Health Equity
Impact Report

2020-2021

Heluna Health: A nonprofit innovator of population health solutions

Welcome

“We help our partners focus on what they do best, helping more people live healthy and productive lives. ”

President and
Chief Executive Officer
Blayne Cutler, MD, PhD

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OUR MISSION

Heluna Health enhances the health, wellness,
and resilience of every community we serve

OUR Vision

Healthy, strong
communities for all

OUR Values

HELUNA HEALTH OVERVIEW

Heluna Health provides innovative support services and evidence-
based programs that improve
the overall health and well-being of
our communities.

At Heluna Health, we work directly in local communities and with partner programs to implement and/or evaluate population health interventions aimed at disease prevention, community preparedness, and achieving health equity. Through innovative programs and transformational partnerships across the population health spectrum, Heluna Health is moving the needle on ‘whole person’ care and creating a coordinated response to address the underlying conditions that impact the health of our communities.

Heluna Health

PARTNERS

Heluna Health leads and manages public health projects as a comprehensive fiscal sponsor or fiscal intermediary on behalf of academic researchers, government agencies, nonprofit partners, community-based organizations, and public-private consortia. We provide a range of financial, administrative, and operational support services, including human resources, staffing, payroll & benefits administration, contracts and grants management & monitoring, compliance, IT, and procurement to more than 500 health and social service projects across the United States. Together we are building healthy, strong communities for all.

Heluna Health

PARTNERS

Heluna Health leads and manages public health projects as a comprehensive fiscal sponsor or fiscal intermediary on behalf of academic researchers, government agencies, nonprofit partners, community-based organizations, and public-private consortia. We provide a range of financial, administrative, and operational support services, including human resources, staffing, payroll & benefits administration, contracts and grants management & monitoring, compliance, IT, and procurement to more than 500 health and social service projects across the United States. Together we are building healthy, strong communities for all.

Heluna Health

DIRECT

Heluna Health works directly in local communities to implement evidence-based, innovative population health programs that address social, environmental, and economic conditions that affect health equity. We provide essential breastfeeding and nutrition services, early literacy interventions, maternal support, disease prevention, and youth empowerment initiatives to improve health and life outcomes. And Heluna Health delivers project management services that build on decades of expertise in public health and nonprofit administration to enhance community preparedness.

Heluna Health

DIRECT

Heluna Health works directly in local communities to implement evidence-based, innovative population health programs that address social, environmental, and economic conditions that affect health equity. We provide essential breastfeeding and nutrition services, early literacy interventions, maternal support, disease prevention, and youth empowerment initiatives to improve health and life outcomes. And Heluna Health delivers project management services that build on decades of expertise in public health and nonprofit administration to enhance community preparedness.

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PATHWAYS

Heluna Health is developing on-demand training and certificate services for key cohorts of the population health/social service workforce, starting with Community Health Workers (CHWs) in California. The program is designed for CHWs who provide case management, engagement, health coaching, navigation, employment services, and outreach in clinical community-based and social service organizations. The CHW program provides a culturally-responsive curriculum that trains on core competencies. Heluna Health is committed to providing professional pathways for a community-connected health workforce that plays a critical role in advancing health equity.

Heluna Health

PATHWAYS

Heluna Health is developing on-demand training and certificate services for key cohorts of the population health/social service workforce, starting with Community Health Workers (CHWs) in California. The program is designed for CHWs who provide case management, engagement, health coaching, navigation, employment services, and outreach in clinical community-based and social service organizations. The CHW program provides a culturally-responsive curriculum that trains on core competencies. Heluna Health is committed to providing professional pathways for a community-connected health workforce that plays a critical role in advancing health equity.

Heluna Health

ADVISORS

Heluna Health has assembled a diverse team of professional, academic, and lived experts who are passionate about promoting equitable health outcomes. Our network of public health professionals and affiliated consultants offer decades of experience and trusted relationships working with hundreds of community-based population health and social service organizations. Our team provides expert advice and consultation, technical assistance, and collaborative partnership opportunities to public, private, and non-governmental stakeholders in order to enhance the health, wellness, and resilience of every community we serve.

Heluna Health

ADVISORS

Heluna Health has assembled a diverse team of professional, academic, and lived experts who are passionate about promoting equitable health outcomes. Our network of public health professionals and affiliated consultants offer decades of experience and trusted relationships working with hundreds of community-based population health and social service organizations. Our team provides expert advice and consultation, technical assistance, and collaborative partnership opportunities to public, private, and non-governmental stakeholders in order to enhance the health, wellness, and resilience of every community we serve.

By the numbers (2020-2021)

Connections to service *
0 M
Projects
0 +
New employees hired
0
Increase in net assets
0 %

10-15%

Indirect rate for contracts

Grant Renewal
0 %

*Includes data from Heluna Health’s WIC program and SisterWeb from 1/1/21-12/31/21; SFHOT, CEIP, and Santa Clara County from 7/1/20-6/30/21.

More Than Numbers

Heluna Health Program Spotlights

Learn more about some of our partners and direct service programs working to improve health outcomes in our local communities.

Rapid Response to Rising COVID-19 Cases in Santa Clara County

It was January 31, 2020, and the Santa Clara County Department of Public Health in California had just recorded its first case of COVID-19. Two months later, the county issued one of the nation’s first stay-at-home orders to address the rising number of local COVID cases. It was becoming clear to county officials that they would need to mount a rapid response to the escalating crisis. They reached out to Heluna Health for help.

“Heluna Health’s support was invaluable in helping the county build, train, and lead its 1,000-person COVID-19 contact tracing workforce,” says Sarah L. Rudman, Assistant Public Health Officer with Santa Clara County’s Department of Public Health. “Without Heluna Health, the county could not have achieved this. It was an unprecedented increase in capacity in such a short amount of time.”

The intensive efforts to scale-up Santa Clara County’s critical pandemic case investigation and contact tracing (CICT) and mobile vaccination response efforts aimed to build a dynamic COVID-19 response workforce. County workers shifted their duties to respond to the pandemic as contact tracers. To supplement this effort, volunteers from the community were recruited to fill key roles. Heluna Health provided staffing services to support the hiring, onboarding, and training of 800 combined support personnel (Disaster Service Workers, California state employees, and Heluna Health staff) and more than 500 active volunteers, while also delivering technical support, direct supervision, and guidance to the teams.

Altogether, the teams completed more than 91,000 case investigations, reached over 52,000 individuals through contact tracing activities, and supported the development and implementation of a multi-level staffing infrastructure to expand and sustain the county’s fixed, mobile, and pop-up vaccination operations.

Being on the front lines of pandemic relief in California during COVID-19, Heluna Health has proven that its organizational expertise is a vital resource for local and national efforts around pandemic preparedness. Collective approaches are key, and Heluna Health continues to build integrated and coordinated rapid relief responses that create positive community outcomes.

Fiscal Year 2021

Building Nutrition Security for Economically Challenged Families Across the U.S. through increases in WIC Fruits and Vegetables Benefits

For more than 40 years, Heluna Health’s USDA-funded Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) Program has provided healthy, free food, nutrition education, breastfeeding support, and family resources to economically challenged households with children under age five who are at nutritional risk. Encompassing over 40 sites in Southern California, Heluna Health’s WIC Program serves more than 180,000 women, infants, and children every month, translating into approximately 3% of the nation’s total and 20% of California’s total WIC participants.

In June 2021, the American Rescue Plan Act significantly raised the WIC monthly benefit for vegetables and fruits, positioning families to make healthier food choices and positively impacting local businesses and farmers. This monthly benefit increase has resulted in more than triple the amount of fruit and vegetable purchases, a greater variety of produce redeemed by WIC families, and increased fruit and vegetable consumption by young children. WIC’s vegetable and fruit benefit was first introduced in 2009 and is credited with significantly improving the dietary quality of WIC participants’ nutrition and reducing the prevalence of childhood obesity among WIC toddlers.

Now, there is a bipartisan effort to make the 2021 increase permanent. “This is not a political issue,” says Dr. Shannon Whaley, Director of Research and Evaluation at Heluna Health’s WIC program. “Every state grows vegetables and fruits, and every community sells vegetables and fruits. This is good for everyone.” Dr. Whaley’s current research is focused on the disproportionate impact of nutrition-related inequities on the health and well-being of low-income children and families. A 2019 grant to Heluna Health from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Healthy Eating Research division is funding a multi-year study to demonstrate the impact that a significant policy change to provide adequate amounts of fruits and vegetables for young children has on access, intake, food security, and ongoing WIC participation in early childhood. Scheduled to be released in August 2022, the study will inform policy and advocacy work under way to permanently expand this important benefit for all WIC children in the U.S.*

*Study released in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health in August 2022.

$143 Million in benefits spent on WIC foods in 2021

$29 million total of fruits and vegetables
O Previous amount of fruits and vegetables
O Increase in fruits and vegetables

WIC IN 2021

183,000

Benefits distributed monthly

108,000

Books distributed by Little by Little

100,000

Diapers distributed

January 1, 2021 – December 31, 2021

Advancing Health Equity for the Unhoused in San Francisco

Throughout San Francisco, you can find the exceptional San Francisco Homeless Outreach Team (SFHOT) in their distinctive neon green jackets and shirts, providing hope, humanity, and resources to people experiencing homelessness. SFHOT is a direct service collaboration between Heluna Health and the City and County of San Francisco’s Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing (DHSH) that works to engage and stabilize vulnerable unhoused individuals by connecting them with available resources. SFHOT also helps place those experiencing homelessness into temporary shelters and housing.

“The rewarding part for me is seeing the folks smile and have their needs met,” says Joshcelyn Johnson, a Heluna Health employee for the SFHOT program. “The challenging part is when you see people, especially women with kids, and the folks with mental illness who can’t advocate for themselves.” SFHOT operates seven days a week, providing street outreach and case management services.

With unparalleled dedication to the unhoused community of San Francisco, the Outreach Team provides practical support, information, referrals, and in-depth community collaboration and responsiveness. From July 2020 through March 2021, SFHOT’s team provided services to 2,778 unique clients, more than doubling its client target of 1,125. Case management services address the numerous long-term problems related to homelessness, connect individuals to public benefits, and develop pathways for housing.

SFHOT’s “street medicine” outreach service provides healthcare to clients to monitor and improve the health of those without permanent shelter. These critical services help advance health equity by improving health outcomes, and reflect Heluna Health’s commitment to promote health, safety, and well-being for any individuals experiencing homelessness in San Francisco.

Fiscal Year 2021
* Includes Community Response, Street Outreach, and Special Projects

Tracking a Public Health Emergency Case by Case

The California Emerging Infections Program (CEIP) is funded by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for the surveillance, prevention, and control of emerging infectious diseases. In March 2020, CEIP began collecting COVID data just three weeks after the pandemic was declared a public health emergency. “We’ve never done that before,” says Gretchen Rothrock, Associate Director at CEIP. “But without the basic information about how much disease is out there, we can’t determine whether things are getting better or worse, or which people need the most help.” The work of CEIP has been published in the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR).

As the fiscal sponsor of CEIP, Heluna Health has assisted the organization with administrative optimization since 1994, and provided support with hiring, benefits administration, and equipment, to make possible CEIP’s timely response during the pandemic.

CEIP tracked 14,070 COVID-positive hospitalizations in San Francisco, Alameda, and Contra Costa counties through June 30, 2021. CEIP also interviewed 1,541 COVID-positive healthcare workers and evaluated vaccine effectiveness among those workers. Additional studies monitored emerging COVID variants and described the characteristics of the illness experienced by healthcare workers who tested positive.

Going forward, researchers and policymakers will now be able to use CEIP’s data to better prepare for the future. And Heluna Health, with its partners, will continue to develop new and innovative approaches to pandemic preparedness that are driven by data, such as the creation of new tools that can help to better understand gaps in preparedness, foster community engagement, and focus outreach in higher-risk communities.

*FY21 time period is 7/1/2020 – 6/30/2021; €Invasive – Neiserria meningitidis, Haemophilus influenzae, Streptococcus pneumoniae, group A Streptococcus (GAS) and group B Streptococcus; ¥Campylobacter, Listeria, Salmonella, Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) O157, STEC non-O157, Shigella, Vibrio, Yersinia, and Cyclospora; βInvasive Staphylococcus aureus, Clostridioides difficile infections, candidemia, and carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteraciae; **From the beginning of the pandemic through 6/30/2021

Ensuring Healthy Birth Experiences Through Increased Access to Doulas

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For the doulas employed by San Francisco’s SisterWeb, the house in the Bayview neighborhood that serves as the community-based organization’s headquarters is more than just “the cottage,” as it is affectionately known—it is the center of a movement to change the lives of Black, Latinx, and Pacific Islander families across the city.

Research shows that the families served by SisterWeb’s doulas and birth workers are at a higher risk for adverse birth outcomes, including preterm deliveries, pregnancy complications, and inadequate prenatal care, because of systemic race-related inequities. Black women in the U.S. are four times as likely to die in the process of giving birth compared as white women. In San Francisco, one out of every seven Black children is born prematurely. These very tragic outcomes are highly preventable and SisterWeb is determined to increase access to doula services for Black, Latinx, and Pacific Islander families to ensure they receive the support, protection, and resources for a positive birth experience.

As Marna Armstead, the Executive Director and cofounder of SisterWeb, explains, “The communities that have a need for doula services are the same Black and Brown communities that can’t afford them.” This is where SisterWeb makes a difference. By providing free, culturally congruent doula care, SisterWeb ensures that its clients receive fair and equitable medical care and feel informed and empowered during their birth journeys. It is the only community-based organization in San Francisco to offer this model of doula care and, in doing so, is providing stable employment opportunities for Black, Latinx, and Pacific Islander doulas. Says Armstead, as the group’s fiscal sponsor, Heluna Health “not only supports our financial stability, but through that, the stability of the people who work for us. We employ our doulas full time, so they have a viable profession.”

Within just a few years, SisterWeb has grown from a tiny dream into a transformational doula organization serving hundreds of women each year. Through advocacy and outreach, its message is reaching more families. For Armstead, that message is clear. “We already have solutions, and we need to be able to practice them openly so that every baby has an equal chance at a healthy start,” she says.

SISTERWEB IN 2021

The data represent outcomes from Jan 1 - Dec 31, 2021. Data for clients who had a portion or all of their care during this time period were included in these figures.

OUR PANDEMIC RESPONSE

2020-2021

A COVID-19 Timeline

As the 2020-2021 fiscal year began, Heluna Health continued to mobilize essential resources for our communities to confront the challenges caused by the global pandemic. We worked collaboratively across our broad network of partners, clients, and programs to respond rapidly to the urgent situation threatening lives while continuing to deliver essential breastfeeding and nutrition services, early literacy programs, maternal support, disease prevention programs, and other initiatives. Here’s a closer look at our impact on the health and well-being of our communities.
January 2020
COVID-19 Milestone
First case of COVID-19 reported in the U.S.
March 2020
Heluna Health begins providing emergency response staffing and launches a COVID-19 Response Fund, raising over one million dollars.
April 2020
Heluna Health provides emergency response staffing for Los Angeles County and supports statewide laboratory capacity for pandemic response. Heluna Health’s WIC program staff provides remote services.
May 2020
COVID-19 Milestone
California increases availability of testing.
May-June 2020
Heluna Health partners with FluLab to provide testing, PPE, and other support to people in need. Heluna Health also onboards staff and volunteers to support case investigation and contact tracing in Santa Clara County and provides staffing support for LA County COVID testing sites.  
September 2020
Heluna Health provides staffing support to Contra Costa County and the California Department of Public Health for continued pandemic response efforts.
November 2020
Heluna Health begins staffing support for Project Roomkey in LA County, providing shelter-in-place housing for individuals experiencing homelessness during the pandemic
December 2020
COVID-19 Milestone
FDA issues emergency use authorizations for Pfizer BioNTech and Moderna vaccines.
December 2020
Heluna Health partners with the state of California to help deploy COVID-19 vaccinations.
January 2021
Heluna Health joins the Biden Inaugural Committee’s National Day of Service in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day to launch its #WhyIVax campaign and help LA County’s emergency response efforts with help hiring EMTs and paramedics.
February 2021
Heluna Health supports Santa Clara County’s transition to vaccination operations as vaccine eligibility broadens.
March 2021
COVID-19 Milestone
California Governor Gavin Newsom signs AB 86, providing funding to support the safe reopening of K-12 schools.
April-June 2021
Heluna Health partners with California and LA County to support school-based testing programs and partners with the California Prevention Training Center to train a large and diverse public health workforce on pandemic response.
July 2021
Heluna Health supports LA County as it implements mobile vaccination sites and PODs.
July 2021
COVID-19 Milestone
The pandemic continues. Heluna Health’s work remains essential and is ongoing.

The Heluna Health Community

“The greatness of a community is most accurately measured by the compassionate actions of its
members.”
Coretta Scott King
Heluna Health effects positive change in population health because of critical support from our dedicated universe of key stakeholders. From our partners and direct service programs to generous individuals, corporations, foundations, and government agencies to our board members and other leaders, our success as an organization is a team effort.
Chairman of the Board
Alexander Baker, MBA
Chief Operating Officer, JSI
“This has been an invigorating time for Heluna Health, as the mission of the organization has never been more important. When so many communities have faced enormous health crises, Heluna Health and our many partners have stepped up and positively impacted the lives of some of the most vulnerable people in the U.S. We were ready for this moment and we were able to nimbly respond to the urgent needs thrust upon population health organizations. On behalf of the Heluna Health Board of Directors and Executive Management Team, I extend our gratitude to our family of supporters who make this work possible. We have much more to accomplish; we invite you to join our work in advancing health equity and helping the communities we serve strengthen their capacity to prepare for and respond to future public health challenges.”  

At Heluna Health, we work directly in local communities and with our partners to
provide proven population health interventions.

4 Bone Health

Action on Smoking and Health (ASH)

Alameda County (AC)

AC Health Care Services Agency

AC Public Health Department

AC Public Health Laboratory

California Department of Public Health (CDPH)

CDPH Center for Family Health (CFH)

CDPH California Emerging Infections Program (CEIP)

CDPH California STD/HIV Prevention Training Center (CAPTC)

CDPH California Youth Advocacy Network (CYAN)

CDPH Infant Botulism Treatment and Prevention Program (IBTPP)

CDPH Infectious Disease Branch (IDB)

CDPH Microbial Diseases Laboratory (MDL)

CDPH Vector Borne Disease Section (VBDS)

CDPH Viral and Rickettsial Disease Laboratory (VRDL)

CDPH- Saving Our Legacy (SOL) Project

Carolyn Kordich Family Resource Center

Cell-Ed

Children and Families Commission of Orange County

Closed Eyes Open Heart

CMV Workshop Fund

Community Translational Research Institute (CTRI)

Community Health Project LA (CHPLA) – Syringe Service Program

Contra Costa County

Contra Costa Health Services (CCHS)

CCHS Behavioral Health
Division

CCHS Public Health Division

CCHS Senior Nutrition Program
(Meals on Wheels)

Cycle for Heart and Climb for Heart

Eastern Los Angeles Family Resource Center

Family Resource Centers Network of California

Health Consortium of Greater San Gabriel Valley

Health Officers Association of California (HOAC)

Long Beach Early Childhood Education Committee

Los Angeles County (LAC)

Immunization Coalition of Los Angeles County (ICLAC)

LAC Department of Health Services (LACDHS) – USC Healthcare Network

Los Angeles Network for Enhanced Services (LANES)

Los Angeles Partnership for Special Needs Children

Orange County Department of Education (OCDE)

Rancho Santiago Community College District (RSCCD)

RTI International

San Francisco Department of Public Health (SFDPH)

SFDPH Applied Research, Community Health Epidemiology, and Surveillance (ARCHES)

SFDPH Bridge HIV

SFDPH Center for Learning and Innovation (CLI)

SFDPH Center for Public Health Research (CPHR)

SFDPH Community Health Equity and Promotion (CHEP)

SFDPH Disease Prevention and Control (DPC)

SFDPH Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response (PHEPR)

San Francisco Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing (SFHSH)

San Francisco Financial Justice Project

San Francisco Health Network (SFHN)

SFHN Ambulatory Care

SFHN Behavioral Health Services

SFHN Jail Health

SFHN Maternal, Child & Adolescent Health

Shoreline Center for Eating Disorder Treatment

SisterWeb

Southern CA Crossroads

Sustain Hawaii

TRAPMedicine

Violence Prevention Coalition of Orange County

Wilson High School Alumni Foundation

Angels Childcare Food Program

CinnaMoms

HIV/AIDS Transitional Case Management (TCM) – LAC Jail System Program

Little by Little School Readiness
Program

PHFE WIC

Red Alert Baby

San Francisco Homeless Outreach Team (SFHOT)

San Mateo County Outbreak Response & Emergency Preparedness

Santa Clara County Outbreak Response & Emergency Preparedness

Youth Development Services (YDS)

Thank you to the numerous individuals, foundations, corporations, and government agencies whose critical support enables Heluna Health and our partners to build healthy, strong communities for all. Gifts, grants, and contracts of $1,000 or more for the time period July 1, 2020 – June 30, 2021 are recognized in the Impact Report.

Adamma Foundation

Altarum Institute

Amazon

American Foundation for Suicide Prevention

American Heart Association

Angeles Community Health Center

Anonymous (5)

Anthem Blue Cross

Marna Armstead

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.

Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs

Association of Public Health Laboratories

Association of States and Territorial Health Officials

AT&T Foundation

Aurrera Health Group, LLC

Alexander Baker

Bank of the West

Battery Foundation

Dawn Noelle Smith Beutler

Black to the Future

Blue Cross Blue Shield

Blue Shield of California Foundation

Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH

Brilliant Corners

Bristol-Myers Squibb

Italo Brown

California Community Foundation

California Department of Developmental Services

California Department of Education

California Department of Public Health

California Family Resource Association

California HIV/AIDS Research Program

California Physicians’ Service Blue Shield of California

Care Transformation Collaborative Rhode Island

Andrew Casteel

Cause Communications

CDC Foundation

Children & Families Commission of Orange County

Children’s Hospital Los Angeles

Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc.

Cicatelli Associates, Inc.

City and County of San Francisco

Office of Contract Administration Purchasing Division

San Francisco Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing

San Francisco Department of Public Health

City of Hope

City of Los Angeles

Columbia University

Community Clinic Association of Los Angeles County

Corixa Corporation

Corona-Norco Unified School District

County of Contra Costa

County of Los Angeles

County of Marin SELPA

County of Orange

County of San Mateo

County of Santa Clara

Crankstart

Curtis Family Charitable Fund

Blayne Cutler

Susan De Santi

Dermira

Dollar General Literacy Foundation

East Valley Community Health Center

El Nido Family Centers

Emanate Health

Every Mother Counts

Family Health International

Fannie E. Rippel Foundation

Loren R. Farese

Fidelity

First 5 Los Angeles

First 5 San Francisco

Flu Lab, LLC

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

Friedman Family Foundation

Galderma International S.A.S.

GARDP Foundation

Genentech

George Kaiser Family Foundation

Gilead Sciences, Inc.

Golden Gate Mothers Group

Harm Reduction Coalition

Health Care Agency

Health Net

Health Officers Association of California

Health Resources and Services Administration

Hellman Foundation

Hopewell Fund

Jeanne Huey

Huntington Hospital

ICON Government and Public Health Solutions, Inc (CRO)

Inland Southern California United Way

Institute for Healthcare Improvement

Japanese Community Youth Council

Kaiser Foundation Hospitals

Kaiser Permanente Foundation

Keller Family Fund

Kirkland and Ellis LLP

Stephanie Lane

Alex Lantsberg

Laura and John Arnold Foundation

Leavitt Partners, LLC

LEO Pharma

Liberty Hill Foundation

Mac AIDS Fund

Nicole Macarchuk

Magee-Women’s Research Institute and Foundation

Marathon Petroleum Corporation

Margaret Martinez

Shane McGraw

Medical University of South Carolina

Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp

Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas, Inc.

Mission Neighborhood Health Center

NASEN dba Dave Purchase Project

National 4-H Council

National Alliance of Healthcare Purchaser Coalitions

National Association of County & City Health Officials (NACCHO)

National Health Foundation

National Philanthropic Trust

Von Nguyen

Michael Nuttall

Office of National Coordinator for HIT

Open Society Foundations

Oregon Health & Science University

Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute

Pfizer

Pomona Community Health Center

Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center

Public Health Institute

Erik and Ranesh Ramanathan

Rancho Santiago Community College

RAND Corporation

Reaching Our Sisters Everywhere

Rhode Island Department of Health

Michelle Lee Rich

Sarah and Jimmy Rich

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Roche

Michael Rolig

RTI International

Rudolf Steiner Foundation

San Francisco AIDS Foundation

San Francisco General Hospital Foundation

San Francisco Health Plan

San Francisco Public Health Foundation

Sanofi Genzyme

Sierra Health Foundation

Silicon Valley Community Foundation

Davida Silverman

Social & Scientific Systems, Inc.

SPUR

State of California

State of Delaware-Department of Health and Social Services

State of New Mexico

Somava Stout

Support for Families of Children with Disabilities

The Children’s Partnership

The Comer Foundation

The Council of State Governments Ltd

The David and Lucile Packard Foundation

The Forbes Funds

The George Washington University

The James N. Cost Foundation

The Nonprofit Partnership

The Regents of the University of California

Regents of the University of California-Berkeley

Regents of the University of California-Davis

Regents of the University of California-Los Angeles

Regents of the University of California-San Francisco

The San Francisco Foundation

The Thomas R. and Deborah A. Davidson Foundation

The University of Kansas

The University of North Carolina

Tipping Point

Tulane University

Tulsa City-County Health Department

Tulsa Community Foundation

Tulsa County

U.S. Agency for International Development

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)

USDA – Food and Nutrition Service

U.S. Department of Education

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (USDHHS)

USDHHS – Administration for Children & Families

USDHHS – Administration for Community Living

USDHHS – Centers for Disease Control

USDHHS – Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

USDHHS – Food and Drug Administration

USDHHS – National Institutes of Health

USDHHS – Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

U.S. Department of the Interior- National Park Service

U.S. Department of the Treasury

UniHealth Foundation

United Way of Greater Los Angeles

Vivian Vasallo

Santosh Vetticaden

ViiV Healthcare UK

Violet World Foundation

Walter and Elise Haas Fund

Well Being Trust

Wells Fargo

Westat

Eric Whitney

Drew Wilson

WK Kellogg Foundation

Linda Yeomans

Edward Yip

Heluna Health’s accomplished board of directors and experienced executives work collaboratively to uplift our partners and direct programs, and to improve health outcomes in our communities.

Executive Management Team

Blayne Cutler, MD, PhD

President and Chief Executive Officer

Jordan Gadd, MA

Chief of Staff

Brian Gieseler, MBA

Chief Financial Officer

Kiran Saluja, MPH, RDN

Executive Director, PHFE WIC Program

Peter Dale, CPCM, MA

Chief Program Officer

Jo Kay Ghosh, PhD

Director of Research and Evaluation

Elizabeth Power Robison, MBA

Chief Advancement Officer

Tim Seifert, JD

Executive Director, PHFE WIC Program

Board of Directors

Alexander Baker, MBA

Board Chair

Chief Operating Officer, JSI

Von Nguyen, MD, MPH

Vice Chair

Clinical Lead for Population Health, Google LLC

Robert R. Jenks, MBA

Treasurer

Managing Director, Redbrook Partners LLC

Tamara Joseph, JD

Secretary

Chief Legal Officer, Spero Therapeutics

Georgia Casciato, FACHE

Director

Consultant, Healthcare

Susan De Santi, PhD

Director

Executive Director, Global Medical Affairs, Patient Journey, Neurology Business Group, Eisai, Inc.

Carladenise Edwards, PhD

Director

Consultant, Healthcare

Scott Filer, MPH, MBA

Director

CEO, ProMedix, Inc.

Celina Gorre

Director

CEO, WomenHeart

Nicole J. Macarchuk, JD

Director

Partner, Dechert, LLP

Bonnie Midura, MPH

Director

Senior Program Manager, The California Endowment

Sarah Mullen Rich, MBA

Director

Consultant, Healthcare Finance

Jean C. O’Connor, JD, MPH, DrPH, FACHE

Director

Principal Associate, Abt Associates

Vivian Vasallo

Director

Executive Director, Delta Dental Institute

Santosh Vetticaden, MD, PhD, MBA

Director

Biotech Entrepreneur/Co-founder, Visgenx Inc.

Edward Yip, JD

Director

Vice President, Legal and Compliance, Euclid Systems Corporation

Financials

Fiscal year 2020 – 2021 began amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, which continued to have a significant impact on our programs and partners. Total fiscal year 2021 support and revenues reached $608.0 million. The total expenses for fiscal year 2021 were $602.9 million. In addition, Heluna Health’s total net assets grew to a new high of $14.4 million—up from $9.3 million the prior year—as a result of disciplined fiscal management.

Heluna Health’s audited financial statements for the year ending June 30, 2021, are available at helunahealth.org

Statements of Financial Position

June 30, 2021 and 2020

Assets

2021

2020

Cash and cash equivalents

$ 8,402,307

$ 15,430,522

Contracts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $9,595 and $41,712, respectively

$ 64,034,004

$ 19,073,473

Advances to programs, prepaid expenses, and other

$ 129,578,804

$ 2,464,497

Property and equipment, net

$ 3,802,206

$ 2,877,934

Total Assets

$ 205,817,321

$ 39,846,426

Financials

Fiscal year 2020 – 2021 began amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic which continued to have a significant impact on our programs and partners. Total fiscal year 2021 support and revenues reached $608.2 million. The total expenses for fiscal year 2021 were $602.9 million. In addition, Heluna Health’s total net assets grew to a new high of $14.4 million—up from $9 million the prior year—as a result of disciplined fiscal management.

Heluna Health’s audited financial statements for the year ending June 30, 2021, are available at helunahealth.org

Statements of Financial Position

June 30, 2021 and 2020

Assets

2021

2020

Cash and cash equivalents

$ 8,402,307

$ 15,430,522

Contracts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $9,595 and $41,712, respectively

$ 64,034,004

$ 19,073,473

Advances to programs, prepaid expenses, and other

$ 129,578,804

$ 2,464,497

Property and equipment, net

$ 3,802,206

$ 2,877,934

Total Assets

$ 205,817,321

$ 39,846,426

Liabilities

2021

2020

Accounts Payable and accrued expenses

$ 31,849,302

$ 6,435,019

Accrued payroll and related liabilities

$ 15,244,463

$ 9,152,843

Agency and other funds payable

$ 10,295,125

$ 8,697,862

Advance on grantor payments

$ 3,153,570

$ 3,262,932

Accountability for program assets.

$ 3,489,870

$ 2,612,387

Deferred rent

$ 38,680

Deferred revenue

$ 127,326,336

$ 293,077

Capital lease obligations

$ 18,975

$ 28,566

Total Liabilities

$ 191,377,641

$ 30,521,366

Net Assets-Unrestricted

$ 14,439,680

$ 9,046,634

Net Assets-With Restrictions

$ 278,426

Total Net Assets

$ 14,439,680

$ 9,325,060

Total Liabilities and Net Assets

$ 205,817,321

$ 39,846,426

Liabilities

2021

2020

Accounts Payable and accrued expenses

$ 31,849,302

$ 6,435,019

Accrued payroll and related liabilities

$ 15,244,463

$ 9,152,843

Agency and other funds payable

$ 10,295,125

$ 8,697,862

Advance on grantor payments

$ 3,153,570

$ 3,262,932

Deferred rent

$ 38,680

Deferred rent

$ 38,680

Deferred revenue

$ 127,326,336

$ 293,077

Capital lease obligations

$ 18,975

$ 28,566

Total Liabilities

$ 191,377,641

$ 30,521,366

Net Assets-Unrestricted

$ 14,439,680

$ 9,046,634

Net Assets-With Restrictions

$ 278,426

Net Assets-With Restrictions

$ 278,426

Total Net Assets

$ 14,439,680

$ 9,325,060

Total Liabilities and Net Assets

$ 205,817,321

$ 39,846,426

Statement of Functional Expenses

Program Services

2021

$408,252,444

Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity for Infectious Diseases

$120,303,971

All Other Programs

$47,701,151

Women, Infants, and Children Supplemental Nutrition Program

$9,867,091

County of Santa Clara COVID-19 Response

$16,774,406

Management and General

$602,899,063

Total Functional Expenses

Program Services

2020

$61,567,873

All Other Programs

$46,251,280

Women, Infants, and Children Supplemental Nutrition Program

$8,781,662

Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity for Infectious Diseases

$6,069,676

San Francisco Homeless Outreach Team (SFHOT)

$14,032,275

Management and General

$136,702,766

Total Functional Expenses

Statements of Activities

June 30, 2021 and 2020

Unrestricted Revenues and Support

2021

2020

Governmental service contracts

$ 582,228,221

$ 119,912,066

Management fees

$ 19,455,027

$ 13,318,592

Private Contracts

$ 6,135,147

$ 3,179,312

Other Income

$ 195,288

$ 1,456,000

Total unrestricted revenues and support

$ 608,013,683

$ 137,865,970

Expenses

2021

2020

Program Services

$ 586,124,657

$ 122,670,491

Support Services

$ 16,774,406

$ 14,032,275

Total Expenses

$ 602,899,063

$ 136,702,766

Change in net assets - unrestricted

$ 5,114,620

$ 1,163,204

Net assets – beginning of the year

$ 9,325,060

$ 8,161,856

Net assets – end of the year

$ 14,439,680

$ 9,325,060

Connect

For more than 50 years, Heluna Health and the hundreds of population health initiatives we support each year have helped individuals achieve their full potential. We have measurably advanced health equity with innovative strategies and evidence-based solutions, and equipped our partners with capacity building services to improve the health, wellness, and resilience of every community we serve.

Too often, health disparities exist because of circumstances that community members do not control—circumstances such as limited educational opportunities, higher levels of air pollution, systemic racism, poverty, or other social injustices. In fact, research has shown that the zip code in which you are born matters just as much to your physical health, if not more, than your genes.

The COVID-19 pandemic revealed and worsened health disparities, and Heluna Health seeks to scale solutions that eliminate or significantly reduce such gaps in our care for each other. With our long history of supporting partners in outbreak preparedness and response, Heluna Health is well positioned to assist communities in becoming more proactive, so that they never find themselves caught off guard by a novel virus or another pandemic again.

We welcome the opportunity to partner with the wider public health, social service, and philanthropic communities to reduce health disparities and strengthen readiness and resilience in the face of such population health challenges. We hope you will join us.

“I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the waters to create many ripples.”

Mother Teresa

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