Gennesaret Free Clinics

What Gennesaret Free Clinics does

Gennesaret Free Clinics (GFC) is an Indianapolis-based nonprofit healthcare provider founded in February 1988 by Dr. James A. Trippi, a local physician who began by treating people experiencing homelessness out of a soup kitchen. It was the first nonprofit in Indianapolis to deliver quality medical care to individuals regardless of insurance status or ability to pay, and it remains active 37+ years later. The organization's target population is the uninsured, underinsured, and homeless residents of Marion County, Indiana, including the roughly 103,732 uninsured residents and the 1,701 people in Indianapolis recorded as sleeping in emergency housing or unsheltered in January 2024.

GFC delivers care through an integrated, multi-modal service model rather than a software platform. Its core products are a walk-in medical clinic co-located inside the St. Vincent de Paul Food Pantry (4,000 households served weekly), an appointment-based dental clinic with translation services, weekly women's health services, a mobile medical clinic with mobile pharmacy deployed 4 days a week to shelters, encampments, and the Julia M. Carson Transit Center, three Health Recovery Homes offering medical respite housing to 16 individuals at a time, and a Purdue University-partnered hypertension management program supported by an advanced medication formulary and onsite rapid lab testing. A second permanent medical clinic inside Gleaners Food Bank (2,000 people served daily) is scheduled to open in April 2025, effectively doubling the permanent brick-and-mortar footprint.

GFC is a privately funded nonprofit (EIN 35-1776518) with no disclosed institutional investors, venture capital, or private equity backers. All patient services are free at the point of care; there is no pricing model. Operating revenue is generated through a diversified donation mix including one-time gifts (via the Kindful platform), monthly recurring giving, planned/legacy gifts, appreciated stock and donor-advised fund grants, Indiana NAP tax-credit contributions, corporate sponsorships, and in-kind donations. The stated strategic plan targets a 25% increase in funding by 2026 and 50% by 2027, alongside a 20% increase in patient visits at each site. Leadership is anchored by founder Dr. James A. Trippi, supported by a team of 11–50 staff and volunteers; the organization reports no equity holders, cap-table, or board composition details in publicly available material.

Name

Gennesaret Free Clinics

Legal name

Gennesaret Free Clinics

Website

https://gennesaret.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1988

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Gennesaret Free Clinics is an Indianapolis-based nonprofit founded in 1988 that provides free medical, dental, women's health, mobile outreach, and medical respite services to uninsured, underinsured, and homeless residents of Marion County, Indiana, funded entirely by donations and grants.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Community Healthcare Services

NAICS

Offices of Physicians (except Mental Health Specialists) (621111), Ambulatory Health Care Services (621), Other Ambulatory Health Care Services (6219)

SIC

Services-Offices & Clinics Of Doctors Of Medicine (8011), Services-Misc Health & Allied Services, Nec (8090), Services-Health Services (8000)

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 clinics
• Community health services
• Mobile healthcare
• Medical respite housing
• Charitable healthcare

Headquarters

HQ city

Indianapolis

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Donations (one-time monetary): Online donation portal accepting one-time monetary gifts via Kindful giving platform.
2. Recurring monthly giving: Monthly recurring donation program (Make a Gift Every Month).
3. Planned giving / Legacy gifts: Legacy giving through planned/estate gifts.
4. Stocks and Donor-Advised Funds: Donations of appreciated stocks and grants from donor-advised funds.
5. NAP Credits (tax credit): Tax savings via NAP (Neighborhood Assistance Program) credits for Indiana donors.
6. Corporate sponsorships: Corporate sponsorship packages available to business supporters.
7. In-kind donations: Donations of goods/supplies (non-monetary gifts).

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion4 records

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Gennesaret Free Clinics provides free, no-appointment-needed primary medical care, free dental care, free women's health services, street-based mobile medical outreach, and medical respite housing (Health Recovery Homes) to uninsured, underinsured, and homeless residents of Marion County, Indianapolis. All services are provided at no cost to patients regardless of insurance status or ability to pay, and are delivered via permanent clinics co-located with food distribution partners, a mobile clinic, and dedicated respite homes.

Product overview

Gennesaret Free Clinics is a single unified non-profit healthcare service (not a software platform) that bundles multiple integrated care delivery channels under one Indianapolis-based organization founded in 1988. Its offering comprises the Free Medical Clinic (walk-in), the Free Mobile Medical Clinic (street and parking-lot outreach), the Free Dental Clinic, Women's Health Services, and the Health Recovery Homes (medical respite housing). These services are coordinated so that patients encountered through the Mobile Clinic, walk-in Medical Clinic, or community partners (such as the St. Vincent de Paul Food Pantry and the upcoming Gleaners Food Bank clinic opening April 2025) can be referred to dental, women's health, or respite-housing services as needed. All services are provided at no cost, regardless of insurance status or ability to pay.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Health Recovery Homes: Medical respite housing program offering 3 homes serving 16 individuals at a time.
• Walk-In Mobile Clinic
• Women's Health Services

Products and services

• Free Medical Clinic (Walk-In) Walk-in free primary medical clinic located inside the St. Vincent de Paul Food Pantry at 3001 East 30th Street, Indianapolis, IN 48218, with no appointment needed. Provides free primary care to uninsured and underinsured individuals, giving the 4,000 households served weekly at the food pantry direct access to free care.
• Free Mobile Medical Clinic Walk-in only doctor's office on wheels that brings free primary and preventative care, including a mobile pharmacy, to parking lots, transit centers (such as the Julia M. Carson Transit Center, 22,500 daily passersby), and the streets. Focuses on patients living in shelters, vehicles, or homeless encampments and rotates among Old Bethel, Carriage House, and Horizon House, operating 4 days a week.
• Free Dental Clinic Appointment-based free dental clinic co-located inside the St. Vincent de Paul Food Pantry at 3001 East 30th Street, Indianapolis. Open Monday through Wednesday 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM; closed Thursday through Sunday. Phone 317.955.0217. Translation services are available.
• Women's Health Services Free women's health services offered once a week by Gennesaret Free Clinics, addressing gaps such as the 53% of women over 40 in Marion County who cited cost as a reason for not having had a mammogram within the past year.
• Health Recovery Homes Medical respite housing program comprising 3 homes that offer free medical respite housing to 16 individuals at a time, providing recovering patients experiencing homelessness with a stable place to heal. Access is by referral.

Quantifiable outcome

• Strategic goal to increase funding 25% by 2026 and 50% by 2027
• +4 more outcomes

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Scale indicators12 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program: Provides integrated medical, dental, behavioral health, and medical respite services to homeless individuals in Boston. Closely matches GFC's combination of medical, dental, and respite housing under a single free-care organization serving homeless populations.
• Healthcare for the Homeless - Houston: Federally qualified health center serving people experiencing homelessness in Harris County, Texas, with primary care, dental, and case management. Comparable free-care delivery model targeting an urban homeless population similar to GFC's Indianapolis focus.
• Mercy Care: Atlanta-based nonprofit delivering integrated primary care, dental, behavioral health, and supportive services to homeless and underserved populations. Comparable multi-site free-care model with similar mission and integrated service lines.
• Remote Area Medical: Operates mobile free clinics delivering medical, dental, and vision care across the U.S. Highly comparable to GFC's mobile clinic deployment and free-care model, with a similar emphasis on reaching uninsured and underserved populations.
• Volunteers in Medicine: National nonprofit that supports a network of free clinics powered by volunteer physicians serving uninsured populations. Closely comparable to GFC in mission (free care regardless of ability to pay) and operating model (volunteer-driven, integrated primary care).
• CrossOver Healthcare Ministry: Richmond, Virginia-based free clinic providing free medical, dental, vision, and pharmacy services to uninsured residents. Comparable integrated free-clinic model combining primary care, dental, and pharmacy under one nonprofit umbrella.
• RotaCare: Network of free medical clinics across the Bay Area and other regions providing free care to uninsured individuals, primarily through volunteer clinicians. Comparable volunteer-driven free-clinic operating model serving similar uninsured populations.

Broad incumbents

• National Association of Free & Charitable Clinics: National trade association representing 1,400+ free and charitable clinics across the U.S. Not a direct operating peer, but provides the industry framework, advocacy, and benchmarking context in which GFC operates.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/GennesaretFreeClinics
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/gennesaretfreeclinics
• Instagraminstagram.com/gennesaretfreeclinics/?hl=en
• Xx.com/gennesaret

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments

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