Planned Parenthood of the Heartland Inc

What it reported doing in 2024

- public affairs -public affairs staff in Nebraska engaged volunteers in over 1,300 hours of outreach, advocacy and engagement activities at health centers, on college campuses, and in the community during fy25. This includes patient escorting, grassroots advocacy, and tabling at outreach events. In Iowa, public affairs staff educated and mobilized supporters to engage on issues impacting reproductive health throughout fy25. Iowa staff engaged over 13,000 supporters through 1:1 meetings, days of action, and relational organizing.in fy25, our generation action program continued with specific focus on our primary program in lincoln. Student led groups prioritized handing out safer sex kits and building a campus community of advocates for sexual and reproductive healthcare. While our staff provide resources and guidance to student organizers, our goal is to support the students in executing their vision for the group. Iowa public affairs staff expanded youth and campus organizing program to six college campuses. Young iowans from our planned parenthood generation action campus chapters hosted events to engage their peers, offer sexual and reproductive health education to students, and build community connections. The Nebraska raz program continued in fy25 with the goal of building trust with latine communities to ensure that our policy advocacy, community engagement, and power building goals and events are relevant to the needs and interest of latine and spanish-speaking community members in Nebraska. This year we put additional focus on voter registration and educating communities about our telehealth services, which are now available in spanish. Staff in Iowa and Nebraska continue to engage patient storytellers through the health center advocacy program, both through health center advocacy tables in four health centers in Iowa and two in Nebraska that allow patients to sign up to participate in various advocacy and educational programming and through the speakers bureau program. In lincoln and omaha, public affairs staff continued to train supporters to volunteer as health center patient escorts at their respective health centers. A new patient escort program was launched in ames, Iowa.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
• Program expense ratio: 78%; rating input score 78
• Fundraising efficiency: $5 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings

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: 99.7%; rating input score 100; 36th percentile among comparable filings
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 25%; rating input score 25; 6th 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: -37.2%; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.22; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 5.95; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 0.6%; rating input score 89; 89th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 2% per year; rating input score 100; 19th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: -3% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: -4.5% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings