Ann Silverman Community Health Clinic
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
THE ANN SILVERMAN COMMUNITY HEALTH CLINIC PROVIDES FREE MEDICAL AND DENTAL CARE, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES TO LOW-INCOME, UNINSURED RESIDENTS OF BUCKS COUNTY.
- Income
- $1.3 million
- Spending
- $1.1 million
- Spent on programs
- 71%
- Reserves
- 45.3 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 90%
- Employees
- 0
- Volunteers
- 196
- Highest pay
- $137,797, member
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Strong: 100 out of 100. Higher than 88% of charities in its peer group (health care, $1m to $10m).
Reserves
35 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 45.3 months of spending.
Debt
20 of 20It owes 1% of what it owns.
Living within its means
15 of 15Income exceeded spending by 17% of income.
Income trend
15 of 15Income rose 17% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 1571% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 10 cents.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
Strong: 100 out of 100. Higher than 67% of charities in its peer group (health care, $1m to $10m).
Independent board
25 of 2518 of 18 voting board members are independent.
Conflict of interest policy
15 of 15Has a written conflict of interest policy.
Whistleblower policy
8 of 8Has a written whistleblower policy.
Record keeping policy
7 of 7Has a written policy on keeping and destroying records.
Board minutes
5 of 5Keeps minutes of board meetings.
Board sees the tax return
10 of 10Gave the board a copy of this return before filing it.
Pay set independently
5 of 5Sets its chief executive's pay through independent review and comparison.
Independent check of accounts
15 of 15Its accounts were audited by an independent accountant.
No reported misuse
10 of 10Reports no diversion of assets, excess benefits or loans to insiders.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (3)
- $468,622 spent. ASCHC IS COMMITTED TO DELIVERING EXCEPTIONAL MEDICAL SERVICES , AS REFLECTED IN THE TOTAL PATIENT VISITS OF 5,205. OUR DEDICATED TEAM WELCOMED 270 PATIENTS INTO OUR COMMUNITY, EXTENDING OUR REACH AND IMPACT. AMONG THE SERVICES OFFERED, 3,068 ADULTS VISITS AND 2,137 CHILDREN'S VISITS UNDERLINE OUR COMMITMENT TO COMPREHENSIVE CARE ACROSS ALL AGE GROUPS. IN THE FACE OF PUBLIC HEALTH CHALLENGES, WE TOOK PROACTIVE STEPS TO ENGAGE VOLUNTEERS DOCTORS, NURSES AND COLLABORATE WITH OVER 12 ORGANIZATIONS IN BUCKS COUNTY. MEDICAL PROGRAM- ANN SILVERMAN COMMUNITY HEALTH CLINIC (ASCHC), OPENED ITS DOORS IN 1994 AND WAS INCORPORATED IN 1997. IT WAS FOUNDED 31 YEARS AGO BY A LOCAL PHYSICIAN, DR. DAN NESI FORMER CHIEF OF STAFF AT DOYLESTOWN HOSPITAL AND HIS COLLEAGUES DESIRED TO PROVIDE FREE HEALTHCARE TO COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO HAD LIMITED INCOME AND WERE UNINSURED. DOYLESTOWN HOSPITAL SUPPORTED THEIR EFFORTS TO ADDRESS THIS COMMUNITY'S NEED. THE CLINIC REMAINS THE ONLY FREE CLINIC IN BUCKS COUNTY. ASCHC IS A VOLUNTEER-DRIVEN CLINIC FOR UNINSURED, LOW-INCOME RESIDENTS OF BUCKS COUNTY. IT PROVIDES FREE MEDICAL CARE ACUTE, CHRONIC AND PREVENTATIVE SERVICES AS WELL AS DIAGNOSTIC TESTING AND MEDICATION ASSISTANCE TO UNINSURED ADULTS AND CHILDREN WHO HAVE A HOUSEHOLD INCOME OF LESS THAN 250% OF THE FEDERAL POVERTY GUIDELINES. IN FY 24-25, ASCHC CARED FOR 217 NEW PATIENTS AT OUR CLINIC LOCATED IN DONATED SPACE ON THE GROUND FLOOR OF DOYLESTOWN HOSPITAL. THE ASCHC STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS UTILIZED BOTH TELEHEALTH AND IN-PERSON CLINIC VISITS TO PROVIDE THE NECESSARY CARE NEEDED BY OUR PATIENTS. THERE WERE 960 PATIENT VISITS COMPLETED BY OUR 13 VOLUNTEER MEDICAL PROVIDERS -- PHYSICIANS, PHYSICIAN SPECIALISTS, AND OTHERS -- WHO PROVIDED ONSITE MEDICAL SERVICES WERE VALUED AT $109,594. OFFSITE MEDICAL SPECIALIST REFERRALS AMOUNTED TO $26,555 FOR TOTAL SERVICES OF $136,149. A TOTAL OF 98 VOLUNTEERS PROVIDED MEDICAL SERVICES, INCLUDING PHYSICIANS, CRNPS, PSYCHOLOGISTS, AND MASSAGE THERAPISTS IN MEDICAL SERVICES, BOTH IN THE CLINIC AND OFFSITE. THE CLINIC ALSO PROCESSED 585 PRESCRIPTIONS ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (PAP) APPLICATIONS FOR MEDICATIONS NEEDED BY 436 PATIENTS, VALUED AT $1,068,845. IT IS WORTH NOTING THAT SEVERAL OF THE NEWER MEDICATIONS USED TO TREAT DIABETES AND DONATED BY THE PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES WERE QUITE COSTLY IN VALUE, RESULTING IN A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN THE DONATED VALUE OF MEDICATIONS THIS YEAR. ASCHC STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS PARTNERED WITH DOYLESTOWN HOSPITAL TO OFFER VACCINATION CLINICS AND ASCHC ADMINISTERED 413 FLU VACCINATIONS THIS FISCAL YEAR.
- $199,536 spent. OUR DENTAL SERVICES AT ASCHC HAVE MADE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT, WITH A TOTAL OF 1,054 TOTAL VISITS. AMONG THESE, 115 OFFSITE VISITS ALLOWED US TO EXTEND OUR REACH BEYOND OUR CLINIC, ENSURING ACCESSIBILITY TO DIVERSE COMMUNITIES. ONSITE, OUR COMMITMENT TO COMPREHENSIVE CARE IS EVIDENT IN THE TOTAL VISITS, COMPRISING OF 173 RESTORATIVE TREATMENTS AND 730 CRUCIAL HYGIENE APPOINTMENTS. OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH LOCAL VOLUNTEER DENTISTS AND MANOR COLLEGE STUDENTS HAS STRENGTHENED OUR PROGRAM AND EXPANDED OUR AVAILABLE HOURS. IN THE FISCAL YEAR 2024-2025, THE ANN SILVERMAN COMMUNITY HEALTH CLINIC (ASCHC) DENTAL PROGRAM CONTINUED ITS CRITICAL MISSION OF ADDRESSING THE PRESSING NEED FOR DENTAL SERVICES AMONG THE UNDERSERVED POPULATION IN OUR COMMUNITY. RECOGNIZING THE PROFOUND IMPACT OF ORAL HEALTH ON OVERALL WELL-BEING, ASCHC'S DENTAL PROGRAM HAS LONG BEEN A BEACON OF HOPE FOR THOSE FACING FINANCIAL BARRIERS TO CARE. WITH 445 VISITS PROVIDED BY 23 DEDICATED VOLUNTEERS, INCLUDING DENTISTS, DENTAL ASSISTANTS, AND HYGIENISTS, ONSITE DENTAL SERVICES VALUED AT $21,756 WERE PROVIDED, ALONGSIDE OFFSITE SERVICES VALUED AT $63,385, ENSURING COMPREHENSIVE DENTAL CARE FOR THOSE IN NEED. TOTAL VALUE OF ALL SERVICES IS $85,141. ASCHC'S HYBRID MODEL, COMBINING PREVENTIVE SERVICES ONSITE WITH FREE RESTORATIVE CARE SECURED THROUGH A NETWORK OF VOLUNTEER DENTISTS, HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN ADDRESSING THE COMMUNITY'S ORAL HEALTH NEEDS. SINCE ITS INCEPTION IN 2002, THE DENTAL PROGRAM HAS DELIVERED 23,676 TREATMENT VISITS TO 8,918 ADULTS AND CHILDREN, WITH 639 UNDUPLICATED PATIENTS RECEIVING CARE IN THE PAST FISCAL YEAR ALONE. NOTABLY, 1,054 DENTAL HYGIENE SERVICES WERE PROVIDED ONSITE BY PAID STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS, WITH 173 RESTORATIONS COMPLETED ONSITE, FURTHER HIGHLIGHTING ASCHC'S DEDICATION TO RESTORING SMILES AND IMPROVING QUALITY OF LIFE. THROUGH 1,196 TOTAL TREATMENT VISITS, INCLUDING BOTH ONSITE AND COMMUNITY DENTAL VISITS, ASCHC CONTINUES TO MAKE A TANGIBLE DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES, ENSURING ACCESS TO ESSENTIAL DENTAL CARE FOR ALL MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY. IT IS WORTH NOTING THAT DUE TO THE SPORADIC DENTAL CARE RECEIVED BY MANY OF OUR PATIENTS, WE HAVE IMPLEMENTED A QUARTERLY SCHEDULING SYSTEM TO ENSURE REGULAR FOLLOW-UPS AND MAINTENANCE OF THEIR ORAL HEALTH.
- $104,005 spent. OUR SOCIAL SERVICES AND BEHAVIORAL PROGRAM AT ASCHC EMBODY A HOLISTIC APPROACH TO WELL-BEING, WITH A TOTAL OF 883 VISITS REFLECTING OUR COMMITMENT TO COMPREHENSIVE CARE. CASE MANAGEMENT, AN ESSENTIAL COMPONENT, ACCOUNTED FOR 442 VISITS, WHERE WE DILIGENTLY ADDRESSED ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA AND PROVIDED CRUCIAL SUPPORT. OUR CLINIC OFFERED 242 COUNSELING SESSIONS WITH DEDICATED COUNSELORS, AND 199 SESSIONS WITH OUR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CRNP. IN THE FISCAL YEAR 2023-2024, THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH (BH) PROGRAM AT THE ANN SILVERMAN COMMUNITY HEALTH CLINIC (ASCHC) REMAINED DEDICATED TO PROVIDING COMPREHENSIVE AND COMPASSIONATE CARE TO OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS. WITH 4 COMMITTED VOLUNTEERS, INCLUDING PSYCHOLOGISTS, BH SERVICES VALUED AT $32,172 WERE DELIVERED, REFLECTING OUR UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO ADDRESSING THE MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS OF THOSE WE SERVE. AT ASCHC, WE RECOGNIZE THAT HEALTH ENCOMPASSES BOTH PHYSICAL AND MENTAL WELL-BEING, AND AS SUCH, OUR APPROACH TO HEALTHCARE IS HOLISTIC AND INCLUSIVE. THROUGH ANNUAL ASSESSMENTS AND INTERVIEWS, NEW AND RETURNING PATIENTS ARE CAREFULLY EVALUATED TO DETERMINE THEIR ELIGIBILITY FOR CLINIC SERVICES AND TO IDENTIFY ANY CASE MANAGEMENT NEEDS, SUCH AS ACCESS TO FOOD, CLOTHING, AND HOUSING. FURTHERMORE, OUR PATIENTS ARE SCREENED FOR DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY, WITH REFERRALS MADE TO OUR LICENSED PROFESSIONAL COUNSELOR FOR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES AS NECESSARY. THROUGHOUT THE FISCAL YEAR, A TOTAL OF 684 COMBINED SOCIAL SERVICE AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH VISITS WERE PROVIDED BY OUR DEDICATED STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS, REFLECTING THE BREADTH OF SUPPORT OFFERED BY ASCHC. ADDITIONALLY, 541 INDIVIDUALS UNDERWENT ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION VISITS, ENSURING THAT OUR SERVICES REACH THOSE WHO NEED THEM MOST. IN FY 24-25, A TOTAL OF 243 COUNSELING SESSIONS WERE CONDUCTED, HIGHLIGHTING THE IMPORTANCE OF ACCESSIBLE MENTAL HEALTH CARE IN OUR COMMUNITY. OUR VOLUNTEER PSYCHIATRIC NURSE PRACTITIONER, SUPPORTED BY INTERPRETERS, FACILITATED 199 BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SESSIONS, FURTHER ENHANCING OUR CAPACITY TO SERVE DIVERSE POPULATIONS. PATIENT NAVIGATOR/ CASE MANAGEMENT MET WITH 442 PATIENTS AND FOLLOWED THEM FOR A PERIOD OF TWO YEARS WITH SESSIONS AVERAGING 6 TIMES A YEAR. OVERALL, 883 VISITS WERE OFFERED IN THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CARE PROGRAM AT ASCHC DURING THE FISCAL YEAR, UNDERSCORING THE SIGNIFICANT IMPACT OF OUR BH PROGRAM IN IMPROVING THE MENTAL WELL-BEING OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending June 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since September 1997.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 21, 2026.
Could it be confused with another charity? Worth knowing.
A much larger organization has a similar name: Community Health Clinic Inc (Shipshewana, IN), EIN 26-4463924. If that is the one you meant, check the EIN before giving.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
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