MN School Based Health Alliance

Legal name: Minnesota School-based Health Alliance

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
872013650
IRS 990 coverage
2022–2025
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Minneapolis, MN, US
Phone
6128034308
Rating
81
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Nonmonetary Support N.E.C.

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$399,577
Expenses
$361,218
Assets
$99,022
Liabilities
$18,955

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

Leadership & pay

20 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Shawna Hedlund (Executive Director)

Highest reported compensation

  • Shawna Hedlund (Executive Director): $102,136 total reported compensation
  • Constance Sheehan (Program Manager): $67,413 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Optimize health and education outcomes for all young people in Minnesota through access to integrated health care in schools. When we support children’s health, we support learning. When we support learning, we strengthen our communities. Our priority is to ensure best practices in school-based care, address sustainability and equity of care delivered in schools, and expand school-based health initiatives, particularly in rural counties and pediatric healthcare deserts in Minnesota. MNSBHA is here to help schools identify assets and needs and work with community partners to help fill gaps beyond what a school district can do on their own. Rooted in strong connections, MNSBHA maintains internal and external relationships that have statewide impact and local influence.

What it reported doing in 2025

In 2025, MNSBHA continued its work as Minnesota's statewide capacity-building organization for school-based health centers. As a grantee of the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) with expertise in implementation, planning, and improvement, MNSBHA provided technical assistance to seven established networks of school-based health centers (SBHCs) and 17 emerging initiatives across the state. Building on its first year of operation, the Alliance continued to improve its SBHC Readiness Assessment, survey the SBHC workforce about needed support, maintain an electronic "Basecamp" for shared materials, advance a plan for uniform data collection across SBHCs, participate in statewide conversations about the impact of school-based health centers, and offer a Lunch and Learn series for the school-based healthcare Community of Practice. Additional 2024 activities included expanded programming, development of a Youth Council, and new tools for building sustainable school-based practices. After 50 years of steady growth averaging 2%, SBHC initiatives are now growing at a rate of 60%, with a focus on advancing rural programs. Annual outcomes include evaluation and data collection, guidance on adolescent care, and ongoing technical assistance to school districts. The Community of Practice meets monthly for training and collaboration. MNSBHA also builds relationships among organizations with aligned missions, including state offices, children's healthcare providers, community-based organizations, health professionals, educators, and lawmakers. In 2025, MNSBHA convened a statewide Summit attended by more than 250 healthcare professionals, educators, community leaders, and other partners, featuring interactive learning, networking, mentorship, panels, and keynote presentations focused on strengthening school-based health systems and expanding equitable access to care for Minnesota's young people.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 87% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 79
  • Transparency & Controls: 85
  • Accountability: 91
  • Sustainability: 33
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 86.1%; rating input score 86
  • Program expense ratio: 95.3%; rating input score 95
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 90.9%; rating input score 91; 15th 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: 7 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 78
    • 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: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 9.6%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.27; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.19; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 46.9%; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 12.8% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 1.4% per year; rating input score 100; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -27.4% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 3 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 86.1% of revenue deployed · 95.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 16 of 16 board members independent · 7 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $344K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $102K · 20 people listed
  • Consistency: 25 of 26 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2022 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 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.

  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 15/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 56/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 4/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 17/100.