Bryan Health

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
201357375
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024
Location
Lincoln, NE, US
Phone
844-887-2993
Rating
74
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Health Treatment Facilities, Primarily Outpatient

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$97,917,964
Expenses
$129,736,773
Assets
$51,174,064
Liabilities
$28,336,493

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

Leadership & pay

14 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JOSEPH MANGIAMELI (PRESIDENT - BRYAN PHYSICIAN NETWORK)

Highest reported compensation

  • STEVEN SHANNON MD (PHYSICIAN): $2,314,527 total reported compensation
  • RACHEL JENDRO DO (ONCOLOGIST): $1,167,071 total reported compensation
  • SEAN KENNEY MD (OBSTETRICIAN-GYNECOLOGIST): $1,159,341 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

One Team, One Purpose

What it reported doing in 2024

Bryan physician network ("physician network") provides quality medical health care services to Nebraska residents and is an essential component in fulfilling the commitment of its parent organization, bryan health, to advance the health of individuals in our region through collaboration with physicians and communities. During 2024, physician network employed 100 physicians, 59 physician assistants, and 83 nurse practitioners, providing primary and specialty health care at 32 locations in lincoln, waverly, ashland, and grand island. Physician network has specialty services to meet the health care needs of the community that include areas such as family medicine, internal medicine, urgent care, nephrology, gynocology/obstetrics, maternal fetal medicine, neonatology, neurology, endocrinology, pulmonology, podiatry, psychiatry, pain management, palliative care, breast related surgery, general surgery, surgical critical care, orthopedic traumatology, and plastic surgery. Physician network had 314,379 patient encounters during 2024 and provided health care to 32,843 new patients. Physician network is committed to offering more access to quality health care, including providing charity care or discounted health care to the uninsured and underinsured population and persons covered by government sponsored healthcare programs. In 2024, bryan physician network provided charity care to 1,837 patients and served 13,694 medicaid patients. In order to meet the growing health care needs of the community, bryan physician network welcomed 1 neurologist, 7 primary care physicians, 1 internist, 3 trauma physicians, 1 palliative physician, 1 gynecologist, and 1 pulmonologist.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 98% 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. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 87
  • Transparency & Controls: 76
  • Accountability: 56
  • Sustainability: 10
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 95.3%; rating input score 95
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • 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: 25%; rating input score 25; 10th 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: -32.5%; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.39; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.55; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 6.7%; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 20.2% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 16.9% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 22.5% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 1 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 5 operating locations identified
  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 95.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 2 of 8 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $123.6M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $2.3M · 14 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $6.3M reported
  • Consistency: 34 of 34 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors, executive pay, and related organizations
  • Filing history: 13 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 10 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.

Key Signals

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

  • High — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 25/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 2/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 14/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 8/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 32/100.