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INSTITUTE FOR HEALTHCARE OPTIMIZATION INC

INSTITUTE FOR HEALTHCARE OPTIMIZATION INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $50,000 to it, the largest being GORDON E AND BETTY I MOORE FOUNDATION ($50,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$3.5M
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$50k
Net assets
$914k
0/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 5%
01What it does

What Institute for Healthcare Optimization Inc does

Mission

To improve the healthcare delivery system by the application of operations mgt. Techniques.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Research and develop tools for application of operations management to healthcare delivery including applied research under contracts with hospitals.

    $1,418,617 spent
    72% of program spending

  2. Disseminating knowledge on successful application efforts.

    $543,902 spent
    28% of program spending

  3. Educating and training healthcare personnel on theory and application of scientific management methodologies.

    $0 spent
    0% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,962,519.

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 ($2.0M) Net assets 100 ($849k)2018 Revenue 80 ($1.2M) Expenses 86 ($1.7M) Net assets 42 ($360k)2019 Revenue 61 ($912k) Expenses 65 ($1.3M) Net assets 1 ($9k)2020 Revenue 112 ($1.7M) Expenses 66 ($1.3M) Net assets 44 ($375k)2021 Revenue 91 ($1.3M) Expenses 66 ($1.3M) Net assets 52 ($438k)2022 Revenue 49 ($733k) Expenses 58 ($1.1M) Net assets 3 ($28k)2023 Revenue 71 ($1.0M) Expenses 62 ($1.2M) Net assets -15 ($-129159)2024 Revenue 193 ($2.9M) Expenses 120 ($2.4M) Net assets 45 ($381k)2025 Revenue 236 ($3.5M) Expenses 152 ($3.0M) Net assets 108 ($914k)
'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25
Revenue (236)Expenses (152)Net assets (108)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 $197k to $954k (+385%).

$1.1M
$651k
$247k
$485k
$754k
$197k
$954k
$1.1M
$1.4M
'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25
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
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2021 8% · 2022 15%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

100% of INSTITUTE FOR HEALTHCARE OPTIMIZATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (51% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 8,611 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

−$471k
’17
−$489k
’18
−$351k
’19
$366k
’20
$63k
’21
−$410k
’22
−$157k
’23
$510k
’24
$533k
’25
4.3
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.

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Listed6655556810
Joined·+0+0+0+1+0+3+5+3
No longer listed·01010231
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

Funder
'19
total
funders
1

From the IRS filings of INSTITUTE FOR HEALTHCARE OPTIMIZATION INC’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

INSTITUTE FOR HEALTHCARE OPTIMIZATION INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Massachusetts, across 1 state in all.

CA

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

INSTITUTE FOR HEALTHCARE OPTIMIZATION INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 4,665 health nonprofits its size.

Operating margin15% · above the median
Months of reserve4.3mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)11% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,665 health nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025

Organizations like INSTITUTE FOR HEALTHCARE OPTIMIZATION INC

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In Massachusetts

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Nationally

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

66% of spending goes to programs.

Program 66%Management 34%Fundraising 0%

Governance

4
board members
50%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

100%

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

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

MA

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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for INSTITUTE FOR HEALTHCARE OPTIMIZATION INC: 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 INSTITUTE FOR HEALTHCARE OPTIMIZATION INC?
INSTITUTE FOR HEALTHCARE OPTIMIZATION INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $50,000 to it, the largest being GORDON E AND BETTY I MOORE FOUNDATION ($50,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does INSTITUTE FOR HEALTHCARE OPTIMIZATION INC have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $50,000 in grants to INSTITUTE FOR HEALTHCARE OPTIMIZATION INC.
Who is the largest funder of INSTITUTE FOR HEALTHCARE OPTIMIZATION INC?
GORDON E AND BETTY I MOORE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $50,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like INSTITUTE FOR HEALTHCARE OPTIMIZATION INC find more funders?
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), 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