Calvary Hospital

Legal name: Calvary Hospital Inc

Overview

Mission

Calvary Hospital’s mission is to care for the medical, emotional and spiritual needs of our adult patients with advanced cancer and other life-limiting illnesses. It is the only fully accredited acute care hospital in the U.S. devoted exclusively to the palliative care of adult patients. Calvary forms a special partnership with Ozanam Hall of Nursing Home in Queens to provide an inpatient level of hospice care for a select number of patients. Calvary completes year-long restoration of a 135-year- old Torah Scroll, on permanent loan from the Memorial Scrolls Trust in London. Calvary celebrates 15 years of its 25-bed Brooklyn Campus at NYU Lutheran. 2017 Press Ganey recognizes Calvary for 12 consecutive years for our outstanding patient satisfaction. Calvary hosts 20th annual week-long summer CampCompass® bereavement camp for children ages 5 to 17.

What it reported doing in 2024

Calvary's home health agency serves patients in the bronx, queens, northern manhattan, and southern westchester county. Calvary offers home care to patients with all diagnoses. Most patients return to pre-illness function and are discharged to self-care within six to eight weeks. All of our patients who we care for at home get the same level of high-quality and unique "calvary care" as all of our inpatients.the following services are available to patients and their families through calvary's certified home health agency: nursing services - our community health nurses provide nursing visits to patients in their homes. - specialized nursing is available such as enterostomal therapy. - 24-hour telephone access to rn (registered nurse) on-call home health aide- provides assistance with personal care and other activities related to health care.nutritional services - calvary's dietitians are available by phone to help in planning therapeutic nutritional management.therapy services - physical therapy- occupational therapy - speech therapymedical care - calvary home care staff will work closely with the patient's own physician to meet home health needs. - our staff has extensive knowledge of pain management. Medical social work a full range of social work services are available to help patients and families cope with the problems of illness. - assistance in medicaid application - assistance in long-term planningreferring patients - referrals may be made by patients family members, friends, hospitals, clinics, physicians, other health care professionals and community agencies. - part of the calvary continuum facilitate admission to inpatient care for symptom management - referral to outpatient and wound care clinics - provide information on calvary programs including bereavement support

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 94% 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
131740274
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Official website data refreshed
Aug 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Bronx, NY, United States
Phone
718-518-2300
Rating
79
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Hospital, Specialty

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$129,793,014
Expenses
$133,049,453
Assets
$105,750,783
Liabilities
$90,807,375

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 72
  • Transparency & Controls: 84
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 21
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 81.2%; rating input score 81
  • Program expense ratio: 80.1%; rating input score 80
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 4 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 67
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Pass
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 90.9%; rating input score 91; 37th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -2.5%; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.79; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.86; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 4.3%; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 1.2% per year; rating input score 100; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 1.5% per year; rating input score 100; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 0.2% per year; rating input score 100; 8th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 2 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 81.2% of revenue deployed · 80.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 10 of 11 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $106.5M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $2.4M · 40 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $3.6M reported
  • Consistency: 34 of 34 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 14 annual filings from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 13 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 31 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.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 17/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 31/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 15/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 22/100.

Leadership & pay

40 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • SCOTT P LA RUE EX-OFFICIO (PRESIDENT/CEO OF ARCHCARE): $2,416,042 total reported compensation
  • JEFFREY MENKES INTERIM (PRESIDENT/CEO/ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR): $710,769 total reported compensation
  • MUHAMAD AMIR SHAHID (ATTENDING PHYSICIAN): $473,613 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024.