhance the medical facilities for the dch health system with a focus on dch regional medical center and northport medical center.

What it reported doing in 2024

Dch foundation provided funding and support to dch regional medical center for various programs related to the medical treatment of its patients. When a community comes together in philanthropy, we create a positive force that offers the greatest hope for a better healthcare future for every person, every family every day. Our community is strong and vibrant, and together we will carry on our efforts to help our patients in need. The dch foundation continues to work closely with the dch health system to address health care challenges through our joint board task force, comprised of leaders from the foundation and health system boards. Their love for this community and desire for our health system's excellence ensures your generosity will have the greatest possible impact on the patients we treat whether they are your friends, family, or neighbors you just haven't met yet.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 63% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

STRONG - 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 fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 81
  • Transparency & Controls: 75
  • Accountability: 87
  • Sustainability: 71
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 94.2%; rating input score 94
  • Program expense ratio: 74.5%; rating input score 75
  • Fundraising efficiency: $9.64 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 36; 36th 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 96.4%; rating input score 96; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 8.5%; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 5.83; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 2.4%; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 1.8% per year; rating input score 100; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 2.9% per year; rating input score 100; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 6% per year; rating input score 100; 40th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 94.2% of revenue deployed · 74.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 27 of 28 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $1.7M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $1M · 30 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 24 of 24 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 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.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 36/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 8 not reported.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 59/100.