United Community Health Center
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 300225826
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Storm Lake, IA, USA
- Phone
- 7122130109
- Rating
- 77
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Ambulatory Health Center, Community Clinic
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $6,580,769
- Expenses
- $6,905,123
- Assets
- $7,973,831
- Liabilities
- $2,357,392
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
15 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- RICH GEHRIG (CEO)
Highest reported compensation
- BRIAN SMITH DDS (DENTAL DIRECTOR): $235,998 total reported compensation
- RICH GEHRIG (CEO): $167,935 total reported compensation
- MICHELLE ANDERSON (CFO): $138,461 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
It is the mission of united community health center to provide comprehensive primary and preventive care to the uninsured, underinsured, and underserved of buena vista and sac counties.
What it reported doing in 2024
The organization provides primary and preventive care to a wide range of patients in 2024. United community health center (uchc) served 5301 patients from over 176 different zip codes through 18,701 clinic visits. 25% of the patients served have income under the 200% federal poverty line and 20% of patients are uninsured. 39% of patients are best served in a language other than english. 51% of patients are hispanic, 3% are african american, 5% are asian, 32% are caucasian, and 3% are other pacific islander. In our medical clinic eligible children are given free vaccines through our participation in the federal vfc program. Uchc offers primary and preventive medical care, laboratory services. We also can give referrals for reduced fee mammograms with buena vista regional medical center, and work with the Iowa department of public health to provide free breast & cervical cancer screens, as well as screens for heart disease.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 68% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 93% 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 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: 70
- Transparency & Controls: 75
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 30
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 80.2%; rating input score 80
- Program expense ratio: 76.4%; rating input score 76
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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: -4.9%; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.15; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.3; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 7.9%; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 12.9% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 9.9% per year; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 9% per year; rating input score 100; 54th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 80.2% of revenue deployed · 76.4% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 10 of 10 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $5.3M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $236K · 15 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $418K reported
- Consistency: 34 of 34 current checks pass
- Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
- Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 3 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.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 20/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 42/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 34/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 38/100.