WVU Medicine Braxton County Memorial Hospital

Legal name: Braxton County Memorial Hospital Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
550611919
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Gassaway, WV, US
Phone
304-765-2801
Rating
66
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Hospital, General

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$31,715,696
Expenses
$31,307,331
Assets
$19,972,102
Liabilities
$4,982,077

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

Leadership & pay

19 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • David Hess (Director, CEO of UHC)
  • Karen Bowling (Former CEO Braxton - Current President Princeton Community Health Association)
  • John Forester (Interim President, July - December)
  • Louis Roe (President/CEO, January - June)
  • Barbara Adams (Director, President)
  • Tim Sodaro (Director, Vice President)

Highest reported compensation

  • David Hess (Director, CEO of UHC): $981,039 total reported compensation
  • Karen Bowling (Former CEO Braxton - Current President Princeton Community Health Association): $817,870 total reported compensation
  • Benjamin Hensley (Surgeon): $683,437 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Braxton County Memorial Hospital serves as the gateway for the healthcare needs of the citizens of Braxton County and the surrounding areas. Its mission is Caring for You Close to Home.

What it reported doing in 2024

The Emergency Department of Braxton County Memorial Hospital provides 24-hour medical care to area residents as well as travelers. With its close proximity to I-79, BCMH has served as the gateway for many strangers in need of emergency healthcare. In 2024, 10,003 individuals were provided with compassionate healthcare from professional physicians and nurses. Of that number, 9,438 individuals were treated and released, 410 were admitted as inpatients, and 155 were placed in observation. BCMH continues to comply with medical criteria and resource requirements necessary for designation as a level IV trauma center, thereby serving the community in a very unique way. By maintaining this designation. BCMH is involved with a state-wide trauma system which enables good communication and work relationships with emergency medical services and other healthcare facilities. The statistics noted above represent individual lives touched at Braxton County Memorial Hospital in 2024. These numbers do not reflect the families and friends of those patients.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 99% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 99% 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 most voting board members are independent. Few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence and the filing does not identify recipients for some grant dollars.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 68
  • Transparency & Controls: 59
  • Accountability: 74
  • Sustainability: 34
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 76%; rating input score 76
  • Program expense ratio: 77.5%; rating input score 77
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 92.9%; rating input score 93; 10th 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: 52.7%; rating input score 53; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 71.4%; rating input score 71; 12th 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: 1.3%; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.64; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.25; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 8%; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 6.2% per year; rating input score 100; 50th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 5.4% per year; rating input score 100; 47th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 9.9% per year; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 3 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 76% of revenue deployed · 77.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 5 of 7 board members independent · 7 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $24.2M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $981K · 19 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 2 contractors listed · $559K reported
  • Consistency: 35 of 36 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 9 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 13 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 41 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 — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 53/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 9 not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 39/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 22/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 30/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 52/100.