Fayetteville Area Health Education Foundation Inc
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
THE MISSION OF SR-AHEC IS TO DELIVER QUALITY HEALTHCARE EDUCATION. SR-AHEC MEETS ITS MISSION OF ADDRESSING THE REGIONS' HEALTH WORKFORCE NEEDS BY PROMOTING STATE OF THE ART HEALTHCARE EDUCATION, CONTINUING EDUCATION, CONTINUALLY SEEKING INNOVATION IN THE EDUCATION EXPERIENCE AND PROVIDING TIMELY INFORMATION RESOURCES FOR THE PROVIDERS AND CUSTOMERS IN THE REGION. OUR MISSION IS TO IMPROVE ACCESS TO CARE THROUGH HIGH QUALITY CLINICAL SERVICES AND INCREASE THE NUMBER AND DIVERSITY OF PRACTICING HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS.
- Income
- $22.2 million
- Spending
- $21.4 million
- Spent on programs
- 91%
- Reserves
- 8.3 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- fees for its services, 50%
- Employees
- 181
- Volunteers
- 10
- Highest pay
- $442,052, president/ceo
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
Good: 89 out of 100. Higher than 84% of charities in its peer group (education, $10m to $100m).
Reserves
28 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 8.3 months of spending.
Debt
16 of 20It owes 29% of what it owns.
Living within its means
15 of 15Income exceeded spending by 3% of income.
Income trend
15 of 15Income rose 5% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 1591% 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 50% of charities in its peer group (education, $10m to $100m).
Independent board
25 of 2510 of 10 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)
- $16.3 million spent. THERE WERE TWENTY-THREE FAMILY MEDICINE RESIDENTS IN THE PROGRAM THIS YEAR. EIGHT PHYSICIANS COMPLETED THE RESIDENCY WITH SEVEN NEW RESIDENTS ENTERING THE PROGRAM. THERE WERE 37,875 PATIENT VISITS IN THE FAMILY MEDICINE CENTER AND SPECIALTY MEDICINE CENTER. AT SR-AHEC FAMILY MEDICINE RESIDENCY, OUR MISSION HAS ALWAYS BEEN TO TRAIN AND PLACE OUR RESIDENCY GRADUATES IN THE COMMUNITY TO HELP IMPROVE HEALTHCARE ACCESS FOR OUR PATIENTS AND IMPROVE THE OVERALL HEALTH OF THE POPULATION IN OUR NINE-COUNTY REGION OF BLADEN, CUMBERLAND, HARNETT, HOKE, MOORE, ROBESON, SAMPSON, AND SCOTLAND COUNTIES. (CONTINUED IN SCHEDULE O)IN FY25, EIGHT PHYSICIANS JOINED THE OVER 243 DOCTORS WHO HAVE CHOSEN THE DUKE/SOUTHERN REGIONAL AHEC FAMILY MEDICINE RESIDENCY PROGRAM SINCE 1977 TO BOARD CERTIFY THEIR SKILLS IN FAMILY MEDICINE. THESE DOCTORS OF ALLOPATHIC AND OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE CONTINUE THEIR EDUCATION OR BEGIN THEIR CAREERS IN HOSPITALS, PRIVATE PRACTICES, IN THE MILITARY, AND OTHER AVENUES AS THEY PURSUE THEIR LIFE LONG AMBITION PROVIDING COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH CARE TO PEOPLE OF ALL AGES. SINCE 1977, APPROXIMATELY TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT OF THESE PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIANS STAYED IN NORTH CAROLINA OR IN THE REGION AFTER GRADUATING FROM THE PROGRAM. IN THE FAMILY MEDICINE CENTER, SEVEN OF OUR ELEVEN TEACHING FACULTY ARE GRADUATES OF OUR RESIDENCY PROGRAM AND CHOSE TO STAY WITH OUR PRACTICE. SINCE 2015, THE NUMBER OF GRADUATES OPTING TO WORK WITH LOCAL OR REGIONAL HOSPITALS AS THEIR FIRST JOB AFTER GRADUATION HAS BEEN STEADILY INCREASING. THIS PAST YEAR WE HAD THIRTY-EIGHT PERCENT OF OUR GRADUATES PRACTICE IN OUR REGION AND EIGHTY-EIGHT PERCENT IN NORTH CAROLINA. FACULTY AND STAFF PRESENTED AT NUMEROUS NATIONAL AND STATE PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS. IN ADDITION TO OUR FAMILY MEDICINE CENTER, WE PROVIDE SPECIALTY SERVICES FOR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, CHILD MEDICAL EVALUATION PROGRAM, ENDOCRINOLOGY, INFECTIOUS DISEASE, NUTRITIONAL MEDICINE, PEDIATRIC CARDIOLOGY, PEDIATRIC HEMATOLOGY, PHARMACY MEDICINE, AND PODIATRY.
- $2.6 million spent. SOUTHERN REGIONAL AHEC OFFERS PATHWAY PROGRAMS TO INCLUDE THE HEALTH CAREERS PASSPORT; H.U.M.P. DAY IN PARTNERSHIP WITH CAMPBELL UNIVERSITY, HEAL (HEALTH EDUCATION AND ASPIRING LEADERS) WORKSHOP SERIES, AND PARTNERSHIPS WITH REGIONAL COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES TO PROVIDE PATHWAYS TO HEALTHCARE EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES. HEAL WORKSHOPS FOCUS ON EXPLORING HEALTH CAREER PATHWAYS. SOUTHERN REGIONAL AHEC COLLABORATES WITH REGIONAL CAREER TECHNICAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENTS TO SUPPORT GUEST SPEAKERS AND HANDS-ON ACTIVITIES THROUGH HEALTH OCCUPATIONS STUDENTS OF AMERICA (H.O.S.A.) PROGRAMS. (CONTINUED IN SCHEDULE O)IN FY25, REGIONAL HEALTH EDUCATION SERVICES AT SOUTHERN REGIONAL AHEC OFFERED 708 CE/CME PROGRAMS TO 15,982 HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS. THIRTY-TWO PERCENT OF THESE PROGRAMS WERE HELD IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY, WITH SIXTEEN PERCENT HOSTED IN SR-AHEC'S OTHER EIGHT COUNTIES IN THE REGION AND ANOTHER FIFTY TWO PERCENT HELD OUTSIDE OF THE REGION. SOUTHERN REGIONAL AHEC STUDENT HOUSING SITES SUPPORTED 164 HEALTH PROFESSIONS STUDENTS WITH 7,039 NIGHTS OF OCCUPANCY. THE STUDENTS WERE ENROLLED WITH DUKE UNIVERSITY, EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY, UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA-CHAPEL HILL, UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA-GREENSBORO, CAMPBELL UNIVERSITY, WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY, WINGATE UNIVERSITY, HIGH POINT UNIVERSITY, ELON UNIVERSITY, MEREDITH UNIVERSITY, AND APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY.
- $740,912 spent. SOUTHERN REGIONAL AHEC'S PRACTICE SUPPORT TEAM TRANSFORMS HEALTHCARE DELIVERY IN OUR NINE-COUNTY REGION BY HELPING PROVIDERS MEET NATIONAL STANDARDS AND READY THEMSELVES FOR VALUE-BASED CARE. THIS TEAM WORKS WITH INDIVIDUAL PRACTICES TO PROVIDE ON-SITE ASSISTANCE ON THE TOOLS AND SYSTEMS NEEDED TO OFFER CONSISTENT, HIGH-QUALITY CARE TO ALL PATIENTS, AND PREPARE THE PRACTICE TO RECEIVE VALUE-BASED PAYMENT INITIATIVES. (CONTINUED IN SCHEDULE O)IN FY25, THE PRACTICE SUPPORT TEAM PROVIDED SUPPORT TO 217 MEDICAL PRACTICES IN OUR REGION. THE PRACTICE SUPPORT TEAM ALSO PROVIDES EDUCATIONAL AND TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PRACTICE MANAGERS, OF ALL EXPERIENCE LEVELS, AND OTHER HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS THROUGH THE NC AHEC PRACTICE MANAGEMENT ACADEMY. IN FY25, THE PRACTICE SUPPORT TEAM ENROLLED 63 MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS INTO THE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT ACADEMY. APPROXIMATELY, FIFTY PERCENT OF THESE ENROLLEES WERE MEDICAL PRACTICE MANAGERS WHILE OTHERS WERE NURSES, PHYSICIANS, PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS, CARE MANAGERS, PHYSICAL THERAPISTS, DENTAL HYGIENISTS, DENTAL ASSISTANTS OR MEDICAL ASSISTANTS. THE NC AHEC PRACTICE MANAGEMENT ACADEMY COMMUNITY HAS 560 MEMBERS AND PROVIDES NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL PRACTICE MANAGEMENT ENROLLEES.
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 November 6, 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 November 1974.
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 November 4, 2026.
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