West River Area Health Education Center

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
843791857
IRS 990 coverage
2020–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Box Elder, SD, USA
Phone
6057184077
Rating
83
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Alliance/Advocacy Organizations

Reported finances

Revenue
$732,967
Expenses
$813,119
Assets
$196,107
Liabilities
$145,247

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

Leadership & pay

11 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • TIM TRITHART (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • STEPHANIE MAYFIELD (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • STEPHANIE MAYFIELD (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $96,276 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Connecting students to careers, professionals to communities, and communities to better health.

What it reported doing in 2024

Wrahec healthcare career exploration events (grades 8-12): the wrahec reached a total of 14,826 students in grades 8-12 during this fiscal year. The events included: rcas stevens/central scrubs camp, women in science at sdsmt, spearfish scrubs camp, rcas central hosa students - anatomage table activitiy, pine ridge scrubs camp, sd hosa state conference, the international leadership conference for hosa in nashville, tn, stevens high school healthcare pathways classes, women in science at bhsu in spearfish, cohort v community impact project held for sd mines university students, summer nursing camp in spearfish, summer nursing camp in rapid city, and sdsmt mole day for 8th grade students in rural western South Dakota. These events are geared towards getting students excited and interested in the many types of healthcare careers. The following are a sampling of activities provided at these events: you are the cure video (13 min video on working in healthcare in western South Dakota, you are the cure booklets (provide information on jobs, schooling required, where to go to school while staying in South Dakota, and starting salary, 14' inflatable mega brain (students can walk through and around the inflatable brain to learn about many diseases of the brain as well as how to strive to keep their brains healthy), body interact 50" touch screen education simulator, anatomage digital dissection 50" touch screen, virtual dementia tour simulation, perception simulator (using occulus virtual reality headsets, cpr and choking maneuver skills, nutrition information, and we partnered with adea to provide dental health and career exploration to high school students.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 98% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 64% for direct work, and 36% for grants.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 75
  • Transparency & Controls: 94
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 16
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 87.5%; rating input score 88
  • Program expense ratio: 78.9%; rating input score 79
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • 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: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • 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: Fail
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -10.9%; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.24; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.74; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 11.8%; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 21.9% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 20% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 6.2% per year; rating input score 100; 44th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 87.5% of revenue deployed · 78.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 10 of 10 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $642K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $96K · 11 people listed
  • Highest-paid contractors: 2 contractors listed · $488K reported
  • Consistency: 31 of 31 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2020 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 3 filed related-organization links
  • 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 16/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 11/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Audit committee oversight not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 10/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 31/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Federal audit findings: this organization reported findings in its latest federal Single Audit.