Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
042507409
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024
Location
Boston, MA, USA
Phone
6174262225
Rating
88
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Standard

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$37,181,135
Expenses
$27,443,360
Assets
$52,490,145
Liabilities
$13,899,823

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

Leadership & pay

26 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MICHAEL CURRY (PRESIDENT & CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • MICHAEL CURRY (PRESIDENT & CEO): $599,412 total reported compensation
  • CHERYL CLARK (ED & SVP, INSTITUTE HEALTH EQUITY): $330,484 total reported compensation
  • KEPLIN ALLWATERS (CHIEF LEGAL & COMP. OFFICER): $285,729 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 promote health access for all through leadership and programs supporting community health centers and members in achieving their goals of accessible, quality, comprehensive, and community-responsive health care. This mission emphasizes health equity, supporting member health centers to provide quality, comprehensive care to diverse communities, and developing future health leaders, as seen in their ongoing initiatives for workforce development and advocating for vulnerable populations in 2025 and beyond.

What it reported doing in 2024

Clinical health affairs and services: provide technical assistance, training and development guidance for the delivery of health care services and integrated community-based care systems. Provide training and development in best practices related to quality improvement best practices and outcomes management. Support work force programs for development, recruitment and retention of clinical staff and clinical team and care coordination and workflow systems for best practices. Provide guidance and training on clinical policies and best practices for delivery of patient centered medical homes and integrated community based and value based primary care services. Expand and support community-based care to address population health needs and support development of services addressing substance, use, addiction, and respiratory illness.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 95% 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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration and liabilities are high compared with assets.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 76
  • Transparency & Controls: 96
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 66
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 64.7%; rating input score 65
  • Program expense ratio: 87.6%; rating input score 88
  • Fundraising efficiency: $1,913.36 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 98; 98th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 5 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 83
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
    • Written employment contract: Pass
    • 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: Yes; rating input score 100

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 66th 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: 26.2%; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.91; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.26; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 10.7%; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 11.4% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 11.6% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 13.9% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 64.7% of revenue deployed · 87.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 13 of 13 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 5 filed program accomplishments · $24M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $599K · 26 people listed · 5 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 4 contractors listed · $909K reported
  • Consistency: 35 of 35 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 9 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, executive pay, and related organizations
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 11 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 5 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.

  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 18/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 50/100.