Nebraska Urban Indian Health Coalition Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
470697260
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Omaha, NE, USA
Phone
4023640902
Rating
88
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$5,237,635
Expenses
$6,418,746
Assets
$20,131,669
Liabilities
$8,797,018

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

Leadership & pay

15 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DONNA POLK (CEO)
  • KENNETH BORYCA (CEO)
  • TRACY HARTMAN-BRADLEY (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • TINA KEARNEY (MEDICAL DIRE): $216,339 total reported compensation
  • DONNA POLK (CEO): $165,952 total reported compensation
  • VIRDELL GREGORY (CFO): $104,806 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

The coalition is a non-profit agency whose mission is to elevate the health status of urban indians and other underserved populations. They address health disparities through education, collaboration, advocacy and health service delivery.

What it reported doing in 2024

Soaring over meth and suicide (soms) is a prevention and community outreach program in response to the high rate of suicide and methamphetamine use among native americans. The coalition finds effective ways to offer native youth opportunities, healing, and education skills to increase protective factors, and decrease risk factors. Program goals are based around empowering and strengthening communities and families. Nuich serves meals and provides educational opportunities for elders, including: arts and crafts, outdoor gardening space, specialty trips and social gatherings. Nuihc will plant native/indigenous plants as well as vegetable garden plants in raised garden beds to teach participants how to plant, maintain and reap what they sow. Nuihc will contract with the owner of a yoga studio to teach the elders tai chi. Nuich provides transportation for native americans who have medical/dental related appointments in the three service areas but have no other means of transportation.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 66% 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.

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 liabilities are high compared with assets.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 91
  • Transparency & Controls: 84
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 32
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 99.3%; rating input score 99
  • Program expense ratio: 81%; rating input score 81
  • Fundraising efficiency: $46.28 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 4 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 67
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
    • Written employment contract: Pass
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • 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: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -22.6%; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.14; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.44; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 8.6%; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 8.3% per year; rating input score 100; 57th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 6.6% per year; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 20.6% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 99.3% of revenue deployed · 81% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 11 of 11 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $5.2M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $216K · 15 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 4 contractors listed · $768K reported
  • Consistency: 32 of 32 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2009 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 4 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • 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.

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 6/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 24/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 35/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Federal audit findings: this organization reported findings in its latest federal Single Audit.