Esperanza Health Center
Legal name: Esperanza Health Center Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 232480701
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2009–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024
- Location
- Philadelphia, PA, United States
- Phone
- 215-302-3600 (Medical Patients)
- Rating
- 84
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Standard
- Sector
- Ambulatory Health Center, Community Clinic
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $24,958,148
- Expenses
- $27,391,002
- Assets
- $69,423,386
- Liabilities
- $23,193,369
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
21 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- SHANA KLINE (PRESIDENT)
- STEPHANIE STANFORD (VICE PRESIDENT)
- SUSAN POST (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER)
Highest reported compensation
- TIMOTHY LEAMAN (CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER): $199,051 total reported compensation
- FAITH PULLINGER (CLINICAL ASSOCIATE MEDICAL DIRECTOR FOR OBGYN): $196,405 total reported compensation
- SUSAN POST (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER): $194,186 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Compelled by the love of God in Christ Jesus, in cooperation with the Church and others, Esperanza Health Center is a multi-cultural ministry providing holistic healthcare to the Latino and underserved communities of Philadelphia. During this time, we have tackled additional barriers that thwart healthy living. Our care extends beyond the exam room, where medical conditions are treated, to spaces where illness is prevented. In addition to comprehensive primary, dental, and behavioral health care, our mission is accomplished through activities that promote health: fitness and wellness programs, multiple food classes and resources, legal support for issues that impact health, partnerships with community groups for a variety of programs, sharing our spaces with neighbors, and more. After Jesus healed the man with the deformed hand, He proclaimed in verse 36, **“You must be...
What it reported doing in 2024
Since our founding in 1989, esperanza has been committed to providing access to affordable, high quality bilingual health care and wellness services as we pursue health with our patients and our community. Our three health center sites and wellness centers in north philadelphia (fifth street, hunting park, and kensington) are conveniently located for easy access. Services include primary medical care for adults and children, dental care, prenatal care, behavioral health services, on-site medication dispensaries, social services assistance, podiatry, and other services. Community health and wellness programs are open to all residents. Esperanza health center is recognized as a federally qualified health center (fqhc) by the u.s. Department of health and human services, health resources and services administration, bureau of primary health care. (see on schedule o)
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Other-operating. 73% of the money available for current operations came from other operating 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. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 84
- Transparency & Controls: 80
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 35
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 96.6%; rating input score 97
- Program expense ratio: 76.5%; rating input score 76
- Fundraising efficiency: $13.18 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
- Compensation committee: Missing
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- 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: Yes; rating input score 100
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 66th 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: -9.7%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.53; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.33; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 6%; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 4.9% per year; rating input score 100; 41st percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 5.1% per year; rating input score 100; 45th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 13.4% per year; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 4 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 96.6% of revenue deployed · 76.5% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 11 of 11 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $20.9M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $199K · 21 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Consistency: 33 of 33 current checks pass
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors, executive pay, and related organizations
- Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 10 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.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 46/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 10/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 43/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 43/100.