Space Coast Health Foundation Inc

What it reported doing in 2024

The space coast health foundation is committed to improving the health and wellness of individuals and communities in brevard county, Florida. Specific community health care areas are chosen for funding using focus groups, one-on-one interviews with community representatives, regular meetings with providers and leaders from the community and quantitative research. Access to health care, mental health services, and social determinants of health are the areas identified as priority in the county. The foundation accomplishes its mission by financially supporting organizations and advocacy for physical and mental health and wellness services, especially for the under-and un-insured. With the closure of the second largest hospital in brevard county in april, 2025, a collaborative group of health providers, organized by space coast health foundation (schf), developed a plan to address medical needs in central brevard county. Schf received and distributed funds in the county to stabilize services. Grants were used to expand emergency services, maternity care, and staffing. The foundation also provides direct support and funding for two programs in the community, the children's advocacy center of brevard (cac) and lifetime counseling center (lcc). The children's advocacy center of brevard is a child-focused center where children alleged to be victims of abuse or neglect are interviewed, receive medical exams, therapy and other critical services in a non-threatening, child-friendly environment. The primary goal is to minimize the level of trauma experienced by child victims, improve prosecutions and provide services to the child and the children's non-offending caregivers. During 2024-2025, cac provided victim's advocacy services to 690 clients. The clinical intervention team, one of the specialized teams of the cac, received 123 referrals and provided 3,567 therapy session. The child protection team, another speicialized team, received 840 referrals for critical services and completed 1,461 assessments. Lifetime counseling center offers professional, confidental counseling to children, adolescents and adults either in person or virtually. Experienced clinicians help clients with substance abuse, anxiety, depression, grief and loss, eating disorders, behavior problems, and relationship difficulties. Licensed substance abuse counseling services are available for adults and adolescents, based on identified needs of each client. Individuals, couples, family and group sessions are available to meet the specific needs of each client. During 24-25, lcc served 921 clients and completed 14,338 billable hours. In addition to providing outpatient services, lcc clinicians presented the thrive within program, designed to help individuals build resilience and improve their overall health and well-being. Thrive within provided training in a variety of mental health topics to 1095 members of the community, 136 community members participated in educational groups designed to increase personal resiliency and 653 community members participated in the 30-day wellness challenge through social media.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
• Program expense ratio: 97.6%; rating input score 98
• Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
• Major donor itemization: Limited
• 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: -13%; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 6.17; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.04; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 5.6%; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 2% per year; rating input score 100; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: -4.5% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: -1.3% per year; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings