Health Equity Council

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
473237659
IRS 990 coverage
2017–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2016, Form 990-N 2014
Location
Albquerque, NM, USA
Phone
5052461638
Rating
84
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Public Health Program (Includes General Health and Wellness Promotion Services)

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,072,763
Expenses
$1,016,676
Assets
$380,097
Liabilities
$195,873

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

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • HENRY CARDIEL (EXECUTIVE DI): $62,165 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

To improve health equity and quality of life in albuquerque and bernalillo county through coalition building, health assessment and planning, and supporting community action. To promote, advocate for, and achieve health equity for all bernalillo county inhabitants and communities, focused on five desired results: healthy and sustainable communities where all families and individuals have their basic needs met and prosper. Improved health and education outcomes for children / youth from pregnancy to age 25. Improved healthcare access and quality of service for uninsured and indigent population health equity. We will work to promote efforts for health equity and will also work to dismantle policies, systems, and environments that lead to inequities. To engage in health promotions that enable people to increase control over their own health.

What it reported doing in 2024

We have expanded into paid social media vs staff / contractors voluntarily adding it to their work. We were able to pivot and keep all staff employed when some of our federal funds were discontinued. We are working on giving out stipends for communtity projects through a partnership with the city of albuquerque. We have continued working on behavioral health through support from boty the city of albuquerque and bernalillo county. Our bilingual capacity is being utilized better in terms of education and interaction with the community. Our harm reduction outreach has expanded to include our checking on narcan dispensers across benalillo county. Our partnership for substance misuse prevention education has expanded. Our health eating and active living work is expanding to new partners.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 67% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
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. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 82
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 84
  • Sustainability: 37
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 78.5%; rating input score 78
  • Program expense ratio: 82.8%; rating input score 83
  • Fundraising efficiency: $1,168.21 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 98; 98th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • 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; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 62
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 5.2%; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.37; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.52; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 6.1%; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 9.5% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 16.3% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 24.9% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 78.5% of revenue deployed · 82.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 6 of 6 board members independent · 5 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $842K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $62K · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 30 of 30 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2017 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • 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.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 18/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 51/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 15/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 50/100.