Codman Square Health Center

Overview

Mission

To provide comprehensive, accessible, and high-quality health care to the community, regardless of ability to pay.

What it reported doing in 2023

Our dental department provides preventative and restorative treatment. This includes exams, cleanings, fillings, root canal treatment, crowns, and oral surgery procedures. Our state-of-the-art dental clinic has 7 dental operatories fully equipped with digital radiography & automatic dental chairs. We also have a pediatric dental suite embedded in the pediatric dental clinic, designed specifically for pediatric dental care. Dentrix is the dental practice management software system utilized in the practice to store digital x-rays, intraoral pictures, patient medical history, clinical notes and dental benefit information. The dental staff includes general dentists, hygienists, a periodontist (gum specialist) and endodontist (root canal specialist). Treatment is available to all members in the community including uninsured patients, patients with medicaid, medicare, mass health, as well as commercially insured patients. We also serve as an educational site for dental student externs and residents from boston univ., tufts univ. Dental schools and nyu lutheran advanced education in general dentistry residency program. The dental department recorded 9,184 visits in fy 2024.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 74% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The nonprofit carried out 100% of its reported program work directly.

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
042678774
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2023
Website reviewed
Jul 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2023
Headquarters
Dorchester, MA, US
Rating
82
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Health

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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: 81
  • Transparency & Controls: 84
  • Accountability: 92
  • Sustainability: 29
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 81.3%; rating input score 81
  • Program expense ratio: 77.7%; rating input score 78
  • Fundraising efficiency: $313.53 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 92; 92nd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 6 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 100
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • 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: 0 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 0
  • Public financial transparency: 1 of 5 controls in place; rating input score 20
  • Impact reporting controls: 2 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 29
  • Public relationship transparency: Yes; rating input score 100

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
  • Public governance controls: 1 of 4 controls in place; rating input score 25
  • Zakat policy transparency: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -4.2%; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Operating reserve ratio: 0.85; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.12; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 5.2%; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 7.6% per year; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 7.2% per year; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 6.9% per year; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 6 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 2 operating locations identified
  • Where the money goes: 81.3% of revenue deployed · 77.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 15 of 15 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $46.5M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $376K · 27 people listed · 6 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 38 of 38 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 15 annual filings from 2009 to 2023
  • Money network: 12 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link