Insure the Uninsured Project
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
The mission of ITUP is to promote innovative and workable policy solutions that expand health care access and improve the health of all Californians.
- Income
- $555,022
- Spending
- $1.3 million
- Spent on programs
- 80%
- Reserves
- 4.9 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- fees for its services, 53%
- Employees
- 12
- Highest pay
- $210,000, executive dir.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending March 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
20 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 4.9 months of spending.
Debt
20 of 20It owes 13% of what it owns.
Living within its means
0 of 15Spending exceeded income by 131% of income.
Income trend
5 of 15Income fell 20% on the year before.
Spending floor
8 of 1580% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 41 cents.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending March 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
Strong: 91 out of 100. Higher than 72% of charities in its peer group (health care, $250k to $1m).
Independent board
25 of 258 of 8 voting board members are independent.
Conflict of interest policy
15 of 15Has a written conflict of interest policy.
Whistleblower policy
8 of 8Has a written whistleblower policy.
Record keeping policy
7 of 7Has a written policy on keeping and destroying records.
Board minutes
5 of 5Keeps minutes of board meetings.
Board sees the tax return
10 of 10Gave the board a copy of this return before filing it.
Pay set independently
5 of 5Sets its chief executive's pay through independent review and comparison.
Independent check of accounts
6 of 15Its accounts were not audited or reviewed 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 March 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 (1)
- $1.0 million spent. Insure the Uninsured Project (ITUP) was established in 1996. The mission of ITUP is to promote innovative and workable policy solutions that expand health care access and improve the health of all Californians.For over twenty-five years, Insure the Uninsured Project (ITUP) has been Californias big tent, neutral health policy convener and a health ecosystem backbone organization. Through our in-person and virtual convenings, and our high-level fact sheets, policy forums, and in-depth briefs, we bring together unique stakeholders both health policy experts and novices in ways others cannot and do not. We create connections across multiple health sectors, geographies, health policy areas, and levels of government, all in furtherance of achieving universal health care coverage and meaningful access for all Californians. Our audience includes a network of over 4,000 California elected and appointed officials, Legislative and Executive Branch staff, state and local consumer advocates, counties, labor, business, health plans, health providers (clinics, hospitals, and behavioral health practitioners), and community-based organizations.ITUP is funded primarily by grants from foundations and nonprofit organizations with core funding from The California Endowment, The California Wellness Foundation, and the California Health Care Foundation. ITUP also receives specific project-based contracts.ITUP received nonprofit status on September 15, 2011, made retroactive to December 27, 2010.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending March 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 September 7, 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 September 30, 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 September 10, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending March 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since August 2011.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 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 October 7, 2026.
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