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COMMISSION ON ACCREDITATION FOR HEALTH INFORMATICS AND INFO MGMT EDUCATION

COMMISSION ON ACCREDITATION FOR HEALTH INFORMATICS AND INFO MGMT EDUCATION (Illinois) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $350,000 to it, the largest being American Health Information Management Association ($350,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$2.0M
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$350k
Net assets
$2.3M
1/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 12%
01What it does

What Commission on Accreditation for Health Informatics and Info Mgmt Education does

Mission

Cahiim's mission is to provide innovative leadership that drives enhanced workforce competence by ensuring educational excellence. Cahiim serves the public interest in advancing the value of health informatics and health information management through quality education by: establishing and enforcing accreditation standards; recognizing programs that meet the standards; assessing student achievement; respecting educational innovation and diversity; recognizing academic institutions' autonomy; emphasizing the principle of volunteerism and peer-review; embracing a culture of continuous quality improvement.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Annual accreditation fees for the over 350 programs in the health informatics and health information management professions in the united states and puerto rico. Its accreditation decisions are relied upon by (a) national certification boards, (b) healthcare related employers, (c) students, and (d) the public. Cahiim provides a structured framework for academic institutions ensuring sound educational practices, which involve faculty and staff in a comprehensive evaluation plan for the academic program. It provide the public outcomes information about the academic program by a peer review organization whose function is to assess quality and content of the educational experience with entry-level competencie for the profession and the public and supports the process of professional certification by providing reasonable assurance of quality educational preparation and learning outcomes. Cahiim also provides assurance that graduates of a program accredited by cahiim have achieved an acceptable level of quality.

    $1,237,712 spent$1,700,145 earned by the program
    70% of program spending

  2. Services for the reaccreditation of programs

    $362,238 spent
    21% of program spending

  3. Services for programs undergoing initial accreditation

    $103,758 spent
    6% of program spending

  4. Other program services, not described on the e-filed return.

    $54,156 spent
    3% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,757,864.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($1.5M) Expenses 100 ($1.4M) Net assets 100 ($1.8M)2018 Revenue 111 ($1.6M) Expenses 117 ($1.7M) Net assets 98 ($1.7M)2019 Revenue 117 ($1.7M) Expenses 140 ($2.0M) Net assets 83 ($1.5M)2020 Revenue 123 ($1.8M) Expenses 114 ($1.6M) Net assets 94 ($1.7M)2021 Revenue 150 ($2.2M) Expenses 117 ($1.7M) Net assets 125 ($2.2M)2022 Revenue 123 ($1.8M) Expenses 127 ($1.8M) Net assets 116 ($2.0M)2023 Revenue 125 ($1.9M) Expenses 125 ($1.8M) Net assets 126 ($2.2M)2024 Revenue 136 ($2.0M) Expenses 144 ($2.0M) Net assets 130 ($2.3M)
'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24
Revenue (136)Expenses (144)Net assets (130)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $3.0M to $3.3M (+11%).

$2.6M
$2.7M
$2.8M
$3.0M
$3.3M
$3.0M
$3.3M
$3.4M
'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24
Total assetsTotal liabilities

How it's funded, over time

Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2021 8%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

10% of COMMISSION ON ACCREDITATION FOR HEALTH INFORMATICS AND INFO MGMT EDUCATION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (48% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 12,352 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$58k
’17
−$31k
’18
−$272k
’19
$196k
’20
$553k
’21
$11k
’22
$69k
’23
−$30k
’24
19
months of
reserve

Leadership and staff

The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.

Chief executive

Angela Kennedy

Chief executive officer

Board chair

Philip Kroth

Chair

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

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Listed1514151516171617
Joined·+3+1+3+4+3+2+4
No longer listed·4033233
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2018: the base held at 1 funder, grant income held at $175k.

Funder
'17
'18
total
funders
1
1

From the IRS filings of COMMISSION ON ACCREDITATION FOR HEALTH INFORMATICS AND INFO MGMT EDUCATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

Where its funders are

100% of COMMISSION ON ACCREDITATION FOR HEALTH INFORMATICS AND INFO MGMT EDUCATION's grant income comes from Illinois funders.

IL

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’17
’18
Illinois out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

COMMISSION ON ACCREDITATION FOR HEALTH INFORMATICS AND INFO MGMT EDUCATION holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 11,752 education nonprofits its size.

Operating margin−1% · below the median
Months of reserve19.2mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)4% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,752 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024

Organizations like COMMISSION ON ACCREDITATION FOR HEALTH INFORMATICS AND INFO MGMT EDUCATION

Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.

In Illinois

Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care Inc82%AHIMA Foundation81%American Health Information Management Association81%Illinois Caucus for Adolescent Health Inc81%Chicago Hope Academy81%Acgme International Inc81%Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society80%Illinois Health and Hospital Association80%

Nationally

Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Management Education87%College of Healthcare Information Management Executives84%American College Health Association84%California Association of Hospitals and Health Systems84%Contexture83%Massachusetts Health & Hospital Assoc Inc83%Integrated Healthcare Association83%Healthcare Industry Grant Corporation82%
05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

86% of spending goes to programs.

Program 86%Management 14%Fundraising 0%

Governance

13
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

85%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

IL

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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for COMMISSION ON ACCREDITATION FOR HEALTH INFORMATICS AND INFO MGMT EDUCATION: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.

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Questions and answers

Who funds COMMISSION ON ACCREDITATION FOR HEALTH INFORMATICS AND INFO MGMT EDUCATION?
COMMISSION ON ACCREDITATION FOR HEALTH INFORMATICS AND INFO MGMT EDUCATION (Illinois) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $350,000 to it, the largest being American Health Information Management Association ($350,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does COMMISSION ON ACCREDITATION FOR HEALTH INFORMATICS AND INFO MGMT EDUCATION have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $350,000 in grants to COMMISSION ON ACCREDITATION FOR HEALTH INFORMATICS AND INFO MGMT EDUCATION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of COMMISSION ON ACCREDITATION FOR HEALTH INFORMATICS AND INFO MGMT EDUCATION?
American Health Information Management Association is the largest funder on record, with $350,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like COMMISSION ON ACCREDITATION FOR HEALTH INFORMATICS AND INFO MGMT EDUCATION find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Illinois. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 1 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing