New Hampshire Hospital Association

Overview

Mission

The NHHA mission is to lead through advocacy, education, and information in support of its member hospitals and health systems as they strive to improve the health of the individuals and communities they serve.

What it reported doing in 2025

The New Hampshire Hospital Association works with hospitals and other community organizations across the care continuum to enhance access to affordable care and improve patient safety and quality of care for patients and their families in New Hampshire. We engage in collaborative initiatives with hospitals and health care partners that address a variety of health care priorities, including state and federal legislative and regulatory policy initiatives; behavioral health, substance use disorders; patient safety and quality of care; patient and family engagement; financial policy and reimbursement; access to health care coverage, health care workforce and many more.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 91% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
026012527
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Headquarters
Concord, NH, USA
Phone
6032250900
Rating confidence
Limited

Official website

The verdict

- This form does not report enough financial and governance detail to rate the organization. That is normal for this form and is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
  • Transparency & Controls: 94
  • Accountability: 92
  • Sustainability: 48
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: Limited
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 5 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 83
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Pass
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Pass
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 93.8%; rating input score 94; 26th 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: 10.3%; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.78; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.06; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 51.8%; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 3.6% per year; rating input score 100; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 2.1% per year; rating input score 100; 18th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: 15 of 16 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments
  • Leadership: top reported pay $694K · 24 people listed · 5 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 2 contractors listed · $386K reported
  • Consistency: 13 of 13 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes executive pay and related organizations
  • Filing history: 16 annual filings from 2010 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 33 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 2 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.

Leadership & pay

24 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • Stephen Ahnen (President & CEO): $694,202 total reported compensation
  • Kathleen Bizarro-Thunberg MBA (Executive Vice President): $282,686 total reported compensation
  • Benjamin C Bradley (VP State Government Relations): $214,816 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: FY2025.