Bellin Memorial Hospital Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
390884478
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024
Location
Green Bay, WI, USA
Phone
9204457260
Rating
61
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Hospital, General

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$906,558,005
Expenses
$872,312,686
Assets
$1,245,049,336
Liabilities
$482,361,867

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

Leadership & pay

25 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • CHRISTINE WOLESKE (BOARD OF DIRECTORS, PRESIDENT (END 6.30.25))
  • SCOTT RATHGABER MD (BOARD OF DIRECTORS, CHAIR, CEO)
  • HEATHER SCHIMMERS RN (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • CHRISTINE WOLESKE (BOARD OF DIRECTORS, PRESIDENT (END 6.30.25)): $2,089,672 total reported compensation
  • DAVID STAMPFL MD (PHYSICIAN): $1,870,656 total reported compensation
  • KEVIN SHEPET MD (PHYSICIAN): $1,836,322 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Bellin health is a community owned not-for-profit organization responsible for improving the health and wellbeing of people living in northeast Wisconsin and the upper peninsula of Michigan, and all others we serve. We carry out this responsibility through individualized care excellence, community health improvement, and equitable healthcare financing plans all designed to positively impact health and wellbeing. We are steadfast in our commitment to providing compassionate, safe, and coordinated care that is accessible and affordable for everyone. We build trusted relationships and advance true collaboration, fueling our desire to constantly improve and innovate.

What it reported doing in 2024

The hospital provides acute hospital care to residents of northeastern Wisconsin. During fiscal year 2025 39,787 inpatient days were provided as compared to 37,488 in fiscal year 2024. The number of outpatients registered for 2025 and 2024 were 220,299 and 199,208, respectively. Bellin memorial hospital also provided 748,462 (as compared to 704,442 in 2024) medical and associate visits through bellin medical and specialty groups.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 98% 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 the filing does not identify recipients for some grant dollars.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 72
  • Transparency & Controls: 62
  • Accountability: 32
  • Sustainability: 52
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 80.4%; rating input score 80
  • Program expense ratio: 82.6%; rating input score 83
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 92.3%; rating input score 92; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 23%; rating input score 23; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 0%; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 78
    • 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: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 3.8%; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.43; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.39; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 1.7%; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 7.3% per year; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 6.7% per year; rating input score 100; 57th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 9.4% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 80.4% of revenue deployed · 82.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 0 of 5 board members independent · 7 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $720.7M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $2.1M · 25 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $65.2M reported
  • Consistency: 39 of 40 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 10 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, executive pay, and related organizations
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 21 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 37 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.

  • High — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 23/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 9 not reported.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 51/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 51/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 46/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.