Bridgton Hospital

Overview

Mission

To provide exceptional healthcare services in a safe and trustfulenvironment through the expertise, commitment, and compassion ofour family of caregivers.

What it reported doing in 2024

Bridgton hospital is a critical access hospital serving 20 surrounding communities plus the mount Washington valley communities of New Hampshire. The hospital has a medical/surgical unit, critical care unit. Our two operating rooms handle general, orthopedic, and ambulatory surgery. The hospital has a 24 hour emergency department and numerous professional services including ct scanning, mri, nuclear medicine spect scanning, treadmill including thallium oncology clinic, inpatient and outpatient physical therapy and medical sciences library.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 97% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
010130427
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Headquarters
Bridgton, ME, USA
Phone
2077952813
Rating
70
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Hospital, General

Official website

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 73
  • Transparency & Controls: 65
  • Accountability: 73
  • Sustainability: 50
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 79%; rating input score 79
  • Program expense ratio: 86.7%; rating input score 87
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Missing
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 76.9%; rating input score 77; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 6 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 67
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 9.9%; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.62; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.33; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 3.8%; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 1.4% per year; rating input score 100; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 2.1% per year; rating input score 100; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -1.9% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 79% of revenue deployed · 86.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 10 of 13 board members independent · 6 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $46.7M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $1.1M · 22 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $4.9M reported
  • Consistency: 28 of 28 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 10 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 16 annual filings from 2009 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 5 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 12 filed related-organization links
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Leadership & pay

22 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • STEVE LITTLESON (PRESIDENT): $1,090,693 total reported compensation
  • DAVID PAULOSKY (TREASURER): $646,853 total reported compensation
  • ELIZABETH SHEW (SECRETARY): $404,034 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: FY2024.