California Pan-Ethnic Health Network
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
To promote health equity by advocating for public policies and sufficient resources to address the health needs of communities of color.
- Income
- $6.7 million
- Spending
- $5.0 million
- Spent on programs
- 90%
- Reserves
- 20.8 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 76%
- Employees
- 26
- Volunteers
- 12
- Highest pay
- $234,875, executive dir.
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
Strong: 100 out of 100. Higher than 88% of charities in its peer group (health care, $1m to $10m).
Reserves
35 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 20.8 months of spending.
Debt
20 of 20It owes 3% of what it owns.
Living within its means
15 of 15Income exceeded spending by 26% of income.
Income trend
15 of 15Income rose 27% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 1590% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 1 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
Strong: 100 out of 100. Higher than 67% of charities in its peer group (health care, $1m to $10m).
Independent board
25 of 2510 of 10 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 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 (1)
- $4.5 million spent. For nearly 35 years, CPEHN has been at the forefront of improving health care for all Californians. With our community partners across the State, we have engaged hundreds of consumers through letters, testimonies, educational visits, and media advocacy. At the core of our work are our partnerships with community organizations and coalitions that we convene to leverage our work and enhance our capacity to mobilize for change. We work with three statewide networks: the Having Our Say coalition (HOS), which convenes grassroots, direct services, and immigrant rights organizations that serve diverse communities of color and immigrant communities in California; the Behavioral Health Equity Collaborative (BHEC), which convenes state and local organizations serving the mental health needs of immigrants, refugees, youth, LGBTQ, and people of color; and the Organizing for Public Health Leadership Academy (OPHLA), formerly known as the Public Health Collaborative (PHC), a co-learning space where community leaders build power with each other to deepen their public health work by combining lived experiences with theories, tools, and relationships in the public health field to move towards collective health and liberation. CPEHN works with these networks to educate stakeholders and empower them to make health care work better for all Californians, connecting them to key decision-makers so they can make their voices heard. We also work with these networks to identify issues for further research and publish policy reports and recommendations based on our findings to educate community partners and decision-makers about the health care needs of communities of color and solutions to these issues.CPEHN supports local governments to better serve their constituents through research and documenting best practices, worked with state government officials to ensure that health care works for all Californians, and provided training and technical assistance to direct service providers to ensure that they could leverage new funding, policy changes, and new opportunities to reach vulnerable populations. We authored numerous reports, provided subject matter expert testimony and comment to government entities, and educated the public about access to high quality health care services.
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 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 October 1998.
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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