Light Of The World Clinic

What Light Of The World Clinic does

Light Of The World Clinic, Inc. is a Florida-registered, IRS-recognized 501c3 nonprofit free clinic founded in 1989 by the late Dr. Erwin M. Vasquez in Oakland Park, Florida. The clinic provides more than 22 medical services at no charge to qualified uninsured, low-income residents of Broward County, including primary care, specialty services, chronic disease management for hypertension, diabetes, coronary disease, and obesity, acupuncture, and community-based health screenings delivered in residential areas. Services are facilitated in English, Spanish, Creole, and Portuguese, with the clinic supplementing in-person care with a Patient Portal and a bilingual Patient Education Platform.

The clinic operates on a volunteer-driven model supported by hundreds of licensed physicians, specialists, and non-medical professionals, supplemented by partnerships with Florida Atlantic University, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Barry University, and Nova Southeastern University for student training and internships. Its technology stack centers on an Electronic Health Records (EHR) system implemented in 2015 alongside a facility relocation to a larger Oakland Park site. Since opening, the clinic has treated more than 265,000 patients and reported 20,086 patient encounters in fiscal year 2025.

The business model is nonprofit and donation-funded: the clinic receives tax-deductible contributions from individuals, organizations, and foundations, with 86-91.3% of donations directed to programs and services. Revenue is not publicly disclosed; in 2025, the in-kind value of donated volunteer hours was $557,166 and the in-kind value of donated medical services, pharmaceuticals, and equipment was $1,163,994. The clinic is led by President and CEO Sandra Lozano Barry and Medical Director Dr. Ricardo Reyes, who assumed the medical director role in 2010 after the founder's passing.

Name

Light Of The World Clinic

Legal name

Luz Del Mundo (Light of the World Clinic), Inc.

Website

https://lightoftheworldclinic.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1989

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Light Of The World Clinic is a nonprofit 501c3 free clinic in Oakland Park, Florida providing more than 22 medical services at no cost to uninsured, low-income Broward County residents, delivered by volunteer physicians and supported by university partnerships.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Community Health Clinic / Free Healthcare Services

NAICS

Offices of Physicians (except Mental Health Specialists) (621111), Ambulatory Health Care Services (621)

SIC

Services-Offices & Clinics Of Doctors Of Medicine (8011)

akta.pro primary industry

Primary Care for Underserved Populations (e.g., migrant, homeless, refugee clinics) (HLAFAGAN)

akta.pro secondary industry

Community-Based Preventive & Health Promotion Clinics (HLAFAGAO)

Keywords

• Free medical clinic
• Community healthcare
• Primary care services
• Chronic disease management
• Uninsured patient care

Headquarters

HQ city

Oakland Park

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations and Grants: The clinic operates as a nonprofit free clinic relying on tax-deductible donations from individuals, organizations, and grants from foundations to fund operations. In 2024, 91.3% of all tax-deductible donations went directly to the Clinic's programs and services.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Light Of The World Clinic is a volunteer-based nonprofit 501c3 free clinic that provides more than 22 medical services at no charge to qualified uninsured low-income residents of Broward County, Florida. Core offerings include primary and specialty medical care, chronic disease management (hypertension, diabetes, coronary disease, obesity), acupuncture, community-based health screenings, and bilingual patient education. Services are delivered in English, Spanish, Creole, and Portuguese through an in-person care model supported by an EHR system and a Patient Portal.

Product overview

Light Of The World Clinic provides free healthcare services to uninsured low-income residents of Broward County, Florida. The clinic operates as a unified service offering with over 22 medical services including primary care, specialty services, acupuncture, health screenings, and chronic disease management. The clinic serves patients through an in-person care model supplemented by a Patient Portal for existing patients and a bilingual Patient Education Platform with video content. Services are delivered in English, Spanish, Creole, and Portuguese, with certified translation services available for other languages.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Primary and Specialty Medical Services Comprehensive medical care covering more than 22 services including primary care, specialty care, chronic disease management (hypertension, diabetes, coronary disease, obesity), and acupuncture, provided free of charge to qualified uninsured low-income residents of Broward County, Florida.
• Community Health Screenings Monthly, quarterly, and annual community-based health screenings conducted in residential areas with at-risk residents across Broward County, providing early medical intervention and identification of widespread diseases.
• Patient Portal Online portal for existing patients to access their health information and manage their care as part of the clinic's patient-facing digital service.
• Patient Education Platform Bilingual video-based educational platform (Krames Online) covering health conditions common in the community, including diabetes, hypertension, heart disease, nutrition, orthopedics, pulmonology, dermatology, and men's and women's health, available in English and Spanish.

Quantifiable outcome

• Treated more than 265,000 patients since 1989
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Core technology

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Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Florida Association of Free and Charitable ClinicscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Capacity building grant to upgrade outdated technology and equipment and improve clinic services and patient health screenings. FAFCC serves as the state's network for free and charitable clinics.
• Florida Atlantic UniversitycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUniversity partnership for culturally sensitive healthcare training and medical internships for students across medical disciplines.
• University of Miami Miller School of MedicinecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUniversity partnership providing medical training and internship opportunities for medical students.
• Barry UniversitycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUniversity partnership for medical internships and healthcare training programs for students.
• Nova Southeastern UniversitycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUniversity partnership for medical internships and healthcare training programs for students.
• Florida Association of Free and Charitable Clinics (FAFCC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerState nonprofit 501c3 representing and supporting Florida's free and charitable clinics through public policy advocacy, funding and resource development, knowledge exchange, and data collection. Florida has more than 100 free and charitable clinics.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Camillus Health Concern: Camillus Health Concern is a Miami-based nonprofit free clinic providing comprehensive primary care, behavioral health, and case management to uninsured and homeless residents of Miami-Dade County. It is a directly comparable volunteer-driven safety-net provider in the same Florida market.
• Grace Medical Center: Grace Medical Center is an Orlando-based free clinic providing primary and specialty care to uninsured Central Florida residents. It operates on a similar volunteer-clinician model with comparable reliance on foundation grants and community partnerships.
• Mission House: Mission House is a free clinic in Jacksonville Beach serving uninsured low-income residents of Northeast Florida with primary care, dental, and pharmacy services on a volunteer model. It shares LOTWC's free-clinic funding structure and core patient population.
• Borinquen Medical Centers: Borinquen Medical Centers is a Miami-Dade-based nonprofit Federally Qualified Health Center Look-Alike serving uninsured and underserved populations with primary care. It overlaps with LOTWC on target patient demographic (especially Hispanic/Caribbean communities) and on Broward-adjacent geography.
• Caridad Center: Caridad Center is the largest free clinic in Florida, located in Boynton Beach (Palm Beach County). It serves uninsured/low-income residents with primary and specialty care via a volunteer-based model almost identical to LOTWC, making it the single most directly comparable peer and the closest analogue for scale benchmarking in the FL free-clinic segment.

Others

• Volunteers in Medicine America: Volunteers in Medicine is a national network organization supporting free clinics across the U.S. through technical assistance, resources, and a shared volunteer-clinician model. It is an ecosystem peer (umbrella/affiliate) rather than a direct competitor but reflects the model LOTWC operates under.
• National Association of Free & Charitable Clinics (NAFC): NAFC is the national membership and advocacy organization for free and charitable clinics. It is not a direct competitor but represents the industry ecosystem in which LOTWC operates and interfaces with on funding, policy, and data initiatives.

Broad incumbents

• Broward Health: Broward Health is the county's community safety-net hospital system, operating multiple acute-care hospitals and primary-care clinics in the same Broward geography. It serves overlapping uninsured populations but as a much larger incumbent with substantially broader service scope (inpatient, ED, specialty).
• Memorial Healthcare System: Memorial Healthcare System is a large nonprofit hospital system headquartered in Hollywood, Florida, serving the same South Florida / Broward geography. Although primarily a hospital operator, it provides community-health and primary-care services that partially overlap with LOTWC's patient base.

Emerging players

• Community Health of South Florida (CHI): CHI operates multiple FQHC sites across Miami-Dade, serving uninsured and underinsured patients with primary care, dental, and behavioral health. As a federally funded FQHC, it shares LOTWC's safety-net mission but competes in adjacent geography and offers a service mix that overlaps but extends beyond LOTWC's free-clinic scope.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments

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