Heart of Ohio Family Health

Legal name: Heart of Ohio Family Health Centers

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
383765547
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024
Location
Columbus, OH, US
Phone
(614) 235-5555
Rating
75
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Ambulatory Health Center, Community Clinic

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$24,267,855
Expenses
$24,167,158
Assets
$17,439,788
Liabilities
$10,351,428

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

Leadership & pay

24 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DR M BUHARI MOHAMMED (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER)

Highest reported compensation

  • DR M BUHARI MOHAMMED (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER): $277,573 total reported compensation
  • ERIC FRYXELL MD (FAMILY PHYSICIAN): $213,125 total reported compensation
  • WILLIAM WASHINGTON (CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER): $210,104 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 provide high-quality, holistic, and compassionate care to meet the healthcare needs of everyone in our diverse community, one heart at a time.

What it reported doing in 2024

Heart of Ohio family health currently operates at six locations: heart of Ohio family health at capital park, heart of Ohio family health at james b. Feibel center, heart of Ohio family health at whitehall - yearling high school, heart of Ohio family health at mount carmel east hospital, heart of Ohio family health at canal winchester and heart of Ohio family health at mt carmel st. Ann's. The health center provides primary medical care, obstetric and gynecological, psychiatry and behavioral health, substance use disorder services, nutritional services, clinical pharmacy, retail pharmacy, dental services, laboratory services, and other enabling services such as transportation, interpretation, and case management. Heart of Ohio family health operates the james b. Feibel center in whitehall, Ohio, as well as an in-house pharmacy. The feibel center provides primary medical care, pediatrics, obgyn, behavioral services, substance use disorder intervention, HIV care, and hep c management - all of which is complemented by the in-house pharmacy. The pharmacy processed prescriptions, offering noteworthy savings to patients, while providing each patient with important medication to address their wellness needs. These discounts allow patients to direct their funds to other financial responsibilities. During 2024, heart of Ohio family health continued to pursue quality and efficient outcomes through determination and dedication at the staff, leadership, and board levels. We continuously focused on making a difference in the health outcomes of all patients and advancing health equity by providing important healthcare screenings, measuring health disparity ratios, and implementing decision support with an emphasis on disparity ratios.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 83% 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

SUPPORTED - 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: 65
  • Transparency & Controls: 79
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 30
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 73.3%; rating input score 73
  • Program expense ratio: 73.6%; rating input score 74
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

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: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 66th 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: Fail
    • 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: 0.4%; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.72; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.59; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 8.5%; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 17.5% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 13.8% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 11.1% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 14 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 3 operating locations identified
  • Where the money goes: 73.3% of revenue deployed · 73.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 12 of 12 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $17.8M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $278K · 24 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $4.6M reported
  • Consistency: 46 of 46 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2009 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 11 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.

  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 35/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 25/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: CEO compensation review process not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 23/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 27/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Federal audit findings: this organization reported findings in its latest federal Single Audit.