Mercy Health

Legal name: Community Mercy Health Partners

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
310785684
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024
Location
Springfield, OH, USA
Phone
877-918-5400
Rating
74
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Hospital, General
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$392,510,312
Expenses
$383,027,138
Assets
$381,199,471
Liabilities
$168,913,022

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

Leadership & pay

28 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ADAM GROSHANS (President and CEO - Springfield)
  • Jamie Houseman (President, Urbana Hospital)
  • Donald Kline (Former President, Samaritan Group, BSMH COO)
  • MATTHEW CALDWELL (Former President and CEO - Springfield)

Highest reported compensation

  • Donald Kline (Former President, Samaritan Group, BSMH COO): $2,307,102 total reported compensation
  • JOSEPH GAGE JR JD (Board Member; Chief Human Resource Officer-BSMH): $1,778,346 total reported compensation
  • MATTHEW CALDWELL (Former President and CEO - Springfield): $1,398,944 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 extend the compassionate ministry of Jesus by improving the health and well-being of our communities and brings good help to those in need, especially people who are poor, dying and underserved.

What it reported doing in 2024

COMMUNITY MERCY HEALTH PARTNERS IS COMMITTED TO DELIVERING EXCEPTIONAL CARE AND COMPASSION AS IT SEEKS TO MEET THE HEALTH CARE NEEDS OF ALL PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY THE POOR AND UNDER-SERVED. Community Mercy Health Partners includes two hospitals: Springfield Regional Medical Center, and Urbana Hospital. Mercy Health - Springfield Regional Medical Center is a 254-bed full-service hospital which offers complete care, including 24/7 emergency services, maternity services, critical and intensive care, orthopedic, cardiovascular, neurological care and more. Mercy Health - Springfield Regional Medical Center strives to ensure all residents of Clark County and surrounding communities have access to advanced medical technology and quality care. Mercy Health - Urbana Hospital is a 25-bed, critical access hospital and is the only local hospital dedicated to serving the health care needs of residents of Urbana and Champaign County, Ohio. Since 1951, Mercy Health - Urbana Hospital, has delivered quality, comprehensive, compassionate care. Mercy Health - Urbana Hospital offers complete rural access care, including 24/7 emergency services, inpatient care, cardiovascular care, surgical services, radiology, and orthopedic care. DURING 2024 COMMUNITY MERCY HEALTH PARTNERS PROVIDED $26,065,836 IN NET COMMUNITY BENEFITS REPRESENTING 7.14% OF TOTAL OPERATING EXPENSES.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 99% 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

SUPPORTED - 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: 79
  • Transparency & Controls: 65
  • Accountability: 78
  • Sustainability: 46
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 88.6%; rating input score 89
  • Program expense ratio: 90.1%; rating input score 90
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 85.7%; rating input score 86; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 61.9%; rating input score 62; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 62.5%; rating input score 62; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • 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: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 2.4%; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.44; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 1%; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 3.5% per year; rating input score 100; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 2.4% per year; rating input score 100; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 0.2% per year; rating input score 100; 8th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 7 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 2 operating locations identified
  • Where the money goes: 88.6% of revenue deployed · 90.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 10 of 16 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $345.2M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $2.3M · 28 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 33 of 35 current checks pass · 2 findings to review
  • Schedules: 9 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 13 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 128 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.

  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 45/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 39/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Schedule R controlled transactions itemized did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 41/100.