Gifford Health Care
Overview
Mission
As a community health center and medical home, Giffords mission is to improve and manage the health of the people we serve by providing and assuring access to affordable, high-quality health care, and by promoting the health and well-being of everyone in our service area. Here, you’ll find helpful staff, skilled providers, and exceptional specialty care, close to home. We provide a wide range of services within our modern, comfortable facility, including 24-hour emergency care, inpatient and outpatient services, diagnostic imaging, surgery and rehabilitation, and end-of-life care. Additionally, our newly renovated and highly-acclaimed Birthing Center combines the expertise of OB/GYN care and low-intervention midwifery. At Gifford Medical Center, we care for you with a hometown approach… for life. Mission Statement “As a community health center and medical home, Gifford’s mission is...
What it reported doing in 2023
Gifford Medical Center Inc. ("Gifford") operates a not-for-profit, 25 bed critical access hospital whereby medical providers and nurses provide around the clock care to patients. Inpatient care services include a medical/surgical unit, a birthing center, and end of life care. Gifford also offers a range of clinical and ancillary services: diagnostic imaging, laboratory testing, anesthesiology, cardiology, chiropractic care, hospitalists, neurology, oncology, orthopedics, pathology, podiatry, sports medicine, general surgery, and urology.Gifford Medical Center's caring and knowledgeable surgery team offers general surgery services including skin lesion and cyst removal, comprehensive breast care, diagnosis and treatment of all forms of cancer, wound care, pill endoscopy, colonoscopies and appendix removal. General surgeons provide a wide range of procedures (primarily focusing on the abdominal organs as well as diseases of the skin, breast, soft tissue and hernias) in both office and operating room settings.Gifford Medical Center offers various other health care services to the central Vermont area. Other services available include radiology, laboratory, respiratory therapy, physical therapy, occupationaltherapy, speech pathology, electro cardiology, chemotherapy, emergency, skilled nursing, labor and delivery, nursery, radioisotope, and electroencephalography.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 97% 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.
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 030179418
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2009–2023
- Website reviewed
- Jun 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2023, Form 990-T 2022
- Headquarters
- Randolph, VT, United States
- Rating
- 76
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Hospitals
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: 77
- Transparency & Controls: 79
- Accountability: 84
- Sustainability: 31
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 79.1%; rating input score 79
- Program expense ratio: 73.3%; rating input score 73
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 93.3%; rating input score 93; 24th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 6 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 100
- 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: Limited
- Public monitoring controls: 0 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 0
- Public policy transparency: 0 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 0
- Public financial transparency: 1 of 5 controls in place; rating input score 20
- Impact reporting controls: 1 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 14
- Public relationship transparency: No; rating input score 0
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 85.7%; rating input score 86; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Public governance controls: 1 of 4 controls in place; rating input score 25
- Zakat policy transparency: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -3.3%; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
- Operating reserve ratio: 1.3; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.35; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 5.2%; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -0.2% per year; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 0.7% per year; rating input score 100; 8th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 3.6% per year; rating input score 100; 25th 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: 79.1% of revenue deployed · 73.3% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 12 of 14 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $57.1M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $546K · 24 people listed · 6 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Consistency: 34 of 35 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 12 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
- Filing history: 15 annual filings from 2009 to 2023
- Money network: 11 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 3 filed related-organization links