Yehowa Medical Services

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
274383137
IRS 990 coverage
2012–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2016
Location
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Phone
3237761500
Rating
84
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Ambulatory Health Center, Community Clinic

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$17,461,772
Expenses
$15,529,649
Assets
$21,674,651
Liabilities
$5,355,470

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

Leadership & pay

22 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • THOMAS TWEH (CEOPRESIDENT): $729,919 total reported compensation
  • ABIGAIL GORDOR (COO): $519,308 total reported compensation
  • JOHN PAUL RUDOLPH (CFO): $479,888 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The mission of the organization is to provide high quality medical and social services to individuals and families regardless of their social, economic or ethnic backgrounds.

What it reported doing in 2024

A non-profit health center committed to provide medical care to who are geographically and economically disadvantaged individuals and families in the under-served area in los angeles county. The services include primary care, pregnancy testing, dental, prenatal care, family planning, gynecology, chronic disease management, HIV/AIDS testing, pediatrics, heal education and nutritional counseling. Primary care: yehowa medical service (yehowa) is a leading provider of health services in los angeles county. Yehowas team of bilingual physicians and health care professionals deliver patient-centered care focused on prevention quality outcomes and the latest in chronic disease care management to families regardless of their social, economic or ethnic backgrounds. Mobile unit: yehowa has three mobile units equipped with state-of-the-art medical equipment and staff that is used to reach patients who are not located near one of yehowas five medical clinics.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 90% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 97% 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

STRONG - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 69
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 54
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 73.6%; rating input score 74
  • Program expense ratio: 83.7%; rating input score 84
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 6 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Pass
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
    • Written employment contract: Pass
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • 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; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
    • 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: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 11.1%; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.4; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.25; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 17.2%; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 21.8% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 21% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 24.8% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 73.6% of revenue deployed · 83.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 11 of 11 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $13M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $730K · 22 people listed · 6 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $1.3M reported
  • Consistency: 31 of 31 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 10 filing years from 2012 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 11 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 3 filed related-organization links
  • 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 48/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 6/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 52/100.