Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Management Education
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
See Schedule O
- Income
- $1.8 million
- Spending
- $2.2 million
- Spent on programs
- 71%
- Reserves
- 5.7 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- fees for its services, 66%
- Employees
- 14
- Volunteers
- 238
- Highest pay
- $478,149, president & ceo
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Fair: 55 out of 100. Higher than 35% of charities in its peer group (education, $1m to $10m).
Reserves
20 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 5.7 months of spending.
Debt
5 of 20It owes 52% of what it owns.
Living within its means
0 of 15Spending exceeded income by 20% of income.
Income trend
15 of 15Income rose 4% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 1571% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 21 cents.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
Strong: 100 out of 100. Higher than 74% of charities in its peer group (education, $1m to $10m).
Independent board
25 of 2516 of 17 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
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 June 30, 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)
- $1.4 million spent. Accreditation:1. Servicing universities and programs in a voluntary peer review process designed to continuously improve academic education at the graduate level healthcare management education. At the end of FY 2025, CAHME accredited 160 programs at 106 universities, representing 8,935 full-time and 3,927 part-time students. CAHME facilitated approximately 81 of our 238 volunteers in conducting and reviewing 24 site visits during the current year.2. Establishing criteria for accreditation and tools for measuring excellence at the graduate level of healthcare management education. CAHME's volunteers reviewed and revised the existing criteria to reflect the diversity of practice settings that embrace healthcare management and require flexibility in the application of competency measurement and by extension student outcomes. 3. Making the findings of CAHME's activities available to the public.
- $79,590 spent. CAHME Awards Program:The mission of the CAHME Awards Program is to recognize excellence in graduate healthcare management education within CAHME accredited programs in partnership with other health-sector organizations. The award program enhances CAHME's positive influence on graduate programs in healthcare management education by publicizing excellence in the trade press and at professional conferences, via social media, and through our website. This increases the profession's awareness and importance of CAHME, exposes prospective students to quality accredited programs, and incentivizes programs to continuously improve their quality. At the end of FY 2025, CAHME presented two awards. The CAHME-Canon Award for Sustainability and the CAHME-George and Regi Herzlinger Innovation Education Award.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 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 October 13, 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 June 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 September 2006.
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 October 21, 2026.
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