WVU Medicine Thomas Memorial Hospital

Legal name: Charleston Hospital Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN: 611272692
IRS 990 coverage: 2009–2023
Official website data refreshed: Sep 2026
Forms available: Form 990 2023, Form 990-T 2021
Location: Ranson, WV, US
Phone: 304-369-1230
Rating: 64
Verdict: SUPPORTED
Rating confidence: Moderate
Sector: Hospitals and Related Primary Medical Care Facilities

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue: $43,665,236
Expenses: $29,766,047
Assets: $0
Liabilities: $0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

15 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

Albert J Wright Jr (WVUHS President/CEO)
Daniel J Lauffer (Former President/CEO)
Dr Gregory Rosencrance (President)

Highest reported compensation

Albert J Wright Jr (WVUHS President/CEO): $3,952,695 total reported compensation
Daniel J Lauffer (Former President/CEO): $588,298 total reported compensation
Dr Gregory Rosencrance (President): $587,765 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To deliver patient-centered care using advanced technology and evidence-based practices.

What it reported doing in 2023

Effective April 30, 2024, Charleston Hospital, Inc. dba Saint Francis Hospital was merged into the sister hospital of Herbert J. Thomas Memorial Hospital Association. The hospital location continues to operate - during the periods reported on this Form 990 of October 1, 2023 through April 30, 2024 the hospital services included 5,366 inpatient days, 24,723 outpatient visits, 7,590 ambulatory surgeries and 227 observation visits. The hospital provides care to patients who meet certain criteria under its charity care policy without charge or at amounts less than its established rates. Charges forgone for charity amounted to 137,762.

Operating model

Revenue model: Earned-program. 99% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model: Direct operator. The filing allocates 96% 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 most voting board members are independent. Few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

Financial Efficiency: 66
Transparency & Controls: 55
Accountability: 95
Sustainability: 48
Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

Mission deployment rate: 63.3%; rating input score 63
Program expense ratio: 92.9%; rating input score 93
Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

Consistency checks: 90.9%; rating input score 91; 4th 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: Limited
Major donor itemization: Limited
Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
- 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: Fail
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

Operating margin: 31.8%; rating input score 90; 90th percentile among comparable filings
Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
Officer compensation ratio: 4.6%; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

Program expense growth: -15.3% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings
Revenue growth: -5.8% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
Asset growth: -2.6% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings

Details

What they do: 8 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
Where the money goes: 63.3% of revenue deployed · 92.9% of spending went to programs
Governance: 4 of 4 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $27.7M in reported program spending
Leadership: top reported pay $4M · 15 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
Consistency: 19 of 19 current checks pass
Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes executive pay
Filing history: 14 filing years from 2009 to 2023
Contacts: How to reach this organization
Money network: 5 filed money-flow records
Related organizations: 44 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.
High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 0/100.
High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Audit committee oversight not reported.
Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 52/100.