Howard Community Healthcare Foundation Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
134308061
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Willits, CA, USA
Phone
7074592777
Rating
69
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Community Foundations

Reported finances

Revenue
$462,407
Expenses
$9,060
Assets
$2,850,507
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • WILLIAM BOWEN MD (PRESIDENT)
  • RICHARD WILLOUGHBY (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • ARNIE MELLO (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • ARNIE MELLO (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $117,955 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 engage in activities which support the frank r. Howard memorial hospital's mission to provide accessible, affordable, diverse and quality healthcare to all residents of willits, ca.

What it reported doing in 2024

Our mission is to advance excellence in healthcare, education and research through philanthropy. Our foundation's funds are used for projects that improve health care, but are not a part of the general operating budget of frank r howard memorial hospital, which is a healthcare organization that the foundation routinely supports through capital campaigns, etc. Gifts to howard community healthcare foundation, inc, are used to construct and upgrade facilities, which no doubt have an economic impact on our region, purchase patient care equipment, enhance patient-related programs and services, provide education programs to improve the health of our region's citizens, provide scholarships to outstanding students embarking on careers in healthcare, support medical research, and build endowment to assure, in perpetuity, that healthcare in our community and region meets the highest standards of care and service.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 81% 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

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 46
  • Transparency & Controls: 94
  • Accountability: 84
  • Sustainability: 86
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 3.6%; rating input score 4
  • Program expense ratio: 99.3%; rating input score 99
  • Fundraising efficiency: $12,770 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 100; 100th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • 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: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 98%; rating input score 100; 100th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 314.63; rating input score 100; 100th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: Limited

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -28.3% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -8.7% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 3.3% per year; rating input score 100; 39th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 3.6% of revenue deployed · 99.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 5 of 5 board members independent · 5 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $9K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $118K · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 17 of 17 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • 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: Mission deployment rate scored 4/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.