National Health Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
237314808
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Phone
2135380700
Rating
85
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Public Health Program (Includes General Health and Wellness Promotion Services)

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$18,248,289
Expenses
$18,962,427
Assets
$53,736,308
Liabilities
$28,237,594

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

Leadership & pay

16 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • FELITA JONES (PRESIDENT/CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • GEORGE GREENE ESQ (VICE CHAIR EX OFFICIO): $1,539,758 total reported compensation
  • PAUL YOUNG (MEMBER): $483,996 total reported compensation
  • FELITA JONES (PRESIDENT/CEO): $403,895 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

National health foundation's mission is to improve the health of individuals and under-resourced communities by taking action on the social determinants of health. Our vision is that all people, regardless of who they are or where they live, can achieve their highest level of health.

What it reported doing in 2025

National health foundation is an independent public charity dedicated to improving and enhancing the healthcare of the underserved by developing and supporting innovative programs that 1) can be independently viable, 2) provide systemic solutions to gaps in healthcare access and delivery, and 3) have the potential to be replicated nationally.a broad category covering several programs addressing the root causes of health disparities by working hand in hand with communities. The goal is to understand what health issues are pressing on communities and how they can be overcome by putting those ideas into action. Our focus deals with food and housing insecurity, built environment, research and education. Being healthy begins where we live, learn, work and play.

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.
  • 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. Expenses are high relative to revenue and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 93
  • Transparency & Controls: 84
  • Accountability: 78
  • Sustainability: 31
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 95.8%; rating input score 96
  • Program expense ratio: 89.5%; rating input score 89
  • Fundraising efficiency: $379.72 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 93; 93rd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 4 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 67
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Pass
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 71.4%; rating input score 71; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -3.9%; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.83; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.53; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 9.4%; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 12.5% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 11.4% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 18.1% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 95.8% of revenue deployed · 89.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 5 of 7 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $17M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $1.5M · 16 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $3.4M reported
  • Consistency: 35 of 35 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2009 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 8 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 5 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

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

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 12/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 24/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 28/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Federal audit findings: this organization reported findings in its latest federal Single Audit.