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HealthRight International

CharityWatch rating issued
April 2026

 
CharityWatch Rating
risk WARNING: See Analysts’ Notes
 

Contact Information

HealthRight International
244 Fifth Avenue
Suite C150
New York, NY 10001

Other Names

None

Tax Status

501(c)3

Stated Mission

Global health and human rights organization working to build lasting health for excluded communities.

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Data based on Fiscal Year Ended 12/31/2024

*Why a Question Mark Rating?

CharityWatch currently has concerns about this organization and/or is unable to provide complete rating information due to the organization's nondisclosure of financial information. Please see the Analysts' Notes section for a more detailed explanation.


Governance & Transparency

CharityWatch evaluates certain criteria related to a charity's Governance and Transparency. Donors may want to consider a charity's willingness to be open and transparent with CharityWatch to be a good litmus test for determining its commitment to public accountability.
HealthRight International
meets governance benchmarks.
 
HealthRight International
does not meet transparency benchmarks.
Transparency
Provides Financial Information
Audit Accessibility
Governance: Policies
Reports regularly & consistently monitoring & enforcing compliance with a written Conflict of Interest Policy
Reports required, annual disclosure by officers, directors, and key staff of interests that could give rise to conflicts
Reports having a written Whistleblower Policy
Reports having a written Document Retention and Destruction Policy
Governance: Financials
Reports providing copy of tax form to all board members prior to filing it with IRS
Reports that financial statements were audited by an independent accountant
Governance: Board of Directors
Reports at least 5 voting board members
51% or more of voting board members reported as independent
Reports documenting minutes of board and board committee meetings
Privacy Policy
Privacy Policy No Sharing  

  Name Title Compensation
1 Gabe DiClerico Chief Financial Officer $325,540
2 Peter Navario Chief Executive Officer $272,553
3 Theresa Castillo Chief Program Officer $217,824
1
Name: Gabe DiClerico
Title: Chief Financial Officer
Compensation: $325,540
2
Name: Peter Navario
Title: Chief Executive Officer
Compensation: $272,553
3
Name: Theresa Castillo
Title: Chief Program Officer
Compensation: $217,824

CharityWatch Analysts perform an in-depth analysis of charities' audited financial statements and IRS tax filings, and often review other documents such as state filings, annual reports, and fundraising contracts during their evaluations. Below are select notes that CharityWatch believes may be of interest to donors.

CharityWatch is unable to provide a letter grade rating for HealthRight International (HealthRight) at this time due to our specific concerns about HealthRight's financial reporting. For this reason we have assigned it a "?" rating for its 2024 fiscal year based on our analysis of HealthRight's IRS Tax Form 990 and audited financial statements for that period. CharityWatch is concerned that the charity could be including certain fundraising expenses in its reported program expenses.

CharityWatch contacted HealthRight on March 23, 2026, via email and U.S. mail with questions about its financial reporting for its fiscal year ended December 31, 2024. 

CharityWatch requested a general breakout of services rendered in relation to the $4,087,927 of reported Other Professional Fees (line 11g) allocated to program expense per IRS Form 990, Part IX, Statement of Functional Expenses. Specifically, CharityWatch asked for:

  • The types of services provided (e.g., legal, communications, research, consulting, IT, fundraising campaign support, etc.) 
  • The approximate dollar amounts allocated to each service category
  • Whether any payments were made to professional fundraising companies or third-party development vendors, even if not reported under “Professional Fundraising Services”
  • An indication of whether any of these expenses included any joint costs or fundraising components


As of the date of this note, April 14, 2026, we have not yet received a response. If HealthRight provides an adequate response to the above questions in the future, CharityWatch may update HealthRight's fiscal 2024 rating at that time.

CharityWatch's most recent letter grade rating of HealthRight was an "A" on our "A+" to "F" rating scale based on our analysis of its fiscal 2021 IRS Form 990 and audited financial statements. 


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