TCC Health
Legal name: The Chautauqua Center Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 273512018
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2012–2025
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2025, Form 990-N 2012
- Location
- Dunkirk, NY, USA
- Phone
- 7163636050
- Rating
- 80
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Health Treatment Facilities, Primarily Outpatient
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $48,437,130
- Expenses
- $43,688,537
- Assets
- $47,683,380
- Liabilities
- $18,014,196
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
21 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- MICHAEL C PEASE (CEO)
Highest reported compensation
- STELLA BARD (MD): $336,851 total reported compensation
- DAMIAN TERNULLO (MD): $298,445 total reported compensation
- ELIZABETH KIDDER (MD): $283,182 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
TCC Health is a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) dedicated to improving the health of the community by providing accessible, high-quality healthcare services to all residents of Chautauqua County, regardless of ability to pay. Join Us in Our Mission Whether you're a patient, healthcare provider, or community member, there are many ways to get involved and support our mission. Find a LocationJoin Our Team →. Whether you're a patient, healthcare provider, or community member, there are many ways to get involved and support our mission. Find a LocationJoin Our Team → About. The Chautauqua Center, Inc., a 501(c)(3) nonprofit and Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) funded in part through a grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and community support. The Chautauqua Center, Inc is a Health Center Program grantee under 42 U.S.C. 254b, and a deemed Public...
What it reported doing in 2025
In 2025, the chautauqua center served 23,321 individuals in the chautauqua county region area. The center improved community health by providing access to quality care at an affordable price, through the promotion of healthy lifestyles and health education in order to achieve health equity. Scheduled outreach in the community provides individuals awareness of the services available and support with obtaining insurance coverage of sliding fee scale arrangements. The center honors relationships with those we serve, the staff, providers, board members, volunteers, our many community partners and friends as they are the vehicle by which the mission is maintained. During the year, the center serviced over 128,000 clinic visits.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 91% 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.
- 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. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 72
- Transparency & Controls: 79
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 47
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 77.9%; rating input score 78
- Program expense ratio: 86.4%; rating input score 86
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
- Compensation committee: Pass
- Independent consultant: Missing
- 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: 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: 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: 9.8%; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.09; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.38; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 4.5%; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 23.4% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 21.2% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 22.4% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 7 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 77.9% of revenue deployed · 86.4% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 12 of 12 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $37.8M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $337K · 21 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Highest-paid contractors: 3 contractors listed · $1.7M reported
- Consistency: 32 of 32 current checks pass
- Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
- Filing history: 14 filing years from 2012 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 9 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.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 57/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 32/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 34/100.