North Side Christian Health Center
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 251715426
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Pittsburgh, PA, United States
- Phone
- 412-321-4001
- Rating
- 79
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Health Treatment Facilities, Primarily Outpatient
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $4,360,003
- Expenses
- $5,108,749
- Assets
- $2,761,789
- Liabilities
- $622,566
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
24 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- BETHANY BLACKBURN (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER)
- CHRIS ROSSELOT (PRESIDENT AS OF MAY 2025)
- DEBORAH DONOVAN (PRESIDENT THROUGH MAY 2025)
Highest reported compensation
- DALLAS CHRISTIAN MALZI MD (CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER): $200,000 total reported compensation
- ANNE SPROGELL (FAMILY PHYSICIAN): $182,500 total reported compensation
- ANDREA SCHAEFFER (FAMILY PHYSICIAN): $180,000 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Motivated to live our Christian principles, the mission of the North Side Christian Health Center is to provide whole-person primary health care to underserved persons on the Northside and surrounding neighborhoods. Since our founding in 1993, North Side Christian Health Center (NSCHC) has been a cornerstone of the community, dedicated to providing high-quality, whole-person healthcare. We believe that everyone deserves access to medical excellence, regardless of their financial situation or insurance status. By integrating physical, emotional, and spiritual support, we empower our patients to lead healthier lives in a space where they are truly seen and heard. To meet the growing needs of our community, we expanded our reach and impact, adding a second location. This ensures that compassionate, professional care is more accessible than ever before. Our mission is rooted in the...
What it reported doing in 2024
Patient care - medical, behavioral health and dental services - the center is dedicated to providing holistic health care services to the underserved community of pittsburgh's north side and surrounding communities.
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 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.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
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: 81
- Transparency & Controls: 74
- Accountability: 95
- Sustainability: 15
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 86.2%; rating input score 86
- Program expense ratio: 72.5%; rating input score 72
- Fundraising efficiency: $79.91 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 84; 84th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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: Pass
- Written employment contract: Missing
- 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Fail
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -17.2%; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.54; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.23; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 27.2%; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 5.4% per year; rating input score 100; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 5.4% per year; rating input score 100; 44th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 1.6% per year; rating input score 100; 18th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 2 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 86.2% of revenue deployed · 72.5% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 13 of 13 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $3.7M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $200K · 24 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Consistency: 33 of 34 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
- Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 10 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.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 8/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 19/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Audit committee oversight not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 7/100.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 41/100.