Family Health Centers of Southwest Florida Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
591741273
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Fort Myers, FL, USA
Phone
2392783600
Rating
71
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Ambulatory Health Center, Community Clinic

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$124,298,241
Expenses
$103,947,122
Assets
$201,061,139
Liabilities
$27,634,326

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

Leadership & pay

26 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DR FRANK MAZZEO JR (PRESIDENT/CE)

Highest reported compensation

  • DR FRANK MAZZEO JR (PRESIDENT/CE): $1,484,371 total reported compensation
  • DR JORGE QUINONEZ (CMO/INTERIM): $1,135,397 total reported compensation
  • DANIEL GRIFFITH (CFO): $521,228 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

The mission of family health centers of southwest Florida, inc is to provide high quality health care services accessible to all people, but significantly servicing lower income patients. Family health centers is a medicaid provider and a fqhc.

What it reported doing in 2025

The organization provided quality medical, dental, and ancillary services to a total of 112,102 patients as follows: medical services were provided with a total of 234,105 patient visits. Dental services were provided with a total of 157,253 patient visits. Optometry services were provided with a total of 12,319 patient visits. Podiatry services were provided with a total of 8,808 patient visits. Patients were seen regardless of their ability to pay. A discounted fee schedule is used, based on the federal poverty guidelines, to determine the amount due from qualifying patients.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 80% 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

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and most voting board members are independent. Few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence and some related-organization disclosures are missing.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 62
  • Transparency & Controls: 61
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 61
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 64.4%; rating input score 64
  • Program expense ratio: 79.9%; rating input score 80
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 93.3%; rating input score 93; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Missing
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Scored; rating input score 0

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 65th 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 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.93; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.14; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 7.1%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 9.4% per year; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 8.9% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 12.9% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 64.4% of revenue deployed · 79.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 12 of 12 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $83.1M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $1.5M · 26 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $1.3M reported
  • Consistency: 26 of 27 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors, executive pay, and related organizations
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2010 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 14 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 2 filed related-organization links
  • 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.

  • High — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Related-party transparency scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 46/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule D land buildings reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 10/100.