Catherines Health Center

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
203572418
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Grand Rapids, MI, USA
Phone
6163368800
Rating
77
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Ambulatory Health Center, Community Clinic

Reported finances

Revenue
$11,595,265
Expenses
$9,691,193
Assets
$8,632,947
Liabilities
$885,453

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

21 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MEGAN ERSKINE (CEO)
  • ADRIENNE GOODSTAL (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • CHAD PETERS (DENTIST): $230,255 total reported compensation
  • HEATHER BUNTING (PHYSICIAN): $197,176 total reported compensation
  • MEGAN ERSKINE (CEO): $197,064 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Catherine's health center provides high quality, affordable and compassionate health care to the under-served of the community.

What it reported doing in 2025

Family practice and medical care services for low income, uninsured patients, providing medical exams, testing, referrals, health & fintess education, follow-up and maintenance.

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.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of total spending goes to programs. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 60
  • Transparency & Controls: 84
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 50
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 56.4%; rating input score 56
  • Program expense ratio: 67.8%; rating input score 68
  • Fundraising efficiency: $23.54 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 4 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 67
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Pass
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
    • 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: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 16.4%; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.89; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.1; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 16.4%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 19.9% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 19.3% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 12.9% per year; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 56.4% of revenue deployed · 67.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 12 of 12 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $6.6M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $230K · 21 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 2 contractors listed · $533K reported
  • Consistency: 30 of 30 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2010 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 9 filed money-flow records
  • 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.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 56/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 26/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 10/100.