Independence Health System

Legal name: Clarion Hospital

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
251010039
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024
Location
Butler, PA, US
Phone
833-602-2273
Rating
68
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Hospital, General

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$69,604,372
Expenses
$60,135,186
Assets
$57,482,035
Liabilities
$17,441,171

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

Leadership & pay

28 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • KENNETH P DEFURIO (PRESIDENT & CEO)
  • KAREN ALLEN (PRESIDENT CLARION/BUTLER HOSPITAL)
  • DAVID ROTTINGHAUS (PHYSICIAN & PROVIDER NETWORK PRESIDENT)
  • MATT SCHNUR (PRESIDENT, BUTLER MEMORIAL & CLARION HOSPITALS)

Highest reported compensation

  • KENNETH P DEFURIO (PRESIDENT & CEO): $3,637,924 total reported compensation
  • JAMES ADISEY MD (TRUSTEE/PHYSICIAN): $797,652 total reported compensation
  • DAVID ROTTINGHAUS (PHYSICIAN & PROVIDER NETWORK PRESIDENT): $738,371 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Provide patient-focused care, listen to concerns, understand needs, and develop personalized treatment plans.

What it reported doing in 2024

Clarion hospital provided services to 100,000 outpatients as well as nearly 14,000 emergency room visits. Services include, but are not limited to, radiology services which include mri, ultrasound, ct, nuclear medicine and x-ray services, laboratory services, ekg and physical therapy services. Clarion hospital also offers same-day surgery, genetic counseling, drug and alcohol testing, and outpatient physical therapy and rehabilitation services. Clarion hospital provided services to 1,300 inpatients for medical and surgical services as well as intensive care services. Clarion hospital provided education and screening opportunities for the community. Support groups and classes are available for people with diabetes. The organization also offers cpr and emt training courses as well as on-line nutrition and healthy lifestyle courses. Clarion hospital provided education and screening opportunities for the community. Support groups and classes are available for new mothers/babies and people with diabetes.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 93% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program 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. 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: 62
  • Transparency & Controls: 64
  • Accountability: 79
  • Sustainability: 62
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 66%; rating input score 66
  • Program expense ratio: 76.6%; rating input score 77
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 91.7%; rating input score 92; 8th 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: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 80%; rating input score 80; 28th 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: 13.6%; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.96; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.3; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 2.1%; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 0% per year; rating input score 100; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 1.3% per year; rating input score 100; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 4% per year; rating input score 100; 28th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 4 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 66% of revenue deployed · 76.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 8 of 10 board members independent · 7 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $46.1M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $3.6M · 28 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $4.8M reported
  • Consistency: 30 of 31 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 5 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 28 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: 2 of 9 not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 38/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Schedule R controlled transactions itemized did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 54/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 55/100.