Eastern Maine Medical Center Auxiliary

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
010377901
IRS 990 coverage
2014–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024
Location
Brewer, ME, USA
Phone
2079739081
Rating
52
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Hospitals and Related Primary Medical Care Facilities

Reported finances

Revenue
$7,422
Expenses
$2,362
Assets
$356,782
Liabilities
$117

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

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Mikele Neal (Vice President)
  • Jan Currier (President)

Highest reported compensation

  • Mikele Neal (Vice President): $219,402 total reported compensation
  • Libby Perry (Board Member): $161,658 total reported compensation
  • Jennifer Good (Board Member): $85,333 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Fundraising for exempt Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center.

What it reported doing in 2024

Eastern Maine Medical Center Auxiliary (EMMCA) is a subsidiary of Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center (EMMC). All activities were for the purpose of fundraising for exempt EMMC.The Auxiliary of Eastern Maine Medical Center, through volunteer fundraising, raises funds to benefit exempt EMMC. These funds are contributed to EMMC and returned to the community in the form of Community Wellness and Education grants, scholarships for students pursuing careers in healthcare, and the purchase of patient care technology.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and most filed governance safeguards are in place. 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: 32
  • Transparency & Controls: 65
  • Accountability: 82
  • Sustainability: 76
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 20%; rating input score 20
  • Program expense ratio: 63%; rating input score 63
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

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: 70%; rating input score 70; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 8 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: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 68.2%; rating input score 93; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 151.05; rating input score 96; 96th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 4,293.5%; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -12.2% per year; rating input score 0; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -4.6% per year; rating input score 0; 44th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -0.5% per year; rating input score 0; 37th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 20% of revenue deployed · 63% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 7 of 10 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $1K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $219K · 10 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 17 of 17 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 11 filing years from 2014 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 20/100.
  • 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 — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 1/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 36/100.