Healwell
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
Touch, Teach, Advocate. We touch people affected by illness. We teach massage therapists how to provide care safely and effectively. We advocate for access to that care and for a broader role for massage therapists in healthcare. Our organization partners with clinical facilities and hospitals to conduct massage thereapy to hospitalized patients.
- Income
- $768,881
- Spending
- $826,163
- Spent on programs
- 61%
- Reserves
- 1.8 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- fees for its services, 76%
- Employees
- 30
- Volunteers
- 30
- Highest pay
- $87,975, executive director
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Fair: 53 out of 100. Higher than 19% of charities in its peer group (health care, $250k to $1m).
Reserves
10 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 1.8 months of spending.
Debt
16 of 20It owes 19% of what it owns.
Living within its means
4 of 15Spending exceeded income by 7% of income.
Income trend
15 of 15Income rose 0% on the year before.
Spending floor
8 of 1561% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 21 cents.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
Good: 70 out of 100. Higher than 39% of charities in its peer group (health care, $250k to $1m).
Independent board
25 of 259 of 9 voting board members are independent.
Conflict of interest policy
15 of 15Has a written conflict of interest policy.
Whistleblower policy
0 of 8Reports no written whistleblower policy.
Record keeping policy
0 of 7Reports no written policy on keeping and destroying records.
Board minutes
5 of 5Keeps minutes of board meetings.
Board sees the tax return
0 of 10Did not give the board a copy of this return before filing it.
Pay set independently
0 of 5Reports no independent review process for its chief executive's pay.
Independent check of accounts
15 of 15Its accounts were audited by an independent accountant.
No reported misuse
10 of 10Reports no diversion of assets, excess benefits or loans to insiders.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (2)
- $356,936 spent. SERVICEHEALWELL MASSAGE THERAPISTS WORKED AT 11 DIFFERENT FACILITIES THROUGHOUT THE DC METRO AREA FROM HOWARD COUNTY MARYLAND TO FAIRFAX, VIRGINIA, AS WELL AS PROVIDING CARE TO PATIENTS IN THEIR HOMES IN A CATCHMENT AREA SPANNING SOUTHERN MARYLAND TO WESTERN VIRGINIA-OUR THERAPISTS TOUCHED MORE THAN 10,000 PATIENTS, STAFF, AND CAREGIVERS-ADDED NEW ONCOLOGY MASSAGE PROGRAM AT JOHNS HOPKINS HOWARD COUNTY CANCER RESOURCE CENTER-ADDED NEW HOME-BASED PEDIATRIC HOSPICE PROGRAM IN PARTNERSHIP WITH CAPITAL CARING KIDS-ADDED 2 NEW MASSAGE THERAPISTS TO OUR TEAM-EXPANDED OUR AMBULATORY/OUTPATIENT PROGRAM WITH LIFE WITH CANCER AND OUR INFUSION CENTER PROGRAM AT GEORGETOWN LOMBARDI CANCER CENTER- 1700 SESSIONSWITH OUTPATIENT ONCOLOGY SESSION CONDUCTED THROUGH LIFE WITH CANCER EDUCATION GRADUATED 10 MASSAGE THERAPISTS FROM ALL OVER THE US PENNSYLVANIA, CALIFORNIA, ILLINOIS, INDIANA, OHIO, VIRGINIA, WASHINGTON, DC, KENTUCKY AND UTAH FROM OUR INAUGURAL OFFERING OF A 9-MONTH PALLIATIVE MASSAGE THERAPY CERTIFICATE PROGRAM. HELD IN-PERSON HOSPITAL BASED TRAINING FOR ADULTS AND PEDS IN WASHINGTON DC, INCLUDING A 6-DAY PEDS/ADULT CLINICAL ROTATION SPECIFIC TO THE 9-MONTH PALLIATIVE TRAINING PROGRAM-HOSTED 2 SCAR TISSUE MOBILIZATION CLASSES TAUGHT BY INTERNATIONAL FASCIA EXPERT CATH RYAN-1549 ENROLLMENTS FROM 300 UNIQUE STUDENTS
- $145,525 spent. RESEARCH BEGAN ENROLLING AND TREATING PEDIATRIC BONE MARROW TRANSPLANT PATIENTS IN MULTI-SITE STUDY WITH CHILDRENS HOSPITAL OF PHILDELPHIA AND CHILDRENS NATIONAL HOSPITAL PARTNERED WITH MAYO CLINIC IN FLORIDA TO CONDUCT RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL OF APP-BASED CARGIVER EDUCATION PROGRAM WE CREATED WITH PHASE II NIH SBIR FUNDING IN 2024
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated November 6, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since June 2010.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated November 4, 2026.
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