Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
930718154
IRS 990 coverage
2014–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Portland, OR, USA
Phone
(503) 416-3256
Rating
82
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Public Health Program (Includes General Health and Wellness Promotion Services)

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$43,708,387
Expenses
$38,182,766
Assets
$290,777,221
Liabilities
$282,893,789

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

Leadership & pay

48 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • LAURA PLATERO (CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • TOM BECKER (EMPLOYEE): $370,119 total reported compensation
  • MIRANDA DAVIS (EMPLOYEE): $247,791 total reported compensation
  • LAURA PLATERO (CEO): $231,757 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 protect the rights, welfare, and dignity of American Indian and Alaska Native individuals and Tribes in the Portland Area by reviewing all research activities involving IHS facilities, data, staff resources, or funding. The PAIRB may also serve as the IRB of record for research conducted in Tribal or Urban Indian Facilities within the Portland Area that choose to rely on it for review.

What it reported doing in 2024

-the northwest portland area indian health board (npaihb)is a tribal advisory organization. It serves the forty-three federally recognized tribes of Oregon, Washington, and Idaho. The npaihb works on initiatives related to maternal and child health, research, data, technical assistance, and resource coordination. Additionally, the portland area indian health service provides access to healthcare for approximately 150,000 american indian/Alaska native residents in Oregon, Washington, and Idaho. -the mission of the northwest tribal epidemiology center is to collaborate with northwest american indian tribes to provide health-related research, surveillance, training and technical assistance to improve the quality of life of american indians and alaskan natives. -the environmental public health program supports northwest tribes by providing comprehensive environmental public health services grounded in indigenous knowledge and western science.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 84% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 60% for direct work, and 40% for grants.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and liabilities are high compared with assets.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 73
  • Transparency & Controls: 87
  • Accountability: 90
  • Sustainability: 69
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 78.7%; rating input score 79
  • Program expense ratio: 86.2%; rating input score 86
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd 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; 66th 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: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 12.6%; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 7.62; rating input score 89; 89th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.97; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 3.7%; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 18.1% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 17.6% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 37% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 2 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 3 operating locations identified
  • Where the money goes: 78.7% of revenue deployed · 86.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 42 of 42 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $32.9M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $370K · 48 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $1.3M reported
  • Consistency: 32 of 32 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 11 filing years from 2014 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 74 filed money-flow records
  • 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.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 7/100.