Health Connected
Sex Ed Starts Here
Health Connected
EIN: 94-3227947
as of November 2023
as of November 13, 2023
Mission
Health Connected is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization focused on creating a community-wide commitment to adolescent sexual health. Our mission is to equip young people with information, skills, and support to make thoughtful choices about their relationships and sexual health throughout their lives. We do this through three programs: Youth Services (puberty and sexual health education in schools), Parent Services (workshops on parent/child communication about sexual health), and Training & Technical Assistance for education professionals.
Notes from the nonprofit
On September 2, 2014 we changed our organization’s name from Teen Talk Sexuality Education to Health Connected. Our new name reflects that we no longer serve only teens, though young people continue to be the driving force behind all of our programs.
Ruling year
1995
Executive Director
Ms. Alex LeeNatali
Main address
PO Box 51984
East Palo Alto, CA 94303 USA
Formerly known as
Teen Talk Sexuality Education
Teen Pregnancy Coalition of San Mateo County
EIN
94-3227947
Elementary education
Middle school education
Secondary education
Family planning
Abortion
Population served
Preteens
Adolescents
Adults
Sexual identity
Parents
NTEE code
Children's and Youth Services (P30)
Reproductive Health Care Facilities and Allied Services (E40)
Family Services (P40)
IRS subsection
501(c)(3) Public Charity
IRS filing requirement
This organization is required to file an IRS Form 990 or 990-EZ.
Tax forms
Communication
Programs and results
Reports and documents
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Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Instructional Services
Health Connected provides classroom-based and online sexual health instruction for 5th - 12th grade students in public, private, and alternative schools, as well as youth organizations.
California requires that public schools provide sexual health education education at least once in middle school and at least once in high school. However, local, state, and federal agencies do not provide earmarked funding to schools to implement this mandate, meaning schools may not be able to provide adequate sex education programming. To ensure that students receive the highest quality sexual health education, we partner with 100 schools each year, sending our trained health educators in to the classroom to deliver our original puberty or sexual health curricula.
Parent Services
Parents play a critical role in helping young people make informed decisions about their sexual health. Too often, parents are characterized as resistant to providing accurate information about sex and relationships to their children, but research doesn’t bear that out.
Our Parent Services program gives parents and guardians the tools they need to address a variety of issues that are a part of puberty and sexual development. Our workshops are offered in both English and Spanish in a variety of settings. The Parent Talk curriculum is flexible and can be tailored to meet the audience’s needs. Typically the program is 1–2.5 hours in length and is developed to address the needs of parents and guardians of children of many different ages.
Training & Technical Assistance
Health Connected knows that highly competent teachers –– teachers who possess mastery over and comfort with the material they are covering –– are essential to the success of sexuality education programs.
Health Connected provides this much-needed support by offering comprehensive sexuality education trainings for professionals working with youth ages 10-18. The goal of our fun, interactive trainings is to provide teachers with the knowledge, skills, and confidence to carry out our medically accurate, age-appropriate puberty and sexuality education curricula. We offer open-enrollment trainings, as well as in-service trainings upon request for school districts, county offices, private schools, and agencies. Each in-service training is tailored to meet the specific needs of the audience and to cover those topics ¬¬— whether teen pregnancy prevention, STI education, or sexual safety — which are most pertinent to their specific communities.
Curriculum Development
Our Youth Services Program makes use of our four original, age-appropriate curricula: Puberty Talk (a five-hour puberty education curriculum geared towards 5th and 6th grade students), Teen Talk Middle School (an eight to ten-hour comprehensive sexuality education curriculum geared towards 7th and 8th graders), Teen Talk High School (an eight to ten-hour comprehensive sexuality education curriculum geared towards 9th graders), and our new Teen Talk Young Adult curriculum (a five-hour “refresher” curriculum that we are piloting with 11th and 12th grade classes during the 2014-2015 school year). All of our curricula are medically accurate and free of racial and ethnic biases. Our curricula also meet applicable California Education Codes and the California Health Education Content Standards for Growth and Sexual Development.
Where we work
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Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Number of students enrolled
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
Instructional Services
Type of Metric
Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues
Direction of Success
Increasing
Number of teachers trained
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
Instructional Services
Type of Metric
Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues
Direction of Success
Increasing
Number of parents trained.
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
Parent Services
Type of Metric
Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues
Direction of Success
Increasing
Net promoter score
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
Curriculum Development
Type of Metric
Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues
Direction of Success
Holding steady
Context Notes
Our curriculum implementation trainings
Number of schools served.
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
Instructional Services
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Holding steady
Goals & Strategy
Reports and documents
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Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
Health Connected envisions a world built on equity where all
young people are celebrated for who they are and empowered
to advocate for their own and others’ well-being.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
1) Re-frame sex education as an
integral component of youth social
development and position Health
Connected as a go-to resource for
sex education support.
2) Expand access for populations who
are not currently being fully served
with effective sexual health
education programs.
3) Critically examine our approach to
and thoughtfully integrate diversity,
equity, inclusion, and justice (DEIJ)
practices into our curriculum
content, program delivery, talent
development, and organizational
governance.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
How we listen
Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.
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How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?
To identify and remedy poor client service experiences, To identify bright spots and enhance positive service experiences, To make fundamental changes to our programs and/or operations, To inform the development of new programs/projects, To identify where we are less inclusive or equitable across demographic groups
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Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?
We collect feedback from the people we serve at least annually, We take steps to get feedback from marginalized or under-represented people, We aim to collect feedback from as many people we serve as possible, We take steps to ensure people feel comfortable being honest with us, We look for patterns in feedback based on demographics (e.g., race, age, gender, etc.), We look for patterns in feedback based on people’s interactions with us (e.g., site, frequency of service, etc.), We act on the feedback we receive
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What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?
It is difficult to find the ongoing funding to support feedback collection
Financials
Financial documents
Download audited financialsRevenue vs. expenses: breakdown
Liquidity in 2022 info
9.40
Months of cash in 2022 info
8.3
Fringe rate in 2022 info
15%
Funding sources info
Assets & liabilities info
Financial data
Health Connected
Balance sheetFiscal Year: Jul 01 - Jun 30
The balance sheet gives a snapshot of the financial health of an organization at a particular point in time. An organization's total assets should generally exceed its total liabilities, or it cannot survive long, but the types of assets and liabilities must also be considered. For instance, an organization's current assets (cash, receivables, securities, etc.) should be sufficient to cover its current liabilities (payables, deferred revenue, current year loan, and note payments). Otherwise, the organization may face solvency problems. On the other hand, an organization whose cash and equivalents greatly exceed its current liabilities might not be putting its money to best use.
Fiscal Year: Jul 01 - Jun 30
This snapshot of Health Connected’s financial trends applies Nonprofit Finance Fund® analysis to data hosted by GuideStar. While it highlights the data that matter most, remember that context is key – numbers only tell part of any story.
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| Profitability info | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unrestricted surplus (deficit) before depreciation | -$56,279 | -$142,524 | $53,450 | $391,811 | $344,686 |
| As % of expenses | -5.1% | -12.6% | 5.0% | 34.9% | 27.3% |
| Unrestricted surplus (deficit) after depreciation | -$56,785 | -$142,946 | $53,450 | $391,811 | $344,686 |
| As % of expenses | -5.1% | -12.6% | 5.0% | 34.9% | 27.3% |
| Revenue composition info | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total revenue (unrestricted & restricted) | $1,092,920 | $1,032,287 | $1,128,484 | $1,534,143 | $1,675,335 |
| Total revenue, % change over prior year | 31.4% | -5.5% | 9.3% | 35.9% | 9.2% |
| Program services revenue | 67.9% | 67.9% | 60.2% | 46.7% | 53.8% |
| Membership dues | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Investment income | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Government grants | 0.0% | 4.6% | 3.7% | 27.0% | 19.7% |
| All other grants and contributions | 32.1% | 19.0% | 23.5% | 20.4% | 19.9% |
| Other revenue | 0.0% | 8.4% | 12.6% | 5.9% | 6.5% |
| Expense composition info | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total expenses before depreciation | $1,103,275 | $1,134,869 | $1,064,339 | $1,123,162 | $1,263,290 |
| Total expenses, % change over prior year | 22.5% | 2.9% | -6.2% | 5.5% | 12.5% |
| Personnel | 82.8% | 86.8% | 89.1% | 87.2% | 83.4% |
| Professional fees | 2.5% | 4.6% | 3.1% | 5.5% | 8.2% |
| Occupancy | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Interest | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Pass-through | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| All other expenses | 14.7% | 8.6% | 7.8% | 7.4% | 8.4% |
| Full cost components (estimated) info | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total expenses (after depreciation) | $1,103,781 | $1,135,291 | $1,064,339 | $1,123,162 | $1,263,290 |
| One month of savings | $91,940 | $94,572 | $88,695 | $93,597 | $105,274 |
| Debt principal payment | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Fixed asset additions | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Total full costs (estimated) | $1,195,721 | $1,229,863 | $1,153,034 | $1,216,759 | $1,368,564 |
Capital structure indicators
| Liquidity info | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Months of cash | 0.4 | 0.1 | 3.1 | 7.3 | 8.3 |
| Months of cash and investments | 0.4 | 0.1 | 3.1 | 7.3 | 8.3 |
| Months of estimated liquid unrestricted net assets | 0.6 | -1.0 | -0.4 | 3.8 | 6.6 |
| Balance sheet composition info | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash | $35,692 | $12,373 | $271,970 | $682,221 | $879,031 |
| Investments | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Receivables | $185,906 | $109,340 | $108,194 | $112,625 | $172,081 |
| Gross land, buildings, equipment (LBE) | $14,952 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Accumulated depreciation (as a % of LBE) | 97.2% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Liabilities (as a % of assets) | 26.6% | 49.7% | 67.2% | 32.5% | 9.8% |
| Unrestricted net assets | $51,522 | -$91,424 | -$37,974 | $353,837 | $698,523 |
| Temporarily restricted net assets | $112,750 | $152,692 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Permanently restricted net assets | $0 | $0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Total restricted net assets | $112,750 | $152,692 | $163,387 | $182,557 | $249,916 |
| Total net assets | $164,272 | $61,268 | $125,413 | $536,394 | $948,439 |
Key data checks
| Key data checks info | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Material data errors | No | No | No | No | No |
Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
Documents
Executive Director
Ms. Alex LeeNatali
Alex LeeNatali is the Executive Director of Health Connected. Alex has worked in education for over a decade. Ms. LeeNatali holds a BS in psychology and a BA in Law and Social Justice.
You can find Ms. LeeNatali's full bio here: https://www.health-connected.org/team/alexandria-(alex)-leenatali-(she%2Fher).
Number of employees
Source: IRS Form 990
Health Connected
Officers, directors, trustees, and key employeesSOURCE: IRS Form 990
Compensation data
There are no highest paid employees recorded for this organization.
Health Connected
Board of directorsas of 01/19/2023
Board of directors data
Thea Runyan
Marla Becker
Jamie Barnett
Carol Ezrati
Jessica Rosenberg
Jennifer Booker
David Foster
Cathy Gale
Laura Garcia
David Ortiz
Jorge Tapias
Board leadership practices
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Board orientation and education
Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? Yes -
CEO oversight
Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? Yes -
Ethics and transparency
Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Yes -
Board composition
Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes -
Board performance
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? No
Organizational demographics
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Leadership
The organization's leader identifies as:
Race & ethnicity
Gender identity
Sexual orientation
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Disability
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Equity strategies
Last updated: 11/01/2021GuideStar partnered with Equity in the Center - an organization that works to shift mindsets, practices, and systems to increase racial equity - to create this section. Learn more
- We review compensation data across the organization (and by staff levels) to identify disparities by race.
- We have a promotion process that anticipates and mitigates implicit and explicit biases about people of color serving in leadership positions.
- We seek individuals from various race backgrounds for board and executive director/CEO positions within our organization.
- We help senior leadership understand how to be inclusive leaders with learning approaches that emphasize reflection, iteration, and adaptability.
- We engage everyone, from the board to staff levels of the organization, in race equity work and ensure that individuals understand their roles in creating culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.
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