Helen Porter Nursing Home Inc

Overview

Mission

The mission of helen porter rehabilitation and nursing is to improve the health of our community, one person at a time.

What it reported doing in 2023

Operated a long-term community oriented 98 bed skilled nursing home, consisting of 38 long-term care beds, 31 memory care beds, 27 post-acute care beds, 2 end-of-life suites and 1 end-of-life room. The facility is the only skilled nursing facility in addison county, Vermont. The nursing home provided services to patients that totaled 32,133 resident days during the year ending 9/30/2024.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 93% 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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
030306549
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2023
Forms available
Form 990 2023
Headquarters
Middlebury, VT, USA
Phone
8023884701
Rating
74
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Nursing, Convalescent Facilities

Official website

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 72
  • Transparency & Controls: 71
  • Accountability: 91
  • Sustainability: 14
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 87.4%; rating input score 87
  • Program expense ratio: 70.1%; rating input score 70
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Missing
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 92.9%; rating input score 93; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 88
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Limited
    • 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: -25.8%; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.69; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 2.22; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 6%; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 5.5% per year; rating input score 100; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 3% per year; rating input score 100; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 11.4% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 87.4% of revenue deployed · 70.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 13 of 14 board members independent · 7 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $14.3M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $458K · 28 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $3.6M reported
  • Consistency: 31 of 31 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors, executive pay, and related organizations
  • Filing history: 15 annual filings from 2009 to 2023
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 6 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 24 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

28 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • TOM THOMPSON (FMR PRES & COO): $457,809 total reported compensation
  • JUDY PEEK-LEE (FMR INTERIM CFO): $430,854 total reported compensation
  • BOB ORTMYER (PRES, ECH & PMC): $425,045 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: FY2023.