Mobile Health Clinics Association

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
271234557
IRS 990 coverage
2012–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2011
Location
St Louis, MO, USA
Phone
9177675521
Rating
83
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Nonmonetary Support N.E.C.

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,259,876
Expenses
$1,350,154
Assets
$1,608,839
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

13 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ELIZABETH WALLACE (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • ELIZABETH WALLACE (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $144,633 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

To promote and serve the mobile healthcare sector through advocacy of the benefits of delivering health care using mobile platforms, education, and research in order to increase access to care for all.

What it reported doing in 2024

Membership: mobile healthcare association currently has more than 530 member organizations. Mha provides members with education and networking opportunities such as special interest group discussions, and a quarterly electronic newsletter. Mha offers a live webinar series and makes the recording available for member viewing. Members also receive access to management resources and program development and operation assistance tools. The association launched technical assistance a coaching program. Six-month program offered group coaching, mentorship and peer learning to 36 mobile programs that had launched within the past 3 years. The mobile healthcare learning lab series, debuted in 2024, breaks down topics related to the (continued on schedule o) establishment, maintenance, and operation of a mobile health clinic, with to-do lists and practical solutions for real-life scenarios in bite-size online content. Launched in january 2024 and delivered directly to members inboxes, the monthly fundraisiing news alert offer invaluable up-to-the-minute information about grant opportunities in the areas of mobile health and health equity, as well as useful fundraising tips and best practices. Topics include utilizing data in grant proposals, hosting nonprofit events, and deepening donor relationships.special interest groups: in 2024, the association hosted 20 different special interest group meetings. Sigs provide a forum for interactive discussion, best practice sharing and informational speakers on specfic content areas of interest to the membership. Sigs focus on program evaluation and impact, mammography, pediatrics, vision and sexual & reproductive health.spring intensive training course: in 2024, the association offered its members a 6 hour online training course on how to start & operate a mobile program. This course was attended by 178 people.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 77% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 82% 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. The filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 86
  • Transparency & Controls: 78
  • Accountability: 90
  • Sustainability: 39
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 95.6%; rating input score 96
  • Program expense ratio: 89.2%; rating input score 89
  • Fundraising efficiency: $6.08 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 91.7%; rating input score 92; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: 3 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 38
    • Claims monitoring procedures: Pass
    • Requires narrative reports: Pass
    • Conducts field audits: Fail
    • May suspend future funding: Fail
    • Requires financial reports: Pass
    • Conducts site visits: Fail
    • Requires grant agreements: Fail
    • May require repayment: Fail
  • Grant itemization coverage: 96.9%; rating input score 97; 44th 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; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -7.2%; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.19; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 10.7%; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 20.3% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 16.3% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 26.4% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 95.6% of revenue deployed · 89.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 11 of 11 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $1.2M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $145K · 13 people listed
  • Consistency: 30 of 31 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors, foreign activity, and grants
  • Filing history: 12 filing years from 2012 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 20 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 19 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.

  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight: 5 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 23/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 21/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 48/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 34/100.