Bonner General Hospital Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
820207116
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Sandpoint, ID, USA
Phone
2082631441
Rating
80
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Hospitals

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$67,437,204
Expenses
$67,509,145
Assets
$68,343,021
Liabilities
$25,025,233

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

Leadership & pay

19 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • John Hennessy (CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • Jonathan Klauke MD (Orthopedic Surgeon): $752,682 total reported compensation
  • Brent Leedle MD (Orthopedic Surgeon): $604,841 total reported compensation
  • Douglas Cipriano MD (Orthopedic Surgeon): $601,531 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 excellence in healthcare

What it reported doing in 2024

Bonner General Hospital (BGH), located in Sandpoint, Idaho, is a full-service critical access hospital licensed for 25 beds. BGH is accredited by the DNV. BGH is the sole provider of all inpatient acute care and many other various outpatient services in Bonner County. BGH provides services to a predominantly rural and widely dispersed population of 60,000 plus and growing. Its patient service areas extend to the Canadian border, the western edge of Montana and the eastern border of Washington. BGH provides inpatient and outpatient services regardless of an individual's ability to pay, utilizing moral and ethical principles. Statement continued on Schedule O.Services provided include emergency care, diagnostic, primary care, therapeutic services, and prevention programs. BGH also provides educational programs, support groups, counseling and seminars for patients and the general public, in addition to professional education programs for high school and college students and its staff. BGH is dedicated to providing quality, patient-focused services that are determined to be both necessary and feasible. Through evaluation and planning by hospital leadership, BGH will continue to identify the existing and future needs of the patient service area and will strive to continually improve its performance in meeting those needs.During the period of 01/01/24 to 12/31/24, BGH admitted 809 patients, serviced 11,674 emergency room visits, and performed 2,519 surgical procedures. During that same period, BGH provided 2,875 days of patient care and 3,284 Hospice visits. BGH provides care to persons covered by government-sponsored health care programs (i.e. Medicare and Medicaid) at below cost, as well as free and/or subsidized care to indigent patients. For the period of 01/01/24 to 12/31/24 BGH provided $40,898,308 in unreimbursed care to government-sponsored health care program (i.e. Medicare and Medicaid), $3,165,455 in uncompensated care to private pay patients, and $554,309 in charity care, based on gross charges.

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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 78
  • Transparency & Controls: 79
  • Accountability: 90
  • Sustainability: 32
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 87.7%; rating input score 88
  • Program expense ratio: 87.6%; rating input score 88
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 90%; rating input score 90; 38th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • 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: -0.1%; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.01; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.37; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 5.7%; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 3.8% per year; rating input score 100; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 3.3% per year; rating input score 100; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 5.3% per year; rating input score 100; 39th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 87.7% of revenue deployed · 87.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 9 of 10 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $59.2M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $753K · 19 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $7.5M reported
  • Consistency: 33 of 33 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 9 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

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

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  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 27/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 40/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 12/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 49/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Federal audit findings: this organization reported findings in its latest federal Single Audit.