Mississippi Healthcare Alliance Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
800881660
IRS 990 coverage
2014–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Jackson, MS, USA
Phone
6013313104
Rating
90
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Alliance/Advocacy Organizations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$988,559
Expenses
$1,171,746
Assets
$375,064
Liabilities
$25,902

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

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • R HARPER STONE MD (PRESIDENT)
  • BARRY BERTOLET MD (VICE PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • CHRISTY MCGREGOR DNP RN (EX. DIRECTOR THRU 12/26/25): $106,000 total reported compensation
  • ANGIE CARTER (ADMIN ASST/ACCOUNTANT): $30,577 total reported compensation
  • DEE HOWARD (INTERIM EX DIR - START 12/8/25): $6,120 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

To improve the health status of mississippians and unite stakeholders to bring about an alignment of efforts that reduce morbidity, mortality and costs associated with problematic disease processes that plague the community.

What it reported doing in 2025

Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (ohca) & stemi: provided the cares (cardiac arrest registry to enhance survival) database to 66 hospitals and 19 ems agencies. Provided the chest painmi registry to 21 Mississippi stemi receiving hospitals. Sponsored 4 quarterly statewide mhca quality & msdh stemi/stroke advisory committee meetings, attended by a total of 170 healthcare professionals. Hosted quarterly mhca stemi coordinator meetings attended by 63 stemi coordinators. Aired stemi commercials 297,144 times, with 293,415 views and 167,263 households reached. Aired "dial don't drive" commercial 234,133 times, with 228,401 views and 143,174 households reached, on major streaming channels including fox news, paramount drama, hbo max, abc, and more. Recognized all chest painmi registry award winners on the mhca website and in congratulatory ads placed in publications throughout Mississippi. Distributed tnkase dosing guides and protocols at educational events targeting emts, advanced level providers, providers and nurses. Shared multiple social media posts and videos from mhca pages educating the public on how to handle ohca and stemi with a loved one, as well as risks, signs and symptoms. Shared an abstract poster presentation at the national cardiovascular data registry conference.stroke: reimbursed $75,325 to stroke hospital systems requesting reimbursement for the get with the guidelines stroke database. Funded rapid ai (rapid stroke alert on ct scanners) for 14 rural hospitals at a total of $227,150. Hosted quarterly mhca stroke coordinator meetings attended by 99 stroke coordinators. Held the statewide "advancing cardiac and neurological care in Mississippi" education program with 80 participants. Served as corporate sponsor of the 2025 srhs stroke symposium, with more than 400 participants. Sponsored 2 get with the guidelines stroke education classes for stroke coordinators. Recognized all Mississippi get with the guidelines winners on the mhca website and in ads placed around Mississippi congratulating local hospitals on their efforts. Distributed tnkase guides and protocols at educational events targeting emts, advanced level providers, providers and nurses. Shared social media posts regarding stroke signs, symptoms and protocols.sepsis: created a sepsis collaborative webpage housing information on standardized treatment protocols that ensure timely recognition and intervention. Developed blog entries and social media posts on sepsis to expand the reach of patient education. Offered education on the latest screening tools, medication therapies, and guidelines to a multidisciplinary audience, from pre-hospital care to icu management. Collaborated with hospitals and healthcare providers to promote standardized treatment protocols and improve patient outcomes. Aired 244,100 sepsis commercials on major streaming networks including, but not limited to, hbo max, paramount, nbc, and fox, with 237,248 completed views and 35,587 households reached.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 99% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 92% 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

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 total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 95
  • Transparency & Controls: 89
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 16
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 91.7%; rating input score 92
  • Fundraising efficiency: $67.17 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 92.9%; rating input score 93; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 97.1%; rating input score 97; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • 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: 8 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • 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: -18.5%; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.32; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.07; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 12.2%; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 9.1% per year; rating input score 100; 54th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 6.5% per year; rating input score 100; 45th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -1.4% per year; rating input score 0; 12th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 91.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 7 of 7 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $1.1M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $106K · 10 people listed
  • Consistency: 29 of 30 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 12 filing years from 2014 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 9 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 6 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.

Key Signals

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

  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 7/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 16/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 31/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 39/100.