Form 990-EZ for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$63,542

Total expenses

$69,539

Contributions and grants received

$47,394

Grants paid

$23,500

Program service revenue

$16,148

Membership dues (line 3)

$0

Investment income (line 4)

$0

Gain or loss on sale of assets (line 5c)

$0

Gaming and fundraising events, net (line 6d)

$0

Gross profit on inventory sales (line 7c)

$0

Other revenue (line 8)

$0

Total assets, end of year

$63,912

Total liabilities, end of year

$56,326

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$7,586

Program service expenses (Part III)

$59,980

Program services were 86.3% of total expenses calculated — Part III's total program service expenses over total expenses, both as filed.

Mission and programs · 2023

• Health care research focused on primary and preventive care for low income and disadvantaged populations. The West Virginia Alliance for Creative Health Solutions, Inc. (WVACHS) is an interdisciplinary practice-based research network (PBRN) of primary care clinicians, administrators, and public health leaders engaged in research to improve health and health care systems for West Virginians, particularly those who are underserved. WVACHS clinician researchers conduct research activities on a voluntary basis, alongside their primary care clinical practices. We engage interested medical and other health professions students in practice-based research projects during their clinical rotations and support their interest with tools, training, and research expertise.

  Expenses $34,496 · Grants $12,000

• Dissemination of research results to inform practice, policy, and public education. In 2023, WVACHS members had two articles published in peer-reviewed open access journals from our study examining factors that facilitated and hindered entrance into and retention in medication-assisted (MAT) programs for opioid use disorder from the perspective of individuals in recovery. Another article from the same study was accepted for publication in 2024. WVACHS members presented findings from the Mountaineer Autism Project at a stakeholder meeting, presented the CATCH My Breath Vaping Prevention program to a legislative committee and at the Appalachian Translational Research Network conference, and earned a People's Choice award at a poster session on Meal Kit Delivery to Rural WV Households at the WV Rural Health Conference. Links to published WVACHS works and descriptions of ongoing work are available on our website at: https://www.wvachs.org/publications

  Expenses $16,543 · Grants $4,000

• Research Mentorship Program. In 2023, the WVACHS implemented a research mentorship program to support emerging practice-based researchers through mentoring and stipends to practicing clinicians who engage medical and other health professions students in research projects. Mentors and mentees receive training and support in all stages of the research process. In 2023, WVACHS clinician members worked with 8 individual students in 4 research projects. In addition, WVACHS contracts with two part-time Research Assistants, one in medical school and one pre-med, who contribute to all phases of research while they hone their own research skills.

  Expenses $8,941 · Grants $7,500

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part IV

Compensation is as filed in Part IV of the Form 990-EZ: compensation, contributions to benefit plans, expense account, 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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type

form_990_ez

Tax year

2023

Filed

10 March 2024

IRS schema version

2023v4.0

Source object

202430719349200018

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