San Fernando Community Hospital

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
510142144
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
San Fernando, CA, USA
Phone
8189635690
Rating
76
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Hospital, General

Reported finances

Revenue
$17,832,113
Expenses
$16,155,072
Assets
$30,121,321
Liabilities
$9,575,050

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

Leadership & pay

21 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Audrey Simons (Chief Executive Officer)

Highest reported compensation

  • Audrey Simons (Chief Executive Officer): $327,199 total reported compensation
  • Andre Basmadzhyan (Chief Medical Officer): $318,845 total reported compensation
  • Jeffrey Chawenson (Chief Financial Officer): $244,755 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Provides primary care, oral health, and behavioral health care, including health education to the community without regard to the ability to pay for services.

What it reported doing in 2024

To ensure the best possible health outcomes, patients are strongly encouraged to undergo annual healthcare checkups. Here, at san fernando community health center, our doctors provide primary medical care to patients of all ages who live in the san fernando valley, los angeles county area. During this fiscal year, sfchc provided 27,002 primary care medical visits to members of the community. Maintaining optimal oral health is an important part of our daily lives. At sfchc, our doctors offer comprehensive dental services to ensure that patients in and around san fernando valley, California and the surrounding areas have lasting healthy teeth and gums. During this fiscal year, sfchc provided 9,885 dental visits to the community. San fernando community health center provides integrated behavioral health services, supporting a 'whole person' model of care to address the mind/body connection. Our mental health providers offer individual and group care to adolescent and adult patients throughout the san fernando valley, los angeles area. During this fiscal year, sfchc provided 6,013 mental health visits to members of the community. Sfchc offers numerous health and wellness education resources, including on-site and virtual cooking classes, sexual health information, nutrition consultation, and remote patient monitoring for chronic health conditions. Patients throughout the san fernando valley, California can find individualized treatment that supports and maintains healthy lifestyles. During this fiscal year, sfchc provided 1,854 nutrition, health education, and diabetes teaching kitchen classes to 81 participants. And sfchc provided 9 community event reaching 750 participants.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 67% 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

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and most voting board members are independent. Revenue has declined or grown slowly and assets have declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 79
  • Transparency & Controls: 66
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 55
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 85.3%; rating input score 85
  • Program expense ratio: 94.1%; rating input score 94
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • 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: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

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: 9.4%; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.86; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.32; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 13.6%; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 20.6% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -14.4% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -12.7% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 85.3% of revenue deployed · 94.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 12 of 12 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $15.2M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $327K · 21 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $1.5M reported
  • Consistency: 19 of 19 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes executive pay
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 10 filed money-flow records
  • 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 59/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 11/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 44/100.