Environment and Human Health Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
061487710
IRS 990 coverage
2019–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Hamden, CT, USA
Phone
2032486582
Rating
72
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Public Health Program (Includes General Health and Wellness Promotion Services)

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$134,247
Expenses
$95,556
Assets
$923,921
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

13 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • NANCY O ALDERMAN MES (DIRECTOR, PRESIDENT)
  • DAVID R BROWN SCD (DIRECTOR, VICE PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • NANCY O ALDERMAN MES (DIRECTOR, PRESIDENT): $109,421 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 conduct research to identify environmental harms affecting human populations.to promote public education concerning the relationships between the environment and human health.to communicate environmental health risks to those exposed and to responsible public and private officials, thereby empowering people to take control over the quality of their environment.

What it reported doing in 2024

Our program accomplishments for the fiscal year are as follows:1. Sustained organizational operations during the leadership transition and continued program activities2. Maintained our website and our ejournal where we get over 50,000 visitors each year who access our research and information. We also sent daily emails concerning environmental threats to human health to over 700 individuals.3. Provided testimony and technical input to the Connecticut general assembly on environmental health, waste management, and water quality litigation. Specifically: 1. Sb 9: the use of neonicotinoids and second-generation anticoagulant rodenticides, 2. Hb6229: reducing single use plastics, 3. Hb6263: replacing gas powered leaf blowers with battery operated ones, 4. Hb6289: the use of drones to analyze, treat and apply fertilizers and pesticides to crops, 5. Hb6917: management of solid waste in ct, 6. 7174: protecting riparian buffers, 7. Sb 1154: limiting helium/lighter-than-air balloons. 4. Began literature review reasearch on the health impacts of pfas and microplastics.5. Maintained written materials interpreting enviromental health risks for policymakers and community stakeholders.6. Partcipated in public hearings, stakeholder meetings, and agency processes related to environmental health issues.

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 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

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 66
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 65
  • Sustainability: 74
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 63%; rating input score 63
  • Program expense ratio: 73.8%; rating input score 74
  • Fundraising efficiency: $16.8 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 84.6%; rating input score 85; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 3 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 38
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 28.8%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 9.67; rating input score 89; 89th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 114.5%; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -16.8% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -8.8% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 3.2% per year; rating input score 100; 39th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 63% of revenue deployed · 73.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 11 of 13 board members independent · 3 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $71K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $109K · 13 people listed
  • Consistency: 23 of 23 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2019 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 7 not reported.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 53/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 1/100.