Bryan Health

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
363414823
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Lincoln, NE, USA
Phone
4024811111
Rating
51
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Ambulatory Health Center, Community Clinic

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$5,630,571
Expenses
$62,952,031
Assets
$160,072,355
Liabilities
$17,302,742

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

Leadership & pay

33 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • RUSSELL GRONEWOLD (PRESIDENT/CEO/EX-OFFICIO MEMBER)
  • BENJAMIN SPARKS (BRYAN HEALTH CONNECT PRESIDENT - EFFECTIVE 11/10/2024)
  • JOHN FINDLEY MD (BRYAN HEALTH CONNECT PRESIDENT, RESIGNED 6/21/2024)
  • STEPHANIE BOLDT (CEO CRETE AREA MEDICAL CENTER/VP & PHYSICIAN PARTNERSHIP & FACILITIES DIRECTOR)
  • JULIE REZAC (RURAL PRESIDENT/CEO SAUNDERS MEDICAL CENTER)
  • ERIC MOOSS (CEO BRYAN MEDICAL CENTER)

Highest reported compensation

  • RUSSELL GRONEWOLD (PRESIDENT/CEO/EX-OFFICIO MEMBER): $1,777,477 total reported compensation
  • JOHN WOODRICH (EXEC VP & COO/EX-OFFICIO MEMBER): $1,302,931 total reported compensation
  • MICHAEL DEWERFF (VP & CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER): $1,054,280 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Bryan health's mission is to advance the health of individuals in our region through collaboration with physicians and communities.

What it reported doing in 2024

Bryan health is a nationally acclaimed health system consisting of six acute-care, full-service hospitals; a physician network of primary, specialty and urgent care practices; a cardiology and cardiac/thoracic/vascular surgery practice; a medical college; a health, wellness and rehabilitation facility; three foundations; a physical-hospital organization; and an accountable care organization. The system, based in lincoln, Nebraska, is a non-profit, tax-exempt supporting organization which also provides strategic planning, human resources, financial management, and other services to the affiliates of the bryan health system to advance the health of individuals in our region. Bryan health further advances rural health care by providing management oversight and other services to rural hospitals, including physician and executive recruitment, education, consulting, mobile services and telemedicine care. During 2024, bryan health system provided charity care to 12,600 patients and served 45,018 medicaid patients.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
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

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 3
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 93
  • Sustainability: 29
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 5.1%; rating input score 5
  • Program expense ratio: 0.3%; rating input score 0
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 4 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 67
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Pass
    • 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: Yes; rating input score 100

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 88.2%; rating input score 88; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -1,018%; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.54; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.11; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 16.6%; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -21.2% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 14.3% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 20.8% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 5.1% of revenue deployed · 0.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 15 of 17 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $182K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $1.8M · 33 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $8.1M 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 2009 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 17 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 22 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.
  • 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.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 5/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 16/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 57/100.