Better Business Bureau Report for
HealthConnect One

Better Business Bureau Report issued March 2010
Better Business Bureau Report expires September 2012


Does not meet one or more standards
This charity does not meet one or more of the 20 standards for Charity Accountability. Find out more...


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Charity Contact Information

Name: HealthConnect One
Address: 1436 W. Randolph Street, 4th Floor
  Chicago, IL 60607
Phone: 312-243-4772
Web Address: www.healthconnectone.org
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Better Business Bureau Comments

Formerly known as:Chicago Health Connection

Year, State Incorporated: 1986, Illinois
Affiliates: None
Stated Purpose: HealthConnect One (HC One), formerly Chicago Health Connection, is a nationally recognized nonprofit training and technical assistance agency that uses innovative, community-based approaches to support direct-service providers in promoting the health of mothers, infants, and families.

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Evaluation Conclusions

               

HealthConnect One does not meet the following Standard for Charity Accountability.

Standard 6: Board Policy on Effectiveness - Have a board policy of assessing, no less than every two years, the organization's performance and effectiveness and of determining future actions required to achieve its mission.

HealthConnect One does not meet this Standard because:

  • The board of directors does not have a written policy stating that, at least every two years, an appraisal be done assessing the organization’s performance and effectiveness and determining future actions required to achieve its mission.
In addition, the BBB of Chicago & Northern Illinois requested but did not receive complete information on the organization’s governance and oversight and solicitation materials and is unable to verify the organization's compliance with the following 2Standards for Charity Accountability: 5 and 15.
HealthConnect One meets the remaining 17 Standards for Charity Accountability.
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Programs

               

Our focus is on collaborative work with grassroots maternal and child health and social service providers. We train community health workers, or lay health promoters, who make a personal commitment to improving the health of their own community. We also work with community-based organizations that operate in some of the most distressed communities in the country. We assist these organizations in developing programs that use the power of peer support, incorporating trained community health workers into paid positions in outreach, health education and community health advocacy programs. We also mobilize diverse stakeholders to build for policies and programs that improve maternal and child health in some of the most distressed communities in the country.

For the fiscal year ended June 30, 2010, HealthConnect One's program expenses were:

  
Doula program 295,097
HSRA program 278,291
Breastfeeding Peer Conselor Program 251,359
Cord Blood Program 92,427
Community Health Worker program 86,206
Local Community Health Worker Program 19,463
Total Program Expenses: $1,022,843
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Governance

               

Chief Executive : Rachel Abramson, Executive Director
Compensation*:

Chair of the Board: Lydia Lazar
Chair's Profession / Business Affiliation: Associate Dean, University of Chicago, Harris School of Publi Policy

Board Size: 15

Paid Staff Size: 12

*Compensation includes annual salary and, if applicable, benefit plans, expense accounts, and other allowances.
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Fund Raising

               

Method(s) Used:

direct mail, telephone, invitations to fund raising events, grant proposals, internet
Fund raising costs were 30% of related contributions. (Related contributions, which totaled $307,320, are donations received as a result of fund raising activities.)
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Tax Status

               

This organization is tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. It is eligible to receive contributions deductible as charitable donations for federal income tax purposes.
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Financial

               

The following information is based on HealthConnect One's audited financial statements for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2010.

Source of Funds  
Foundation grants 1,109,029
Federal grants 278,311
Contracts and fees 193,840
Donated Services 63,000
Individual and Corporation contributions 45,682
Special Events 4,798
Interest Income 4,725
Total Income $1,699,385


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Uses of Funds as a % of Total Expenses

Programs: 85%  Fund Raising: 8%  Administrative: 7% 

Total income   $1,699,385
  Program expenses $1,022,843
  Fund raising expenses 90,931
  Administrative expenses 84,258
 
Total expenses   $1,198,032
Income in Excess of Expenses   501,353
Beginning net assets   546,084
Other Changes in Net Assets 501,353
Ending net assets   1,047,437
Total liabilities   44,979
Total assets   $1,092,416


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