Hamilton Health Center

Legal name: Hamilton Health Center Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
231858363
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Harrisburg, PA, US
Phone
(717) 232-9971
Rating
81
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Ambulatory Health Center, Community Clinic

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$36,093,823
Expenses
$36,345,389
Assets
$25,574,238
Liabilities
$13,040,431

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

Leadership & pay

27 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • TERESE DELAPLAINE (PRESIDENT &)

Highest reported compensation

  • BOLANLE LIMANN (SR MEDICAL D): $397,528 total reported compensation
  • HUBERT FOKA (PHYSICIAN): $373,336 total reported compensation
  • TARAL PARIKH (PEDIATRIC ME): $283,386 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

To improve the health of Central Pennsylvania’s residents by delivering high quality, respectful, and patient-centered health and related social services that promote access, treatment, education, and prevention regardless of health, economic, or insurance status.

What it reported doing in 2024

Hamilton health center (hhc) provides medical, dental, behavioral health, vision, and social services to adults and children residing in southcentral pa. In addition to primary care services, hamilton provides specialty care services including: obgyn, podiatary, HIV, substance abuse, and radiology and laboratory services through partnerships with other community partners. Hamilton acquired an outpatient primary care site from upmc pinnacle which is located in millersburg, dauphin county. This site, along with the newport, perry county site, were hamilton's first expansions into the rural areas of southcentral pa. With these two sites, hamilton now has 5 health center hrsa approved locations. Hamilton continued to increase the number of patients served as well as its total number of patient visits. Additionally, hamilton continued to expand its community outreach activities through its community health workers funded by the united way of the capital region and outreach staff funded as part of its social service program. Hamilton health center began construction for a new site in stellton which opened in july of 2024. During the course of the year, hamilton served a number of patietns and members of the community with its focus on administering both covid-19 testing and vaccinations.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 61% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 99% 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: 77
  • Transparency & Controls: 85
  • Accountability: 91
  • Sustainability: 27
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 84%; rating input score 84
  • Program expense ratio: 67.3%; rating input score 67
  • Fundraising efficiency: $48.2 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 94.4%; rating input score 94; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • 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: 7 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 78
    • 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: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -0.7%; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.7; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.51; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 8.2%; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 3.9% per year; rating input score 100; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 6.4% per year; rating input score 100; 55th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 4.3% per year; rating input score 100; 31st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 8 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 6 operating locations identified
  • Where the money goes: 84% of revenue deployed · 67.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 13 of 13 board members independent · 7 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $24.5M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $398K · 27 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $2.8M reported
  • Consistency: 39 of 40 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 10 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 12 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.

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 28/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 25/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 28/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 29/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Schedule R controlled transactions itemized did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Federal audit findings: this organization reported findings in its latest federal Single Audit.