Finger Lakes Ipa Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
824271469
IRS 990 coverage
2019–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Syracuse, NY, USA
Phone
3159246064
Rating
68
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$31,155,164
Expenses
$26,909,839
Assets
$76,954,361
Liabilities
$55,838,558

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

Leadership & pay

21 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • PATRICIA MCMAHON MPH (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER)

Highest reported compensation

  • PATRICIA MCMAHON MPH (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER): $212,284 total reported compensation
  • DANIELLE TILDEN (CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER): $153,548 total reported compensation
  • TARA BARBATO (CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER): $148,710 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 finger lakes ipa, inc. (flipa), through the efforts of its members, is to create a collaborative, clinically integrated model to address the changes required by health care reform. The model will be developed through regional member initiatives. Collaboration will be necessary in order to achieve the maximum benefits for the members and the individuals to whom they provide care. The cornerstone of the new model is the ability to collect and analyze data relating to patient populations, the cost of care delivered, and how such care is delivered. With such information, the members will be able to design and implement initiatives that will result in cost-effective, quality care, and the members will be better able to address the economic risks of the future reimbursement model.

What it reported doing in 2025

Collaborative efforts advance clinical integration and offer value-creation opportunity for the members by creating infrastructure and pilot programs in accordance with the corporation's mission.in 2024, flipa was designated as the social care network (scn) lead entity for the finger lakes region of New York state under New York health equity reform (nyher) 1115 waiver amendment a statewide approach to improve the health of medicaid members. In this role, flipa is responsible for a regional network of community based and other organizations to deliver health-related social needs (hrsn) services and coordinating with health care providers (inclusive of behavioral health and primary care), managed care and other organization types in the community ecosystem. The program facilitates standardized processes for screening, navigation, and delivery of hrsn services, supported by a shared people, data and technology infrastructure.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 61% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
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. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 76
  • Transparency & Controls: 74
  • Accountability: 37
  • Sustainability: 59
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 81.4%; rating input score 81
  • Program expense ratio: 93.3%; rating input score 93
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th 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: Pass
    • 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: 0%; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 13.6%; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.86; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.73; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 3.9%; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 41.3% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 37.4% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 49.5% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 81.4% of revenue deployed · 93.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 0 of 14 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $25.1M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $212K · 21 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 4 contractors listed · $948K reported
  • Consistency: 28 of 28 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2019 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 7 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 23 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.

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 — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 14/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Federal audit findings: this organization reported findings in its latest federal Single Audit.