Form 990 for tax year 2024

Totals

Total revenue

$12,643,871

Total expenses

$11,205,518

Contributions and grants received

$11,384,817

Grants paid

$1,148,500

Program service revenue

$216,686

Investment income

$985,572

Other revenue

$56,796

Total assets, end of year

$27,881,784

Total liabilities, end of year

$1,598,591

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$26,283,193

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$8,760,439

Management and general expenses

$1,707,186

Fundraising expenses

$737,893

Program service expenses (Part III)

$8,760,439

Program services were 78.2% 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 · 2024

• SEE SCHEDULE O.LITIGATION:PARTNERING WITH STATE AND LOCAL ADVOCATES ACROSS THE COUNTRY, ATTORNEYS FOR THE NATIONAL HEALTH LAW PROGRAM REPRESENTED LOW-INCOME INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES IN LITIGATION TO ENFORCE PROVISIONS OF THE MEDICAID ACT AND OTHER FEDERAL AND STATE HEALTH AND CIVIL RIGHTS LAWS.FOR EXAMPLE, IN 2024, THE ORGANIZATION CONCLUDED SUCCESSFUL LITIGATION WITH ONE OF OUR STATE PARTNERS TO PREVENT A STATES FROM UNLAWFULLY DROPPING PEOPLE FROM THE MEDICAID ROLLS. WE ALSO CONTINUED LITIGATION TO ENSURE TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY, DUE PROCESS, AND ACCESS TO SERVICES, INCLUDING SEVERAL CASES TO ENSURE THAT MEDICALLY FRAGILE CHILDREN RECEIVE THE SERVICES THAT ARE GUARANTEED THEM UNDER MEDICAID'S EARLY AND PERIODIC SCREENING, DIAGNOSTIC AND TREATMENT PROVISIONS AND CASES TO ENFORCE THE ANTI-DISCRIMINATION PROVISIONS OF THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT. WE FILED AMICUS BRIEFS IN CASES RAISING SIGNIFICANT ISSUES AFFECTING THE MEDICAID PROGRAM AND THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT.

  Expenses $4,213,129 · Grants $1,148,500 · Revenue $76,393

• SEE SCHEDULE O.NATIONAL POLICY:THE NATIONAL HEALTH LAW PROGRAM'S HEALTH POLICY WORK ADVOCATES FOR PROTECTION AND EXPANSION OF HEALTH AND CIVIL RIGHTS OF LOW-INCOME INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES AND UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES. THE NATIONAL HEALTH LAW PROGRAM'S HEALTH POLICY EFFORTS IN 2024 INCLUDED BUT WERE NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING: (1) ADVOCATING TO PROTECT THE MEDICAID PROGRAM FROM ANTICIPATED EFFORTS TO CUT FUNDING AND IMPOSE BARRIERS TO ENROLLMENT AND ACCESS TO SERVICES; (2) WORKING TO PREVENT DAMAGE CAUSED BY THE END OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY, THROUGH ADVOCACY AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL AND SUPPORT TO ADVOCATES AT THE STATE LEVEL; (3) PROVIDING LEGAL AND POLICY SUPPORT TO NATIONAL AND STATE BASED COALITIONS WORKING TO PROTECT, AND WHERE POSSIBLE, EXPAND ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE FOR LOW-INCOME INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES AND UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES; (4) PROVIDING LEGAL SUPPORT AND PROBLEM-SOLVING EXPERTISE TO POLICYMAKERS, ADVOCATES, AND PROVIDERS AS LEGAL ISSUES ARISE AT THE ADMINISTRATIVE (REGULATORY) AND STATE IMPLEMENTATION LEVELS; (5) PROVIDING LEGAL SUPPORT TO POLICYMAKERS TO CONSIDER NEW MODELS FOR PROVIDING HEALTH CARE TO ALL.DURING 2024 THE NATIONAL HEALTH LAW PROGRAM AGAIN INCREASED ITSSUBSTANTIAL EFFORTS TO COUNTER HEALTH CARE DISPARITIES AND DEFEND CIVIL RIGHTS LAWS, INCLUDING BY ADVOCATING FOR STRONG REGULATIONS TO ENFORCE SECTION 1557, THE ANTI-DISCRIMINATION PROVISION OF THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT.IN 2024, NATIONAL HEALTH LAW PROGRAM STAFF PROVIDED STATE AND FEDERAL HEALTH CARE ADVOCATES LEGAL ASSISTANCE FOR MYRIAD POLICY AND LEGAL CONCERNS OF LOW-INCOME INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES. STAFF MEMBERS WERE ALSO INVOLVED IN AND/OR FEATURED IN SCORES OF CONFERENCES AND TRAINING EVENTS. STAFF ALSO PRODUCED NUMEROUS FACT SHEETS, ISSUE BRIEFS, Q&A'S, AND ADDITIONAL RESOURCES THAT WERE SHARED VIA LISTSERVS, EMAIL, SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS, PRESS OUTREACH, AND OTHER MEANS. MUCH OF THIS WORK PRODUCT WAS ALSO POSTED ON THE ORGANIZATION'S WEBSITE.

  Expenses $1,331,646 · Revenue $63,900

• SEE SCHEDULE O.CALIFORNIA POLICY:IN 2024, NHELP ENGAGED IN SIGNIFICANT EFFORTS TO HELP DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT IMPROVEMENTS TO CALIFORNIA'S PUBLICLY FUNDED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM. SOME OF THE KEY EFFORTS INCLUDED: WORKING WITH THE STATE TO IMPLEMENT A NEW LAW EXPANDING FULL-SCOPE MEDI-CAL TO ALL ADULTS REGARDLESS OF IMMIGRATION STATUS; ADVOCATING FOR AND WORKING WITH THE STATE TO IMPROVE ACCESS TO BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CARE THROUGHT THE MEDI-CAL PROGRAM; INSURING CONTINUITY OF CARE FOR PEOPLE TRANSITIONING FROM ONE MANAGED CARE PLAN TO ANOTHER; CONTINUING ONGOING EFFORTS TO EXPAND ACCESS TO SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE, INCLUDING DOULA AND CONTRACEPTIVE SERVICES; AND IMPLEMENTING CHANGES TO MEDI-CAL THROUGH THE CALIFORNIA ADVANCING AND INNOVATING MEDI-CAL (CALAIM) INITIATIVE.

  Expenses $1,171,289 · Revenue $83,573

• THE NATIONAL HEALTH LAW PROGRAM ENGAGED IN A NUMBER OF TARGETED PROJECTS TO SUPPORT OUR PRIMARY GOALS.

  Expenses $2,044,375

As filed on the 2024 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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

• TENNESSEE JUSTICE CENTER

  $143,000

  HEALTH LAW PARTNERSHIPMEDICAID MONITORINGUSDA DFAP

• LEGAL AID OF ARKANSAS

  $73,000

  MEDICAID MONITORINGUSDA DFAP

• LEGAL COUNCIL FOR HEALTH JUSTICE (LCHJ)

  $73,000

  MEDICAID MONITORINGUSDA DFAP

• SOUTH CAROLINA APPLESEED LEGAL JUSTICE CENTER

  $73,000

  MEDICAID MONITORINGUSDA DFAP

• ATLANTA LEGAL AID SOCIETY

  $63,000

  MEDICAID MONITORING

• FLORIDA HEALTH JUSTICE PROJECT (FHJP)

  $63,000

  MEDICAID MONITORING

• LEGAL AID OF NORTH CAROLINA

  $63,000

  MEDICAID MONITORING

• LEGAL SERVICES OF EASTERN MISSOURI (LSEM)

  $63,000

  MEDICAID MONITORING

• WILLIAM E MORRIS INSTITUTE FOR JUSTICE

  $50,000

  HEALTH LAW PARTNERSHIP

• MISSISSIPPI CENTER FOR JUSTICE

  $48,500

  CONTRACEPTIVE EQUITYHEALTH LAW PARTNERSHIP

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2024

Filed

1 October 2025

IRS schema version

2024v5.2

Source object

202512819349300746

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