Fisher-titus Foundation
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 341476937
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2020–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Norwalk, OH, USA
- Phone
- 4196688101
- Rating
- 76
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $659,135
- Expenses
- $1,023,020
- Assets
- $5,825,792
- Liabilities
- $1,478,384
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
15 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- BRENT W BURKEY MD (PRESIDENT & CEO)
Highest reported compensation
- BRENT W BURKEY MD (PRESIDENT & CEO): $674,664 total reported compensation
- MATTHEW MATTNER (CHIEF OPERATIONS OFFICER): $379,963 total reported compensation
- SCOTT E ENDSLEY (CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER): $367,985 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To preserve and enhance the health-care services available within our region by raising funds for capital building projects, technology, and to improve and expand health-care facilities to better serve residents.
What it reported doing in 2024
The fisher-titus foundation is organized to raise funds to support health-related programs, projects and activities throughout huron and the adjacent counties. In 2024, the fisher-titus foundation supported the following projects and programs of over $5,000:-supported the pediatric therapy program at fisher-titus medical center for supplies and training to provide a comprehensive spectrum of speech-language, physical and occupational therapies for children with disabilities, developmental delays, and learning differences. The foundation also supports the cost to provide those children, their families and educators with various programs, support groups, events, and enrichment opportunities. (program costs $7,488)-donated to affiliated organization fisher-titus affiliated services in support of north central ems for help in purchasing an ambulance. (program costs $12,951).-donated to affiliated organization fisher-titus affiliated services in support of north central ems for help in purchasing an zoll zvent ventilator. (program costs $15,199).-donated to affiliated organization fisher-titus affiliated services in support of north central ems for help in purchasing zoll auto pulse units. (program costs $32,370).-donated to affiliated organization fisher-titus medical center in support of the nursing departments for the purchase of patient recliners. (program costs $49,806).-donated to affiliated organization fisher-titus medical center in support of the vaccine for kids programs in various offices. (program costs $11,028).-donated to affiliated organization fisher-titus medical center in support of the nursey department for help in purchasing the cuddles infant security system. (program costs $20,000).-donate to affiliated organization fisher-titus medical center in support of the designing of the new senior campus. (program costs $25,706).-donated to affiliated organization norwalk memorial home in support of the tcu department for help in purchasing elopement prevention equipment. (program costs $10,422).-donated to second harvest food bank of north central Ohio in support of norwalk's weekends without hunger program. (program costs $22,405)-supported improvements to the village of greenwich youth baseball field renovation project. (program costs $8,301)-supported the employee assistance program, which assists employees suffering a qualifying hardship. (program costs $11,933)
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 95% of its reported program spending out as grants.
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: 83
- Transparency & Controls: 68
- Accountability: 79
- Sustainability: 31
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 74.1%; rating input score 74
- Fundraising efficiency: $6.87 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 93.3%; rating input score 93; 22nd 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: 97.4%; rating input score 97; 45th percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 80%; rating input score 80; 18th 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: -55.2%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 5.69; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.25; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 21.6%; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 20.7% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 5.7% per year; rating input score 100; 48th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 13.5% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 74.1% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 8 of 10 board members independent · 7 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $758K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $675K · 15 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Consistency: 26 of 27 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
- Filing history: 4 filing years from 2020 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 12 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 17 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 — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 26/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 3/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 9 not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 13/100.
- Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 27/100.