Lehigh County Medical Society of Pa

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
236261069
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
East Texas, PA, USA
Phone
6104372288
Rating
45
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$65,637
Expenses
$130,318
Assets
$773,648
Liabilities
$34,008

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

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • CHAMINIE WHEELER DO (PRESIDENT)
  • KIMBERLY FUGOK DO (PRESIDENT EL)

Highest reported compensation

  • DAVID P GRIFFITHS (EXECUTIVE DI): $61,328 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Service the needs of its members.

What it reported doing in 2025

The society publishes a bulletin 6 times/yr for its members. It provides information regarding meetings, continuing ed, medical updates, legislation affecting the profession etc.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 76% 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

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 6
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 64
  • Sustainability: 27
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 8.1%; rating input score 8
  • Program expense ratio: 5.9%; rating input score 6
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 1 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 14
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -98.5%; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 5.94; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.04; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 47.1%; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -11.2% per year; rating input score 0; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -1% per year; rating input score 0; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 3.2% per year; rating input score 100; 54th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 8.1% of revenue deployed · 5.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 12 of 12 board members independent · 1 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $8K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $61K · 12 people listed
  • Consistency: 18 of 18 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2010 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 8/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 6/100.
  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 18/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 55/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 4/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 17/100.