Healthy Americas Foundation
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
TO DEVELOP THE CAPITAL TO FOSTER COMMUNITY INNOVATION AND IMPROVE THE HEALTH OF INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES THROUGHOUT THE AMERICAS, WHICH INCLUDES, RAISING FUNDS FOR THE NATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR HISPANIC HEALTH.
- Income
- $1.1 million
- Spending
- $1.8 million
- Spent on programs
- 86%
- Reserves
- 28.4 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- investment income, 49%
- Employees
- 0
- Volunteers
- 6
- Highest pay
- $566,266, president & ceo
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Good: 70 out of 100. Higher than 43% of charities in its peer group (health care, $1m to $10m).
Reserves
35 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 28.4 months of spending.
Debt
20 of 20It owes 6% of what it owns.
Living within its means
0 of 15Spending exceeded income by 62% of income.
Income trend
0 of 15Income fell 41% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 1586% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 1 cents.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
Strong: 95 out of 100. Higher than 58% of charities in its peer group (health care, $1m to $10m).
Independent board
25 of 256 of 6 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
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, 2024, 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 (4)
- $300,308 spent. MI HERMANA [MY SISTER]1: THE LATINA HEALTH CHAMPIONS (LHC) IS A NETWORK OF HEALTH CHAMPIONS THAT OFFERS A SOLUTION TO INCREASE THE CAPACITY OF HISPANIC WOMEN TO DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT STRATEGIES FOR THEIR SELF-CARE. WORKING WITH A VARIETY OF PARTNERS, LHCS CONDUCT RESEARCH AND DELIVER PROVEN AND PROMISING CULTURALLY CONGRUENT SOLUTIONS TO PROMOTE HEALTH AND PREVENT CERVICAL CANCER AND BREAST CANCER. MI HERMANA [MY SISTER] 2: THE LATINA HEALTH CHAMPIONS (LHC) IS OUR NETWORK OF HEALTH CHAMPIONS THAT OFFERS A SOLUTION TO INCREASE THE CAPACITY OF HISPANIC WOMEN TO DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT STRATEGIES FOR THEIR SELF-CARE. WE DEVELOPED A TRAINING FORMAT, CONTENT, MANUAL, AND TRAINING FOR SEVEN ONE-HOUR SEMINARS FOR WOMEN IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH. LHC TRAINED 523 COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS ON LATINA HEALTH SO THEY COULD HOLD SEMINARS IN COMMUNITIES.
- $264,110 spent. SIEMEN'S FOUNDATION COVID RESPONSE: IN RESPONSE TO THE COVID-19 HEALTH CRISIS, THE SIEMENS FOUNDATION IS SUPPORTING NONPROFITS DEDICATED TO SERVING THE NEEDS OF THE MOST VULNERABLE.
- $271,657 spent. TOBACCO TIPPING POINT (ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION): THIS PROGRAM HAS PRODUCED PUBLISHED RESEARCH AND ONGOING REGULATORY AND POLICY WORK THAT WAS A CRITICAL COMPONENT FOR NEW FDA REGULATORY PROPOSALS OF MENTHOL AND FLAVORINGS.
- $694,296 spent. NUESTROS NINOS [OUR CHILDREN]: SESAME STREET IN COMMUNITIES (SSIC). THIS PROGRAM FOSTERS PARTNERSHIPS TO CREATE A FUTURE FOR ALL CHILDREN TO HAVE THE SUPPORT THEY NEED IN THE FIRST YEARS OF LIFE TO GROW SMARTER, STRONGER, AND KINDER AND SHAPE A BETTER WORLD AND FUTURE FOR ALL. NUESTROS NINOS HAS EXPANDED ITS COMFY-COZY SPACES BY ADDING FIVE ADDITIONAL COMMUNITY CENTERS, NOW OPERATING IN 25 LOCATIONS. THESE SPACES ARE STAFFED BY TRAINED CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES WORKERS TO SUPPORT EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT AND HEALTH HABITS AND HAVE SERVED OVER 387,000 CHILDREN AND FAMILIES. THE PROGRAM HAS ALSO PROVIDED CHILDREN, THEIR FAMILIES, COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS AND PROVIDERS WITH OVER 150,000 FREE SESAME STREET BILINGUAL TOOLKITS AND 87,300 BILINGUAL SESAME STREET BOOKS. SSIC ALSO BRINGS ELMO AND OTHER SESAME STREET FRIENDS TO HISPANIC COMMUNITY EVENTS AND DELIVERS ONLINE LESSONS BY THESE CHARACTERS TO SUPPORT KIDS AND FAMILIES.HEALTHY FAMILIES EVERYWHERE FUND AIMS TO DEVELOP A $100 MILLION FUND THAT WILL: (1) SUPPORT COMMUNITY FAMILY SERVICES; (2) FOSTER NATIONAL, STATE, AND COMMUNITY POLICIES BASED ON COMMUNITY-DEFINED PRIORITIES; AND (3) RESPOND TO EMERGING OPPORTUNITIES.HEALTHY AMERICAS GENERAL SUPPORT FUND: THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROGRAM IS TO SUPPORT PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES RELATED TO POLICY, NEW MODELS, AND COMMUNICATION.HEALTHY AMERICAS POLICY FUND SUPPORTS EFFORTS IN POLICY MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT TO ADVANCE THE MISSION OF BEST HEALTH FOR ALL. FOR EXAMPLE, AS SCIENCE MOVES AWAY FROM ONE SIZE FITS ALL APPROACHES AND TOWARDS PERSONALIZED MEDICINE, WE DEVELOP POLICY MODELS TO INCREASE THE COLLECTION, ANALYSIS, AND REPORTING OF HEALTH INFORMATION BY RACE, ETHNICITY, AND GENDER AS WELL AS MONITOR PROGRESS. WITH COVID-19 THE FUND HAS DEVELOPED POLICY MODELS TO REDUCE GAPS IN VACCINATION RESPONSE AND ECONOMIC RECOVERY.HEALTHY AMERICAS RESEARCH CONSORTIUM: THE CONSORTIUM AWARDED TEN UNIVERSITY-BASED TEAMS TO UTILIZE THE ALL OF US RESEARCH HUB TO ADVANCE THE SCIENCE AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE CERVICAL CANCER EXPERIENCES OF LATINAS AND ISSUED ONE INTERNATIONAL AWARD THROUGH THE LUCY DELGADO FUND SUPPORTING ASSESSMENT OF A MOBILE GYNECOLOGICAL EXAM TABLE TO REACH UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES IN LATIN AMERICA WITH CERVICAL CANCER SCREENINGS.LUCY DELGADO FUND: THIS FUND WAS ESTABLISHED TO SUPPORT THE MISSION OF THE HEALTHY AMERICAS FOUNDATION THROUGH PROGRAMS THAT DEVELOP AND FOSTER COMMUNITY INNOVATION AND IMPROVE THE HEALTH OF INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES THROUGHOUT THE AMERICAS. IN 2023, ONE OF THE ELEVEN HARC SCHOLARS WAS FUNDED TO PILOT PROJECT MESA, AN INTERVENTION TO PROVIDE A PORTABLE GYNECOLOGICAL EXAM TABLE FOR CERVICAL CANCER SCREENINGS IN PERU AND NICARAGUA. OTHER FUNDED PROGRAMS INCLUDE: ACADEMIA LATINA, ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY, MULTIPOD, AND WAIT2CLICK, A COLLABORATION WITH THE CARTER CENTER. BUENA SALUD AMERICAS BUILDS THE CAPACITY OF COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS AND CIVIL SOCIETY GROUPS IN THE AMERICAS TO ADDRESS CERVICAL CANCER AND DISEASES.SU FAMILIA HELPLINE OFFERS CONSUMERS FREE RELIABLE AND CONFIDENTIAL HEALTH INFORMATION IN SPANISH AND ENGLISH AND HELPS NAVIGATE CALLERS THROUGH THE HEALTH SYSTEM. NATIONWIDE RESOURCES AND LOCAL REFERRAL SERVICES ARE PROVIDED BASED ON THE NEEDS OF THE CALLER.VIVE TU VIDA! GET UP! GET MOVING! CELEBRATED ITS 18TH YEAR IN 2024, AS THE NATION'S PREMIER ANNUAL HISPANIC FAMILY PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND HEALTHY LIFESTYLE EVENT SERIES. THE EVENTS ARE FOR PEOPLE OF ALL AGES AND ALL SIZES, CELEBRATE HISPANIC CULTURE, AND BUILD ON THE RESOURCES IN EACH COMMUNITY HOSTING THE EVENT. THE 2024 EVENTS WERE HELD IN-PERSON IN 11 CITIES IN PARTNERSHIP WITH ALLIANCE COMMUNITY-BASED PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS. IN TOTAL, THESE EVENTS REACHED A TOTAL OF 21,805 PARTICIPANTS, WERE SUPPORTED BY 432 PARTNER AGENCIES, AND PROVIDED 6,357 FREE SCREENINGS AND REFERRALS.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, 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 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 May 2004.
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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