Ascension Se Wisconsin Hospital Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
390816857
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
St Louis, MO, USA
Phone
3147338000
Rating
60
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Hospital, General

Reported finances

Revenue
$400,522,919
Expenses
$415,770,574
Assets
$277,738,809
Liabilities
$94,131,946

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

35 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DANIEL W JACKSON (EX-OFFICIO/CEO, MINISTRY MARKET EXECUTIVE)
  • JONATHON MATUSZEWSKI (EX-OFFICIO/PRESIDENT, FRANKLIN CAMPUS)
  • KURT RONALD SCHLEY (EX-OFFICIO/PRESIDENT, ELMBROOK CAMPUS)
  • PETER STAMAS MD (EX-OFFICIO/PRESIDENT, ST. JOSEPH CAMPUS (END 7/2024))
  • SHANA SAPPINGTON CRITTENDEN MD (EX-OFFICIO/PRESIDENT, ST. JOSEPH CAMPUS (START 9/2024))

Highest reported compensation

  • JONATHAN SOHN (FORMER OFFICER (END 9/2021)): $1,655,486 total reported compensation
  • DANIEL W JACKSON (EX-OFFICIO/CEO, MINISTRY MARKET EXECUTIVE): $1,502,128 total reported compensation
  • MATTHEW TYLER HANSELMAN (FORMER OFFICER (END 8/2023)): $832,871 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Rooted in the loving ministry of jesus as healer, we commit ourselves to serving all persons with special attention to those who are poor and vulnerable. Our catholic health ministry is dedicated to spiritually-centered, holistic care which sustains and improves the health of individuals and communities. We are advocates for a compassionate and just society through our actions and our words.

What it reported doing in 2024

The filing organization is a part of the ascension catholic health ministry. Ascension is a faith-based healthcare organization that delivers personalized, compassionate care to all, especially to those who need it the most. Ascension se Wisconsin hospital, inc. Provides services without regard to patient race, creed, national origin, economic status, or ability to pay. Included in ascension se Wisconsin hopistal, inc.'s locations are: elmbrook memorial hospital - a 122 bed campus, franklin hospital - a 52 bed campus, and st. Joseph hospital - a 167 bed campus. During fiscal year 2025, ascension se Wisconsin hospital, inc. Treated 10,332 adults and children for a total of 44,978 patient days of service. The hospital also provided services for 375,968 outpatient visits, which included 5,877 outpatient surgeries and 87,785 emergency room visits. See schedule h for a non-exhaustive list of community benefit programs and descriptions.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 100% of the money available for current operations came from other operating 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.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 67
  • Transparency & Controls: 73
  • Accountability: 48
  • Sustainability: 29
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 77%; rating input score 77
  • Program expense ratio: 74.2%; rating input score 74
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 92.3%; rating input score 92; 12th 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: 99.4%; rating input score 99; 41st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 35.3%; rating input score 35; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 6 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 67
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -3.8%; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.67; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.34; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 1.2%; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -1.7% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -0.6% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -0.7% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 77% of revenue deployed · 74.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 6 of 17 board members independent · 6 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $308.4M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $1.7M · 35 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $13.4M reported
  • Consistency: 34 of 35 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 9 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, executive pay, and related organizations
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 16 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 380 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.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Moderate — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 35/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 9 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 15/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 26/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 51/100.