Uptown Community Health Center

What it reported doing in 2025

Uptown community health center provides comprehensive, high-quality, patient-centered healthcare services to individuals and families throughout the denver metropolitan area, regardless of insurance status or ability to pay. As denver's newest federally qualified health center (fqhc) look-alike, uptown is held to higher standards for quality and accountability than many other healthcare organizations, with well-trained providers committed to delivering the very best care to every patient, at every visit.uptown's four specialized care teams work together in one central location to see each patient as a whole person, not just a chart. (conintued on schedule o)our four clinics include bruner family medicine, caritas internal medicine (serving those aged 18 and older), seton women's center, and uptown midwifery center.uptown offers integrated primary and preventive healthcare services across the lifespan, including family medicine, internal medicine, women's health, prenatal and midwifery care, pediatric services, chronic disease management, preventive screenings, behavioral health services, and health education. Through a coordinated, team-based model, uptown community health center ensures each patient receives the best care possible - now and for generations to come.in 2025, uptown reached 10,831 patients from 179 different zip codes across 27 Colorado counties, representing suburban, urban, and rural communities. This included 3,640 well-child visits, 7,787 prenatal care visits, 41,212 adult primary care visits, and 10,622 administered vaccines. Nearly 70% of patient households earned annual incomes below 150% of the federal poverty level and qualified for medical care payment through either medicare, medicaid, or charity care through uptown's sliding scale fee.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
• Program expense ratio: 88.1%; rating input score 88
• 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: Missing
  • 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: 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: 6 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 67
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: Pass
  • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Missing
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

• Operating margin: -85.3%; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.17; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 8.15; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 7%; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 34% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 26.4% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 24.9% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings