Detroit Community Health Connection

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
382824772
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Detroit, MI, USA
Phone
3138212591
Rating
72
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$13,716,525
Expenses
$14,747,513
Assets
$13,044,926
Liabilities
$2,253,090

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

25 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • WAYNE BRADLEY SR (PRESIDENT)
  • DEREK WARE (INTERIM CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • WAYNE BRADLEY SR (PRESIDENT): $242,051 total reported compensation
  • PATRICIA WILKERSON-UDDYBACK (CMO): $223,030 total reported compensation
  • DEREK WARE (INTERIM CEO): $199,467 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Dchc is a primary care organization committed to providing accessible, affordable and quality service to all members of the communities we serve.

What it reported doing in 2024

Pharmacy to enable dchc patients to follow doctor's orders with ease, an on-site pharmacy offering discounted prescriptions is available. This service allows patients to receive medications from the same facility they receive medical care. Dchc provides prescription delivery to all health centers three times daily for patient convinience. Behavioral health the highly trained and experienced social workers offer assistance to adults and teens living with depression, mental illness and drug-addicition. In addition, dchc has affiliations with pediatric and adult behavioral health institutions for more serious health issues. Other services nutritional counseling, health screenings, counseling in an array of subjects and specialty areras, lab services, referrals and access to educational information. Interpretation and transportation: english, spanish and farsi are spoken at our health centers to cover 95% of our patient population. 1-2% of patients spekaing other languages are provided with interpretative services through an outside party. In special circumstances center offers transportation vouchers as well. Medical education: dchc actively participates in medical education at all levels. Center precepts medical students from wayne state university school of medicine, resident doctors in primary care specialty programs from authority health/Michigan state university, preventative medicine residents from university of Michigan, rn and master's degree rn students form wayne state university and university of detroit mercy. Dchc also provides healthcare internships to students from wayne state university, university of Michigan, berkley, cornell, etc.

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.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 71
  • Transparency & Controls: 70
  • Accountability: 82
  • Sustainability: 24
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 82.5%; rating input score 82
  • Program expense ratio: 76.6%; rating input score 77
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • 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; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 56
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -7.5%; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.88; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.17; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 12.2%; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 2.7% per year; rating input score 100; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 3.3% per year; rating input score 100; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 3.8% per year; rating input score 100; 28th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 82.5% of revenue deployed · 76.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 12 of 12 board members independent · 5 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $11.3M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $242K · 25 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $1.2M reported
  • Consistency: 29 of 29 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 9 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 9 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 13/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 32/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 14/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Federal audit findings: this organization reported findings in its latest federal Single Audit.