Ely-Bloomenson Community Hospital
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 410808719
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2009–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024
- Location
- Ely, Minnesota, US
- Phone
- 218-365-3271
- Rating
- 81
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Hospital, General
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $32,370,117
- Expenses
- $32,984,842
- Assets
- $27,570,197
- Liabilities
- $9,361,047
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
17 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- DEVON LUTHENS (PRESIDENT)
- ROBERT WILMUNEN (VICE PRESIDENT)
- PATTI BANKS (CEO)
Highest reported compensation
- BROCK URIE MD (CMO): $555,142 total reported compensation
- PATTI BANKS (CEO): $325,973 total reported compensation
- JOHN SCHINDELE (EPIC DIRECTOR): $214,367 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Take a seat. We'll take care of the rest.
What it reported doing in 2024
Hospital services provided for the ely community and surrounding area. Ely-bloomenson community hospital (ebch), recognized by the federal & state of Minnesota governments as a critical access hospital, is the only local healthcare center serving ely and surrounding communities bordering the vast acreage of boundary waters canoe area wilderness. Under original federal rules ebch would have been only one out of seven hospitals in Minnesota that would have qualified for critical access hospital status. The hospital boasts: in and outpatient hospital nursing service, in-house laboratory, an on-site retail pharmacy, physical and occupational therapy, chemotherapy, a fully-staffed 24-7 radiology department, a professional anesthesia team, swing bed care for patients who no longer require acute care hospitalization, and a 24-7 emergency room. During the fy2025 ebch performed 571 surgical procedures, 19,159 laboratory tests, 8,864 radiological exams, and 3,746 emergency room visits. In addition, 277 people were admitted for inpatient care. 467 days of care were provided for inpatients and 476 days of care were provided to swing bed patients, 2,146 outpatients were seen, 22,223 modalities were performed in ot and pt, and 1,773 modalities were performed in cardiac rehab.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 97% 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
STRONG - 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: 75
- Transparency & Controls: 81
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 30
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 84.4%; rating input score 84
- Program expense ratio: 84.1%; rating input score 84
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 92.9%; rating input score 93; 10th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 4 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 67
- Compensation committee: Pass
- Independent consultant: Pass
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Pass
- Board or committee approval: Pass
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 66th 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: -1.9%; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.84; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.34; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 5.6%; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 7.5% per year; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 4.7% per year; rating input score 100; 41st percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 0.3% per year; rating input score 100; 11th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 5 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 84.4% of revenue deployed · 84.1% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 9 of 9 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $27.8M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $555K · 17 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $3.3M reported
- Consistency: 34 of 34 current checks pass
- Schedules: 9 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
- Filing history: 15 filing years from 2009 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 7 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 2 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 24/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 30/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 42/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 46/100.