Bronson Healthcare

Legal name: Bronson Battle Creek Hospital

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
382776791
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024
Location
Kalamazoo, MI, US
Phone
(269) 341-7788
Rating
77
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Hospital, General

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$372,843,386
Expenses
$357,894,638
Assets
$158,283,252
Liabilities
$25,825,855

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

Leadership & pay

35 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Bill Manns (President and CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • Bill Manns (President and CEO): $3,569,592 total reported compensation
  • Joseph Burkhardt (Physician): $1,865,189 total reported compensation
  • Rebecca L East (Sr VP CFO): $1,292,055 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Inpatient and Outpatient Support (Including Bronson Cancer Centers) Transportation Transportation needs including taxi rides, mobility van rides, gas cards, and bus tokens. Various patient needs including medical equipment; nutrition, rehab and home health support. 1,545** patients assisted. Sexual Assault 30 Years of Healing: Bronson Sexual Assault Services Marks Milestone in Survivor CareBronson Sexual Assault Services marks 30 years of providing free, trauma-informed care and support to... Read More Bronson Healthcare Announces Medical Staff Leadership Updates to Board of DirectorsBronson Healthcare names new medical staff leaders to its Board of Directors, highlighting physician leadership... Read More Surgery, Pregnancy & Childbirth, Neonatal Intensive Care The Bronson Team Made Something Very Special HappenDiscover how Bronson's compassionate care kept a mother connected to her...

What it reported doing in 2024

Bronson battle creek hospital (bbch) is a medical center providing acute care medical and surgical services. Bbch has 189 beds and provides services to the greater battle creek area and surrounding communities. Bbch features services such as cancer care, robotic surgery, world-class diagnostics, and wound healing.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 95% 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. 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: 80
  • Transparency & Controls: 75
  • Accountability: 84
  • Sustainability: 43
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 88.5%; rating input score 88
  • Program expense ratio: 92.4%; rating input score 92
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 68th 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 88.9%; rating input score 89; 36th 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: 4%; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.44; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.16; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 2.7%; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 5.3% per year; rating input score 100; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 4.1% per year; rating input score 100; 34th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -2.4% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 8 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 88.5% of revenue deployed · 92.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 16 of 18 board members independent · 7 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $330.5M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $3.6M · 35 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $26M reported
  • Consistency: 30 of 30 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2009 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 7 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 15 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: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 16/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 52/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 42/100.