Form 990 for tax year 2025

Totals

Total revenue

$221,684

Total expenses

$211,813

Contributions and grants received

$193,625

Grants paid

$26,500

Program service revenue

$23,592

Investment income

$4,467

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$283,659

Total liabilities, end of year

$261,620

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$22,039

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$163,411

Management and general expenses

$46,381

Fundraising expenses

$2,021

Program service expenses (Part III)

$163,411

Program services were 77.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Mission and programs · 2025

• HEALTH CARE RESEARCH AND DISSEMINATION:THE WEST VIRGINIA ALLIANCE FOR CREATIVE HEALTH SOLUTIONS, INC. (WVACHS) IS A STATEWIDE NETWORK OF CLINICIANS, RESEARCHERS, AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS WORKING TO IMPROVE HEALTH CARE ACROSS WEST VIRGINIA, ESPECIALLY FOR PEOPLE AND COMMUNITIES THAT FACE THE GREATEST BARRIERS TO CARE. EFFORTS ARE FOCUSED ON PRACTICAL RESEARCH THAT STEMS FROM QUESTIONS IN CLINICS AND COMMUNITIES. IN 2025, WVACHS CONTINUED TO BUILD THIS WORK ACROSS A RANGE OF PRIORITY ISSUES, INCLUDING CHRONIC DISEASE, OBESITY, INFECTIOUS DISEASE, ACCESS TO CARE, ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH, AND PREVENTION. BY THE CLOSE OF CALENDAR YEAR 2025, WVACHS HAD 12 ACTIVE OR ONGOING RESEARCH PROJECTS. THESE INCLUDED PROJECTS SUCH AS: "PERCEIVED WATER SAFETY AND ELEVATED LIVER ENZYMES IN RURAL WEST VIRGINIA, WHICH EXPLORES HOW DRINKING WATER CONCERNS MAY INFLUENCE HEALTH BEHAVIORS AND LIVER OUTCOMES "STATEWIDE YOUTH VAPING PREVENTION IN WEST VIRGINIA: TWO-YEAR OUTCOMES OF CATCH MY BREATH, WHICH EVALUATES THE REACH AND IMPACT OF A SCHOOL-BASED VAPING PREVENTION PROGRAM "ONGOING WORK ON HEPATITIS C TREATMENT ACCESS, RACIAL BIAS IN PULSE OXIMETRY, AND COMMUNITY-BASED OBESITY AND NUTRITION INTERVENTIONS WVACHS ALSO CONTINUED TO SHARE FINDINGS THROUGH PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS. WORK CONDUCTED IN 2025 RESULTED IN TWO PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL ARTICLES LATER IN 2026, INCLUDING: "STATEWIDE YOUTH VAPING PREVENTION IN WEST VIRGINIA: TWO-YEAR OUTCOMES OF CATCH MY BREATH (BAUS, BURCHFIELD, CHILL, ET AL.), PUBLISHED IN THE JOURNAL OF PRIMARY CARE & COMMUNITY HEALTH "PERCEIVED WATER SAFETY AND ELEVATED LIVER ENZYMES IN RURAL WEST VIRGINIA: LINKS BETWEEN DRINKING WATER, BEVERAGE HABITS, AND LIVER HEALTH (BAILEY, LILLY, & BAUS), PUBLISHED IN RURAL AND REMOTE HEALTH IN ADDITION, WVACHS DELIVERED FOUR PRESENTATIONS IN 2025, INCLUDING: ""WEST VIRGINIA'S CLEAR FUTURE - YEAR 2 EVALUATION HIGHLIGHTS" PRESENTED TO THE WEST VIRGINIA TOBACCO USE PREVENTION AND CESSATION TASK FORCE "TWO PRESENTATIONS TO THE COALITION FOR A TOBACCO-FREE WEST VIRGINIA NETWORK ""A QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS OF IMPLEMENTATION EXPERIENCES FROM WEST VIRGINIA'S CLEAR FUTURE" AT THE LIFESTYLE MEDICINE CONFERENCE IN GRAPEVINE, TEXAS

  Expenses $49,517 · Grants $24,000

• RESEARCH MENTORSHIP PROGRAM: THE WVACHS RESEARCH MENTORSHIP PROGRAM IS ONE OF THE MAIN WAYS THE NETWORK HELPS BUILD THE FUTURE OF HEALTH CARE AND RESEARCH IN WEST VIRGINIA. THROUGH THIS PROGRAM, CLINICIANS PARTNER WITH STUDENTS AND OTHER LEARNERS ON RESEARCH PROJECTS. THE GOAL IS TO GIVE LEARNERS MEANINGFUL HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE WHILE ALSO HELPING CLINICIAN-LED PROJECTS MOVE FORWARD. IN CALENDAR YEAR 2025, THE PROGRAM SUPPORTED 8 ACCEPTED MENTORSHIP PROJECTS. ACROSS THE 7 PROJECTS WITH COMPLETED 2025 EVALUATION DATA, MENTORS DOCUMENTED WORK WITH 22 LEARNERS, INCLUDING 9 MEDICAL STUDENTS AND 13 STUDENTS AND TRAINEES FROM HEALTH PROFESSIONS AND RELATED FIELDS. THESE PROJECTS ADDRESSED REAL-WORLD CHALLENGES FACING WEST VIRGINIA COMMUNITIES. EXAMPLES INCLUDE: "RESEARCH ON WATER QUALITY AND HEALTH, INCLUDING ITS CONNECTION TO LIVER DISEASE AND BEVERAGE CHOICES "RESEARCH EXAMINING RACIAL BIAS IN PULSE OXIMETRY AND ITS POTENTIAL IMPACT ON DIAGNOSIS AND CARE "RESEARCH FOCUSED ON HEPATITIS C TREATMENT ACCESS AND PATIENT ENGAGEMENT IN CARE "ONGOING RESEARCH RELATED TO OBESITY, NUTRITION, AND FOOD IS MEDICINE PROGRAMMING "EVALUATION OF A YOUTH VAPING PREVENTION PROGRAM THESE PROJECTS ARE GROUNDED IN CLINICIAN-DRIVEN QUESTIONS BASED ON PATIENT AND COMMUNITY NEEDS. THE MENTORSHIP PROGRAM HELPS STUDENTS LEARN BY DOING, SUPPORTS CLINICIANS IN IMPROVING CARE, AND STRENGTHENS THE PIPELINE OF FUTURE HEALTH CARE LEADERS IN WEST VIRGINIA.

  Expenses $3,196 · Grants $2,500

• APPALACHIAN PULMONARY HEALTH PROJECT (APHP): THE WVACHS CONTINUES TO SERVE AS FISCAL SPONSOR FOR THE APPALACHIAN PULMONARY HEALTH PROJECT (APHP). THE APHP IS A PEER NETWORK OF WEST VIRGINIA RESPIRATORY THERAPISTS AND HEALTH ADVOCATES COMMITTED TO THE FOUR GOALS OF PRIMARY PREVENTION OF CHRONIC LUNG DISEASES, EXPANDING ACCESS TO HIGH QUALITY PULMONARY TESTING AND PULMONARY REHABILITATION IN RURAL AREAS, AND CARE COORDINATION FOR PERSONS WITH CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE. IN 2025, THE APHP INCORPORATED AS A WEST VIRGINIA NON-PROFIT AND OBTAINED IRS 501C3 STATUS. THE RESPIRATORY THERAPISTS OF APHP CONTINUE TO PROVIDE PULMONARY REHABILITATION SERVICES AT 11 RURAL HOSPITALS AND CLINICS AROUND THE STATE. APHP HAS FOUNDATION AND PRIVATE FUNDING TO SUPPORT TRANSPORTATION AND COINSURANCE COSTS SO THAT MORE RURAL PATIENTS CAN RECEIVE THESE SERVICES. WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE WV AMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION AND THE STATE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, APHP DELIVERED THE CATCH MY BREATH VAPING PREVENTION CURRICULUM TO OVER 9000 STUDENTS, GRADES 5-8, IN 33 COUNTIES AND 58 SCHOOLS. APHP HAS FOUNDATION FUNDING TO PROVIDE SCHOOL AND TEACHER INCENTIVES TO ENCOURAGE DELIVERY OF THE CATCH MY BREATH CURRICULUM. WITH THESE PARTNERS, WE PREPARED AND PUBLISHED 2-YEAR RESULTS OF THIS EFFORT IN THE JOURNAL OF PRIMARY CARE AND COMMUNITY HEALTH.

  Expenses $110,698

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

• TUG RIVER HEALTH ASSOCIATION INC

  $6,000

  BOARD MEETINGS

• COMMUNITY CARE OF WV

  $6,000

  BOARD MEETING

• CABIN CREEK HEALTH CENTER INC

  $6,000

  BOARD MEETING

• NEW RIVER HEALTH ASSOCIATION INC

  $6,000

  BOAD MEETING

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2025

Filed

1 June 2026

IRS schema version

2025v4.0

Source object

202621629349300927

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