South Miami Childrens Clinic Inc

What it reported doing in 2025

South miami children's clinic was established in 2007 to improve access to high-quality pediatric health care for children in the south miami community who faced financial and other barriers to care. With the support of local philanthropists, community organizations, the city of south miami, south miami hospital, and baptist health, the clinic developed a sustainable safety-net model designed to ensure that children can receive consistent medical care regardless of family income or insurance status. The clinic initially focused on uninsured children. After recognizing that obtaining medicaid coverage could inadvertently disrupt continuity of care by requiring established patients to seek care elsewhere, the clinic expanded its eligibility criteria in 2010 to include medicaid patients. This change allowed children to maintain an ongoing relationship with their pediatric providers and strengthened the clinic's ability to function as a true pediatric medical home. Today, the clinic provides comprehensive pediatric services to children from birth through age 18, including well-child examinations, sick visits, school and sports physicals, immunizations, preventive health services, developmental surveillance, and coordination of specialty care. Through charitable support from south miami hospital and baptist health, eligible uninsured patients have access to medically necessary services that extend beyond the clinic, including laboratory testing, radiology, outpatient services, pharmaceuticals, and emergency and inpatient hospital care. The clinic coordinates access to specialty care for children who require services beyond primary pediatric care by referring patients to outside specialty physicians and appropriate community health care providers for evaluation and treatment. The clinic's mission has evolved beyond addressing children's immediate medical needs to recognizing and addressing the social and economic circumstances that influence their health. Through its longstanding partnership with Florida international university and the neighborhoodhelp program, the clinic helps connect families with resources addressing social determinants of health, including food insecurity, housing needs, and barriers to health care. The clinic also works with community partners to identify and address food insecurity and other unmet family needs. These efforts complement traditional pediatric care and reflect the clinic's commitment to treating the whole child within the context of the family and community. South miami children's clinic remains committed to strengthening its role as a trusted pediatric medical home in south miami and to ensuring that children have access to high-quality health care regardless of income or insurance status. Support from baptist health, south miami hospital, academic partners, community organizations, and private philanthropy allows the clinic to extend its impact beyond the walls of the medical office.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 58.2%; rating input score 58
• Program expense ratio: 71.7%; rating input score 72
• Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th 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: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 2 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 25
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Fail
  • Document-retention policy: Fail
  • CEO compensation review process: Fail
  • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Missing
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 18.7%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.33; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 43.1%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 3.8% per year; rating input score 100; 45th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 4.3% per year; rating input score 100; 44th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: -10% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings