Community Health Connections Inc

Overview

Mission

To improve and maintain the health of individuals and families in the service area where services are provided through a network of high quality comprehensive health care, dental and pharmaceutical services

What it reported doing in 2024

Provides medical services to residents of Northern Worcester County to improve the health of individuals and the community as a whole. During the fiscal year, there were 98,006 medical office visits.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 78% 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
043452697
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Headquarters
Fitchburg, MA, USA
Rating
85
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Hospitals

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The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. The filing reports few safeguards for setting executive pay and available reserves provide a limited financial cushion.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 77
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 49
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 74.3%; rating input score 74
  • Program expense ratio: 81.5%; rating input score 82
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 4 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 67
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited
  • Public monitoring controls: Limited
  • Public policy transparency: Limited
  • Public financial transparency: Limited
  • Impact reporting controls: Limited
  • Public relationship transparency: Limited

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: Limited
  • Zakat policy transparency: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 7%; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Operating reserve ratio: 0.95; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.44; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 4.1%; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 9.8% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 7.1% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 7.5% per year; rating input score 100; 55th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 74.3% of revenue deployed · 81.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 11 of 11 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 5 filed program accomplishments · $46.3M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $407K · 20 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 43 of 43 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 15 annual filings from 2009 to 2024
  • Money network: 9 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link