North Texas Healthy Communities

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
464513182
IRS 990 coverage
2014–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2013
Location
Arlington, TX, USA
Phone
6822367900
Rating
77
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Public Health Program (Includes General Health and Wellness Promotion Services)

Reported finances

Revenue
$12,113,573
Expenses
$12,113,993
Assets
$0
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

22 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • BerdanBarclay E (THR CEO/Trustee)
  • TesmerDavid J (President)

Highest reported compensation

  • BerdanBarclay E (THR CEO/Trustee): $5,590,405 total reported compensation
  • KramerKenneth J (Assist Secretary): $1,617,416 total reported compensation
  • TesmerDavid J (President): $899,093 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Focus on the delivery of community benefit through well-being improvement initiatives. Committed to providing for the health of the community, north Texas healthy communities plans to be involved in a variety of projects which will help the community at large.

What it reported doing in 2024

Following certification of Fort Worth as a Blue Zones Community in 2018, North Texas Healthy Communities (NTHC) - a well-being outreach arm of Texas Health that implements Blue Zones Project and other best practices - has continued to greatly expand its community health efforts throughout North Texas. Collaborating with schools, faith communities, worksites, and neighborhoods identified by Texas Health's Community Health Needs Assessment, NTHC supports community well-being by fostering equitable and affordable access to healthy foods, promoting mental health, and enhancing literacy success. Major initiatives implemented in 2024 include: Good For You Healthy Hubs, offering fresh produce in schools and community organizations. Double up Food Bucks, which matches SNAP benefits for fresh produce at farmer markets and grocers. Building, refurbishment and curriculum support for School Learning Gardens Sponsorship of Scholastic Book Fairs and literacy support. Mental Health First Aid training Refurbishment of School recess and playground areas, and support for movement and mindfulness activities. Culled Produce recovery and redistribution to farms and communities Support for community centers through programming and access to fresh produce Community Outreach primarily to the homeless in the Dallas area by providing assistance with temporary housing, transportation vouchers, addiction recovery, and health maintenance and screening. Through these various programs, NTHC engaged more than 280 volunteers.

Operating model

Revenue model
Affiliate-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions from related organizations.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 64% for direct work, and 36% for grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 80
  • Transparency & Controls: 76
  • Accountability: 87
  • Sustainability: 15
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 89.7%; rating input score 90
  • Program expense ratio: 89.7%; rating input score 90
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Missing
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 99.9%; rating input score 100; 38th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 93.8%; rating input score 94; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 78
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • 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: -0%; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 16.9%; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 1% per year; rating input score 100; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 15.4% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -28.7% per year; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 89.7% of revenue deployed · 89.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 15 of 16 board members independent · 7 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $10.9M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $5.6M · 22 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $1.2M reported
  • Consistency: 26 of 26 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, executive pay, and related organizations
  • Filing history: 10 filing years from 2014 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 24 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 99 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 — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 9 not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 31/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 6/100.