Harvard Pilgrim Health Care
Overview
Mission
Guide and empower healthier lives for everyone. Call Member Services at the number on your member ID card if you need help with your plan in a language other than English. We're available Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Wednesdays from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; and Fridays from 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Language assistance services for Medicare Advantage Stride members (Arabic) العربية. Harvard Pilgrim plans provide coverage for whole-person health, including physical, mental, emotional and family well-being. Explore plans to find the one that fits your lifestyle. Individual & family plans.
What it reported doing in 2024
Harvard pilgrim health care institute, llc ("institute") performs research and research administration for grants and contracts awarded to hphc, inc. The institute is a collaboration between hphc, inc. And harvard medical school. Its mission is to improve health care delivery and population health through research and education, in partnership with health plans, delivery systems, and public health agencies.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 82% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- Distribution model
- Member-benefit provider. The nonprofit used 82% of its reported program spending for member benefits.
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 042452600
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2024
- Website reviewed
- Jun 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024
- Headquarters
- Canton, MA, USA
- Rating
- 83
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Health
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 available reserves provide a limited financial cushion.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 99
- Transparency & Controls: 66
- Accountability: 89
- Sustainability: 22
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 97.2%; rating input score 97
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100
- Public monitoring controls: 0 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 0
- Public policy transparency: 2 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 29
- Public financial transparency: 0 of 5 controls in place; rating input score 0
- Impact reporting controls: 0 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 0
- Public relationship transparency: Yes; rating input score 100
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Public governance controls: 0 of 4 controls in place; rating input score 0
- Zakat policy transparency: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -7.5%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
- Operating reserve ratio: 0.42; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.65; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0.1%; rating input score 92; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 2.3% per year; rating input score 100; 18th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 0% per year; rating input score 100; 5th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 2.4% per year; rating input score 100; 17th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 1 programs and campaigns described on the official site
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 97.2% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 12 of 12 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $2.6B in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $4.6M · 32 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Consistency: 36 of 36 current checks pass
- Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, executive pay, and related organizations
- Filing history: 14 annual filings from 2010 to 2024
- Money network: 15 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 26 filed related-organization links