Healthy Chesapeake Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
541735279
IRS 990 coverage
2018–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2017, Form 990-N 2015
Location
Chesapeake, VA, USA
Phone
7576908970
Rating
92
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Health - General and Rehabilitative N.E.C.

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$739,126
Expenses
$873,916
Assets
$332,906
Liabilities
$52,423

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

Leadership & pay

19 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • PHYLLIS STONEBURNER (EXECUTIVE DI): $105,835 total reported compensation
  • CATHY ROSENBERGER (SECRETARY): $69,879 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Healthy chesapeake is committed to building a culture of wellness that supports, sustains and advocates for a healthier chesapeake. To achieve this, healthy chesapeake recognizes that health and well-being are interconnected with social, cultural, physical, economic, and other factors. Healthy chesapeake both develops its own population health programs and provides support for community partners working in these areas. Programs are designed in response to priorities identified by the most recent chesapeake regional healthcare's community health needs assessment, the city of chesapeake's new chesapeake thrives plan "caring about our community's health and well-being,- and other dominant population health issues. Principal activities include programs to support access to and utilization of healthy foods, healthy lifestyles, chronic disease management, and early childhood development.

What it reported doing in 2024

Healthy chesapeake promotes access to and engagement in programs supportive of physical, behavioral, and mental health. This includes a no-cost chronic disease management clinic for low-income individuals with uncontrolled diabetes / hypertension; support groups, on-site training; a variety of free health- and engagement-focused community events; and other efforts to promote healthy, active lifestyles, and promote social engagement. Fiscal year 2025, efforts included: 1)offering a free weekly high-touch chronic disease management clinic to address participants' medical, social, and transportation needs serving a total of 52 clients in this reporting year. Partnering with the foodbank of southeastern Virginia and the eastern shore has provided over 32,000 pounds of food were distributed to clients. Hub clients are often seen over many years and participants have recorded an average 20% reduction in a1c levels. Participants interact with a nurse practitioner, registered nurse, and/or social worker. Utilizing the most conservative reimbursement figures from the centers for medicare and medicaid services fee schedule, the valuation of the free services exceeds 16,000. 2)partnering with chesapeake regional healthcare to implement the launch of their mobile clinic, including adjustment of operating hours to better serve community needs. Service expansion exceeded expectations, incorporating pediatric care and introducing routine school and sports physicals to address essential health requirements within the community. 3)sponsoring multiple interns and student experiences both virtually and in person for on-the-job training in health promotion and community services positions. 4)facilitating and originating community coalitions for early childhood development, to provide critical prevention and early intervention strategies to improve outcomes and developmental goals for young children and their parents. Continuing support of a neighborhood family resource center. 5)continuing health literacy work with community partners to provide consistent health education and information across the city of chesapeake utilizing healthier 757's rewards for healthy living platform.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
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: 97
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 16
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 96%; rating input score 96
  • Fundraising efficiency: $65.46 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 82; 82nd 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: 8 of 8 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: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -18.2%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.38; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.16; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 20.1%; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 9.9% per year; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 14.6% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 19.4% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 96% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 18 of 18 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $839K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $106K · 19 people listed
  • Consistency: 28 of 28 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2018 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.

  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 10/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 18/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 15/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 35/100.