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 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.
  • 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
Phone
2079739081
Rating
75
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. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 82
  • Transparency & Controls: 76
  • 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; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100

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
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -0.4%; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage 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 · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $25.2M 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
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 16 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 28 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Leadership & pay

35 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • Timothy Dentry (Ex Officio): $1,957,524 total reported compensation
  • John Califano (Physician): $1,036,899 total reported compensation
  • Anthony Filer (Treasurer-Pt Yr): $853,903 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: FY2023.