Rosalind Franklin University Health Clinics

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
770691998
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
North Chicago, IL, USA
Phone
8475783000
Rating
76
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Single Organization Support

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$4,996,380
Expenses
$7,373,838
Assets
$1,045,669
Liabilities
$38,845,669

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

Leadership & pay

17 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DR WENDY RHEAULT (EXEC DIR/TRUSTEE/ RFUMS PRESIDENT & CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • DR WENDY RHEAULT (EXEC DIR/TRUSTEE/ RFUMS PRESIDENT & CEO): $1,095,778 total reported compensation
  • MR GAVIN FARRY (RFUMS CFO): $459,812 total reported compensation
  • DR JOANNE KWAK-KIM (PHYSICIAN): $400,154 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

The Rosalind Franklin University Health Clinics ("RFUHC") provide care in podiatric medicine, reproductive medicine and immunology, behavioral health (psychiatry, psychology, therapy), physical therapy and pediatric forensic medical examinations for survivors of sexual assault and victims of physical abuse. RFUHC also provide direct patient care training to medical and health care students under the supervision and guidance of clinical faculty and staff, through observation and direct patient interaction.

What it reported doing in 2024

Rosalind franklin university health clinics (rfuhc), established in 2007, provide a comprehensive range of services to the local community, including behavioral health, podiatric medicine, physical therapy, reproductive immunology, and pediatric forensic medical examinations. In alignment with its commitment to community outreach, the community care connection's (ccc) mobile clinic, annually delivers more than 3,000 free healthcare services to underserved populations across lake county, Illinois. These services include covid-19 testing and vaccinations, tdap and influenza vaccinations, sports physicals, point-of-care testing, referrals for additional or specialty care, health education presentations, and wellness screenings for cardiovascular health, diabetes, cholesterol, and osteoporosis. Rfuhc's outreach efforts also support the clinical education of students from rosalind franklin university of medicine and science. Each year, the no-cost, student-led interprofessional community clinic (icc), located at north chicago site, serves nearly 900 underserved patients. The icc provides a broad spectrum of general and specialty care services, including ophthalmology, dermatology, pelvic health, behavioral health, pediatrics, and radiology. The icc and ccc are open to everyone and serve a diverse group of patients in the community. In 2025, rfuhc further expanded its community impact by launching the children's advocacy center medical clinic in partnership with the lake county children's advocacy center. This clinic offers an innovative, compassionate, and safe environment for delivering sensitive medical examinations to highly vulnerable children and adolescents, ages 0 to 18, who are surviors of sexual assault and victims of physical abuse.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 84% 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. Few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 85
  • Transparency & Controls: 69
  • Accountability: 83
  • Sustainability: 3
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 88.9%; rating input score 89
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Missing
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 85.7%; rating input score 86; 17th 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: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -47.6%; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.14; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 37.15; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 23.9%; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 2.3% per year; rating input score 100; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 3.7% per year; rating input score 100; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 9.5% per year; rating input score 100; 57th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 88.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 6 of 7 board members independent · 7 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $6.6M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $1.1M · 17 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $469K reported
  • Consistency: 26 of 26 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2009 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 6 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • 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 — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 2/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 9 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 4/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 9/100.