Institute for America's Health Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
371427221
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2013
Forms available
Form 990 2013, Form 990-PF 2010
Location
Atlanta, GA, USA
Phone
7702202500
Rating
76
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Single Organization Support

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,731,279
Expenses
$1,772,446
Assets
$497,153
Liabilities
$774,580

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2013. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DEBORAH BORNMANN ALLEN (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • STUART REESE (EXEC. DIRECT): $4,244 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2013. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The institute for america's health (iah) is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to fighting the national epidemic of childhood obesity and diabetes through research and education. Our mission is to inspire, motivate, and educate youth to make healthy lifestyle choices. By employing innovative methodologies and a whole-child approach, we create educational opportunities that address all areas of human growth and development. Our goal is to empower youth to become healthy productive adults and role models for future generations. We accomplish our mission through the following primary activities: 1)providing educational resources and opportunities to classrooms and communities in need; 2)supporting efforts to promote sound public policies, awareness, and education on critical health issues to youth advocacy at both the local and national levels; 3)conducting research on learning and behaviors (i.e., what influences a child's diet and physical activity choices); and 4)administer outrea

What it reported doing in 2013

Public policy to improve the health and wellness of our communities: the iah served in an advisory role to develop new public policies for the us department of health & human resources and the us department of agriculture. The iah was listed as a contributing author for the national alliance for nutrition and activity guidelines for the child nutrition and wic reauthorization act of 2004, approved by congress and signed into law by president george w. Bush. Health education research: the iah has participated in a number of research projects funded by government agencies and internationally recognized health foundations to determine the impact of health education on chronic illnesses, resulting from tobacco use and obesity. Examples: Alabama state department of education, Florida department of health, cdc, and currently the robert woods johnson foundation. Assist in the implementation of best practices and evidence based programs in schools & communities throughout the united states of america: the iah has assisted schools systems, state health and education agencies and foundations to implement school & community based health initiatives. Current programs are underway in chicago, il, Washington, d.c., atlanta, ga and the state of Alabama.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 65% 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

SUPPORTED - 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 fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 76
  • Transparency & Controls: 86
  • Accountability: 79
  • Sustainability: 27
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 81.6%; rating input score 82
  • Program expense ratio: 79.7%; rating input score 80
  • Fundraising efficiency: $7.05 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 91.7%; rating input score 92; 8th 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; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 4 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • 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: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -2.4%; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.28; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 1.56; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0.2%; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 19.6% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 85.3% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 81.6% of revenue deployed · 79.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 5 of 5 board members independent · 4 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $1.4M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $4K · 5 people listed
  • Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $109K reported
  • Consistency: 24 of 25 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2011 to 2013
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 42 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 7 not reported.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 30/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 29/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 15/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Schedule G fundraiser detail did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 3/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.