Crusaders Central Clinic Association
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
CRUSADER COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVES THE ROCK RIVER VALLEY AREA WITH QUALITY PRIMARY CARE FOR ALL PEOPLE IN NEED.
- Income
- $69.1 million
- Spending
- $63.1 million
- Spent on programs
- 80%
- Reserves
- 12.6 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- fees for its services, 83%
- Employees
- 482
- Volunteers
- 15
- Highest pay
- $562,160, whs - dept chair
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 93% of charities in its peer group (health care, $10m to $100m).
Reserves
35 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 12.6 months of spending.
Debt
20 of 20It owes 9% of what it owns.
Living within its means
15 of 15Income exceeded spending by 9% of income.
Income trend
15 of 15Income rose 17% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 1580% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 0 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 52% of charities in its peer group (health care, $10m to $100m).
Independent board
25 of 2513 of 13 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 (5)
- $36.0 million spent. CRUSADER COMMUNITY HEALTH'S MEDICAL SERVICE MODEL EMPHASIZES HIGH QUALITY SERVICES, CONTINUITY OF CARE, EFFICIENT OPERATIONS, AND CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT. THE MEDICAL DEPARTMENT OFFERS A FULL ARRAY OF PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE SERVICES FOR PATIENTS OF ALL AGES. MEDICAL SERVICES ARE FOCUSED IN THE AREAS OF PEDIATRICS, FAMILY PRACTICE, INTERNAL MEDICINE AND SPECIALTY SERVICES. SEE SCHEDULE O FOR ADDITIONAL PROGRAM DESCRIPTIONS. MEDICAL SERVICES: PEDIATRICS THE PEDIATRIC DEPARTMENT OFFERS A WIDE RANGE OF SERVICES FOR CHILDREN, INCLUDING CARE FOR NEWBORNS THROUGH ADOLESCENCE. CRUSADER COMMUNITY HEALTH UTILIZES BOARD-CERTIFIED PEDIATRICIANS, FAMILY PRACTITIONERS, NURSE PRACTITIONERS AND PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS TO DELIVER CARE FOR CHILDREN. SOME OF THE SERVICES AVAILABLE INCLUDE: IMMUNIZATIONS, WELL-CHILD CHECKS, LEAD SCREENING, ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER (ADD), ASTHMA EDUCATION AND TREATMENT AND MEDICAL TREATMENT FOR ACUTE CONDITIONS. ADULTS FOR ADULT PATIENTS, CRUSADER PROVIDES PREVENTATIVE CARE AND DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT FOR A WIDE RANGE OF ACUTE AND CHRONIC DISEASES. CARE IS DELIVERED THROUGH A TEAM OF BOARD-CERTIFIED MEDICAL PROVIDERS. SOME OF THE SPECIFIC SERVICES AVAILABLE INCLUDE: CHRONIC DISEASE MANAGEMENT, MEDICAL TREATMENT FOR ACUTE CONDITIONS, PHYSICALS, DIABETES EDUCATION AND TREATMENT, HEALTH EDUCATION SERVICES, ASTHMA EDUCATION AND TREATMENT, IMMUNIZATIONS, LABORATORY SERVICES, AND MINOR INJURY CARE. BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES ARE PROVIDED BY LICENSED CLINICAL SOCIAL WORKERS AND LICENSED CLINICAL PROFESSIONAL COUNSELORS ON-SITE AT EACH OF OUR LOCATIONS. THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SPECIALISTS SCHEDULE APPOINTMENTS AND ALSO PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE BY BEING EMBEDDED ON THE MEDICAL UNITS TO BE AVAILABLE WHEN A BEHAVIORAL HEALTH ISSUE ARISES DURING ROUTINE MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS. SPECIALTY SERVICES A RANGE OF SPECIALTY SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE TO CRUSADER COMMUNITY HEALTH PATIENTS, SOME OF WHICH INCLUDE: PODIATRY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE. TO BETTER SERVE OUR PEDIATRIC AND ADULT PATIENTS, CRUSADERS OFFERS WALK-IN CLINICS AT THREE CONVENIENT LOCATIONS, BROADWAY, ALPINE, AND WEST STATE.
- $11.2 million spent. WOMEN'S HEALTH SERVICES DEPARTMENT PROVIDES PRENATAL CARE, WELLNESS EXAMS, CANCER SCREENING AND FOLLOW-UP, AND GYNECOLOGIC SERVICES. SERVICES ARE PROVIDED BY A TEAM OF OBSTETRICIANS, FAMILY PRACTITIONERS, CERTIFIED NURSE MIDWIVES AND NURSE PRACTITIONERS.
- $3.6 million spent. CRUSADER COMMUNITY HEALTH'S DENTAL PROGRAM'S FOCUS IS ON PREVENTIVE EXAMS WHILE ALSO PROVIDING FILLINGS, CLEANINGS AND EMERGENCY TREATMENT FOR CHILDREN AND ADULTS. DENTAL SERVICES FOR CHILDREN ARE AVAILABLE AT MOST CRUSADER COMMUNITY HEALTH LOCATIONS. ADULT SERVICES ARE OFFERED AT THE WEST STATE STREET AND BROADWAY LOCATION.
- $16,455 spent. CRUSADER COMMUNITY HEALTH PROVIDES OTHER PROGRAMS THROUGH ITS ANCILLARY AND COMMUNITY SERVICES AS OUTLINED BELOW. HIV SERVICES SINCE 1991, THE LIVING WITH HIV PROGRAM OF CRUSADER COMMUNITY HEALTH HAS PROVIDED SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS WITH HIV/AIDS. EMBRACING THE GOAL OF ASSURING CLIENT ACCESS TO MEDICAL CARE, THE PROGRAM ALSO PROVIDES ASSISTANCE WITH TRANSPORTATION, LINKAGE TO SOCIAL SERVICE PROGRAMS, COUNSELING, PSYCHIATRIC SERVICES, AND OBTAINING MEDICATIONS. SERVICES ARE PRIMARILY PROVIDED AT CRUSADER COMMUNITY HEALTH WEST STATE STREET. SERVICES ARE OFFERED CONFIDENTIALLY IN A CARING AND SUPPORTIVE ENVIRONMENT. IN ADDITION TO PROVIDING SERVICES THROUGH ITS PHYSICIAN STAFF, CRUSADER COMMUNITY HEALTH CONTRACTS WITH SWEDISH AMERICAN INFECTIOUS DISEASE TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SUPPORT. OTHER SERVICES OFFERED THROUGH A NURSE PRACTITIONER, PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT, NURSES, CASE MANAGERS AND A LICENSED CLINICAL SOCIAL WORKER. HOMELESS SERVICES CRUSADER COMMUNITY HEALTH'S HEALTH CARE FOR THE HOMELESS PROGRAM WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1988. ITS MISSION IS TO PROVIDE COMPREHENSIVE MEDICAL CARE FOR HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS WITHIN THE ROCKFORD AREA. THE PROGRAM CONSISTS OF PHYSICIANS, DENTISTS, NURSE PRACTITIONERS, PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS, NURSES AND CARE MANAGERS COMMITTED TO HELPING CLIENTS ACCESS MEDICAL SERVICES. SERVICES ARE PROVIDED WITHIN CRUSADER COMMUNITY HEALTH AND AT A VARIETY OF SITES THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY. HEALTH EDUCATION THE HEALTH EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OFFERS INTENSIVE CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES FOR PATIENTS LIVING WITH CHRONIC DISEASES INCLUDING DIABETES, ASTHMA, CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE (CHF), AND OBESITY (WEIGHT MANAGEMENT). THE DEPARTMENT OFFERS EDUCATION SERVICES IN BOTH A CLASSROOM SETTING AND ONE-TO-ONE SESSIONS IN BOTH ENGLISH AND SPANISH. THE CLINICAL STAFF OF THE PROGRAM IS MADE UP OF HEALTH EDUCATORS. THE DEPARTMENT OFFERS COMMUNITY PROGRAMS THROUGHOUT THE AREA (PRIMARILY WINNEBAGO, BOONE AND STEPHENSON COUNTIES). COMMUNITY SERVICES INCLUDE BLOOD GLUCOSE SCREENINGS FOR DIABETES THROUGH THE COSMOPOLITAN DIABETES PROGRAM AND PUBLIC SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS ON A VARIETY OF HEALTH-RELATED TOPICS.
- (Expenses $ 16,455 including grants of $ 0)(Revenue $ 38,265) CRUSADER COMMUNITY HEALTH PROVIDES OTHER PROGRAMS THROUGH ITS ANCILLARY AND COMMUNITY SERVICES AS OUTLINED BELOW. HIV SERVICES SINCE 1991, THE LIVING WITH HIV PROGRAM OF CRUSADER COMMUNITY HEALTH HAS PROVIDED SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS WITH HIV/AIDS. EMBRACING THE GOAL OF ASSURING CLIENT ACCESS TO MEDICAL CARE, THE PROGRAM ALSO PROVIDES ASSISTANCE WITH TRANSPORTATION, LINKAGE TO SOCIAL SERVICE PROGRAMS, COUNSELING, PSYCHIATRIC SERVICES, AND OBTAINING MEDICATIONS. SERVICES ARE PRIMARILY PROVIDED AT CRUSADER COMMUNITY HEALTH WEST STATE STREET. SERVICES ARE OFFERED CONFIDENTIALLY IN A CARING AND SUPPORTIVE ENVIRONMENT. IN ADDITION TO PROVIDING SERVICES THROUGH ITS PHYSICIAN STAFF, CRUSADER COMMUNITY HEALTH CONTRACTS WITH SWEDISH AMERICAN INFECTIOUS DISEASE TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SUPPORT. OTHER SERVICES OFFERED THROUGH A NURSE PRACTITIONER, PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT, NURSES, CASE MANAGERS AND A LICENSED CLINICAL SOCIAL WORKER. HOMELESS SERVICES CRUSADER COMMUNITY HEALTH'S HEALTH CARE FOR THE HOMELESS PROGRAM WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1988. ITS MISSION IS TO PROVIDE COMPREHENSIVE MEDICAL CARE FOR HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS WITHIN THE ROCKFORD AREA. THE PROGRAM CONSISTS OF PHYSICIANS, DENTISTS, NURSE PRACTITIONERS, PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS, NURSES AND CARE MANAGERS COMMITTED TO HELPING CLIENTS ACCESS MEDICAL SERVICES. SERVICES ARE PROVIDED WITHIN CRUSADER COMMUNITY HEALTH AND AT A VARIETY OF SITES THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY. HEALTH EDUCATION THE HEALTH EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OFFERS INTENSIVE CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES FOR PATIENTS LIVING WITH CHRONIC DISEASES INCLUDING DIABETES, ASTHMA, CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE (CHF), AND OBESITY (WEIGHT MANAGEMENT). THE DEPARTMENT OFFERS EDUCATION SERVICES IN BOTH A CLASSROOM SETTING AND ONE-TO-ONE SESSIONS IN BOTH ENGLISH AND SPANISH. THE CLINICAL STAFF OF THE PROGRAM IS MADE UP OF HEALTH EDUCATORS. THE DEPARTMENT OFFERS COMMUNITY PROGRAMS THROUGHOUT THE AREA (PRIMARILY WINNEBAGO, BOONE AND STEPHENSON COUNTIES). COMMUNITY SERVICES INCLUDE BLOOD GLUCOSE SCREENINGS FOR DIABETES THROUGH THE COSMOPOLITAN DIABETES PROGRAM AND PUBLIC SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS ON A VARIETY OF HEALTH-RELATED TOPICS.
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 September 7, 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 September 30, 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 September 10, 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 September 7, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since April 1972.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 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 7, 2026.
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