2022-11-03T12:10:04-07:00 2021-12-31 521734221 Neuman Pollak & Assoc PA 124 Slade Ave Ste 110 Baltimore MD 21208 990 2021-01-01 522257066 TRUST FOR AMERICAS HEALTH TRUS 2022239870 1730 M STREET NW SUITE 900 WASHINGTON DC 20036 J Nadine Gracia President & CEO 2022-11-03 true J Nadine Gracia 999009999 Craig H Neuman P00510826 4106020500 2 AAL1 IAL1 FAL1 2021 2022-09-23 18:48:47Z J Nadine Gracia 1274221 false X www.tfah.org X 1998 DC Trust for Americas Health promotes optimal health for every person and community and makes the prevention of illness and injury a national priority. 12 12 22 0 9694561 539144 449967 549697 90687 105708 0 10235215 1194549 250 0 2620809 2780444 0 172787 1778074 2092679 4398883 4873373 5836332 -3678824 14906155 11138392 798759 610330 14107396 10528062 Trust for Americas Health promotes optimal health for every person and community and makes the prevention of illness and injury a national priority. false false 4176160 In 2021, Trust for Americas Health (TFAH) continued to advance its mission to promote optimal health for every person and community and make the prevention of illness and injury a national priority. As a nonprofit, nonpartisan public health policy, research, and advocacy organization, TFAH envisions a nation that values the health and well-being of all and where prevention and health equity are foundational to policymaking at all levels of society. Across the range of public health issues TFAH addressed, including public health emergency preparedness (including the COVID-19 pandemic response), public health funding, obesity and chronic disease prevention, infectious disease, substance misuse and suicide, healthy aging, health equity, social determinants of health, and prevention. TFAH promoted public health policies that affect the entire nation, with an emphasis on how such policies and programs can promote healthy individuals and communities regardless of geography.TFAH maintains and enhances its work with partners on high-impact health issues. Throughout its efforts, TFAH is also committed to advancing health equity and addressing the social determinants of health, which are the conditions in which people are born, grow, work, live, and age, including through collaborative, multisectoral approaches. TFAHs work is guided by values of equity, independence, evidence-based, trust, partnerships, innovation, and financial stewardship.TFAHs projects focused on advancing an evidence-based public health system that is ready to meet the challenges of the 21st century. TFAH successfully published evidence-based reports; developed and advanced effective policy recommendations and approaches; convened learning collaboratives; spearheaded targeted initiatives and outreach; collaborated with partners at the national, state, and local levels; and produced educational resources.Among TFAHs accomplishments in 2021:TFAH, in partnership with the de Beaumont Foundation and the CDC Foundation, expanded the work of the Public Health Communications Collaborative (PHCC) to support state and local public health departments external messaging and strengthen their communications capacity by helping public health officials be timely, clear, credible, and effective messengers. PHCCs products included webinars, and via its website, messaging guidance, answers to tough questions, COVID-19 misinformation tracking, and downloadable/shareable social graphics. Year-end metrics include: 425K website page views; 32.8K email subscribers; 26.4K files downloads; 23 toolkits and one-pagers created; 117 Answers to Tough Questions materials created; and 12 webinars hosted with 8.5K total attendees.Building off the 2020 release of the policy brief, Building Trust in and Access to a COVID-19 Vaccine Within Communities of Color and Tribal Nations, TFAH became the go-to leader on the topic of advancing equitable access to and earning trust in COVID-19 vaccination among communities of color. TFAH presented the findings and recommendations of the policy brief to multiple audiences including the National Vaccine Advisory Committee (NVAC), a federal advisory committee at HHS, and during the Association of Maternal & Child Health Programs (AMCHP) webinar entitled Earning Trust, Building Vaccine Confidence: Learning from Global and Local Initiatives. TFAH planned and hosted a congressional briefing on Pain in the Nation: How High Rates of Suicide, Drugs and Overdose Deaths Require a Comprehensive Resiliency Strategy, with a special feature on racial trauma. Over the past decade more than one million Americans have died from alcohol, drugs and suicide and this trend has been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, a fragmented health system, and social and community conditions. This briefing explored these issues and offered policy recommendations to address the underlying causes of these deaths of despair and how we can strengthen resilience among individuals and communities that are disproportionately impacted.TFAH continued to partner with The John A. Hartford Foundation to expand the Age-Friendly Public Health Systems (AFPHS) initiative. o The New York State Department of Health became the first state health department to be recognized as an Age-Friendly Public Health System (AFPHS) through TFAHs AFPHS Recognition Program. Likewise, the Sarasota, Florida County Health Department (DOH-Sarasota) became the first local health department in the nation to achieve this recognition. o TFAH also launched a training series for public health professionals as part of the AFPHS Recognition Program. Monthly training topics included understanding and overcoming ageism, health equity and addressing health disparities, impacts of social isolation among older adults, and how public health can help to improve access to affordable and equitable housing for older adults. o TFAH developed and published a policy brief, Ensuring Access to COVID-19 Vaccines for Older Adults and People with Disabilities Who are Homebound, with a series of nine recommendations for policymakers at the federal, state and local levels. These recommendations were shared through multiple channels, including conference presentations and meetings with federal agencies and key stakeholders. o TFAH co-hosted with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) the 2021 Healthy Aging Symposium. This national symposium, framed around the social determinants of health, brought together public health, health care, aging services, academic and many other sectors to learn about national, state, and local initiatives, programs, and policies to support healthy aging. o TFAH launched the AFPHS.org website (https://www.afphs.org). The site is designed to be an information and community hub for the Age-Friendly public health community.TFAH expanded its work related to the interaction of climate change, health, and equity through the release of a case studies series examining efforts by states and localities to conceptualize and implement climate change adaptation programs that are centered on equity. TFAH was also a panelist in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services side event at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26). The event announced new U.S. government commitments on climate change and health equity and highlighted the inequities exposed during the global COVID-19 pandemic. TFAH also participated in the National Environmental Health Partnership, convened by CDCs National Center for Environmental Health and the American Public Health Association.Additionally, TFAH published and disseminated the following report series and issue briefs:Ready or Not 2021: Protecting the Publics Health From Diseases, Disasters, and Bioterrorism. The report series provides an annual assessment of states level of readiness to respond to public health emergencies and recommends policy actions to ensure that everyones health is protected during such events. The Impact of Chronic Underfunding on Americas Public Health System: Trends, Risks, and Recommendations, 2021. This report demonstrates how chronic underfunding of public health system weakened the countrys COVID-19 response.Leveraging Evidence-Based Policies to Improve Health, Control Costs, and Create Health Equity. This report outlines the role of social determinants in Americans health and calls for adoption of policies to improve health outcomes, control healthcare spending, and create health equity.Aligning Public Health Interventions with Older Adult Housing Needs and Challenges. This brief outlines current housing challenges faced by older adults and potential areas for public health intervention. State of Obesity 2021: Better Policies for a Healthier America. 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Reg. 1.170A-9(e)(3) in the following respects:10% of Support Limitation. TFAHs public support fraction of 22.33% exceeds the 10% threshold.Attraction of Public Support. TFAH is organized and operated to attract new and additional public support on a continuous basis. During fiscal year 2021, TFAH received funding from several significant new sources, along with ongoing support from some of the nations largest foundations. These foundations all conduct rigorous due diligence as part of their grantmaking, and all have decided to support TFAHs mission and programs.Sources of Support. TFAHs funding comes from diverse sources of support, including a representative number of private foundations and other organizations and individuals that wish to support its mission and programs. Representative Governing Body. TFAHs activities are governed by a Board of Directors, reflecting a broad range of individuals with experience and expertise in managing and operating a nonprofit educational organization focused on public health issues. TFAHs governing body includes individuals with significant experience in areas such as government, academia, the non-profit sector, public health, and health care. Furthermore, members of the Board have served, or currently serve, on the governing bodies of corporations, charitable foundations, and other section 501(c)(3) organizations. Availability of Public Facilities or Services; Public Participation in Programs or Policies.TFAHs work toward improving the nations public health capacity includes non-partisan research and analysis, policy development, publication of numerous science-based reports, and outreach and educational activities about the need for a robust, effective, and modernized public health system that is prepared to respond to a wide range of health threats. TFAHs 2021 reports, which were distributed widely to policymakers, the media, and the public, included:1)Ready or Not 2021: Protecting the Publics Health From Diseases, Disasters, and Bioterrorism2)Ensuring Access to COVID-19 Vaccines for Older Adults and People with Disabilities Who are Homebound3)The Impact of Chronic Underfunding on Americas Public Health System: Trends, Risks, and Recommendations, 20214)Pain in the Nation: Alcohol, Drug and Suicide Epidemics in 20195)Leveraging Evidence-Based Policies to Improve Health, Control Costs, and Create Health Equity 6)Aligning Public Health Interventions with Older Adult Housing Needs and Challenges7)Advancing Procedural Equity in Climate Adaptation (Part 1) and Advancing Distributional Equity in Climate Adaptation (Part 2)8)State of Obesity 2021: Better Policies for a Healthier America RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED false false 8104 149417 157521 4018639 4176160 358808 89702 false 325581 342022 336754 358808 1363165 2044748 128260 147280 150732 157521 583793 81395 85506 84189 89702 340792 511188 7008 7388 7397 8104 29897 269033 106482 162551 450669 300187 150482 129728 121988 7740 320773 DEFERRED LEASE OBLIGATIONS 353463 353463 1194549 1194549 1194549 4873373 4873373 4873373 X true true X X X X false false false false false false false false false DARA LIEBERMAN DIR OF GOVT REL 146433 8000 28651 183084 J Nadine Gracia MD MSCE President & CEO 306191 14500 8713 329404 Jeanette Kowalik DIR POLICY DEVELP 170779 3496 12626 186901 JOHN AUERBACH MBA President & CEO 144333 7217 9017 160567 RHEA FARBERMAN Dir Strategic Comm 197126 10274 31777 239177 Part I, Line 1a: Relevant information in regards to selections on 1a. Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b: Form 990 Review Process Copies of the 990 were reviewed by outside legal counsel, and the Board's Treasurer/Finance and Audit chair, who reviewed the documents on behalf of the organization. Form 990, Part VI, Line 12c: Explanation of Monitoring and Enforcement of Conflicts Trust for America's Health requires that each board member and officer annually (1) review the Corporation's Conflict of Interest Policy; (2) disclose any possible personal, familial, or business relationship that reasonably could give rise to a conflict of interest or the appearance of a conflict of interest; and (3) acknowledge by his or her signature that he or she is acting in accordance with the letter and spirit of such Conflict of Interest Policy. Completed questionnaires are available for inspection by any board member and may be reviewed by the Corporation's legal counsel. Form 990, Part VI, Line 15a: Compensation Review & Approval Process - CEO, Top Management COMPENSATION FOR THE PRESIDENT AND CEO IS DETERMINED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. THE BOARD MEMBERS REVIEW NONPROFIT TAX RETURNS OF COMPARABLE ORGANIZATIONS AS PART OF THE PROCESS OF APPROVING THE CEO'S COMPENSATION. ONLY DISINTERESTED BOARD MEMBERS APPROVE THE CEO COMPENSATION. THE BOARD MEMBERS APPROVE THE CEO COMPENSATION ON THE RECORD AND APPROVE THE RECORD OF THAT APPROVAL. FOR ALL OTHER STAFF, INCLUDING SENIOR MANAGEMENT, THE PRESIDENT AND CEO SUBMITS TO TFAHS FINANCE, AUDIT AND COMPENSATION COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR COMPENSATION ADJUSTMENTS FOR TFAH STAFF. THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS THEN REVIEWS THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND MAKES FINAL DETERMINATIONS OF ANY SALARY ADJUSTMENTS. Form 990, Part VI, Line 19: Other Organization Documents Publicly Available Trust for America's Health makes its governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements available to the public upon request. Any expenses related to mail or providing this information to the public is borne by the organization.