The Center for Health Equity Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
593690403
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Quincy, FL, USA
Phone
8508754959
Rating
71
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Health - General and Rehabilitative N.E.C.

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,272,240
Expenses
$1,104,958
Assets
$998,017
Liabilities
$247,383

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

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • SHARON ROSS-DONALDSON (CEO/DIRECTOR)
  • KATRINA BOONE (PRESIDENT/CHAIR)

Highest reported compensation

  • SHARON ROSS-DONALDSON (CEO/DIRECTOR): $176,844 total reported compensation
  • CAROL GAGLIANO (DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS & E): $124,386 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The mission of the center for health equity is to facilitate improvements in health care delivery and health outcomes in order to optimize community health and eliminate health disparity, using tools that empower indigenous leaders and communities to develop, implement and evaluate health programs through research, education, training, advocacy and the practical application of evaluation principles and methods.

What it reported doing in 2024

Outreach and recruitment strategies will continue to come from a number of efforts, primarily referrals received as a result of the project staff educating the community about infant mortality, health disparities, and services provided through the project. Referrals for case management will continue to be received via the peer support group (psg) participants requesting services, referrals from community agencies, the school system, maternal and child health (mch) home visiting partners, county jail, and self-referrals. Community agencies, schools, and home visiting partners have been provided information on risk factors that make women, children, and fathers eligible for project services. Referral receipt process services include che staff contacting participants within 48 hours of receipt of the referral. Intake/assessment services include continued use of the following screening and assessments tools: (phq-9 depression screen, edinburgh, the perceived stress scale (pss), substance abuse assessment (saa), adverse childhood effects screen (ace), green flag/red/flag intimate partner violence (ipv) screen, a biopsychosocial assessment, ages and stages questionnaire (asq-d) developmental, asq social and emotional (asq-se), health literacy screening, female health behaviors survey, men's health questionnaire, the mos social support survey, participant/family medical history and the healthy start (hs) screens).

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 85% 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.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 72
  • Transparency & Controls: 65
  • Accountability: 78
  • Sustainability: 47
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 76.9%; rating input score 77
  • Program expense ratio: 88.5%; rating input score 89
  • 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: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 80%; rating input score 80; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 13.1%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.9; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.25; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 27.3%; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 5.4% per year; rating input score 100; 44th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 5.7% per year; rating input score 100; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 20.1% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 76.9% of revenue deployed · 88.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 4 of 5 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $978K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $177K · 6 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 30 of 30 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 11 filing years from 2011 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 8 not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 39/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 8/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 28/100.