Mount Desert Island Hospital

Overview

Mission

Mount desert island hospital's mission is to provide compassionate care and strengthen the health of our community by embracing tomorrow's methods and respecting time-honored values.

What it reported doing in 2024

In fiscal year 2025, mount desert island (mdi) hospital provided $10,459,913 in services for which no compensation was expected or received. Financial assistance policies exist to provide relief for those who cannot pay for medical care. Mdi hospital provides care to persons covered by governmental programs including medicare, medicaid, va, and champus. The unreimbursed value for providing care to these patient approximates $4,494,457. The hospital continues to provide a number of health services and preventative health programs to the community. Available programs include cardiac pulmonary rehabilitation, care coordination, wellness programs, diabetes education, annual wellness exams, nutrition counseling, parenting, pregnancy and sibling classes, physical and occupational therapy programs, speech therapy, medication therapy management, health coaching, care management, coagulation management, financial and insurance workshops, ophthalmology services, and our oral health program which included education and outreach to the community schools, and service providers. The hospital provides volunteers as certified application counselors to help enroll and educate members of our community into the health insurance exchange options. Throughout the year, staff from the hospital make presentations to area school children regarding smoking cessation, wellness, health, activity, nutrition, and oral health. Additionally, community groups such as the ymca, alcoholics anonymous, cancer support, and palliative care use the hospital's conference rooms for their meetings. Many hospital staff members serve other nonprofits in capacities such as volunteer hours and board of directors' memberships, as well as memberships in service organizations such as the local healthy acadia, rotary, chamber of commerce, and lions/lioness clubs.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 86% 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
010211797
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2023
Headquarters
Bar Harbor, ME, USA
Rating
82
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Hospitals

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The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. The filing reports few safeguards for setting executive pay and available reserves provide a limited financial cushion.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 76
  • Transparency & Controls: 84
  • Accountability: 94
  • Sustainability: 55
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 70.8%; rating input score 71
  • Program expense ratio: 78.9%; rating input score 79
  • Fundraising efficiency: $263.45 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 92; 92nd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • 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: 89.5%; rating input score 89; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
  • Public governance controls: Limited
  • Zakat policy transparency: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 9%; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings
  • Operating reserve ratio: 1.2; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.3; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 4.7%; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 5.4% per year; rating input score 100; 44th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 5.7% per year; rating input score 100; 49th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 6% per year; rating input score 100; 45th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 70.8% of revenue deployed · 78.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 17 of 19 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $72.5M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $670K · 28 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 39 of 39 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 12 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, executive pay, and related organizations
  • Filing history: 16 annual filings from 2009 to 2024
  • Money network: 11 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 2 filed related-organization links