NATIONAL HBCU RESEARCH NETWORK FOR HEALTH SERVICES AND HEALTH National HBCU Research Network for Health Services and Health

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
510391251
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2020–2020
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2020, Form 990-N 2019
Location
Washington, DC, USA
Phone
2029814029
Rating
41
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Research Institutes and/or Public Policy Analysis

Reported finances

Revenue
$14,250
Expenses
$14,250
Assets
$0
Liabilities
$14,250

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2020. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Dr Connie Webster Pearson (President)
  • Dr Eleanor Walker (Immediate Past President)

People named in this filing

  • Dr Connie Webster Pearson (President)
  • Dr Elmira Asongwed (Treasurer)
  • Dr Elgloria Harrison (Secretary)

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 2020. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The purpose of the National HBCU Research Network is to promote health services and health disparities research by faculty at HBCUs focusing on African Americans and other underserved populations. This purpose is accomplished through a variety of activities that may include convening meetings to discuss pertinent issues related to the health status, supporting collaboration among researchers and faculty, conducting and disseminating research, establishing partnerships among HBCUs, state and federal government agencies, majority institutions, community based organizations, faith based organizations and other parties interested in reducing health disparities and improving the health status of African Americans and other under-served populations, facilitating access to funding that supports research and outreach initiatives conducted by researchers and faculty members, and advocating for policies that generate funding for research and outreach activities.

What it reported doing in 2020

Facilitating access to funding that supports researchers at HBCU.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 84% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up. 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: 0
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 29
  • Growth: NotEnoughData

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 0.3%; rating input score 0
  • Program expense ratio: 0.3%; rating input score 0

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: 0%; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: Limited
  • Asset growth: Limited

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0.3% of revenue deployed · 0.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $40 in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 9 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 0/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part III transfer expenses within program total did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 2/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 46/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.