The Human Growth Project

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
921344087
IRS 990 coverage
2022–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
New York, NY, USA
Phone
9179680044
Rating
58
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Public Health Program (Includes General Health and Wellness Promotion Services)

Reported finances

Revenue
$961,993
Expenses
$1,244,807
Assets
$18,513,956
Liabilities
$19,440

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DR ALI RASHAN (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • DR ALI RASHAN (PRESIDENT): $167,308 total reported compensation
  • MICHAEL V GENOVESE (DIRECTOR, 8/27/24): $121,154 total reported compensation
  • JESSICA ZHOU (SECRETARY, 5/21/24): $38,923 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 corporation's purpose is to use research and technology data to educate practitioners and the public to improve healthcare. This will be accomplished utilizing digital data to provide more precise patient care and training to medical professionals. Independent contractors will be hired to analyze electronic data bases and document their findings and present it to the public and to train medical professionals. The corporation will also provide scholarships to educational institutions with medical programs as well as professionals in the medical field. The corporation will carry out these activities and its operations through funding from gifts and contributions from individuals, private corporations, and governmental grants. The publishing of public health data will allow the public to live healthier lives and trained doctors will lead to better patient care.

What it reported doing in 2024

In furtherance of its charitable and educational mission, the corporation's primary activities will include (i) reserach and review publicly available information utilizing data analytics to improve healthcare (ii) the creation of original educational materials, resources and programming, (iii) hosting of website information, educational lectures, forums, panels and conferences and (iii) active outreach to and support of individuals in the medical profession who are likely to benefit from such educational oppurtunities. The corporation seeks to educate doctors and medical professionals for the purpose of improving their performance and enriching leadership capabilities. The corporation will also provide financial support to educational institutions with established medical training programs as well as to individuals that are pursuing a career in the medical profession.

Operating model

Revenue model
Investment-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from recurring investment income.
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

MIXED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 80
  • Transparency & Controls: 60
  • Accountability: 14
  • Sustainability: 41
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 74%; rating input score 74
  • Fundraising efficiency: $0.19 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings

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: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 0%; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 3 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 33
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • 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: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -29.4%; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 14.87; rating input score 95; 95th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 79; 79th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 28.6%; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 124% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -126.6% per year; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 5.6% per year; rating input score 100; 41st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 74% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 0 of 2 board members independent · 3 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $922K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $167K · 5 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 27 of 27 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes executive pay
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 6 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.
  • 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 — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 2/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 6/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 8/100.