Doernbecher Children's Hospital Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
930579589
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2020
Forms available
Form 990 2020, Form 990-T 2020
Location
Portland, OR, USA
Phone
5032281730
Rating
66
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Hospital, Specialty

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$9,607,348
Expenses
$6,349,732
Assets
$0
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2020. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

34 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MATT W MCNAIR (PRESIDENT)
  • SADIE WILLIAMS (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • DANNY O JACOBS MD MPH FAC (DIRECTOR): $1,228,900 total reported compensation
  • MATT W MCNAIR (PRESIDENT): $822,925 total reported compensation
  • DANA A BRANER MD FAAP FCC (DIRECTOR): $479,059 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2020. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Doernbecher children's hospital foundation is a nonprofit organization established in 1924 that exists to secure private philanthropic support for doernbecher children's hospital.

What it reported doing in 2020

Contributions, grants, transfers to doernbecher children's hospital make possible comprehensive and innovative healthcare, education and research for the children of our region. See schedule o for more information.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 78% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 99% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 55
  • Transparency & Controls: 75
  • Accountability: 80
  • Sustainability: 40
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 50.8%; rating input score 51
  • Program expense ratio: 69.4%; rating input score 69
  • Fundraising efficiency: $11.75 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd 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: 99.9%; rating input score 100; 39th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 90.3%; rating input score 90; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 6 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 67
    • 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: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 33.9%; rating input score 85; 85th 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: 54.4%; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -4.7% per year; rating input score 0; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 0.9% per year; rating input score 100; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 2.7% per year; rating input score 100; 29th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 50.8% of revenue deployed · 69.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 28 of 31 board members independent · 6 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $4.4M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $1.2M · 34 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 22 of 22 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 9 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 12 filing years from 2009 to 2020
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 17 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 10 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 51/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 37/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 9 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 1/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.