The Neighborhood Christian Clinic

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Summary

Organized by a group of volunteer healthcare professionals, The Neighborhood Christian Clinic exists simply to: provide medical and dental healthcare services to the uninsured, underserved community, share the Gospel and love of Jesus Christ with interested patients and colleagues, and train and equip healthcare professionals to respectfully share the Gospel and love of Jesus Christ in their daily practice.

Contact information

Mailing address:
The Neighborhood Christian Clinic
1929 W Fillmore St Bldg C
Phoenix, AZ 85009

Website: thechristianclinic.org

Phone: (602) 258-6008

Email: [email protected]

Organization details

EIN: 860839580

CEO/President: Gary Plooster

Chairman: Dave Tellez, M.D

Board size: 11

Founder:

Ruling year: 1997

Tax deductible: Yes

Fiscal year end: 12/31

Member of ECFA: Yes

Member of ECFA since: 2006

Purpose

Each year, the Clinic performs nearly 10,000 total medical and dental patient visits, prescribes medications, provides on-site laboratory testing and ultrasound examinations, offers low/no-cost referrals to radiology centers for basic X-ray and barium studies as well as provides comprehensive diabetes care and education. Additionally, over 55 subspecialists accept referrals to their practices from Clinic providers and on-site clinics in dermatology, gynecology, ophthalmology and infectious disease are maintained.

Mission statement

Organized by a group of volunteer healthcare professionals, we exist simply to:

To provide medical and dental healthcare services to the uninsured, underserved community To share the Gospel and love of Christ with interested patients and colleagues To train and equip healthcare professionals to respectfully share the Gospel and love of Jesus in their daily practice

Statement of faith

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Transparency grade

A

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Financial efficiency ratings

Sector: Community Development

Category	Rating	Overall rank	Sector rank
Overall efficiency rating		49 of 1091	15 of 142
Fund acquisition rating		128 of 1094	17 of 142
Resource allocation rating		76 of 1094	19 of 142
Asset utilization rating		296 of 1091	38 of 142

Financial ratios

Funding ratios	Sector median	2021	2020	2019	2018	2017
Return on fundraising efforts Return on fundraising efforts = Fundraising expense / Total contributions	7%	1%	3%	8%	5%	6%
Fundraising cost ratio Fundraising cost ratio = Fundraising expense / Total revenue	5%	1%	3%	6%	4%	5%
Contributions reliance Contributions reliance = Total contributions / Total revenue	92%	89%	87%	83%	84%	82%
Fundraising expense ratio Fundraising expense ratio = Fundraising expense / Total expenses	6%	1%	3%	6%	5%	6%
Other revenue reliance Other revenue reliance = Total other revenue / Total revenue	8%	11%	13%	17%	16%	18%

Operating ratios	Sector median	2021	2020	2019	2018	2017
Program expense ratio Program expense ratio = Program services / Total expenses	82%	94%	92%	89%	89%	89%
Spending ratio Spending ratio = Total expenses / Total revenue	90%	78%	111%	105%	86%	92%
Program output ratio Program output ratio = Program services / Total revenue	72%	73%	102%	94%	77%	82%
Savings ratio Savings ratio = Surplus (deficit) / Total revenue	10%	22%	-11%	-5%	14%	8%
Reserve accumulation rate Reserve accumulation rate = Surplus (deficit) / Net assets	13%	36%	-16%	-7%	20%	12%
General and admin ratio General and admin ratio = Management and general expense / Total expenses	11%	5%	5%	5%	5%	5%

Investing ratios	Sector median	2021	2020	2019	2018	2017
Total asset turnover Total asset turnover = Total expenses / Total assets	0.86	1.23	1.37	1.51	1.18	1.34
Degree of long-term investment Degree of long-term investment = Total assets / Total current assets	1.63	1.58	1.90	2.00	2.14	2.09
Current asset turnover Current asset turnover = Total expenses / Total current assets	1.55	1.94	2.60	3.03	2.51	2.80

Liquidity ratios	Sector median	2021	2020	2019	2018	2017
Current ratio Current ratio = Total current assets / Total current liabilities	16.96	43.32	17.03	12.79	15.60	13.53
Current liabilities ratio Current liabilities ratio = Total current liabilities / Total current assets	0.06	0.02	0.06	0.08	0.06	0.07
Liquid reserve level Liquid reserve level = (Total current assets - Total current liabilities) / (Total expenses / 12)	6.94	6.04	4.35	3.65	4.47	3.97

Solvency ratios	Sector median	2021	2020	2019	2018	2017
Liabilities ratio Liabilities ratio = Total liabilities / Total assets	9%	1%	18%	4%	3%	4%
Debt ratio Debt ratio = Debt / Total assets	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
Reserve coverage ratio Reserve coverage ratio = Net assets / Total expenses	104%	80%	60%	64%	83%	72%

Financials

Balance sheet

Assets	2021	2020	2019	2018	2017
Cash	$826,631	$418,284	$324,120	$388,879	$432,274
Receivables, inventories, prepaids	$452,110	$400,421	$444,373	$377,472	$200,965
Short-term investments	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Other current assets	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Total current assets	$1,278,741	$818,705	$768,493	$766,351	$633,239
Long-term investments	$103,255	$87,816	$82,764	$184,202	$118,244
Fixed assets	$639,242	$648,039	$687,940	$686,790	$573,322
Other long-term assets	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Total long-term assets	$742,497	$735,855	$770,704	$870,992	$691,566
Total assets	$2,021,238	$1,554,560	$1,539,197	$1,637,343	$1,324,805

Liabilities	2021	2020	2019	2018	2017
Payables and accrued expenses	$29,518	$48,078	$60,101	$49,134	$46,814
Other current liabilities	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Total current liabilities	$29,518	$48,078	$60,101	$49,134	$46,814
Debt	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Due to (from) affiliates	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Other long-term liabilities	$0	$231,500	$0	$0	$0
Total long-term liabilities	$0	$231,500	$0	$0	$0
Total liabilities	$29,518	$279,578	$60,101	$49,134	$46,814

Net assets	2021	2020	2019	2018	2017
Without donor restrictions	$1,653,790	$1,192,982	$1,397,096	$1,506,394	$1,194,906
With donor restrictions	$337,930	$82,000	$82,000	$81,815	$83,085
Net assets	$1,991,720	$1,274,982	$1,479,096	$1,588,209	$1,277,991

Revenues and expenses

Revenue	2021	2020	2019	2018	2017
Total contributions	$2,858,032	$1,676,260	$1,839,525	$1,900,253	$1,579,242
Program service revenue	$309,656	$223,731	$349,085	$338,917	$338,077
Membership dues	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Investment income	$12,061	$5,905	$20,206	$5,135	$7,182
Other revenue	$14,657	$15,841	$10,330	$4,849	$1,071
Total other revenue	$336,374	$245,477	$379,621	$348,901	$346,330
Total revenue	$3,194,406	$1,921,737	$2,219,146	$2,249,154	$1,925,572

Expenses	2021	2020	2019	2018	2017
Program services	$2,322,618	$1,957,392	$2,082,325	$1,720,888	$1,580,682
Management and general	$121,488	$111,492	$107,183	$105,568	$94,116
Fundraising	$36,294	$56,967	$138,751	$98,464	$98,002
Total expenses	$2,480,400	$2,125,851	$2,328,259	$1,924,920	$1,772,800

Change in net assets	2021	2020	2019	2018	2017
Surplus (deficit)	$714,006	($204,114)	($109,113)	$324,234	$152,772
Other changes in net assets	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Total change in net assets	$714,006	($204,114)	($109,113)	$324,234	$152,772

Compensation

Name	Title	Compensation
Paul Lorentsen	Director/Med	$147,714
Gary Plooster	Exec. Direct	$135,076
Richard Hoyner	Dentist	$125,000

Compensation data as of: 12/31/2021

Response from ministry

No response has been provided by this ministry.

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History

Program accomplishments

2021 Accomplishments

Despite COVID:

volunteers donated 8,605 hours of care

122 new volunteers added

Over 6,500 patient visits were facilitated

Completed Course Three of Whole Person Care Curriculum

Secured funding for complete Dental remodel

Deepen relationships with CMDA & local Medical Schools

2021 established record as "largest revenue year"

Question	Response	Score
Does the organization have a statement of faith consistent with historic Christian creeds and is that statement of easily found on its website?	Yes	4/4
Does the board have no more than 2 non-independent members?	Yes	10/10
Does the board have at least four independent board members for every non-independent member?	Yes	4/4
Does the board contain between 5 and 11 members?	Yes	10/10
Does the organization file a Form 990 and make its Form 990 available to the public?	Yes	15/15
Does the organization make its audit or review (if annual revenue is more than $1-m) available on its website?	No	0/4
Is the organization a member of the ECFA?	Yes	9/9
Is the CEO/President's compensation within one standard deviation of the median compensation?	Yes	4/4
Did the organization operate at a net profit (revenue greater than expenses) in the most recent year?	Yes	4/4
Does the organization refrain from owning or leasing a private aircraft, or having fractional interest in one, that is primarily used for travel by the organization's leaders?	Yes	4/4
For the past five years, has the organization been free of any lawsuits or administrative actions filed against it by an employee, client, board member, vendor, donor, or other related party?	Yes	4/4
Are author royalties and speaking engagement fees paid to the organization, and not the individual?	Yes	4/4
Does the organization require its employees to affirm upon hiring the statement of faith of the organization?	Yes	4/4
Is the board chair an independent member of the board?	Yes	4/4
Does the board have term limits?	Yes	4/4
Have there been no public accusations of misdeeds against the organization, founder, CEO, senior pastor, or board members in the past five years?	Yes	4/4
Has the organization refrained from the use of non-disclosure agreements?	Yes	4/4
Does the organization have an overall financial efficiency rating of at least 2 stars?	Yes	4/4
Total donor confidence score		96/100