Maine Coast Regional Health Facilities Northern Light Maine Coast Hospital
Overview
Mission
The Hospital is a not-for-profit entity established to provide health care services through its acute care facility and physician practices.
What it reported doing in 2023
Provided healthcare services regardless of ability to pay as well as education and promotion of health. Admissions 1,954Patient Days 9,059Average Stay 4.6 daysClinic Visits: Primary Care 44,605Specialty Care 32,592Emergency Room Visits 10,466Surgical Cases - Inpatient 429Surgical Cases - Outpatient 1,899Laboratory Tests: 256,215Radiology Exams: Diagnostic Radiology 16,474Ultrasound 7,099CT Scan 9,614Mammography 4,191Nuclear Medicine 803MRI 2,185Physical, Occupational & Speech Therapy 75,271Births 246
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 96% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The nonprofit carried out 100% of its reported program work directly.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 010198331
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2009–2023
- Forms available
- Form 990 2023, Form 990-T 2023
- Headquarters
- Ellsworth, ME, USA
- Rating
- 78
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Hospitals
The verdict
SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 93
- Transparency & Controls: 71
- Accountability: 77
- Sustainability: 25
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 92.6%; rating input score 93
- Program expense ratio: 92.2%; rating input score 92
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100
- Public monitoring controls: Limited
- Public policy transparency: Limited
- Public financial transparency: Limited
- Impact reporting controls: Limited
- Public relationship transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 68.8%; rating input score 69; 21st percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
- Public governance controls: Limited
- Zakat policy transparency: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -0.4%; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
- Operating reserve ratio: 0.68; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.73; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 5.1%; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -1.8% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 1.9% per year; rating input score 100; 15th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 0.4% per year; rating input score 100; 9th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 92.6% of revenue deployed · 92.2% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 11 of 16 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $109.1M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $2M · 35 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Consistency: 33 of 33 current checks pass
- Schedules: 9 filed schedules · includes major donors, executive pay, and related organizations
- Filing history: 15 annual filings from 2009 to 2023
- Money network: 16 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 28 filed related-organization links