Fairview Hospital

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
042133860
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2023
Location
Pittsfield, MA, USA
Phone
4134472508
Rating
76
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Hospital, General

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$106,080,952
Expenses
$90,728,503
Assets
$137,980,926
Liabilities
$24,664,460

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

Leadership & pay

34 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DARLENE M RODOWICZ (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • DARLENE M RODOWICZ (PRESIDENT): $1,180,216 total reported compensation
  • JASON BRATCHER MD (TRUSTEE/PHYSICIAN): $838,643 total reported compensation
  • SCOTT STGEORGE (TREASURER): $686,083 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

The mission of fairview hospital is to advance health & wellness for everyone in our community in a welcoming, inclusive, & personalized environment.

What it reported doing in 2024

Fairview hospital, a 25 bed critical access community hospital, is the primary provider of health care & access to health care services in southern berkshire county, ma. The hospital serves a rural area which includes towns in ma, northwest ct, & columbia county, ny with a full range of primary care services, including preventative, diagnostic & therapeutic care, on both an in- & out-patient basis. The primary service area has a resident population of approximately 30,000. The hospital plays an active role in meeting the health needs of the community outside the hospital walls in its proactive community outreach, education, & screening initiatives, which are designed to improve the health status of the community. Through collaboration with numerous health & social service agencies, (continued on schedule o) (continued from form 990)...fairview hospital promotes access to information & services, & draws extensive medical, technological, & financial resources to the area through its affiliation with berkshire medical center & berkshire health systems. As a result, the southern berkshire community enjoys a complete continuum of care services including education, prevention, screening, diagnostic, therapeutic, rehabilitative, & long-term care services, an unusually high level of health services when compared with similar rural communities. Please see the fy2025 "community benefits report" at https://www.charities.ago.state.ma.us/charities/ for more details.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 91% 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 fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 77
  • Transparency & Controls: 65
  • Accountability: 89
  • Sustainability: 65
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 74.7%; rating input score 75
  • Program expense ratio: 87.8%; rating input score 88
  • Fundraising efficiency: $19.43 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 68th 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: Scored; rating input score 0

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 81%; rating input score 81; 29th 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: 14.5%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.52; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.18; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 4.2%; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 6.6% per year; rating input score 100; 54th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 6.6% per year; rating input score 100; 57th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 11% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 74.7% of revenue deployed · 87.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 17 of 21 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $79.7M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $1.2M · 34 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $1.7M reported
  • Consistency: 35 of 35 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 11 filed schedules · includes major donors, executive pay, and related organizations
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 8 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 9 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.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 57/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Related-party transparency scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 54/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 23/100.