The Health Foundation
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What it says it does
THE HEALTH FOUNDATION IS AN INDEPENDENT CHARITY COMMITTED TO BRINGING ABOUT BETTER HEALTH AND HEALTHCARE FOR PEOPLE IN THE UK.
- Income
- $92.2 million
- Spending
- $68.5 million
- Employees
- 273
- Volunteers
- 13
- Highest pay
- $364,616, chief executive
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Financial health
We do not score finances when yearly spending is very small or the return has too little detail. The ratios stop meaning much at that size.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Governance
This return does not answer enough of the governance questions to score.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. 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)
- $18.3 million spent. INNOVATION - SUPPORTING RADICAL INNOVATION AND IMPROVEMENT IN HEALTH AND CARE SERVICES. THE PROGRAM IS USING OUR FUNDING PROGRAMMES TO ENABLE THE GENERATION AND ADOPTION OF INNOVATION AND IMPROVEMENT ON THE FRONT LINE. USING OUR REPUTATION AND THOUGHT LEADERSHIP TO INFLUENCE SYSTEM-LEVEL CHANGE THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS. SHAPING DEBATE ON EMERGING TOPICS IN HEALTH AND CARE. INFORMING NEW APPROACHES TO CARE IN DIFFERENT SETTINGS AND FACILITATING STAFF ENGAGEMENT AND NETWORKING IN INNOVATION AND IMPROVEMENT PRACTICES.
- $9.8 million spent. HEALTH AND INEQUALITIES: IMPROVING PEOPLE'S HEALTH AND REDUCING INEQUALITIES. THE PROGRAM IS RAISING AWARENESS WITHIN GOVERNMENT OF THE ROLE HEALTH PLAYS IN DETERMINING ECONOMIC OUTCOMES, INCREASING PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT TO ACT ON THE WIDER DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH, INFLUENCING THE GOVERNMENT TO TAKE A WHOLE GOVERNMENT APPROACH TO TACKLING THE WIDER DETERMINANTS, AND BUILDING AN INFORMED UNDERSTANDING OF THE DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH TO INFORM POLICY.
- $7.2 million spent. HEALTH AND CARE POLICY: PROVIDING EVIDENCE AND ANALYSIS TO IMPROVE HEALTH AND CARE POLICY. THE PROGRAM IS USING THE REAL CENTER'S REPUTATION FOR ROBUST AND INDEPENDENT ANALYSIS TO INFORM POLICY DECISIONS, ENCOURAGING CONSIDERATION OF PRODUCTIVITY AS A KEY STRATEGIC ISSUE FOR THE LONG-TERM STABILITY OF THE NHS, UNDERSTANDING WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN TO THE NHS WAITING LIST, CONTRIBUTING TO THE DEBATE ABOUT THE NHS ON ITS 75TH ANNIVERSARY, AND ANALYSIS OF THE COMMONWEALTH FUND'S INTERNATIONAL SURVEY OF GPS.
- $9.5 million spent. OTHERS: CROSS PROGRAMME WORK AND/OR WORK ON EQUALITY, DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION, PUBLIC PARTICIPATION, AND ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY, AMONGST OTHER ACTIVITIES.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. 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)(4) social welfare organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Worth knowing.
Status was revoked on May 15, 2010 for not filing returns for three years, and reinstated on May 15, 2010.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 30, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Caution.
The IRS master file records contributions to this 501(c)(4) social welfare organization as not deductible.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2024.
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 May 2014.
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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