NonprofitsChoose Healthy Life

Health Care

Choose Healthy Life

E STROUDSBURG, PA

Total revenue

$9.7M

Total expenses

$5.1M

Net assets

$6.7M

Grants received

$7.7M

9 grants

EIN

862604241

Tax year

2023

Mission

Choose healthy life (chl) is a non-profit organization focused on providing the black church the oldest and most trusted institution in the black community - with the necessary resources, training, and support to address health disparities in hard-to-reach communities through the delivery of health services and community wellness programs. Our proven, sustainable, and scalable model that brings together faith and science is based on the establishment of a trained faith-based health navigator in each chl church. We're at the forefront of shaping the health equity field to address social determinants of health, as well as a leader on the ground in providing healthcare services and hands-on action with vulnerable communities. We aren't just discussing the path towards health equity - we're paving it. Founded in 2021 during the height of the covid pandemic, choose healthy life funded 120 churches across 13 states that conducted over 3,700 events and vaccinated and tested over 110,000 indiv

Financials

FY 2023

Revenue

Contributions & grants$9.7M
Program service revenue
Investment income
Other revenue$2K
Total revenue$9.7M

Expenses

Grants paid$3.6M
Salaries & benefits$448K
Fundraising$126K
Other expenses$964K
Total expenses$5.1M
Total assets$7.3M
Net assets$6.7M

People

10 listed

NameRoleCompensation

REV KIMBERLY WILLIAMS

EXECUITVE DI

Board

$102K

35 hrs/wk

DR DONNA CHRISTENSEN

SECRETARY

Board

1 hrs/wk

LARRY LUCAS

TREASURER

Board

1 hrs/wk

CORNELIUS BAKER

MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

ERNEST HOPKINS

MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

SANDRA THURMAN

MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

GRACE BONILLA

MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

YOLANDA MACK

PROGRAM DIRE

Board

35 hrs/wk

DEBRA FRASER-HOWZE

CHAIRPERSON

Board

1 hrs/wk

RON TICHO

CHIEF OPERAT

Board

35 hrs/wk

Independent contractors

NCHENG LLP

ACCOUNTING

$206K

Grants received

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FromAmountPurposeYear
$2.8M
THE PURPOSES OF THIS GRANT AGREEMENT ARE AS FOLLOWS: (I) TO ENABLE GRANTEE TO PROVIDE BLACK CHURCH PUBLIC HEALTH NAVIGATORS AND HEALTH NAVIGATOR SUPERVISORS AND MAINTAIN HUBS IN NEWARK, DETROIT, ATLANTA, AND WASHINGTON IN ACCORDANCE WITH PHASES V, VI, AND VII OF THE CHOOSE HEALTHY LIFE BLACK CHURCH PLAN AND (II) TO SECURE BOTH SHORT-TERM AND LONG-TERM FUNDING TO SUSTAIN GRANTEE AND STRENGTHEN AND GROW THE CHOOSE HEALTHY LIFE BLACK CHURCH PLAN.
2024
$2.9M
THE PURPOSES OF THIS GRANT AGREEMENT ARE AS FOLLOWS: (I) TO ENABLE GRANTEE, UNTIL MAY 31, 2024, TO PROVIDE BLACK CHURCH PUBLIC HEALTH NAVIGATORS AND HEALTH NAVIGATOR SUPERVISORS AND MAINTAIN HUBS IN THE FOUR CITIES AS PART OF THE CHOOSE HEALTHY LIFE BLACK CHURCH PLAN; (II) TO ENABLE GRANTEE TO IMPLEMENT AND MAINTAIN THE CORPORATE INFRASTRUCTURE AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE IT TO RUN PHASE IV OF THE CHOOSE HEALTHY LIFE BLACK CHURCH PLAN; AND (III) TO SECURE BOTH SHORT-TERM AND LONG-TERM FUNDING TO SUSTAIN GRANTEE AND STRENGTHEN AND GROW THE CHOOSE HEALTHY LIFE BLACK CHURCH PLAN.
2023
$500K
HEALTH DISPARITIES IN UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES
2023
$125K
CHARITABLE DONATION
2023
$75K
CHOOSE HEALTHY LIFE-UWNYC SUCCESSFULLY SUPPORTED THE INCUBATION OF CHOOSE HEALTHY LIFE, A NATIONAL NON-PROFIT ADDRESSING HEALTH DISPARITIES THROUGH FAITH-BASED PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE BLACK CHURCHES AND THEIR COMMUNITIES. TODAY, UWNYCS HEALTH EQUITY TEAM SERVES AS A HUB FOR AFFILIATED NYC CHURCHES, AND SPEARHEADS DATA MANAGEMENT AND TRAINING INITIATIVES ACROSS THE NATION.
2023
$7K
Research Subcontract
2023
$605K
GENERAL OPERATING-ADDRESSING HEALTH DISPARITIES THROUGH THE BLACK CHURCH
2022
$500K
HEALTH DISPARITIES - BLACK COMMUNITIES
2022
$125K
CHARITABLE DONATION
2022

Funded by

$7.7M from 6 funders · 9 grants · 2022–2024

Quest Diagnostics Foundation Inc

$5.7M · 2 grants · 2023–2024

Siemens Foundation

$1M · 2 grants · 2022–2023

Novartis Us Foundation

$605K · 1 grant · 2022

Charities Aid Foundation America

$250K · 2 grants · 2022–2023

United Way Of New York City

$75K · 1 grant · 2023

Wake Forest University

$7K · 1 grant · 2023

Details

EIN862604241
NTEE codeE70
Subsection03
Ruling date2022-08
Formed2021
Employees3
Volunteers7
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