Touch, Teach, Advocate. We touch people affected by illness. We teach massage therapists how to provide care safely and effectively. We advocate for access to that care and for a broader role for massage therapists in healthcare. Our organization partners with clinical facilities and hospitals to conduct massage thereapy to hospitalized patients.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
65¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX

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FY2020 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
3 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $6K a year · 1% of revenue · last 6 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 3 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
65%
of spending
Worth a look: 65% of spending went to programs; under 65%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
2 mo
of spending, in cash
Fine: 1.8 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
2
named funders · $29K
Fine: 2 funders name it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$63K
119% of total assets
Concern: liabilities are 119% of assets; over 80%.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
5
of 5 voting members
Looks good: 5 of 5 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$208K
Spent
$309K
To programs
65%
Net assets
−$10K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$208K
FY2020
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$208K
FY2021$516K
FY2022$503K
FY2023$679K
FY2024$769K
FY2025$769K
Expenses
$309K
FY2020
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$309K
FY2021$400K
FY2022$510K
FY2023$604K
FY2024$757K
FY2025$826K
Net assets
−$10K
FY2020
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020−$10K
FY2021$106K
FY2022$98K
FY2023$173K
FY2024$185K
FY2025$128K

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Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Jun 2010.

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Where the money goes

65 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 65% · $200K Management & general 14% · $45K Fundraising 21% · $65K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

5 people listed on the 990.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Cal M Cates’s $79K as Executive Director is at the 64th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1979 $100K–1M health care nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

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Questions the 990 asks

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  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aNo

Programs and updates

Provides massage therapy to patients and trains professionals to improve healthcare.

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2 programs · $200K · in their own filed words · FY2020
01

Service/Research

Healwell suspended service operations between march and october 2020 in response to the covid pandemic. We laid off our team of massage therapists in early may, but were able to bring many back to work, as hospitals were able to accommodate ppe needs for providers who were not on the front line.

$152Kprogram expense
02

Education; covid accelerated healwells efforts to focus on online education. Using our new online platform, we reached over 10,000 students all over the world during 2020. We collaborated with instructors at home and abroad to create relevant content to support practitioners in navigating the challenges of practicing during a pandemic in…

$49Kprogram expense

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Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2024
Total grants receivedfrom 2 funders$29K

By the numbers

The FY2020 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$208K
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$130K
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$78K
Investment incomeLn 3$113
Money outPt IX
$309K
Ln 25
Programscol B$200K
Managementcol C$45K
Fundraisingcol D$65K
Owns and owesPt X
−$10K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$47K
Total assetsLn 16$53K
LiabilitiesLn 26$63K
PeoplePt VI, VII
5
listed · VII A
PaidVII A0
Voting boardVI 1a5
IndependentVI 1b5
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$78K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$130K
Investment incomeLn 3$113
Gains on assetsLn 7$0
Total revenueLn 12$208K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$0
SavingsLn 2$47K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$47K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$0
Other assetsLn 15$0
Total assetsLn 16$53K
LiabilitiesLn 26$63K
Net assetsLn 32−$10K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 530
VolunteersI 630
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aNo
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY20End FY20
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$59K$47K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$0
Total assetsLn 16$92K$53K
LiabilitiesLn 26$514$63K
Net assetsLn 32$91K−$10K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$0
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$0
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$225K$144K$30K$52K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$24K$15K$3K$5K
Payroll taxesLn 10$18K$11K$2K$4K
Management feesLn 11a$0
Legal feesLn 11b$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$4K$4K
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$450$450
Advertising and promotionLn 12$0
Office expensesLn 13$5K$827$4K
Information technologyLn 14$0
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$0
TravelLn 17$1K$1K
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$0
InterestLn 20$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$0
InsuranceLn 23$6K$5K$1K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$18K$16K$2K
All other expensesLn 24e$7K$6K$641
Total functional expensesLn 25$309K$200K$45K$65K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $769K$826K−$57K$128K 990 PDF
FY2024 $769K$757K$12K$185K 990 PDF
FY2023 $679K$604K$75K$173K 990 PDF
FY2022 $503K$510K−$7K$98K 990 PDF
FY2021 $516K$400K$116K$106K 990 PDF
FY2020 Viewing $208K$309K−$101K−$10K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support O · Explanations
See the full FY2020 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $208,032 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $52,459$78,099
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $247,959$129,820
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $526$113
I-11 Other revenue$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $300,944$208,032
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $82,338$266,989
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $213,782$42,332
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $296,120$309,321
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $4,824−$101,289
Part VI · Governance 5 of 5 board members independent, 4 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body5
VI-1b Independent voting members5
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyNo
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $208,032 across 9 lines filed
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$78,099
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$78,099
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $129,820$129,820
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $113$113
VIII-5 Royalties$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or loss$0
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assets$0
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events$0
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $129,820 · Excluded from tax $113$208,032
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $309,321 across 31 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizations$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individuals$0
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipients$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for members$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staff$0
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $143,919 · Management $29,578 · Fundraising $51,984$225,481
IX-8 Pension plan contributions$0
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $15,013 · Management $3,085 · Fundraising $5,423$23,521
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $11,481 · Management $2,360 · Fundraising $4,146$17,987
IX-11a Management fees$0
IX-11b Legal fees$0
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $4,371$4,371
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11f Investment management fees$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $450$450
IX-12 Advertising and promotion$0
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $827 · Management $3,962$4,789
IX-14 Information technology$0
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 Occupancy$0
IX-17 TravelPrograms $1,376$1,376
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetings$0
IX-20 Interest$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliates$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortization$0
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $5,109 · Management $1,185$6,294
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $15,872 · Fundraising $2,400$18,272
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $6,139 · Fundraising $641$6,780
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $200,186 · Management $44,541 · Fundraising $64,594$309,321
Part X · Balance sheet $53,121 assets, 20 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearing$0
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $58,611$46,594
X-3 Pledges and grants receivable$0
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $32,520$6,527
X-8 Inventories for sale or use$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $400$0
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, net$0
X-11 Publicly traded securities$0
X-12 Other securities$0
X-13 Program-related investments$0
X-14 Intangible assets$0
X-15 Other assets$0
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $91,531$53,121
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $514$193
X-25 Other liabilities$63,200
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $514$63,393
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $90,017−$11,272
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $1,000$1,000
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $91,017−$10,272
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $91,531$53,121
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets −$10,272 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$208,032
XI-2 Total expenses$309,321
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$101,289
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$91,017
XI-10 Net assets at end of year−$10,272

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