High Alert Institute Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 275078437
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2012–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2025
- Location
- Lake Wales, FL, USA
- Phone
- 4073013458
- Rating
- 81
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Disaster Preparedness and Relief Services
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $15
- Expenses
- $130,974
- Assets
- $94,165
- Liabilities
- $205,181
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
16 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- MAURICE A RAMIREZ (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- DAVID J BILLINGSLEY (DIRECTOR)
- RYAN CHARKRA (DIRECTOR)
- HEIDI CORDI (SECRETARY, T)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
We envision a shared understanding that the health of all people, animals, plants, environments, and the planet are interconnected, interdependent systems. This is the core principle of the all hazards, one health, one nature (ahohn) framework. The ahohn framework, an approach that recognizes the deep interconnection between the health of people, animals, plants, and the environment. This holistic perspective has enabled us to develop integrated solutions that address complex global challenges-from climate change and health equity to environmental justice and sustainable innovation. Guided by the ahohn framework, we serve people, families, communities, businesses, and organizations worldwide - especially disabled, disadvantaged, historically marginalized, underserved, and unserved populations - through research, education, technology, and collaboration. The institute's values are embodied in the eight pillars of resilience - preparedness, response, recovery, education, equity, collabor
What it reported doing in 2025
4. Innovation & technology branch patented green technology: secured a new patent for a supercritical green energy technology designed to decarbonize the energy sector by converting waste into clean energy. Completed ai4changemakers health cohort: the institute participated in the tech to the rescue ai4changemakers technology accelerator program. As an ai4c health cohort member, the institute networked with 39 technology forward ngos internationally and refined two institute ai projects. As experts in health ai software regulation and safety, the institute provided instruction for a module of the accelerator program. Department of energy's technology transfer accelerator: in preparation for a cooperative research and development agreement (creda) with the doe, the institute is a participant in the doe's ip2capital technology-transfer accelerator. After completing phase 1, the institute and our partner solis power have been offered a funded creda with the doe. The institute continues in the ip2capital program as the sole full time participant in phase 2 of the accelerator. Launched let-cai health information system: in a landmark collaboration for the humanitarian healthcare initiative, we successfully launched the let- cai system to combat misinformation and improve health literacy globally. Recognized for innovation: received accolades from hhs and at cop-29 for our pioneering work in health system sustainability, climate health, and renewable energy. This includes our patented wind turbine noise mitigation system and our smart iaq ventilation system, which reduces airborne infection risk by up to 43%.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- 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. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 82
- Transparency & Controls: 90
- Accountability: 77
- Sustainability: 14
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 77%; rating input score 77
- Fundraising efficiency: $0 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 8; 8th 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: Limited
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 81.2%; rating input score 81; 26th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 5 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 71
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -873,060%; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.72; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 2.18; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 34.5% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 12.5% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 21.8% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 77% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 13 of 16 board members independent · 5 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $101K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 16 people listed
- Consistency: 20 of 20 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules
- Filing history: 14 filing years from 2012 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- 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 — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 8/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 0/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 23/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 2/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 58/100.