Public Health Foundation Enterprises Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
952557063
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
City of Industry, CA, USA
Phone
8002017320
Rating
81
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$686,293,901
Expenses
$685,534,980
Assets
$266,603,260
Liabilities
$239,404,206

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

Leadership & pay

28 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • BLAYNE CUTLER MD PHD (PRES. & CEO (THRU 9/2025))
  • ALI P MODARESSI (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR - LANES PROGRAM)

Highest reported compensation

  • BLAYNE CUTLER MD PHD (PRES. & CEO (THRU 9/2025)): $712,760 total reported compensation
  • BRIAN GIESELER (CFO (THRU 4/2025)): $505,007 total reported compensation
  • TIMOTHY SEIFERT (CHIEF HR OFF. (THRU 1/2025)): $432,588 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 enhance the health, wellness, and resilience of every community we serve - see schedule o for more details

What it reported doing in 2024

All other programsbridge HIV: bridge HIV is a global leader in HIV prevention research, working with bay area and international communities to discover effective HIV prevention strategies. Operating as a clinical trials unit within the san francisco department of public health and affiliated with the university of California, san francisco (ucsf), we conduct innovative research that guides global approaches in HIV prevention. As we search for innovative solutions to guide HIV prevention, we continue to conduct clinical trials of promising strategies to understand their effectiveness and safety across different populations at risk for HIV infection. These strategies include the search for an effective HIV vaccine, prep (preexposure prophylaxis), HIV self-testing, mhealth and interventions to help achieve health equity.angels child care food program: angels child care food program (ccfp) educates and trains licensed day care providers to provide nutritious meals that promote lifelong, healthy eating habits in children. Angels ccfp services licensed daycare providers in the los angeles, orange, riverside, and san bernardino counties with a nutrition education and reimbursement program. Angels ccfp plays a vital role in improving the quality of daycare and making it more affordable for many low-income families. Providers receive nutrition training and monitor visits every four months to assure that they are providing the required meals to children in their care. Each day, thousands of children receive nutritious meals and snacks through the program. Ceip: the California emerging infections program (ceip) is one of ten eip sites. Ceip is funded by the centers for disease control and prevention (cdc) and is sponsored by public health foundation enterprises, inc. (phfe). As part of the eip network, ceip has been an invaluable national resource for the surveillance, prevention, and control of emerging infectious diseases. Ceip functions under a cooperative agreement with cdc and is a collaboration among the California department of public health, the uc berkeley school of public health, the uc san francisco school of medicine, and multiple bay area local health jurisdictions.ceip was initiated in 1994 with directors arthur reingold, md, previous associate director gretchen rothrock, mph, and seven employees. It now employs over 40 staff, under newly appointed joelle nadle, associate director.sfhot: the san francisco homeless outreach team is a collaboration between the san francisco department of homelessness and supportive housing ("dhsh") and heluna health. The program seeks to reach chronically homeless adults on the streets of san francisco that are high-risk, hard-to-engage, and typically do not seek services. Sfhot case managers and outreach specialists build a rapport with homeless adults and connect them with vital services such as temporary shelter, mental health and substance use treatment, and permanent housing solutions. Epidemiology laboratory and capacity (elc) cdc covid-19 state, tribal, local, and territorial funding: the u.s. Government has taken unprecedented action to address the public health threat posed by this new coronavirus. To accelerate response efforts, cdc received supplemental funds through five congressional acts: the coronavirus preparedness and response supplemental appropriations act, 2020; coronavirus aid, relief, and economic security act; paycheck protection program and health care enhancement act; coronavirus response and relief supplemental appropriations act, 2021; and american rescue plan act of 2021. Cdc is actively funding state, tribal, local, and territorial public health organizations to meet the challenges of this fast-moving public health threat. The elc funding strengthens public health program growth while providing crucial flexibility needed to address emerging infectious disease issues. In the event of public health crisis, cdc often distributes funding through the elc. Through this

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 93% 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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and most voting board members are independent. The filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad and the filing does not identify recipients for some grant dollars.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 95
  • Transparency & Controls: 57
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 29
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 94.9%; rating input score 95
  • Program expense ratio: 95%; rating input score 95
  • Fundraising efficiency: $1,164.04 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 96; 96th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 4 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 67
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Pass
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Pass
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Scored; rating input score 0
  • Grant itemization coverage: Scored; rating input score 0
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 77th 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: 0.1%; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.39; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.9; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0.7%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 21.1% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 17% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 19.9% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 94.9% of revenue deployed · 95% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 11 of 11 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 5 filed program accomplishments · $651.1M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $713K · 28 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $3.7M reported
  • Consistency: 35 of 35 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 9 filed schedules · includes major donors, foreign activity, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 12 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.

  • High — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight scored 0/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 31/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 13/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 13/100.