The Institute for Family Health

Overview

Mission

The Institute for Family Health provides compassionate health care for you and your family, including primary medical care, behavioral health, dental care and so much more—for children and adults of all ages. No one is turned away.

What it reported doing in 2024

To prepare family physicians to serve as leaders in the healthcare industry, the residency programs builds on the comprehensiveness of family practice with an emphasis on the particular needs of the medically underserved community. The institute currently trains the family physician residents of mt. Sinai/beth israel at our 17th street site. In addition, the institute has their own residency program located in their upstate sites and their site in harlem.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
133273402
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Headquarters
New York, NY, US
Phone
212-633-0800
Rating
84
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Ambulatory Health Center, Community Clinic

Official website

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 82
  • Transparency & Controls: 87
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 21
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 87.4%; rating input score 87
  • Program expense ratio: 79.5%; rating input score 79
  • Fundraising efficiency: $30.26 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 93.8%; rating input score 94; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 4 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 67
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Pass
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -9.7%; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.88; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.67; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 3.1%; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 5.2% per year; rating input score 100; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 5.1% per year; rating input score 100; 44th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 8.5% per year; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 6 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 4 operating locations identified
  • Where the money goes: 87.4% of revenue deployed · 79.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 11 of 11 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $146.5M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $753K · 28 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $1.7M reported
  • Consistency: 36 of 37 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 9 filed schedules · includes major donors, executive pay, and related organizations
  • Filing history: 13 annual filings from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 17 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 4 filed related-organization links
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Leadership & pay

28 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • NEIL CALMAN (PRESIDENT & CEO): $752,952 total reported compensation
  • ROBERT SCHILLER (SVP CHIEF ACADEMIC OFFICER AND DESIGNATED INSTITUT): $500,731 total reported compensation
  • ERIC GAYLE (SVP, CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICE): $437,270 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: FY2024.