Interact for Health

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
310932681
IRS 990 coverage
2018–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Cincinnati, OH, USA
Phone
5134586600
Rating
85
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$5,702,663
Expenses
$13,383,134
Assets
$262,534,247
Liabilities
$4,728,839

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

Leadership & pay

25 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • KATE SCHRODER (PRESIDENT & CEO, DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • KATE SCHRODER (PRESIDENT & CEO, DIRECTOR): $355,116 total reported compensation
  • PATRICIA RUWE (VP, FINANCE & OPERATIONS): $234,849 total reported compensation
  • ROSS MEYER (VP, STRATEGY & SECRETARY): $220,802 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Interact for health is a foundation that works with communities to advance health justice to ensure that people in our region are healthy and thriving, regardless of who they are or where they live. More information is available on our website www.interactforhealth.org.

What it reported doing in 2024

Direct charitable programs: interact for health programs that benefit the community, including project-related technical assistance for grantees; convening community and grantee learning groups; non-profit capacity building educational programs for grantees and other non-profits; public communications regarding community health status and health policy; data acquisition and analysis services designed to help or inform grantees, health care planners, program evaluators, policy makers and the public; and staff participation in community health planning efforts, particularly in improving health and promoting health in our region.

Operating model

Revenue model
Investment-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from recurring investment income.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 41% for direct work, and 59% for grants.

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 revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 86
  • Transparency & Controls: 88
  • Accountability: 96
  • Sustainability: 40
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 91.7%; rating input score 92
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 93.8%; rating input score 94; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 4 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 67
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 99.4%; rating input score 99; 38th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 93.3%; rating input score 93; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • 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: -134.7%; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 19.62; rating input score 96; 96th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 13.4%; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 6.7% per year; rating input score 100; 49th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -8.4% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 3.8% per year; rating input score 100; 28th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 91.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 14 of 15 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $12.3M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $355K · 25 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 3 contractors listed · $387K reported
  • Consistency: 36 of 37 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes grants, executive pay, and related organizations
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2018 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 73 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 65 filed related-organization links
  • 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 21/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.