Finger Lakes Health Systems Agency

What it reported doing in 2024

In 2024, common ground health supported schools in hosting global school play day at locations across rochester; hosted the playful learning summit to support teachers in tapping play to transform education; hosted speak life! To promote improved health outcomes for all; hosted the hair and health symposium to focus on the connection hair, skin and nails have to health; supported and trained barbers and beauty salons who promoted health literacy in their communities through events and outreach and improved access to naloxone to reverse overdoses; provided mental health education for faith leaders and community groups; supported and trained churches and faith communities in promoting health literacy and improved outcomes through events and outreach; hosted events for the national week of prayer for healing of AIDS; offered training for mental and behavioral health providers to help them better serve the community; convened health coalitions to better understand barriers to accessing physical and mental health services; collected personal care items for older adults in nursing homes; launched an advertising campaign and external activities to raise awareness of infant and early childhood mental health that babies and toddlers need early relationships full of love and support for optimal, lifelong physical, mental, and cognitive health and well-being; convened the healthi kids coalition to understand and promote the adoption of whole child health principles in community planning; worked with rochester r-centers to improve food and nutrition standards, with the city of rochester to promote expanded opportunities to play and be physically active, and with the rochester city school district to implement the district's wellness policy; co-convened the food policy council to promote food access in rochester; convened the regional consortium on health care workforce to advance regional workforce initiatives; advanced age-friendly initiatives in the region; convened the senior adult community engagement group to foster participation in internal and external regional health projects; supported a walk audit to assess the walkability, safety and accessibility of a suburban area; supported partners in hosting the urban ag conference; repainted a street mural to improve visibility at an intersection with a history of accidents; performed data analyses and published information health spotlight reports on social isolation and loneliness, youth mental health after the covid-19 pandemic, life expectancy, the top health concerns of local residents, what supports are needed to help older adults age in place; updated analyses of sparcs, mortality and claims databases and population estimates from the u.s. Census; updated our internal insights platform to better analyze diverse data sets; created a dashboard to allow easier analysis of my health story 2022 survey data; and supported partner projects that align with regional health planning.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 85.1%; rating input score 85
• Program expense ratio: 86.6%; rating input score 87
• Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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: Missing
  • Written employment contract: Missing
  • Compensation survey or study: Pass
  • Board or committee approval: Pass
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: Limited
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 70.4%; rating input score 70; 11th 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: 2.2%; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.64; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.61; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 13.8%; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: -5.4% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: -5.5% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: -0.4% per year; rating input score 0; 11th percentile among comparable filings