Minnesota Public Health Association Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
411270698
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2016–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Minneapolis, MN, USA
Phone
6129633243
Rating
67
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$66,391
Expenses
$97,807
Assets
$112,135
Liabilities
$12,717

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MERRY GRANDE (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • TYLER PYLE (PRESIDENT)
  • MELANIE FERRIS (PRESIDENT-ELECT)
  • KRISTIN MOORE (IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • MERRY GRANDE (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • TYLER PYLE (PRESIDENT)
  • MELANIE FERRIS (PRESIDENT-ELECT)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The mission of the Minnesota public health association (mpha) is to create a healthier Minnesota through effective public health practice and engaged citizens. Our vision is to be an active, independent voice for public health in Minnesota.

What it reported doing in 2025

Mpha policy forum series: the mpha policy forum breakfast series was held at the new brighton community center with recordings hosted on mpha's youtube channel. The policy forums focus on exploring a public health theme in more depth, providing participants with the opportunity to learn from a panel of experts as well as have networking discussions about the topic with others at the event. This year's theme was connecting the dots... A call to action!". The theme considered working outside the box to tackle some of our most difficult and persistent issues that directly impact public health, requiring public health professionals to work with non-traditional partners to ensure basic needs of people are met and sound policies exist to achieve optimum health for all minnesotans.the forum series dates and topics included the following: january 24, 2025...food insecurity; march 21, 2025...mental health; and may 2, 2025...housing.the forums consisted of a panel of speakers with opening remarks, discussion time, questions for the panelists and networking time. The forums are open to mpha members, guests and interested members of the public. Recordings facilitate learning by our audience who may be unable to attend these 2 hour sessions because of work commitments or travel restraints. The policy forums are also a popular way to reach and engage public health students who may be more interested in a particular topic.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
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 - 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 total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 41
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 29
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 46.4%; rating input score 46
  • Program expense ratio: 32.5%; rating input score 32

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -47.3%; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.15; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.11; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 8.2% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 6.4% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 8.8% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 46.4% of revenue deployed · 32.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 4 filed program accomplishments · $32K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 10 filing years from 2016 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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 46/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 32/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 13/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 51/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 14/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.