Bethany on 42Nd

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
261087740
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Fargo, ND, USA
Phone
7012393000
Rating
78
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Senior Citizens' Housing/Retirement Communities

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$23,160,345
Expenses
$21,020,748
Assets
$40,620,046
Liabilities
$24,970,023

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

Leadership & pay

18 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Shawn Stuhaug (President/CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • Shawn Stuhaug (President/CEO): $399,400 total reported compensation
  • Dawn Hummel (Senior Exec Resident Care): $171,452 total reported compensation
  • Kaye Angus (CFO): $157,799 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

To provide living opportunities in a senior community shaped by Christian values.

What it reported doing in 2024

Bethany on 42nd operates as a charitable organization consistent with the requirements of Internal Revenue Code Section 501(c)(3). Bethany on 42nd provides long term care services including skilled nursing care, transitional care, assisted living, and senior housing. Bethany on 42nd does not discriminate against individuals in the admissions process or in the delivery of care with regard to ability to pay for services. The organization's cash reserves are generally applied to expansion and replacement of existing facilities and equipment, amortization of mortgages, improvements in resident care, training and education, and community benefit activities.Continued on Schedule O...The governing board of Bethany on 42nd is made up of leaders in the Fargo-Moorhead business community. Consistent with its charitable mission, Bethany on 42nd provides community benefit to the area served. In 2024, community benefit activities included:*Volunteerism - coordinates a volunteers program that included 131 volunteers giving over 7,000 hours of service, providing mental stimulation and emotional support to Bethany on 42nd's 214 elderly residents. Volunteers included members of sponsoring churches, Experience Works program volunteers, business groups, and many student volunteers from the community's schools elementary, middle, high schools, and colleges.*Endowed scholarship programs and student loan repayment bonus opportunities - Bethany on 42nd recognizes that to continuously improve the organization's value to our community and our residents, to encourage life-long learning among employees, and to achieve an "employer of choice" status, it is in our best interest to provide opportunities to assist eligible employees in pursuing formal, healthcare-related education.*School partnerships - Bethany on 42nd works with area nursing and other healthcare-related programs to provide on-site training opportunities for students. In 2024, we had 87 nursing students complete clinical experiences at our facility. We provide a CNA training program for individuals in the Fargo-Moorhead community interested in pursuing a career as a nursing assistant. We also provide clinical site experience for an outside CNA training program, CPR training, and CNA testing and "test-out" classes. Other school partnerships include learning opportunities for dietetic students, and internship opportunities for students in social work, dietetics, activities, and LTC administration programs. *Assessment and referral services - our staff help to refer individuals needing long term care services to the appropriate agency in the community. Bethany on 42nd's licensed social workers provide guidance with medical assistance applications for residents/families.*Community Support - generalo Bethany on 42nd provides meeting room space and accommodations for non-profit organizations and community groups. o Facility space is open to use by outside groups for meetings, performances, activities, music recitals, and other programs.o Bethany on 42nd organizes employee participation in fundraising activities for Cass-Clay United Way and the Alzheimer's Association.*Community Support - leadership. Representatives from Bethany on 42nd serve on non-profit boards and civic organizations that work to improve the quality of life in the Fargo-Moorhead area: o President/CEO - serves on the BEK Care (dba Ethos Home Care and Hospice) board of directors, and various committees of the North Dakota Long Term Care Association (NDLTCA). Serves on the Workforce Committee for the American Health Care Association (AHCA) and the Board of Directors for ShareHouse Inc., Fargo.o Senior Executive of Resident Care - serves on the FM Clinical & Academic Collaborative, Great Plains & Lake Superior Quality Innovation Network, Resident Issues Committee of the NDLTCA, Ethos Board of Directors member, AHCA National Quality Team member, and as a NCLEX test reviewer/item reviewer for the National Board of Nursing. She also se

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 98% 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.

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 filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 76
  • Transparency & Controls: 71
  • Accountability: 91
  • Sustainability: 62
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 81.8%; rating input score 82
  • Program expense ratio: 91.2%; rating input score 91
  • 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 66th 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: 9.2%; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.93; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.61; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0.2%; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 4.2% per year; rating input score 100; 36th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 6.3% per year; rating input score 100; 54th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 3.3% per year; rating input score 100; 25th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 81.8% of revenue deployed · 91.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 11 of 11 board members independent · 7 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $19.2M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $399K · 18 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 2 contractors listed · $924K reported
  • Consistency: 34 of 34 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors, executive pay, and related organizations
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Related organizations: 3 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 — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 9 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 21/100.