Health Connections of the Upper Valley

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
800195179
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2010–2016
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2016
Location
North Pomfret, VT, USA
Phone
8024574780
Rating
91
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Community Health Systems

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$150,576
Expenses
$182,226
Assets
$0
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2016. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Catherine Hazlett (Executive Director)
  • Leanne Tapley (President)
  • Ken Parker (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Catherine Hazlett (Executive Director)
  • Leanne Tapley (President)
  • Ken Parker (Vice President)

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

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2016. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To engage in any lawful activities, including without limitation, educational, charitable, benevolent, social, cultural, athletic, scientific, or commercial programs, by itself, or in collaboration with others, to address unmet health needs by providing education and resources to help youth and adults residing in Vermonts Upper Valley including, but not limited to, the towns of Hartford, Norwich, Royalton, Sharon, Strafford, Thetford, and Turnbridge, to make healthy lifestyle choices and to achieve higher levels of wellness.

What it reported doing in 2016

Working with community members to identify and prioritize health needs, collaborate with other community based organizations, town officials, and others to accomplish outcomes and achieve health objectives.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 98% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 89% 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: 94
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 4
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 85.2%; rating input score 85

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -21%; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 38.2%; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 5.7% per year; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 4.7% per year; rating input score 100; 49th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -8.2% per year; rating input score 0; 16th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 85.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $155K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2010 to 2016
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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.

  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 6/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 1/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 8/100.