Harvard Street Neighborhood Health Center, Inc.
Quality Healthcare, Near Home
Harvard Street Neighborhood Health Center, Inc.
EIN: 04-2600042
as of September 2024
as of September 09, 2024
Mission
Harvard Street Neighborhood Health Center, Inc. (HSNHC) is a Federally Qualified Health Center providing health care without regard to race, sex, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion or immigration status. HSNHC addresses the physical and behavioral health needs of families and children living primarily in the Dorchester, Mattapan, and Roxbury neighborhoods of Boston, Massachusetts. HSNHC serves as a primary source for health education and partners with community organizations to ensure the health and well-being of the communities it serves. It is HSNHC's core belief that high quality health care, delivered in a dignified manner, should be made accessible, affordable, and equitable to all people as a right, rather than a privilege.
Notes from the nonprofit
Harvard Street Neighborhood Health Center is proud to serve our community for more than 50 years, delivering excellent healthcare with a personal touch, as we treat "the whole you!" It is our privilege to meet our patients' healthcare needs while helping to surmount any barriers they may be experiencing such as food insecurity, lack of transportation, lack of insurance or the digital divide. Our health center is experiencing a period of growth as more people discover what makes Harvard Street such a wonderful healthcare home.
Ruling year
1977
President and CEO
Mr. Charles A. Murphy
Main address
632 Blue Hill Avenue
Dorchester, MA 02121 USA
EIN
04-2600042
Health care clinics
Basic and emergency aid
Community health care
Mental health care
Population served
Economically disadvantaged people
Families
Adults
Non-adult children
Veterans
NTEE code
Community Health Systems (E21)
Emergency Assistance (Food, Clothing, Cash) (P60)
Other Mental Health, Crisis Intervention N.E.C. (F99)
IRS subsection
501(c)(3) Public Charity
IRS filing requirement
This organization is required to file an IRS Form 990 or 990-EZ.
Tax forms
Programs and results
Reports and documents
Download other documentsWhat we aim to solve
Harvard Street exists to address the needs of its ethnically-diverse, and medically underserved urban neighborhoods, where a plurality of the residents live at or below 200% of the federal poverty level and where a higher number of serious health indicators are found than in the City of Boston as a whole.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Dental Clinic
Dentists and staff work together with patients to develop a treatment plan that results in the beautiful and healthy smile they want. At the dental clinic, staff utilizes the latest in digital radiography, digital imaging and computerized medical record technologies for improving patients' quality of care. The clinic is also a training site for dental schools in the greater Boston area including Harvard University, Boston University and Tufts University Schools of Dentistry.
Family and Internal Medicine
Harvard Street Neighborhood Health Center's provides outstanding comprehensive primary care and well care management Our knowledgeable staff of physicians and nurse practitioners provide personalized quality care ranging from routine well visits to treatment of acute and chronic illnesses. We coordinate specialty care within our health center and with several of Boston's top hospitals.
We offer:
Preventative health services, including cancer screening and health counseling
Chronic disease management, including management of diabetes, asthma, and hypertension
Acute care services via both scheduled and walk-in appointments
Behavioral Health
HSNHC behavioral health staff include licensed psychologists, licensed social workers, and a psychiatrist with a tenure exceeding two decades. The department staff provides services for adults and children with a depression, anxiety, trauma, behavioral challenges, substance abuse, post traumatic stress disorder - and provide individual and family therapy and psychological testing.
Pediatrics
Pediatrics at HSNHC is committed to the well-being of all children. Its physicians and staff provide quality care to youths in the greater Boston neighborhoods of Dorchester, Roxbury, Mattapan, and surrounding areas. The clinic offers a wide range of services to infants, children, adolescents and prospective parents. Its pediatricians are affiliated with Children's Hospital Boston, Boston Medical Center, New England Medical Center, and Brigham and Women's Hospital.
Food Pantry and Women, Infant and Children (WIC) Program
HSNHC offers support services including a Food Pantry, which provides nutritious meals to approximately 500 families every year. We also operate a Women, Infants and Children (WIC) program serving thousands of families
Veterans Center
Located at Harvard Street's 895 Blue Hill Avenue location, the Veterans Center coordinates access to city, state, and federal veteran-related benefits, health care services, and health insurance navigation. The Veterans Center is a community meeting space for veteran service organizations and other non-profits providing services to local veterans.
We offer:
City, State, and Federal sponsored veteran related benefits
Assistance in navigating health insurance coverage
Behavioral health treatment
Primary care treatment
Enrollment in programs for pediatric, dental and other medical services
Opportunities to meet with other Veteran and community organizations that will be co-located at the center
Legal services that include intake hours and periodic trainings through the Legal Services Center of Harvard Law School
Where we work
Accreditations
HRSA - Advancing for Quality 2022
Affiliations & memberships
Boston Medical Center 2023
Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Number of patient visits
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
People of African descent, Multiracial people, People of Caribbean descent, People of South American descent, People of Arab descent
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Goals & Strategy
Learn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.
Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
HSNHC's mission is to provide excellent primary health care to our diverse patient base who would otherwise face barriers to care and to promote a healthier community whose members take charge of their health.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
HSNHC offers a full spectrum of health care by bi-lingual staff, with services including: outpatient adult medicine, pediatrics, women’s health and OB/Gyn care, behavioral health and counseling and dental care.HSNHC offers a full spectrum of health care by bi-lingual staff, with services including: outpatient adult medicine, pediatrics, women’s health and OB/Gyn care, behavioral health and counseling and dental care.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
HSNHC currently offers a comprehensive range of clinical services, including adult medicine, pediatrics, OB/Gyn, dentistry, orthopedics, nutrition, behavioral health services, confidential teen visits, as well as a pharmacy, laboratory, a WIC site, and an on-site food pantry serving local families in need. We also leverage our health care partnerships to enhance our outpatient care. HSCHC maintains relationship with Carney Hospital and other Steward Health hospitals, and local Boston medical centers.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
As a thriving community health center working to respond to our patients' health needs, we meet the care delivery components of our quality improvement plan. We are actively developing plans to expand our services and have begun planning to construct a new clinical facility to increase healthcare services to our community.
How we listen
Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.
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How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?
To identify and remedy poor client service experiences, To identify bright spots and enhance positive service experiences, To make fundamental changes to our programs and/or operations, To inform the development of new programs/projects, To identify where we are less inclusive or equitable across demographic groups, To strengthen relationships with the people we serve, To understand people's needs and how we can help them achieve their goals
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Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?
We collect feedback from the people we serve at least annually, We take steps to get feedback from marginalized or under-represented people, We aim to collect feedback from as many people we serve as possible, We take steps to ensure people feel comfortable being honest with us, We look for patterns in feedback based on demographics (e.g., race, age, gender, etc.), We engage the people who provide feedback in looking for ways we can improve in response, We act on the feedback we receive, We share the feedback we received with the people we serve
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What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?
We don't have any major challenges to collecting feedback
Financials
Financial documents
Download audited financialsRevenue vs. expenses: breakdown
Liquidity in 2023 info
4.97
Months of cash in 2023 info
2.5
Fringe rate in 2023 info
16%
Funding sources info
Assets & liabilities info
Financial data
Harvard Street Neighborhood Health Center, Inc.
Revenue & expensesFiscal Year: Jul 01 - Jun 30
Harvard Street Neighborhood Health Center, Inc.
Balance sheetFiscal Year: Jul 01 - Jun 30
The balance sheet gives a snapshot of the financial health of an organization at a particular point in time. An organization's total assets should generally exceed its total liabilities, or it cannot survive long, but the types of assets and liabilities must also be considered. For instance, an organization's current assets (cash, receivables, securities, etc.) should be sufficient to cover its current liabilities (payables, deferred revenue, current year loan, and note payments). Otherwise, the organization may face solvency problems. On the other hand, an organization whose cash and equivalents greatly exceed its current liabilities might not be putting its money to best use.
Harvard Street Neighborhood Health Center, Inc.
Financial trends analysis Glossary & formula definitionsFiscal Year: Jul 01 - Jun 30
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Business model indicators
| Profitability info | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unrestricted surplus (deficit) before depreciation | $594,212 | $1,107,802 | $2,975,773 | $2,137,852 | $2,324,180 |
| As % of expenses | 7.1% | 11.9% | 26.9% | 16.0% | 15.5% |
| Unrestricted surplus (deficit) after depreciation | $427,435 | $995,301 | $2,862,595 | $1,981,344 | $2,125,846 |
| As % of expenses | 5.0% | 10.5% | 25.6% | 14.6% | 14.0% |
| Revenue composition info | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total revenue (unrestricted & restricted) | $8,974,864 | $10,468,388 | $14,034,481 | $15,355,937 | $17,355,105 |
| Total revenue, % change over prior year | 4.2% | 16.6% | 34.1% | 9.4% | 13.0% |
| Program services revenue | 64.6% | 54.6% | 47.5% | 49.1% | 61.4% |
| Membership dues | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Investment income | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.2% | 0.6% |
| Government grants | 12.6% | 12.4% | 12.8% | 13.2% | 16.0% |
| All other grants and contributions | 20.5% | 30.6% | 30.7% | 21.5% | 16.7% |
| Other revenue | 2.3% | 2.3% | 9.0% | 15.9% | 5.3% |
| Expense composition info | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total expenses before depreciation | $8,401,323 | $9,341,704 | $11,054,711 | $13,371,702 | $15,030,925 |
| Total expenses, % change over prior year | 3.0% | 11.2% | 18.3% | 21.0% | 12.4% |
| Personnel | 63.2% | 65.8% | 55.6% | 51.5% | 51.7% |
| Professional fees | 8.3% | 8.9% | 6.9% | 10.5% | 9.3% |
| Occupancy | 4.0% | 3.6% | 3.4% | 3.1% | 3.0% |
| Interest | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Pass-through | 0.2% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| All other expenses | 24.2% | 21.7% | 34.2% | 34.8% | 36.0% |
| Full cost components (estimated) info | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total expenses (after depreciation) | $8,568,100 | $9,454,205 | $11,167,889 | $13,528,210 | $15,229,259 |
| One month of savings | $700,110 | $778,475 | $921,226 | $1,114,309 | $1,252,577 |
| Debt principal payment | $78,576 | $1,452 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Fixed asset additions | $169,735 | $193,766 | $419,255 | $254,645 | $825,426 |
| Total full costs (estimated) | $9,516,521 | $10,427,898 | $12,508,370 | $14,897,164 | $17,307,262 |
Capital structure indicators
| Liquidity info | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Months of cash | 1.2 | 5.6 | 5.8 | 1.5 | 2.5 |
| Months of cash and investments | 1.2 | 5.6 | 5.8 | 3.3 | 5.8 |
| Months of estimated liquid unrestricted net assets | 2.4 | 3.4 | 5.6 | 6.3 | 6.8 |
| Balance sheet composition info | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
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| Cash | $813,802 | $4,396,396 | $5,354,376 | $1,677,095 | $3,171,806 |
| Investments | $0 | $0 | $0 | $1,951,802 | $4,104,907 |
| Receivables | $1,791,174 | $818,006 | $1,780,760 | $2,156,021 | $2,490,862 |
| Gross land, buildings, equipment (LBE) | $3,923,110 | $4,116,874 | $4,536,174 | $4,790,818 | $5,616,287 |
| Accumulated depreciation (as a % of LBE) | 83.3% | 82.1% | 77.0% | 76.2% | 68.5% |
| Liabilities (as a % of assets) | 23.3% | 39.6% | 21.8% | 10.9% | 15.1% |
| Unrestricted net assets | $2,353,417 | $3,348,718 | $6,211,313 | $8,192,657 | $10,318,503 |
| Temporarily restricted net assets | $321,286 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Permanently restricted net assets | $0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Total restricted net assets | $321,286 | $340,168 | $344,165 | $18,562 | $18,562 |
| Total net assets | $2,674,703 | $3,688,886 | $6,555,478 | $8,211,219 | $10,337,065 |
Key data checks
| Key data checks info | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Material data errors | No | No | No | No | No |
Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
Documents
President and CEO
Mr. Charles A. Murphy
As President & CEO of Harvard Street Neighborhood Health Center Charley leads a team of committed professionals who provide critical health care services to the residents of Dorchester, Roxbury and Mattapan in the city of Boston.
His political and private sector experience have allowed him to seamlessly integrate into his leadership position. During Charley’s eight terms in the Massachusetts legislature he served in a variety of leadership positions to include Chairman of the House Committee on Ways and Means and one year as the House Majority Whip. Additionally, he served as senior vice president at Steward Health Care and Executive Director of the Montachusett Veterans Outreach Center in Gardner, Massachusetts.
Charley has worked as a Massachusetts attorney since 1994. Early in his career he served on active duty with the United States Marine Corps as a Judge Advocate in a variety of positions to include Staff Judge Advocate for the 22d Marine Expeditionary Unit that deployed to the
Number of employees
Source: IRS Form 990
Harvard Street Neighborhood Health Center, Inc.
Officers, directors, trustees, and key employeesSOURCE: IRS Form 990
Compensation data
Harvard Street Neighborhood Health Center, Inc.
Highest paid employeesSOURCE: IRS Form 990
Compensation data
Harvard Street Neighborhood Health Center, Inc.
Board of directorsas of 09/13/2023
Board of directors data
Ms. Bonnie Brathwaite
Bonnie Brathwaite
Jim Cote
Brian Shelly
Christopher Kondrat
Bria Gadsden
Paula Josephs
Laurita Kaigler-Crawlle
Eileen Kenner
Charles Minor
Jheanell West
Jocelyn Carter
Board leadership practices
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Board orientation and education
Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? Yes -
CEO oversight
Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? Yes -
Ethics and transparency
Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Yes -
Board composition
Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes -
Board performance
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? Yes
Organizational demographics
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Leadership
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Race & ethnicity
Gender identity
Transgender Identity
Sexual orientation
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Disability
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