The Public Health Foundation

What it reported doing in 2024

Phf helps organizations prioritize challenges and make measurable improvements through its performance improvement consulting services. Sometimes this requires improving internal processes that result in improved efficiency, effectiveness, and better internal and external customer service. Other times, this requires working with stakeholder collaboratives to better understand root causes of health problems, align and refine diverse efforts of stakeholders, and achieve improvements in community health. Whether focusing internally, externally, or both, phf helps organizations achieve real improvement and impact.these technical assistance and training services provide facilitation and coaching to public health organizations to aid departments, agencies, boards, divisions and their community and healthcare partners in implementing performance management, quality improvement, and workforce development. All of these services are facilitated on-site and remote by phf's experts.the learning resource center (lrc) is an online bookstore dedicated to providing professionals with the educational and training materials they need to better protect public health and promote healthy communities.the phf website (www.phf.org) provides trusted information, and hundreds of tools and resources that help public health and healthcare organizations operate more effectively and efficiently, to improve community health.communication and cross-sector collaborations. Phf works across sectors to build capacity where it is needed and bring out the best in those working for healthier communities. Phf helps organizations connect and more effectively use information to manage and improve performance, understand and use data and strengthen the workforce.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 94.1%; rating input score 94
• Program expense ratio: 85.5%; rating input score 85
• Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
  • Compensation committee: Missing
  • Independent consultant: Missing
  • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
  • Written employment contract: Missing
  • Compensation survey or study: Missing
  • Board or committee approval: Pass
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: Limited
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• 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: -10%; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.8; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.28; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 20.8%; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 10.2% per year; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 8.1% per year; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 8.2% per year; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings