Health Assessment Lab Inc C/o Ba Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
043383748
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Rockland, MA, USA
Phone
8023561212
Rating
62
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Medical Research N.E.C.

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$205,215
Expenses
$451,730
Assets
$4,200,868
Liabilities
$448,239

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DR MICHAEL ZUBKOFF (DIRECTOR & CEO, CSO)

Highest reported compensation

  • DR EUGENE NELSON (DIRECTOR): $154,192 total reported compensation
  • DR MICHAEL ZUBKOFF (DIRECTOR & CEO, CSO): $146,850 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

1) development & validation of new measures 2) translation & adaption of tools for use in international research 3) technical assistance in support of patient -based tools in a variety of specific applications 4) education & training in patient reported outcomes.

What it reported doing in 2024

Health assessment lab (hal) is a research center that works with a network of u.s. And international researchers. Hal's activities focus on the worldwide advancement of patient-based health status assessment through: (1) development of highly efficient survey methods for assessing health outcomes from the patient's point of veiw; (2) translation and validation of health status questionnaires; (3) provision of technical assistance to users of the questionnaires; and (4) educational outreach. In particular, hal is well-known for its work with sf-36r and sf-12r health surveys, which are the most widely-used patient-based health status questionnaires in the world. The product of hal's research are used in clinical research, clinical practice and population monitoring.in june 2010, the organization's board of directors announced the establishment of the alvin r. Tarlov and john e. Ware, jr. (tarlov/ware) doctoral dissertation award in patient report outcomes. In 2011, the organization's board established the tarlov/ware post doctoral award program in patient reported outcomes. The purpose of these awards is to encourage doctoral dissertations and post doctoral studies on patient reported outcomes. In 2016, the board established the tarlov/ware career achievement program, which will be awarded annually during the plenary session of the international society in healthcare (isqua) annual meeting, & agreed to support an annual pre-conference workshop on patient reported outcomes. The organization awarded educational/research grants totaling $63,500 and $63,500 for the years ended december 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively.

Operating model

Revenue model
Investment-supported. 62% of the money available for current operations came from recurring investment income.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 83% 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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 83
  • Transparency & Controls: 68
  • Accountability: 23
  • Sustainability: 30
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 82.9%; rating input score 83
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th 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; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 0%; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 56
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • 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: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -120.1%; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 9.3; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.11; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 66.6%; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 1.1% per year; rating input score 100; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -0.2% per year; rating input score 0; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -0.7% per year; rating input score 0; 22nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 82.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 0 of 4 board members independent · 5 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $374K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $154K · 4 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 29 of 29 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes grants and executive pay
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 2/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 2/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 26/100.