South Cove Community Health Center Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
042501818
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024
Location
Boston, MA, USA
Phone
6175216708
Rating
77
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$74,124,257
Expenses
$48,363,677
Assets
$193,563,034
Liabilities
$8,309,269

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

Leadership & pay

21 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • APRIL TANG (PRESIDENT)
  • ERIC TIBERI (CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • MINIPING LIU (ADULT DOCTOR): $637,870 total reported compensation
  • RONG GUAN (ADULT DOCTOR): $616,169 total reported compensation
  • YUHENG RUAN (ADULT DOCTOR): $573,014 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

South cove community health center was incorporated in 1972 by a group of volunteers in response to the inadequate provision of primary care services for the local residents in boston chinatown due to their language and cultural differences.our mission is to improve the health and well-being of asian americans in Massachusetts, with a special focus on the medically underserved. This mission is accomplished by providing high quality, community-based health care and programs which are accessible, affordable, as well as linguistically and culturally competent for these populations.

What it reported doing in 2024

South cove has five sites located in the greater boston area with over 280 employees serving approximately 32,000 patients annually.we are now the largest asian community health center in Massachusetts with new and expanded clinics in boston (chinatown & south street), quincy, and malden.today, we face many new challenges in providing health care for asian american such as: increase in ethnic diversity within the asian community rise of new asian communities in surrounding areas with maintenance of ties to chinatown to continue to meet the needs of our communities in this changing world, we have: established satellite clinics in those surrounding communities with relatively high percentage of asians. Estaffed the clinics with native language speakers, including chinese, viatnamese, and cambodian. Expanded complementary service including health education outreach.medical services: south cove provides primary and ambulatory care, including the following: adult medicine: -general internal medicine -geriatric services -radiology/ultrasound -community healthy heart project -bone density imagingpediatrics: -general pediatric services -adolescent health -immunizations -tuberculosis clinic -thalassemia screening -asthma/pulmonary clinicobstetrics/gynecology: -full obstetric services -labor coaching -prenatal classes -gynecological exams -family planning -breast and cervical health -radiology/ultrasound -mammographyoptometrydental: -general dentistry -oral surgery -school fluoride treatment programbehavioral health: -psychotherapy -early intervention -parent aide services -intensive family intervention -case management -children's collaborativehealth education: -hepatitis b initiative -chronic disease program -blood pressure screening -breast and cervical initiative -annual health fair -health beat quarterly -community outreach -first aid & cpr trainingfamily life center: -nutrition/women, infants, and children (wic)specialties: -gastroenterology -neurology -cardiology -podiatry

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 81% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
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.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - 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 reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 56
  • Transparency & Controls: 84
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 79
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 50.4%; rating input score 50
  • Program expense ratio: 83.8%; rating input score 84
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 68th 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: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Pass
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 77th 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; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 8 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: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 34.8%; rating input score 93; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 4; rating input score 82; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.04; rating input score 90; 90th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 6.9%; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 6.1% per year; rating input score 100; 50th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 6.3% per year; rating input score 100; 55th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 11.4% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 50.4% of revenue deployed · 83.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 15 of 15 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $40.5M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $638K · 21 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $1.1M reported
  • Consistency: 31 of 31 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 7 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: 7 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 2 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.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 50/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 8/100.