South Texas Family Planning & Health Corporation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
741728621
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Corpus Christi, TX, USA
Phone
3618557333
Rating
82
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Rape Victim Services

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$13,093,092
Expenses
$12,574,766
Assets
$4,526,595
Liabilities
$1,162,955

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

Leadership & pay

25 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • GUS ZAPATA (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • MARTHA ZUNIGA (CHIEF EXEC O): $295,730 total reported compensation
  • MARISELLA PERALES (CHIEF CLINIC): $232,387 total reported compensation
  • MANDI EDWARDS (CHIEF OPERAT): $220,940 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 Texas family planning & health corporation (stfphc) is a non-profit 501-c-3 organization that began delivering services in 1972. The organization was established to deliver accessible, high-quality medical services that are free or affordable in a comfortable and convenient manner to persons who are uninsured, underinsured, low-income, and/or experiencing financial difficulties and need accessible health care. The organization serves anyone who wants or needs family planning, preventive primary health, womens health, mens health, breast & cervical cancer, immunizations, early identification of chronic disease for prevention & management, well-health/problems exams/sports physicals, pharmacy services, and educational services to improve their overall health & wellness.

What it reported doing in 2024

Vision: to help grow healthy families responsibly by enabling every individual to assume responsibility, achieve self-sufficiency, and secure themselves into emotional, physical, and financial preparedness by accessing family planning, preventative health, & education services, while linking to other local community resources prior to becoming parents or prior to becoming sexually active philosophy: we believe in the provision of high quality, easily accessible and affordable family planning services & primary health care for all, including the under-privileged, indigent, and working poor populations. The principles we base our philosophy on include helping individuals to: assume personal responsibility - we believe it is up to each individual to make responsible decisions about their life, thus, we will provide the essential support to help them take control of their reproductive and general health. Achieve self-sufficiency - we believe that each individual is capable of making responsible choices and overcoming personal poverty, thus, we will help each family grow responsibly in a manner that encourages healthy families along with providing primary health care services to keep them physically able to meet the demands of maintaining a family. 23,747 unduplicated clients were served in fye 08/31/2025, and almost 60,000 encounters agency-wide. Disaster response: additionally, stfphc's mobile clinic team was amongst the 1st medicals teams that showed up and responded to the catastrophic kerrville, tx flash flood disaster to provide medical assistance to individuals and other first responders in july of 2025. During our response during the flooding, persons impacted and hundreds of first responders were supported with tdap vaccinnations, medication refills, first aid, exams, urgent care treatments, mental health support, and much more.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 90% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 77
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 35
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 84.9%; rating input score 85
  • Program expense ratio: 88.3%; rating input score 88
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 4 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 67
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Pass
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • 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: 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: NotApplicable
    • 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: 4%; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.36; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.26; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 10.7%; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 11% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 11.5% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 14.6% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 84.9% of revenue deployed · 88.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 19 of 19 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $11.1M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $296K · 25 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $1M reported
  • Consistency: 29 of 29 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes executive pay
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 6 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.
  • 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 — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 10/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 50/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 18/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 51/100.