Tennessee Health Information Management Association Foundation
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 611682558
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2015–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2014
- Location
- Bluff City, TN, USA
- Phone
- 4237418299
- Rating
- 78
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Professional Societies, Associations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $44,463
- Expenses
- $31,905
- Assets
- $52,063
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
13 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Kelly Whitaker (President)
- Melissa Johnson (Vice President)
People named in this filing
- Laritha Boone (Director)
- Paula Swanson (Director)
- Melissa Koehler (Director)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The corporation's purposes are to conduct and sponsor educational programs of all types to foster the accumulation and exchange of health information management knowledge and to publish and disseminate such information to assist, sponsor, and encourage individuals pursuing careers in the health information management profession for the benefit of the general public to encourage and to motivate the receipt of grants by deed or will, or in any other matter, money, assistance, and any other form of contribution, whether real, personal or mixed property from any and every source, governmental as well as private, and particularly from any person or firm or from any public or private corporation or association of whatsoever nature, to be used in furtherance of the objects of the corporation to solicit, collect, receive, accumulate administer, and disburse funds and property in such a manner which will most effectively operate to further the charitable, scientific, literary, and educational p
What it reported doing in 2025
Expanded professional development opportunities for Tennessee HIM professionals through statewide educational programming, local association events, virtual learning offerings, and the THIMA Community of Practice, supporting lifelong learning and member engagement. Strengthened the THIMA Foundations support of future HIM leaders by continuing to fund scholarships for students pursuing Health Information Management careers and promoting educational advancement across Tennessee. Exceeded the budget to expense tracking monitoring allowing for a second positive year towards stabilizing the association. Enhanced member networking, mentorship, and knowledge-sharing opportunities through initiatives such as AHIMA M2M Connect, the THIMA Community of Practice, and ongoing collaboration among Tennessee HIM professionals. Maintained a strong statewide presence and member engagement strategy, supporting approximately 2,000 HIM professionals through THIMA and its five local associations while advancing the professions influence across Tennessee healthcare organizations.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
- 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.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 82
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 61
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 71.8%; rating input score 72
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 28.2%; rating input score 79; 79th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.63; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -7.6% per year; rating input score 0; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -9% per year; rating input score 0; 26th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 4.3% per year; rating input score 100; 54th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 71.8% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $32K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 13 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 10 filing years from 2015 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- 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 — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.