Green & Healthy Homes Initiative - Rhode Island

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
920578484
IRS 990 coverage
2024–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2023
Location
Providence, RI, USA
Phone
4436928317
Rating
85
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Human Service Organizations

Reported finances

Revenue
$215,826
Expenses
$215,826
Assets
$252,250
Liabilities
$252,250

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DOUGLAS W NELSON (BOARD PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • DOUGLAS W NELSON (BOARD PRESIDENT)
  • INEZ ROBB (BOARD SECRETARY)
  • RUTH ANN NORTON (BOARD TREASURER)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

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

Overview

Mission

Green & healthy homes initiative - Rhode Island ("ghhi ri") provides services in the state of Rhode Island to: address the social determinants of health through healthy housing; provide programs, services and technical assistance that support the creation of healthy, safe and energy efficient homes; and provides education, promotes standards and generates resources that support the creation of healthy, safe and energy efficient homes. Ghhi develops public and private partnerships and innovative funding sources to scale direct services that provide comprehensive housing assessments, client education, and remediation of home-based environmental health hazards and energy loss for low-income families and communities. Ghhi provides services in Rhode Island that may also include technical assistance and consulting with regard to green and healthy housing, integrated service delivery models, data and evaluation and innovative financing development.

What it reported doing in 2024

The ghhi ri team has moved out of the start up phase and has officially been in the intermediate phase to achieve 180 home health assessments and completed interventions. Ghhi ri has conducted a total of eight home environmental assessments through december 2024. In september 2024, ghhi hosted its first ri community advisory board (ri cab) meeting, to amplify the voices of community members and ensure that our initiatives are responsive totheir needs. By providing an opportunity for program participants and residents to provide valuable feedback and guidance, it will help us shape effective strategies aimed at improving our program processes.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% 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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 89
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Accountability: 88
  • Sustainability: 40
  • Growth: NotEnoughData

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

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: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 80%; rating input score 80; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • 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: 0%; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.17; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 1; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: Limited
  • Asset growth: Limited

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 4 of 5 board members independent · 7 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $216K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 12 of 12 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 39/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 45/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 5/100.