Dekalb County Hospice Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
363164329
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2014
Forms available
Form 990 2014
Location
Dekalb, IL, USA
Phone
8157561521
Rating
79
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Hospices

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,730,750
Expenses
$2,029,526
Assets
$1,004,511
Liabilities
$366,169

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2014. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

15 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • KEVIN POORTEN (PRESIDENT & CEO KISH. HEALTH SYSTEM)
  • TERESA GOBELI (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • KEVIN POORTEN (PRESIDENT & CEO KISH. HEALTH SYSTEM): $1,002,496 total reported compensation
  • DR MICHAEL KULISZ (CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER): $540,989 total reported compensation
  • LOREN FOELSKE (VICE PRES. & CFO OF KISH HEALTH): $416,557 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2014. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Our mission is to assist people to live with dignity and hope in ways that best meet their needs while coping with end-of-life issues and to support grieving family and community members.

What it reported doing in 2014

Organization provided hospice services to the community. Over 356 volunteers provided 4,082 hours of supportive services to patients/families, fundraising efforts, office support, bereavement services, and equipment and supply delivery. The transitions program provided emotional support and case management to 35 terminally ill individuals with a prognosis of 1 year or less, at no cost to the client. Volunteers are a key component to this program. Offered at no cost to attendees, powerful tools for caregivers classes are offered 2 times during the year, with 6 sessions in each class to provide education and support to caregivers living in the community at large.mailed an average of 5,008 bereavement care newsletters 3 times per year. Mailed an average of 267 support mailings to the newly bereaved. Mailed approximately 500 booklets out at the holidays to families facing their first holiday season after death. 245 hours of community contact was provided in the form of bereavement groups, bereaved parent candle light service, memorial teddy bear workshops, 1:1 grief support with community members, and church, civic group, nursing home, education and support 40 hours spent providing community education about the program, services, and general grief.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 79% 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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

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 expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 98
  • Transparency & Controls: 65
  • Accountability: 84
  • Sustainability: 16
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 95.7%; rating input score 96
  • Fundraising efficiency: $231.01 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 94; 94th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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: 87.5%; rating input score 88; 20th 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: -17.3%; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.49; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.36; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 25.9%; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -13.9% per year; rating input score 0; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 1.9% per year; rating input score 100; 40th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 18.7% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 95.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 7 of 8 board members independent · 7 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $1.9M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $1M · 15 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $115K reported
  • Consistency: 31 of 31 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2010 to 2014
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 13 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 8/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 9 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 27/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 7/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 28/100.