Chadron Community Hospital

Legal name: Chadron Community Hospital Corporation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
470482234
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Chadron, NE, USA
Phone
308-432-5586
Rating
84
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$36,491,264
Expenses
$37,598,202
Assets
$30,665,119
Liabilities
$16,774,918

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

Leadership & pay

20 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • TONY HEITING (PRESIDENT)
  • SHANE SHEPHERD (1ST VICE PRESIDENT)
  • LYNN WEBSTER (2ND VICE PRESIDENT)
  • JON REINERS (CEO (FROM 01/2025))
  • SEAN WOLFE (INTERIM CEO (THRU 01/2025))

Highest reported compensation

  • JENNIFER BROWN (CFO): $217,287 total reported compensation
  • BRENDA RHEMBRANDT (VP OF PATIENT CARE): $211,091 total reported compensation
  • LEAH FRYE (PHARMACIST): $180,053 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

We provide excellence in healthcare by promoting health and well-being while fostering a workplace where employees excel and take pride in serving others.

What it reported doing in 2024

Chadron community hospital corporation offers access to care. Individuals shall be accorded impartial access to treatment or accommodations that are available, and medically indicated, regardless of race, creed, sex, national origin, handicap, religion, ability to pay, or sources of payment for care. During the fiscal year chadron community hospital corporation provided inpatient services as follows: patient days adult and pediatrics: 1,323 swing bed - skilled: 493 nursery: 137 total: 1,953the hospital also operates western community health resources (wchr). This department collaborates with communities in the provision of quality health and human services. The following program areas are managed within the organization:- health - consists of family reproductive health services, HIV education and testing, every woman matters, diabetes prevention, patient prescription advocacy, and immunization programs.- behavioral health - consists of community support services, supported employment, emergency community support services, youth transition services, and mental health outreach/telehealth programs.- nutrition - consists of women, infants, and children grant program (wic) and commodity supplemental food programs.- family services - consists of respite, car seat safety, early development network, community essentials pantry, and children's outreach programs.- education - consists of suicide prevention, community organizing, circle of security, fast -families & schools together, and love & logic programs.- other - consists of smaller grants for healthcare services.

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 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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 93
  • Transparency & Controls: 79
  • Accountability: 81
  • Sustainability: 29
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 95.3%; rating input score 95
  • Program expense ratio: 92.8%; rating input score 93
  • Fundraising efficiency: $84.05 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 83; 83rd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 66.7%; rating input score 67; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • 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: -3%; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.82; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.55; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 3%; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 5.4% per year; rating input score 100; 45th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 5% per year; rating input score 100; 44th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 0.3% per year; rating input score 100; 11th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 5 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 2 operating locations identified
  • Where the money goes: 95.3% of revenue deployed · 92.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 8 of 12 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $34.9M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $217K · 20 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $4.1M reported
  • Consistency: 38 of 38 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 10 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 6 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 21/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 29/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 25/100.