Nonprofit · EIN 51-0245159
AHIMA FOUNDATION
Tax-exempt · CHICAGO, IL 60606
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2024 | 990 | $147,396 | $311,284 | -$163,888 | $4,481,091 | $1,565,921 | $2,915,170 |
| December 31, 2023 | 990 | $511,841 | $1,644,244 | -$1,132,403 | $4,571,388 | $1,856,138 | $2,715,250 |
| December 31, 2022 | 990 (amended) | $2,187,953 | $2,367,549 | -$179,596 | $3,119,262 | $278,808 | $2,840,454 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $59,919
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $86,852
- Other revenue
- $625
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $133,151
- Other salaries and wages
- $45,466
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $63,794
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Legal fees
- $14,261
- Occupancy
- $13,557
- Travel
- $516
- Program services (functional)
- $165,685
- Management and general (functional)
- $132,556
- Fundraising (functional)
- $13,043
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $4,571,388
- Total assets, end of year
- $4,481,091
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $1,565,921
- Net assets, end of year
- $2,915,170
- Publicly traded securities
- $3,198,450
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $719,998
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $2,195,172
- Gross receipts
- $147,396
- Employees
- 0
- Volunteers
- 25
- Year formed
- 1962
- State of legal domicile
- IL
From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.
Officers, directors and key employees
As listed on the 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | From related orgs | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lauren Riplinger | Interim Executive Director Officer | 6 | $0 | $287,819 | $25,049 |
| Mona Calhoun | AHIMA Board President Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $30,000 | $0 |
| Lynda Mitchell | Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Rebecca Morton | Secretary Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Sarah Sidwell | Past Chair Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Vera Rulon | FND Chair Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Fran Ayalasomayajula | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Lyman Sornberger | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Rupa Valdez | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 18 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | From related orgs | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amy Mosser | Interim CEO Officer | 6 | $0 | $436,450 | $28,647 |
| Lauren Riplinger | Interim Executive Director 7/2/23-12/31/23 Officer | 12 | $0 | $289,826 | $20,489 |
| David Gilmartin | General Counsel Officer | 6 | $0 | $276,196 | $28,743 |
| Breian Meakens | VP, Finance Officer | 6 | $0 | $270,676 | $18,433 |
| John Thorner | Interim Executive Director 1/19/23-7/1/23 Officer | 40 | $102,000 | $0 | $0 |
| Anisa Tootla | Executive Director 1/1/23-1/18/23 Officer | 40 | $81,797 | $0 | $960 |
| Jennifer Mueller | AHIMA Chair Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 | $30,000 | $0 |
| Donna Bowers | Past Chair Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Sarah Sidwell | FDN Chair Trustee or director, Officer | 6 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Vera Rulon | Chair elect Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Andrew Fehlman | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Fran Ayalasomayajula | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Lyman Sornberger | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Lynda Mitchell | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Rebecca Morton | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Rupa Valdez | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Victoria Wheatley | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Wendy Copeland-Gould | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2022: 17 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | From related orgs | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wylecia Wiggs Harris | CEO Officer | 4 | $0 | $738,038 | $27,348 |
| Breian Meakens | VP, Finance Officer | 6 | $0 | $271,571 | $29,088 |
| David Gilmartin | General Counsel Officer | 4 | $0 | $243,272 | $14,586 |
| Anisa Tootla | Executive Director Officer | 40 | $230,513 | $0 | $16,659 |
| Tim Keough | AHIMA Chair Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 | $30,000 | $0 |
| David Muntz | Past Chair Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Sarah Sidwell | Chair elect, Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Donna Bowers | FDN Chair Trustee or director, Officer | 6 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Mary Ann Sterling | Director Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Fran Ayalasomayajula | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Jill Clark | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Wendy Copeland-Gould | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Andrew Fehlman | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Linda Mitchell | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Vera Rulon | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Malio West | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Victoria Wheatley | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 201 WEST LAKE STREET 226, CHICAGO, IL 60606-0239
- In care of
- % BREIAN MEAKENS
- Principal officer (990 for 2024)
- LAUREN RIPLINGER, 201 WEST LAKE STREET 226, Chicago, IL 60606
- Signed the 990
- LAUREN RIPLINGER, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
- Phone
- (312) 233-1100
- Website
- WWW.AHIMAFOUNDATION.ORG
- Return prepared by
- Forvis Mazars LLP
Mission
AHIMA FOUNDATION IS A 501(C)(3) NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION AND PHILANTHROPIC ARM OF THE AMERICAN HEALTH INFORMATION MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION (AHIMA) DEDICATED TO ADVANCING HEALTH TO TRANSFORM LIVES. FOUNDED IN 1962, AHIMA FOUNDATION'S PROGRAMS, RESEARCH, AND PROJECTS CONTINUE TO EVOLVE HELPING FAMILIES MAKE INFORMED HEALTH DECISIONS, GUIDING EVIDENCE-BASED HEALTHCARE SYSTEM POLICIES AND PRACTICES, AND EDUCATING AND TRAINING ASPIRING AND CURRENT HEALTH INFORMATION PROFESSIONALS. RECOGNIZING THAT HEALTH INFORMATION IS HUMAN INFORMATION, AHIMA FOUNDATION WORKS EXTENSIVELY TO CONVENE INTERDISCIPLINARY STAKEHOLDERS TO IDENTIFY AND ADDRESS UNMET PUBLIC HEALTH AND EDUCATION NEEDS. LEARN MORE AT WWW.AHIMAFOUNDATION.ORG.
Program accomplishments
- SCHOLARSHIPS: AHIMA FOUNDATION AWARDED MERIT SCHOLARSHIPS IN 2024 TO OUTSTANDING UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS PURSUING DEGREES IN HEALTH INFORMATION MANAGEMENT (HIM) AND HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (HIT), AS WELL AS HIM PROFESSIONALS PURSUING GRADUATE AND DOCTORAL DEGREES.Expenses $165,685 · grants $133,151
- RESEARCH: AHIMA FOUNDATION IS COMMITTED TO ESTABLISHING PUBLIC AND PRIVATE COLLABORATIONS TO ADVANCE HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH AND COMMISSIONED WORK FOCUSED ON THE MANAGEMENT OF HEALTH INFORMATION TO ENRICH THE HIM KNOWLEDGE BASE BY PRODUCING AND PUBLISHING EVIDENCE-BASED POLICIES, PROMISING NEW PRACTICES, AND PRACTICAL OPTIONS FOR DECISION MAKERS ON ELECTRONIC HEALTH INFORMATION FOR HEALTH EQUITY, DIRECT TO CONSUMER HEALTH LITERACY INTERVENTIONS OUTSIDE OF A CLINICAL/PROVIDER SETTING, AND PROVIDER-DRIVEN INTERVENTIONS USED IN TREATMENT/CARE TO BETTER INFORM FUTURE AHIMA FOUNDATION PROGRAMING AROUND HEALTH LITERACY.
- HEALTH LITERACY FOR HEALTH EQUITY INITIATIVE: AHIMA FOUNDATION PROVIDED DIRECT-TO-CONSUMER EDUCATION CAMPAIGNS AND INNOVATIVE MULTILINGUAL DIGITAL RESOURCES TO HELP CONSUMERS MAKE INFORMED PERSONAL HEALTH DECISIONS FOR THEMSELVES AND THEIR LOVED ONES.
What it must file and when
IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in December, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | December 31, 2025 | May 15, 2026 | Not on file |
| 2024 | December 31, 2024 | May 15, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | December 31, 2023 | May 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 51-0245159
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 1966
- Accounting year ends
- December
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Education (B5BI)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $4,481,091
- Income (IRS master file)
- $147,396
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | December 2024 | $147,396 | $311,284 | $4,481,091 | IRS |
| 990 | December 2023 | $511,841 | $1,644,244 | $4,571,388 | XML |
| 990 | December 2022 | $2,187,953 | $2,367,549 | $3,119,262 | XML |
| 990 | December 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990-T | December 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2018 | – | – | – | IRS |
990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 51-0245159).
Questions about AHIMA FOUNDATION
- What is the EIN of AHIMA FOUNDATION?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of AHIMA FOUNDATION is 51-0245159.
- Is AHIMA FOUNDATION tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1966.
- Are donations to AHIMA FOUNDATION tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does AHIMA FOUNDATION file?
- Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
- When is the next return of AHIMA FOUNDATION due?
- The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending December 31, 2025) is due May 15, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did AHIMA FOUNDATION last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2024.
- Who is the principal officer of AHIMA FOUNDATION?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 names LAUREN RIPLINGER.
- Who are the officers and directors of AHIMA FOUNDATION?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 lists 9 people; 0 received compensation from the organization.
- How much revenue does AHIMA FOUNDATION have?
- On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 it reported revenue of $147,396, expenses of $311,284 and total assets of $4,481,091 at year end.
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