Global Health Council C/O GLOBAL IMPACT

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
521048393
IRS 990 coverage
2013–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-T 2024
Location
Washington, DC, USA
Phone
7037175200
Rating
83
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Research Institutes and Public Policy Analysis

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,463,170
Expenses
$1,282,363
Assets
$2,516,410
Liabilities
$277,427

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

16 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ELISHA DUNN-GEORGIOU (PRESIDENT & CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • ELISHA DUNN-GEORGIOU (PRESIDENT & CEO): $299,099 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Global health council is the leading membership organization supporting and connecting advocates, implementers, and stakeholders around global health priorities worldwide. The global health council, inc. (the "council"ghc") was incorporated in 1972 as a non-profit organization. The council envisions a world where health for all is ensured through equitable, inclusive, and sustainable investment, policies, and services and is dedicated to improving health globally through increased investment, robust policies, and the power of the collective voice. The council takes a "big tent" approach to membership encompassing the widest representation of the global health community as possible and designs its services to respond to the evolving needs of our constituents. The council supports its membership through three primary functions: (1) convening: networking, partnership and coordination amongst members and between members and external stakeholders; (2) communicating: providing a learnin

What it reported doing in 2025

Policy and advocacy engage with the global health community around today's most important global health priorities. Ghc meets with u.s. Congressional and administration leaders to advocate for increased visibility, leadership, and investment on global health policy and budget priorities. Ghc works in partnership wtih the global health advocacy community to emphasize the importance of sustained funding levels and push for other critical global health 'asks encourages ghc members to gather at our evening salons to catch up with colleagues, discuss policies and practices, and share ideas. Ghc makes available an advocacy resource hub to find information on initiatives and advocacy tools, including the global health briefing book, messaging, data, documents, and impact stories.

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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and liabilities are high compared with assets.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 72
  • Transparency & Controls: 89
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 57
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 71.6%; rating input score 72
  • Program expense ratio: 79.9%; rating input score 80
  • Fundraising efficiency: $13.42 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 5 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 83
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Pass
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
    • 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 8 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: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 12.4%; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.96; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.11; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 4.6%; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 9.2% per year; rating input score 100; 55th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 8.3% per year; rating input score 100; 54th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 20% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 71.6% of revenue deployed · 79.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 15 of 15 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $1M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $299K · 16 people listed · 5 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 25 of 25 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 13 filing years from 2013 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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: Fundraising efficiency scored 44/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 33/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 51/100.