Codman Square Health Center

Legal name: Codman Square Health Center Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
042678774
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2023
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2023
Location
Dorchester, MA, US
Phone
(617) 825-9660
Rating
89
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Ambulatory Health Center, Community Clinic

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$57,427,463
Expenses
$59,822,526
Assets
$50,906,339
Liabilities
$6,165,233

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

27 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ROBERT J MACEACHERN (PRESIDENT)
  • STEPHEN WEYMOUTH ESQ (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • DESIREE OTENTI (PRESIDENT-ELECT)
  • SANDRA COTTERELL (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER)

Highest reported compensation

  • SANDRA COTTERELL (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER): $375,541 total reported compensation
  • STEPHENSON TOBIERRE (PHYSICIAN): $313,832 total reported compensation
  • STEPHEN TRINGALE (PHYSICIAN): $295,542 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

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 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.

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: 81
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Accountability: 100
  • 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; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 6 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Pass
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
    • Written employment contract: Pass
    • 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; 78th 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: -4.2%; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage 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
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $2.4M reported
  • Consistency: 38 of 38 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2009 to 2023
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 12 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • 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.

Key Signals

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

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 16/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 34/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 15/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Federal audit findings: this organization reported findings in its latest federal Single Audit.