Southern New Hampshire Health

Legal name: Southern New Hampshire Medical Center

Overview

Mission

Southern New Hampshire Health is committed to delivering exceptional medical care to the communities we serve. At Southern New Hampshire Health, your generosity fuels our mission to provide exceptional care to our community. Whether you wish to honor a loved one, sponsor an initiative, host a fundraising event, or leave a lasting legacy, there are numerous ways you can make a meaningful impact. Your contributions support the Legacy Trust, enabling us to enhance programs, services, and initiatives that improve countless lives. Explore the options below to find the giving opportunity that resonates with you and join us in building a legacy of world-class care. Make a Gratitude Gift Make a Gratitude Gift.

What it reported doing in 2024

Provides acute healthcare services to a diverse population base including indigent within southern and central New Hampshire. Southern New Hampshire Medical Center is a nonprofit hospital, serving all who need care, regardless of ability to pay. Medical services provided included 8,555 inpatient admissions, 270,051 outpatient registrations, 38,070 emergency room visits, 6,227 surgical procedures, and 969 births.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 98% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 98% 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
020483054
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Official website data refreshed
Aug 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024
Headquarters
Nashua, NH, USA
Phone
603-880-3279
Rating
78
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. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and liabilities are high compared with assets.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 70
  • Transparency & Controls: 84
  • Accountability: 84
  • Sustainability: 68
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 73.3%; rating input score 73
  • Program expense ratio: 88%; rating input score 88
  • 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: 73.3%; rating input score 73; 22nd 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: 16.1%; rating input score 83; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.32; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.32; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 1.2%; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 7.5% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 4.7% per year; rating input score 100; 40th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 3.1% per year; rating input score 100; 21st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 7 programs and campaigns described on the official site
  • Where the money goes: 73.3% of revenue deployed · 88% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 11 of 15 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $317.5M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $1.2M · 25 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $15.5M reported
  • Consistency: 31 of 31 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 9 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 14 annual filings from 2009 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 8 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 18 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

25 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • John E Friberg Esq (Interim CEO, SolutionHealth): $1,200,857 total reported compensation
  • Colin T McHugh (SNHMC President/CEO/Secretary): $944,309 total reported compensation
  • Michael Turilli (SVP/CFO, SolutionHealth): $907,034 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: FY2024.