LifeBridge Health

Legal name: Carroll Hospital Center Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
521452024
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2020
Location
Westminster, MD, USA
Phone
410-601-9355
Rating
76
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Hospital, General

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$301,649,774
Expenses
$280,364,341
Assets
$449,184,353
Liabilities
$154,792,642

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

Leadership & pay

32 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • GARRETT W HOOVER (DIRECTOR/PRESIDENT/COO OF CHC)
  • CYNTHIA ROLDAN MD (DIRECTOR/PRESIDENT, MEDICAL STAFF)
  • NEIL M MELTZER (DIRECTOR/LBH PRESIDENT/CEO)
  • LESLIE R SIMMONS (PRESIDENT CHC/COO LBH)

Highest reported compensation

  • NEIL M MELTZER (DIRECTOR/LBH PRESIDENT/CEO): $4,111,501 total reported compensation
  • LESLIE R SIMMONS (PRESIDENT CHC/COO LBH): $2,078,988 total reported compensation
  • DAVID H KRAJEWSKI (ASSISTANT TREASURER): $1,986,680 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

To provide high-quality, compassionate healthcare services to the communities we serve.

What it reported doing in 2024

Carroll hospital center (chc), a 164 licensed bed acute care facility located in westminster, Maryland, offers the latest in medical technology and services, combined with a state-of-the-art facility and top-notch skilled medical professionals, caring for patients with compassion. Currently, there are approximately 2,000 individuals employed by the hospital - making chc the second largest employer in carroll county. The organization operates an acute care hospital serving the communities located in carroll and surrounding counties as well as parts of Pennsylvania. In accordance with our tax-exempt function, the organization operates an emergency room open to all persons regardless of their ability to pay and had 47,893 patient visits during the fiscal year. As the only hospital in carroll county, we offer our community a full array of services, including emergency services, comprehensive cancer care, pediatrics, maternity, geriatrics, the latest minimally invasive surgical procedures and advanced total and partial joint replacement procedures. In the year ending june 2025, carroll hospital center recorded 13,455 inpatient admissions and observation stay cases, 989 births and 5,421 surgical procedures, all contributing to an estimated 108,000 patient encounters for the period. All of this is in line with our mission: "our communities expect and deserve superior medical treatment, compassionate care, and expert guidance in maintaining their health and well-being. At carroll hospital center, we offer an uncompromising commitment to the highest quality health care experience for people in all stages of life. We are the heart of healthcare in our communities." the hospital also provides planned community benefit activities to improve access to health care and improve the overall health of our community. Our mission is pursued in collaboration with our related organizations: carroll county health services, bridginglife, the partnership for a healthier carroll county (our community advocacy arm), and the carroll hospital center foundation, for more information on these subsidiaries, please see their individual forms 990, as well as those of lifebridge health and its other components.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 96% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 99% 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: 74
  • Transparency & Controls: 76
  • Accountability: 79
  • Sustainability: 58
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 81.4%; rating input score 81
  • Program expense ratio: 86.5%; rating input score 87
  • 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: Yes; rating input score 100

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 87.5%; rating input score 88; 34th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 6 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 67
    • 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: Fail
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 7.1%; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.6; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.34; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 2.4%; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 3.1% per year; rating input score 100; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 2.5% per year; rating input score 100; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 2.3% per year; rating input score 100; 16th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 81.4% of revenue deployed · 86.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 14 of 16 board members independent · 6 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $242.6M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $4.1M · 32 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $12.1M reported
  • Consistency: 45 of 45 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 10 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, executive pay, and related organizations
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 12 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 55 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: 3 of 9 not reported.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 55/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 47/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 51/100.