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MY COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER

EIN 81-2171085 CANTON, OH

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Revenue 2023
$10,238,775
Expenses 2023
$9,397,430

Program services were 74.6% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
E20
Classification
1000
Street
2600 7TH ST SW

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

MY COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER (MCHC) IS A GRASSROOTS, COMMUNITY-BASED 501(C)(3) OHIO NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION WHOSE MISSION IS TO PROVIDE COMPASSIONATE CARE TO ALL, HEALING AND LEARNING TOGETHER. MCHC'S GOAL IS TO BE RESPONSIVE TO THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITIES IT SERVES, BUT WITH CONTINUED EMPHASIS ON THE UNDERSERVED AND THOSE WITHOUT ACCESS TO CARE, REGARDLESS OF RACE, ECONOMIC STATUS, AGE, SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, OR DISABILITY.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO PROVIDE COMPASSIONATE CARE TO ALL; HEALING AND LEARNING TOGETHER.

  • MY COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER (MCHC) IS A GRASSROOTS, COMMUNITY BASED 501(C)(3) OHIO NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION WHOSE MISSION IS TO PROVIDE COMPASSIONATE CARE TO ALL, HEALING AND LEARNING TOGETHER. MCHC'S GOAL IS TO BE RESPONSIVE TO THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITIES IT SERVES, BUT WITH CONTINUED EMPHASIS ON THE UNDERSERVED AND THOSE WITHOUT ACCESS TO CARE, REGARDLESS OF RACE, ECONOMIC STATUS, AGE, SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, OR DISABILITY. MCHC ESTABLISHED ITSELF AS A COMMUNITY CLINIC SITE IN AUGUST 2017 AND HAS BEEN ACTIVE AS A COMMUNITY HEALTH CARE PROVIDER SINCE. THE ORGANIZATION BELIEVES IN TRAINING THE NEXT GENERATION OF HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS. AS SUCH, MCHC HAS ESTABLISHED A RELATIONSHIP WITH THREE RESIDENCY PROGRAMS FOR THEIR RESIDENTS TO PROVIDE OUTPATIENT, CONTINUITY OF CARE AT MCHC: INTERNAL MEDICINE, FAMILY MEDICINE AND OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY. THE INTERNAL MEDICINE ALSO PROVIDES A RICH LEARNING ENVIRONMENT FOR PHARMACY RESIDENTS. IN ADDITION TO PROVIDERS, MCHC IS A CLINICAL SITE FOR NURSING AND MEDICAL ASSISTANT STUDENTS. IN SEPTEMBER 2019, MCHC RECEIVED FULL DESIGNATION FROM THE FEDERAL HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES ADMINISTRATION (HRSA) TO BE FEDERALLY QUALIFIED HEALTH CENTER. MCHC EMPLOYS MORE THAN 70 EMPLOYEES, MANY FROM THE LOCAL COMMUNITY. STAFF ARE FLUENT IN ENGLISH, SPANISH, AND AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE (CONTRACTED TRANSLATION SERVICES FOR OTHER LANGUAGES) AND EFFECTIVE AT WORKING WITH PEOPLE AT ALL LEVELS OF LITERACY. SERVICES PROVIDED BY MCHC INCLUDE FAMILY PRACTICE, INTERNAL MEDICINE, PRENATAL SERVICES, POSTPARTUM CARE, WELL CHILD AND PEDIATRIC CARE, SCREENINGS, CHRONIC DISEASE MANAGEMENT, DENTAL CARE (BY REFERRAL), LABORATORY, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH (INCLUDING INDIVIDUALS/GROUPS), FAMILY PLANNING, OUTREACH, HEALTH EDUCATION (INCLUDING NUTRITION), ELIGIBILITY ASSISTANCE, AND CASE MANAGEMENT. THESE OUTPATIENT PRIMARY HEALTH SERVICES ARE PROVIDED TO THE MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS IN STARK COUNTY, OHIO AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES. OUR OBSTETRICAL PROGRAM IS UNIQUE IN THE FACT THAT WE ARE THE LARGEST OB PROVIDER FOR MEDICAID PATIENTS IN STARK COUNTY. THE ORGANIZATION RECEIVED APPROVAL TO OPEN A SECOND SITE IN MAGNOLIA, OHIO, A HRSA DESIGNATED UNDERSERVED AREA IN SEPTEMBER 2019. THIS FULLY FUNCTIONING SATELLITE OFFICE BEGAN OPERATIONS IN JANUARY 2020 AND PROVIDES MOST OF THE SAME HEALTH CENTER SERVICES AS DESCRIBED ABOVE. IN MARCH OF 2020 TO MEET THE CHALLENGING ISSUES OF COVID-19 WITH OUR PATIENTS, MCHC ADDED TELEHEALTH SERVICES AND WE HAVE CONTINUED TO PROVIDE THIS SERVICE. IN 2023 WE PROVIDED OVER 1,100 TELEHEALTH VISITS AND SO MANY OF OUR PATIENTS CAN ACCESS OUR CARE. FURTHERMORE, MCHC PROVIDED CARE TO, YET AGAIN OVER 10,000 PATIENTS WITH OVER 36,500 MEDICAL VISITS AND OVER 750 MENTAL HEALTH VISITS IN 2023. ON MARCH 8, 2023, MCHC OPENED A 340B INHOUSE PHARMACY TO PROVIDE PRESCRIPTION MEDICATIONS TO MCHC PATIENTS. THIS WAS A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN OUR CARE DELIVERY AND TRULY ADDRESSED ADHERENCE IN TREATMENT, ESPECIALLY WITH MAT AND SUD. COMMUNITY COLLABORATION IS OF UTMOST IMPORTANCE TO MCHC. BELOW ARE SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF OUR MANY COLLABORATIONS WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS. OUR OB-GYN DEPARTMENT CONTINUES TO COLLABORATE WITH STARK COUNTY AND CANTON CITY HEALTH DEPARTMENT FOR THE THRIVE INITIATIVE TO REDUCE INFANT MORTALITY. OUR INTERNAL MEDICINE DIVISION CONTINUES TO COLLABORATE WITH ACCESS HEALTH TO PROVIDE COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS FOR HIGH-RISK DIABETICS IN THE PRACTICE. THIS SAME DEPARTMENT STARTED COLLABORATING MORE WITH CANTON CITY HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND EQUITAS HEALTH IN 2023, TO PROVIDE INFECTIOUS DISEASE MEDICAL CARE TO TREAT PATIENTS WITH HIV, HEPATITIS C AND ALSO PATIENTS WITH SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER. OVER 4500 PATIENTS WERE TESTED WITH HIV AND A TOTAL OF 9 WERE DIAGNOSED IN 2023. WE HAVE OVER 80 PATIENTS WHO HAS THE HEP C DIAGNOSIS AND MANY HAVE BEEN TREATED AT OUR FACILITY. LASTLY, WE HAVE OVER 250 PATIENTS WITH AN SUD DIAGNOSIS AND WE CONTINUE TO ENGAGE PATIENTS TO BE TREATED. IN 2023, MCHC CONTINUED TO PARTICIPATE IN MANY COMMUNITY EVENTS, PLEASE SEE THEM OUTLINED BELOW. IN EARLY APRIL, MCHC HOSTED THE GRAND OPENING OF THE INHOUSE PHARMACY AND INVITED MANY COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS TO BE PRESENT FOR THE OPENING. WE GAVE MCHC TRINKETS TO MANY PARTNERS AND PATIENTS TO PROMOTE THE OPENING OF OUR PHARMACY. WE HAD BEEN FEATURED BY THE LOCAL NEWSPAPER, THE CANTON REPOSITORY, THROUGH OUR PARTNERSHIP FROM THE STARK COMMUNITY FOUNDATION. BY MAY, OUR PHARMACY STARTED DELIVERING PRESCRIPTIONS TO PATIENT HOMES. IN JULY, MCHC MADE A DONATION TO THE AKRON-CANTON REGIONAL FOOD BANK. THE FUNDS RAISED WERE BORN OUT THE DOLLAR DENIM PROGRAM WERE STAFF DONATED $2 EVERY FRIDAY. HALF OF THE FUNDS RAISED GOES TO A CHARITY WE HAVE CHOSEN AND HALF GOES TO A FUND FOR STAFF CULTURE. IN AUGUST, MCHC ONCE AGAIN PARTICIPATED AT THE SANDY VALLEY BACK TO SCHOOL BASH. WE GAVE AWAY STRING BAGS, WATER BOTTLES, SCREENING TOOL GUIDELINES AND EDUCATED MANY PARENTS ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF VACCINATIONS FOR CHILDREN. IN SEPTEMBER, MCHC JOINED THE MASSILLON HEALTH AND WELLNESS FAIR AT THE DUNCAN PLAZA TO PROMOTE WELLNESS AND IMPORTANCE OF SCREENINGS IN THE COMMUNITY. IN OCTOBER, MCHC MADE A DONATION TO THE YWCA OF CANTON OHIO. THE ONLY WOMEN AND CHILDREN'S EMERGENCY SHELTER AND LARGEST OF ITS KIND IN CANTON OHIO. THE FUNDS RAISED ALSO CAME OUT OF THE DOLLAR DENIM PROGRAM. STAFF ARE TRULY EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE MANY CAUSES AROUND US. MANY OF OUR PATIENTS COME FROM THE YMCA SHELTER. IN DECEMBER, MCHC PARTICIPATED AGAIN AT THE COMMUNITY CHRISTMAS OF STARK COUNTY. WE ONCE AGAIN, ADOPTED MULTIPLE FAMILIES. MCHC RAISED OVER $1,000 TO PROVIDE GIFTS AND MUCH NEEDED SUPPORT TO DISADVANTAGED FAMILIES IN OUR COUNTY. OTHER HIGHLIGHTS OF THE YEAR 2023 ARE DESCRIBED BELOW. IN OCTOBER, BOTH OUR CANTON AND MAGNOLIA LOCATION RECEIVED RECOGNITION AGAIN AS A PATIENT CENTERED MEDICAL HOME, AN ACCREDITATION FROM THE NATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR QUALITY ASSURANCE (NCQA). THIS DESIGNATION CONTINUES TO DEMONSTRATE OUR COMMITMENT TO IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE FOR OUR PATIENTS. IN NOVEMBER, MCHC FORMALIZED A PARTNERSHIP WITH YUVO HEALTH, A VALUE BASED CARE ORGANIZATION THAT HELPS FQHCS TO BENEFIT FULLY FROM PAYOR BASED VALUE ARRANGEMENTS. THIS IS A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY AS YUVO IS QUITE AN INNOVATIVE CONCEPT IN VALUE BASED CARE. THEY ARE FINANCIALLY BACKED AND CAN SUPPORT FQHCS HAVING BEEN ABLE TO SUPPORT MANY FQHCS IN NEW YORK CITY. MCHC IS THE FIRST ORGANIZATION TO JOIN THE YUVO IPA AND THIS OPENED UP MANY OPPORTUNITIES FOR MCHC TO CAPTURE MORE REVENUE TO SUPPORT OUR UNDER-RESOURCED PATIENTS. TOWARDS THE END OF 2023 MCHC WAS PUTTING THE FINAL PIECES TOWARDS THE OPENING OF OUR THIRD LOCATION AT GONDER PLACE. THIS CLINIC OF OURS IS THROUGH A COLLABORATION WITH THE CITY OF CANTON, CANTON FOR ALL PEOPLE AND SOMMERS MARKET. THIS PROJECT HAS GONE THROUGH MANY DELAYS BUT OUR GROUP HAS REMAINED RESOLUTE AND UNYIELDING AS IT HAS BEEN OUR DREAM TO OPEN A THE FIRST HEALTH CENTER AND GROCERY STORE COMBINATION IN THE SOUTHEAST OF CANTON WHICH IS A FOOD AND HEALTH CARE DESERT. MY COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER CONTINUED TO THRIVE AND GROW IN 2023 MAKING IT EASIER TO ACCESS CRITICAL PREVENTATIVE CARE FOR ALL PATIENTS.

    Expenses $7,006,010 · Revenue $6,440,447

As filed on the 2023 return.

Officers and directors · 2023

As listed in Part VII of the 2023 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Cyrilia Pratt

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kevin Smith

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Susan Mercer MD

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Carl Schleich MD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Carol Johnson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jeffrey Zellers

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Linda Muir

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Maria Heege

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Maureen Ater

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Phillip Mickley

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rick Smith

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Satynne Pyles

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tom Casey

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • John Sutton MD

    CMO (TERM ENDED 1/31/2023)

    Total calculated
    $40,709
    From this org
    $37,704
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,005
    Hours/week
    40
  • Juan-Paulo Afable

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $211,110
    From this org
    $197,424
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,686
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $197,124
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $300
    Deferred
    $3,692
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,994
    Filer's total
    $211,110
  • Kelly Lorenz

    CFO

    Total calculated
    $131,410
    From this org
    $119,697
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,713
    Hours/week
    40
  • Sarah Hoehnen Do

    CMO (TERM BEGAN 4/3/2023)

    Total calculated
    $179,871
    From this org
    $178,140
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $1,731
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $177,885
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $255
    Deferred
    $1,731
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $179,871
  • Terry Regula

    FORMER CEO

    Total calculated
    $102,914
    From this org
    $102,688
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $226
    Hours/week
    0

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $6,530
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $96,158
    Deferred
    $226
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $102,914

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2023
    Revenue
    $10,238,775
    Expenses
    $9,397,430
    Contributions
    $3,527,264
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $9,310,078
    Expenses
    $8,138,316
    Contributions
    $3,815,506
    Grants paid
    $0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $8,459,363
    Expenses
    $7,412,622
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,110,237
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $7,848,326
    Expenses
    $6,823,396
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,081,082
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $7,394,117
    Expenses
    $6,403,040
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,065,525
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,923,590
    Expenses
    $5,671,585
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,118,199
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,432,878
    Expenses
    $2,340,182
    Assets (EOY)
    $694,319

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2016

Tax period
1 January 2016 to 31 December 2016
Principal officer
Jordan Z Wade
Mailing address
2600 SIXTH STREET SWCANTON OH 44710

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 2 November 2026. The IRS publishes only each organization's most recent postcard, so earlier years are not shown. A 990-N carries no financial detail. The postcard also gives the principal officer's address, which is not shown here.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.