Health Poverty Action USA
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 863924631
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2023–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2022
- Location
- Madison, WI, USA
- Phone
- 6082925237
- Rating
- 91
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- International Relief
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $132,913
- Expenses
- $113,050
- Assets
- $43,515
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
6 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Jini Jasti (President, Board of Directors)
People named in this filing
- Jini Jasti (President, Board of Directors)
- Leena Moiz (Member, Board of Directors)
- Oliver Kemp (Treasurer, Board of Directors)
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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Health Poverty Action USA acts in solidarity with health workers, activists & communities worldwide to improve health & challenge the causes of poverty. We do this in 3 distinct ways: 1. We approach health as an issue of social justice. We recognize that the greatest causes of poor health worldwide are political, social & economic injustices. That is why we tackle the root causes of poor health as well as the symptoms. 2. We prioritize those missed out by others. Development organizations tend to cluster together which leaves large populations with almost no support at all. We make these most neglected populations our highest priority. 3. We address the full range of factors which impact on health. As well as strengthening health services we work on areas such as nutrition, water, sanitation, immunization, & income generation. Tackling one cause of poor health in isolation can give the appearance of improving health, but in reality might do little more than change the cause of death.
What it reported doing in 2025
We work with communities and public health services to improve access to equitable, culturally appropriate care for Indigenous Maya communities in Guatemala, directly supporting 2,368 people through this full project. We are supporting the Ministry of Health to expand culturally appropriate services from 7 to 33 districts, including training staff in intercultural care across health centers and hospitals and equipping facilities with appropriate resources. We have also facilitated dialogue between communities and health workers to build trust and supported practical initiatives, such as building/strengthening 24 medicinal plant gardens that bring together Indigenous Maya medicine and public health practice. This means that community members do not have to decide whether to retain cultural values and practices or to abandon them for state health services. Additionally, we have begun developing a culturally appropriate approach to mental health therapies to address conditions that are taboo, so often go unrecognized, through interviews with Traditional Birth Attendants, Curers, Spiritual Guides and community Nurses to gauge their understanding of various mental health conditions. Public health services in Guatemala have historically not met the needs of Indigenous communities. Our work supports more inclusive health systems by strengthening cultural competence and adapting services to better reflect local needs and knowledge.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 87
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 56
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 81.8%; rating input score 82
- Program expense ratio: 96.2%; rating input score 96
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 14.9%; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.38; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 37.4% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 24.6% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 32.6% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 81.8% of revenue deployed · 96.2% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $109K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 3 filing years from 2023 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 — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 32/100.