Berkshire Medical Center Inc

Overview

Mission

The mission of berkshire medical center is to advance health and wellness for everyone in our community in a welcoming, inclusive, and personalized environment.

What it reported doing in 2023

Operate an acute care general hospital and medical educational facility, and deliver the highest quality patient-centered care in a learning environment. Total patient days for the year are 64,192, total lab procedures 1,690,115, total radiology procedures 178,686, total rehab visits 56,383. Hours of operation 24/hrs 365/days per year.

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 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
042791396
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2023
Forms available
Form 990 2023, Form 990-T 2023
Headquarters
Pittsfield, MA, USA
Phone
4134472508
Rating
74
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. Few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence and some related-organization disclosures are missing.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 75
  • Transparency & Controls: 61
  • Accountability: 87
  • Sustainability: 69
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 80.2%; rating input score 80
  • Program expense ratio: 91.9%; rating input score 92
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 92.9%; rating input score 93; 17th 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: No; rating input score 0

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 78.3%; rating input score 78; 26th 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: 13%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.26; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.22; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0.8%; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 5.5% per year; rating input score 100; 46th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 5.9% per year; rating input score 100; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 5.4% per year; rating input score 100; 41st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 80.2% of revenue deployed · 91.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 18 of 23 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $605.6M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $1.1M · 37 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $41.3M reported
  • Consistency: 33 of 34 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 10 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 15 annual filings from 2009 to 2023
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 9 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 10 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

37 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • DARLENE RODOWICZ (PRESIDENT): $1,092,652 total reported compensation
  • ROBIN BURNS-LAMBERT MD (ANESTHESIOLOGIST): $1,044,039 total reported compensation
  • SEETHA MUTHAVARAPU MD (HOSPITALIST): $768,612 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: FY2023.