Canticle Ministries Inc

What it reported doing in 2014

WHEATON FRANCISCAN SERVICES, INC. (WFSI) is a Catholic, not-for-profit health care and housing organization serving at sites in Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois, and Colorado. The System includes 14 hospital sites, three transitional and extended-care facilities, two home health agencies, more than 2,500 physicians, more than 70 clinic sites with 511 employed physicians, and 2,620 units of assisted living and other housing, and the corporate services offices in Wheaton, Illinois, and Glendale, Wisconsin. Started more than 130 years ago and formally incorporated in 1983, WFSI is committed to living out the Mission and Values of its Sponsors, the Wheaton Franciscan Sisters, by providing excellent and compassionate health care and housing services to all, regardless of their ability to pay. WFSI was incorporated in 1983 to preserve and strengthen Judeo-Christian values, provide a framework for lay expertise and involvement, respond to an increasingly complex environment, ensure continuity of Franciscan sponsorship, and assure viability and excellence throughout the organization. As a not-for-profit organization, WFSI reinvests all net income into the communities it serves. Its multiple entities are dedicated to delivering quality health care to patients and residents through highly-trained staff, advanced technology, and superior and compassionate service; caring for each person's body, mind, and spirit with respect and dignity; working to improve the health of the communities; and ensuring health care access for everyone. WFSI is organized into market-based regional holding companies organized in the Southeast, Wisconsin region, as well as other regional holding companies conducting services in Illinois, Iowa, and Colorado. The System's housing and spiritual development services are organized under the holding company name of Franciscan Ministries, Inc. Since 2006, the "doing business as" name for WFSI's health care ministry has been Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare (WFH). In 2014, Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare donated more than 47,000 pounds of equipment and medical supplies with an estimated value of $109,414.59 to Hospital Sisters Mission Outreach. These supplies help to promote wellness and healing in medical ministries throughout the world, and keep unused and overstock equipment and supplies out of local landfills. 2013 marked the 12th consecutive year Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare in Southeast Wisconsin was named one of the top 100 most efficient, best performing health care networks in the nation, according to IMS (formerly SDI), the nation's premier integrated health network (IHN) evaluation system. The top 100 ranking is based on integration in areas such as managed care, information systems, and physician affiliations. Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare scored above the nation's top 100 integrated health networks' average score in the areas of hospital utilization, physician participation, services and access, outpatient utilization, integration, and integrated technology. Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare has been recognized for its dedication to patient privacy and is a FairWarning Ready Certified Care Provider. Wheaton received the certification for taking cutting-edge measures to ensure sensitive patient information is protected at all times, and patient privacy monitoring is one of the essentials. Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare is also a recipient of the ECRI Institute's Healthcare Supply Chain Achievement Award. The award honors organizations that demonstrate excellence in overall cost management and in adopting best practice solutions in supply chain processes. Wheaton is one of five health care organizations nationwide to be honored. Please see our full 2015 Annual Report online at: www.WheatonAnnualReport.org CORPORATE STRUCTURE: Parent Company: Wheaton Franciscan Services, Inc. DBA Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare Health care ministry: Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare Housing ministry: Franciscan Ministries, Inc. Health Care Mission:

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 92.5%; rating input score 92
• Program expense ratio: 90.6%; rating input score 91
• Fundraising efficiency: $35.16 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: Limited
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: Limited
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 83.3%; rating input score 83; 21st 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: -1.5%; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.92; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.29; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 11.1%; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 7.1% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 1% per year; rating input score 100; 41st percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 2.8% per year; rating input score 100; 50th percentile among comparable filings