Nonprofit · EIN 27-5078437
HIGH ALERT INSTITUTE INC
Tax-exempt · LAKE WALES, FL 33898
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2025 | 990 | $15 | $130,974 | -$130,959 | $94,165 | $205,181 | -$111,016 |
| December 31, 2024 | 990 | $1,000 | $27,497 | -$26,497 | $86,365 | $66,422 | $19,943 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $15
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $0
- Other revenue
- $0
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $0
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $0
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Legal fees
- $11,311
- Accounting fees
- $2,250
- Occupancy
- $4,473
- Program services (functional)
- $100,834
- Management and general (functional)
- $11,580
- Fundraising (functional)
- $18,560
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $86,365
- Total assets, end of year
- $94,165
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $205,181
- Net assets, end of year
- -$111,016
- Gross receipts
- $15
- Employees
- 0
- Volunteers
- 174
- Year formed
- 2011
- State of legal domicile
- FL
From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.
Officers, directors and key employees
As listed on the 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| DAVID J BILLINGSLEY | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| RYAN CHARKRA | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| HEIDI CORDI | SECRETARY, T Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| MORGAN COX | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| DONALD DONAHUE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| SARAH DRAUGELIS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ROBERT GILLIO | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| BRAD GUTNEY | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ANDREA KEENER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| GREGORY SANTA MARIA | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| VERONICA PARDINI | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MAURICE A RAMIREZ | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| ALLISON A SAKARA | EXECUTIVE DI Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MARK SAYAMPANATHAN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| AMY L WALTERS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
1 more people on this return
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| ZACHARY WALTERS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2024: 10 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| DAVID J BILLINGSLEY | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| SADIE COOKE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| HEIDI CORDI | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| DONALD DONAHUE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ANDREA KEENER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| GREGORY SANTA MARIA | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MAURICE A RAMIREZ | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| ALLISON A SAKARA | EXECUTIVE DI Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| AMY L WALTERS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ZACHARY WALTERS | SECRETARY, T Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 4800 BEN HILL TRL, LAKE WALES, FL 33898-5557
- In care of
- % MAURICE A RAMIREZ
- Principal officer (990 for 2025)
- ALLISON A SAKARA, 4800 BEN HILL TRAIL, LAKE WALES, FL 33898
- Signed the 990
- ALLISON A SAKARA, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
- Phone
- (407) 301-3458
- Return prepared by
- BABIONE KUEHLER & COMPANY
Mission
WE ENVISION A SHARED UNDERSTANDING THAT THE HEALTH OF ALL PEOPLE, ANIMALS, PLANTS, ENVIRONMENTS, AND THE PLANET ARE INTERCONNECTED, INTERDEPENDENT SYSTEMS. THIS IS THE CORE PRINCIPLE OF THE ALL HAZARDS, ONE HEALTH, ONE NATURE (AHOHN) FRAMEWORK. THE AHOHN FRAMEWORK, AN APPROACH THAT RECOGNIZES THE DEEP INTERCONNECTION BETWEEN THE HEALTH OF PEOPLE, ANIMALS, PLANTS, AND THE ENVIRONMENT. THIS HOLISTIC PERSPECTIVE HAS ENABLED US TO DEVELOP INTEGRATED SOLUTIONS THAT ADDRESS COMPLEX GLOBAL CHALLENGES-FROM CLIMATE CHANGE AND HEALTH EQUITY TO ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND SUSTAINABLE INNOVATION. GUIDED BY THE AHOHN FRAMEWORK, WE SERVE PEOPLE, FAMILIES, COMMUNITIES, BUSINESSES, AND ORGANIZATIONS WORLDWIDE - ESPECIALLY DISABLED, DISADVANTAGED, HISTORICALLY MARGINALIZED, UNDERSERVED, AND UNSERVED POPULATIONS - THROUGH RESEARCH, EDUCATION, TECHNOLOGY, AND COLLABORATION. THE INSTITUTE'S VALUES ARE EMBODIED IN THE EIGHT PILLARS OF RESILIENCE - PREPAREDNESS, RESPONSE, RECOVERY, EDUCATION, EQUITY, COLLABOR
Program accomplishments
- 1. EDUCATION & PUBLISHING BRANCH LAUNCHED LET-CAI: DEVELOPED AND LAUNCHED "THE LITTLE ENGINE THAT COULD AI" (LET-CAI), AN AI-POWERED TOOL THAT COMBATS HEALTH MISINFORMATION BY PROVIDING VETTED, EVIDENCE-BASED ANSWERS IN MULTIPLE LANGUAGES, EVEN IN LOW-BANDWIDTH ENVIRONMENTS. HUMANITARIAN HEALTHCARE INITIATIVE: FORGED A KEY COLLABORATION WITH THE WORLD ASSOCIATION FOR DISASTER AND EMERGENCY MEDICINE (WADEM) AND TECH TO THE RESCUE TO CREATE A DIGITAL HEALTH ECOSYSTEM FOR VULNERABLE POPULATIONS, COMBINING OUR LET-CAI WITH OFFLINE-CAPABLE MEDICAL RECORDS AND CLINICAL DECISION SUPPORT TOOLS. EXPANDED REACH: OUR PUBLICATIONS REACHED OVER 1.2 MILLION READERS, WITH OVER 100 ARTICLES FEATURED IN 200 OUTLETS. OUR POSITION PAPERS ON HEALTH SYSTEM SUSTAINABILITY WERE RECOGNIZED BY THE UN CLIMATE CHANGE CONFERENCE (COP-29), THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (HHS), AND THE EPA. NEW LOOK FOR THE NEXT QUARTER CENTURY: THE INSTITUTE'S LOOK, LOGO AND ONLINE PRESENCE COMPLETED A MAJOR UPDATE THROUGH THE EXPERTISE, TALENT AND GENEROSITY OF DESIGNER KIRK KEMPKER, WEBSITE DEVELOPER D2I TECHNOLOGY AND THE TECH TO THE RESCUE FOUNDATION. AS PART OF THE NEW ONLINE EXPERIENCE, THE INSTITUTE DEBUTED OUR ONLINE PUBLICATION ON MEDIUM.COM.Expenses $78,942
- 2. AQUATIC ANIMAL WELFARE & MUTUAL AID BRANCH EXPANDED SHELTER CAPACITY: PLANNING AND FUNDRAISING FOR A 65,000+ GALLON CARBON-NEGATIVE SHELTER EXPANSION, FEATURING ADVANCED AQUAPONIC FILTRATION AND SOLAR POWER TO CREATE A STATE-OF-THE-ART, SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENT FOR RESCUED ANIMALS. RESCUED AND REHOMED: PROVIDED SHELTER AND CARE FOR NEARLY 200 ANIMALS AT OUR LAKE WALES, FLORIDA, FACILITY. THE SHELTER ALSO PARTNERED WITH BOK TOWER GARDENS TO HOUSE THE "BOK-KOI" DURING RENOVATIONS OF BOK'S 358,000 GALLON AQUATIC HABITAT. THE INSTITUTE ALSO HELPED DESIGN THE HABITAT'S WALL FILTRATION SYSTEM. STRENGTHENED PARTNERSHIPS: OUR NATIONAL MUTUAL AID NETWORK FACILITATED DOZENS OF RESCUES AND REHOMINGS ACROSS NORTH AMERICA, PREVENTING THE RELEASE OF NON-NATIVE SPECIES INTO LOCAL ECOSYSTEMS.Expenses $12,093
- 3. ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP & DRIVERS OF HEALTH BRANCH ACHIEVED CARBON-NEGATIVE OPERATIONS: OUR HEADQUARTERS GENERATED OVER 330 MWH OF RENEWABLE ENERGY SINCE 2013, SLASHING CARBON EMISSIONS AND MITIGATING OVER 930 HOURS OF POWER OUTAGES. WITH A HERS SCORE OF -63, OUR FACILITY STANDS AS NORTH AMERICA'S MOST ENERGY-EFFICIENT RENOVATION. ADVANCED DATA-DRIVEN POLICY: CHAMPIONED THE USE OF ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIAL, AND GENOMIC DRIVERS OF HEALTH (ESDOH+G) DATA TO PROVIDE POLICYMAKERS WITH OBJECTIVE EVIDENCE NEEDED TO CRAFT EFFECTIVE AND EQUITABLE ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES. PIONEERED SUSTAINABLE PRACTICES: REDUCED OUR LANDFILL WASTE TO LESS THAN HALF A CUBIC YARD PER YEAR THROUGH COMPREHENSIVE RECYCLING AND COMPOSTING PROGRAMS. WE ARE ALSO ADVANCING PLANS FOR A ROOFTOP RAINWATER COLLECTION SYSTEM TO REDUCE WELL WATER USAGE BY OVER 90%.
- 4. INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY BRANCH PATENTED GREEN TECHNOLOGY: SECURED A NEW PATENT FOR A SUPERCRITICAL GREEN ENERGY TECHNOLOGY DESIGNED TO DECARBONIZE THE ENERGY SECTOR BY CONVERTING WASTE INTO CLEAN ENERGY. COMPLETED AI4CHANGEMAKERS HEALTH COHORT: THE INSTITUTE PARTICIPATED IN THE TECH TO THE RESCUE AI4CHANGEMAKERS TECHNOLOGY ACCELERATOR PROGRAM. AS AN AI4C HEALTH COHORT MEMBER, THE INSTITUTE NETWORKED WITH 39 TECHNOLOGY FORWARD NGOS INTERNATIONALLY AND REFINED TWO INSTITUTE AI PROJECTS. AS EXPERTS IN HEALTH AI SOFTWARE REGULATION AND SAFETY, THE INSTITUTE PROVIDED INSTRUCTION FOR A MODULE OF THE ACCELERATOR PROGRAM. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY'S TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER ACCELERATOR: IN PREPARATION FOR A COOPERATIVE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT (CREDA) WITH THE DOE, THE INSTITUTE IS A PARTICIPANT IN THE DOE'S IP2CAPITAL TECHNOLOGY-TRANSFER ACCELERATOR. AFTER COMPLETING PHASE 1, THE INSTITUTE AND OUR PARTNER SOLIS POWER HAVE BEEN OFFERED A FUNDED CREDA WITH THE DOE. THE INSTITUTE CONTINUES IN THE IP2CAPITAL PROGRAM AS THE SOLE FULL TIME PARTICIPANT IN PHASE 2 OF THE ACCELERATOR. LAUNCHED LET-CAI HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEM: IN A LANDMARK COLLABORATION FOR THE HUMANITARIAN HEALTHCARE INITIATIVE, WE SUCCESSFULLY LAUNCHED THE LET- CAI SYSTEM TO COMBAT MISINFORMATION AND IMPROVE HEALTH LITERACY GLOBALLY. RECOGNIZED FOR INNOVATION: RECEIVED ACCOLADES FROM HHS AND AT COP-29 FOR OUR PIONEERING WORK IN HEALTH SYSTEM SUSTAINABILITY, CLIMATE HEALTH, AND RENEWABLE ENERGY. THIS INCLUDES OUR PATENTED WIND TURBINE NOISE MITIGATION SYSTEM AND OUR SMART IAQ VENTILATION SYSTEM, WHICH REDUCES AIRBORNE INFECTION RISK BY UP TO 43%.Expenses $9,799
What it must file and when
IRS records say it files Form 990-N (e-Postcard). Gross receipts normally $50,000 or less. Its accounting year ends in December, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | December 31, 2025 | May 15, 2026 | 990 on file |
| 2024 | December 31, 2024 | May 15, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | December 31, 2023 | May 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 27-5078437
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 2011
- Accounting year ends
- December
- Files
- Form 990-N (e-Postcard)
- Category (NTEE)
- Public safety, disaster preparedness and relief (M20)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $94,165
- Income (IRS master file)
- $15
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | December 2025 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2024 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2023 | $1,854 | $21,653 | $88,305 | IRS |
| 990 | December 2022 | $7,226 | $26,365 | $88,091 | IRS |
| 990 | December 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2019 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2018 | – | – | – | IRS |
990-N: the IRS publishes only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years appear here as 990.tax collects the monthly files. 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS.
Questions about HIGH ALERT INSTITUTE INC
- What is the EIN of HIGH ALERT INSTITUTE INC?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of HIGH ALERT INSTITUTE INC is 27-5078437.
- Is HIGH ALERT INSTITUTE INC tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 2011.
- Are donations to HIGH ALERT INSTITUTE INC tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does HIGH ALERT INSTITUTE INC file?
- Form 990-N (e-Postcard). Gross receipts normally $50,000 or less.
- When is the next return of HIGH ALERT INSTITUTE INC due?
- The return for tax year 2026 (the year ending December 31, 2026) is due May 17, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did HIGH ALERT INSTITUTE INC last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of HIGH ALERT INSTITUTE INC?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 names ALLISON A SAKARA.
- Who are the officers and directors of HIGH ALERT INSTITUTE INC?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 lists 16 people; 0 received compensation from the organization.
- How much revenue does HIGH ALERT INSTITUTE INC have?
- On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 it reported revenue of $15, expenses of $130,974 and total assets of $94,165 at year end.
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