Bronson Healthcare

Legal name: Bronson Methodist Hospital

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
381359087
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024
Location
Kalamazoo, MI, USA
Phone
(269) 341-7654
Rating
75
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Hospital, General
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,468,226,412
Expenses
$1,363,698,086
Assets
$1,549,484,971
Liabilities
$411,488,967

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
  • Alain Fabi (Neurosurgery): $2,705,067 total reported compensation
  • Michael Kasten (Spine & Scoliosis): $2,073,583 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Together, we advance the health of our communities. 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. 966** patients assisted. Education and Support Common Summertime Rashes article Five Ways to Avoid End of Summer Injuries & Illnesses. When you’re sick, Bronson QuickCare™ offers quick, convenient medical attention for many basic healthcare needs. Open days, evenings, holidays and weekends, **we provide care for patients 18 months or older** , whether or not you’re a Bronson patient. Bronson QuickCare™ is Open 7 Days a Week, 8 a.m. - 8 p.m. No appointment is necessary. You are welcome to walk-in for care anytime during business hours. Last patient is registered 15 minutes...

What it reported doing in 2024

Bronson methodist hospital (bmh) is the flagship of bronson healthcare group, a not-for-profit healthcare system serving all of southwest Michigan. Bmh provides care in virtually every specialty with advanced capabilities in burn treatment and critical care as a level i trauma center; in neurological care as a joint commission certified comprehensive stroke center; in cardiac care as the regions first accredited chest pain emergency center; in obstetrics as the leading birthplace and only high-risk pregnancy center in southwest Michigan, and in pediatrics as one of the only six childrens hospitals in the state and the only inpatient pediatric care provider in the area. The bmh emergency department which is open 24 hours per day, handles over 93,500 visits per year. Bmh treats all patients regardless of their ability to pay.

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 97% 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 the filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 79
  • Transparency & Controls: 62
  • Accountability: 84
  • Sustainability: 59
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 86.6%; rating input score 87
  • 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: Scored; rating input score 0
  • 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: 7.1%; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.14; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.27; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 1.1%; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 7% per year; rating input score 100; 57th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 7.1% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 6.3% per year; rating input score 100; 46th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 5 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 86.6% 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 · $1.3B 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 · $55.8M reported
  • Consistency: 33 of 33 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 11 filed schedules · includes major donors, foreign activity, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 13 filing years from 2011 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 9 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.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 9 not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 44/100.