Public Health Management Corporation

Name

Public Health Management Corporation

Legal name

Public Health Management Corporation

Website

https://phmc.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1972

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Health & Human Services

NAICS

Administration of Public Health Programs (92312)

SIC

Services-Health Services (8000), Services-Misc Health & Allied Services, Nec (8090)

akta.pro primary industry

Local Public Health & Human Services Administration (BPAIACAK)

Keywords

• Public health services
• Behavioral health services
• Federally qualified health centers
• Human services programs
• Program evaluation research

Headquarters

HQ city

Philadelphia

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Government Grants and Contracts: PHMC receives federal, state, and city funding to operate public health programs. Serves as trusted steward of government funds including CDC grants, state health department partnerships, and city agency contracts.
2. Donations and Philanthropy: As a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, PHMC accepts tax-deductible donations from individuals, organizations, and corporations to support its mission and programs.
3. Fee-for-Service Programs: PHMC generates revenue through various fee-for-service arrangements including program evaluations, technical assistance, training, and data services offered to external partners.
4. Healthcare Services Revenue: Revenue from healthcare services including Federally Qualified Health Center services, behavioral health, dental, and pharmacy services. PHMC Health accepts insurance and offers sliding fee scale.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

PHMC is a nonprofit public health institute serving Pennsylvania and Delaware that operates nearly 200 community-based programs across health, housing, education, justice-related, child & family, and workforce development. It delivers direct services (FQHC primary care, behavioral health, substance use treatment, shelter nursing, housing, childcare) and serves as an administrative backbone and intermediary for government and foundation-funded public health initiatives.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• PHMC Health (Federally Qualified Health Centers) Five FQHCs across Philadelphia delivering nurse-led primary care integrated with behavioral health, dental, and pharmacy services. Recognized as Patient-Centered Medical Homes, serving uninsured, underinsured, and underserved populations with a sliding fee scale.
• Health Promotion Services Chronic disease prevention, nutrition education, sexual health education, and SNAP-Ed programs reaching communities across Pennsylvania, delivered through subsidiary Health Promotion Council.
• Housing Programs Emergency shelter, transitional housing, rapid rehousing, and permanent supportive housing across Philadelphia and Montgomery County for individuals and families experiencing or at risk of homelessness.
• Justice-Related Programs Forensic Intensive Recovery, reentry support, treatment courts, and DUI services for individuals involved in the criminal justice system, serving more than 4,500 individuals and 70 organizations.
• Education Programs Early childhood education, special education, out-of-school time programming, and education supports serving children and youth from early childhood through K-12.
• Child & Family Services Children and family support services including home visiting, care coordination, and wraparound services delivered through subsidiaries such as Turning Points for Children.
• Mental Health Services Specialized mental health and family services serving approximately 6,400 children, youth, adults and families, delivered through subsidiaries including Joseph J. Peters Institute and Center for Autism.
• Research & Evaluation (R&E) Group Fee-for-service research and data offering providing program evaluation, survey development, needs assessments, data visualization, GIS mapping, data analysis, focus groups, and IRB/DSMB services to external partners.
• ChildWare Cloud-based child care management system developed and managed by PHMC for child care programs and administration.
• Workforce & Community Development Programs Workforce development and community development programs supporting employment, training, and neighborhood capacity building.
• Focus on Fathers: Dads Supporting Dads Podcast Podcast by the Focus on Fathers program of subsidiary Health Promotion Council, co-hosted by Larry Woody and Hakim Smith, featuring conversations on child development, men's mental health, co-parenting, custody, and parenting.

Quantifiable outcome

• Serve more than 350,000 individuals yearly
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and minor.

• Pennsylvania Department of HealthcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPHMC partners with Pennsylvania Department of Health for healthcare preparedness programs and public health initiatives. PHMC is designated as the Pennsylvania Public Health Institute.
• Delaware Public Health InstitutecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDPHI is a collaboration between PHMC, the University of Delaware's College of Health Sciences and Delaware Academy of Medicine/Delaware Public Health Association. PHMC leads this partnership as the designated public health institute.
• Penn MedicinemajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPenn Medicine provides services at the PHMC Public Health Campus on Cedar, including emergency department and behavioral health services.
• Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCHOP provides pediatric and adult crisis response centers and inpatient behavioral health services at the PHMC Public Health Campus on Cedar.
• City of PhiladelphiacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPHMC partners with the City of Philadelphia's Office of Homeless Services, Department of Public Health, Department of Human Services, and Office of Public Safety for various programs including PHLpreK, OST Network, and anti-violence initiatives.
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPHMC manages the Technical Assistance Hub supporting Federal Regions 2 & 3 for CDC's Public Health Infrastructure Grant (PHIG).
• Pennsylvania Office of Child Development and Early Learning (OCDEL)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPHMC implements Early Learning Resource Centers in Regions 15, 18, and 19 on behalf of OCDEL, providing a single point of contact for families and providers.
• Pennsylvania Healthcare CoalitionsmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPHMC supports the network of healthcare coalitions (HCCs) across Pennsylvania through the Healthcare Preparedness Program, including Central, Southwest, Southeast, Northeast, Northern Tier, and Keystone HCCs.
• Community-Based OrganizationsmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPHMC partners with local leaders, organizations, and residents to build stronger neighborhoods. Disperses funding to community organizations and nonprofits across the region.
• Pennsylvania State System of Higher EducationminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for early childhood education professional development and credit-earning programs.
• Institutions of Higher EducationminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerECE Higher Ed web-based resource connects child care programs with institutions for teacher preparation and field placement.

Scale indicators13 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• National Network of Public Health Institutes: The national network that convenes public health institutes including PHMC. Directly comparable as a coordinating body for designated state PHIs and the hub-and-spoke convener role PHMC plays regionally.
• Public Health Institute: Nonprofit public health institute based in Oakland, CA. Most structurally similar peer: designated state-level public health institute, multi-program portfolio, evidence-based research arm, and policy advocacy — a near-mirror operating model to PHMC.
• Public Health Solutions: Large NYC-based nonprofit public health organization providing a similar mix of community-based services, FQHC-style care, maternal/child health, and social support programs serving hundreds of thousands annually.
• Adagio Health: Pennsylvania-based nonprofit providing community health services including reproductive health, nutrition, and care coordination across multiple counties — overlapping service geography and mission with PHMC.
• Maternity Care Coalition: Philadelphia-based nonprofit addressing maternal and child health through home visiting and doula programs; overlaps with PHMC's early childhood and family service portfolio in the same market.
• Camden Coalition: New Jersey-based nonprofit pioneering complex care models for high-need populations; closely comparable to PHMC's holistic-care approach serving vulnerable populations in the Philadelphia-region healthcare ecosystem.

Emerging players

• Health Leads: National nonprofit addressing social determinants of health through community resource navigation; partial overlap with PHMC's wraparound services and continuum-of-care model, though smaller and more focused.

Others

• Trust for America's Health: Nonprofit policy organization focused on disease prevention and public health system strengthening; adjacent peer in advocacy, research translation, and federal public health funding strategy — similar footprint to PHMC's policy work.
• American Public Health Association: National professional and advocacy organization for public health practitioners. Overlapping mission space in policy and population health, but membership-driven rather than direct service delivery.
• National Association of County and City Health Officials: Membership association for the local governmental health departments PHMC often supports. Adjacent — comparable mission-adjacent ecosystem but operates as a member association rather than a service-delivery nonprofit.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles17 records

Subsidiaries7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments

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