Institute for Child Healthcare Africa
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 923264845
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2024–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2025
- Location
- Wayzata, MN, USA
- Phone
- 8778295500
- Rating
- 54
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Nonmonetary Support N.E.C.
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $391,211
- Expenses
- $194,485
- Assets
- $307,602
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
6 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Paul Johnson (Vice President)
People named in this filing
- Paul Johnson (Vice President)
- Jerry Hoganson (Chairman)
- Kelly Yenawine (Treasurer)
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
ICHA organizes the annual Tiny Feet, Big Steps - Advancing Care of Critically Ill and Premature Babies in Africa conference
What it reported doing in 2025
In support of our mission to provide evidence-based, compassionate medical care to children through education, research and collaboration with hospitals throughout Africa in 2024 we accomplished: The 4th annual Tiny Feet, Big Steps Conference in Arusha, Tanzania. This conference hosted 210 nurses and doctors representing 22 African and non-African countries with 90 unique lectures and skills workshops over 6 days. In addition, the conference included a global team of instructors of 50 physicians, NICU nurses and allied health professionals from 40 academic institutions across 14 countries. This conference is internationally recognized as a platform for NICU teams to exchange innovations, quality improvement initiatives and network with others across the globe. In addition, our programs funded and supported Dr. Stephen Swanson and his NICU team at Arusha Lutheran Medical Centre ALMC. This team provides an innovative approach to Neonatology in East Africa focusing on education and training that is appropriate to the setting resulting in NICU survival rates rarely seen in East Africa. Dr. Swanson continued to deliver care to critically ill and preterm neonates at this hospital without the use of expensive, advanced - skill technologies like mechanical ventilators. Last, in partnership with the medical device company ONY Biotech, ICHA has been able to provide essential medical supplies such as CPAPs and surfactant to hospitals in East Africa.
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 63% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of voting board members are independent.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 53
- Transparency & Controls: 80
- Accountability: 0
- Sustainability: 75
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 42.5%; rating input score 43
- Program expense ratio: 85.5%; rating input score 86
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 88.9%; rating input score 89; 6th 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: 0%; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 0 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 0
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Fail
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 50.3%; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.58; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 70.2% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 53.3% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 93.8% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 42.5% of revenue deployed · 85.5% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 0 of 6 board members independent · 0 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $166K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
- Consistency: 12 of 13 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 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.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 43/100.
- High — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
- High — Accountability: Governance controls: 6 of 6 not reported.
- Review — Transparency & Controls: Foreign grants require schedule f did not reconcile in the filed values.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 53/100.