Northern Arizona Healthcare
Legal name: Flagstaff Medical Center
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 860110232
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2009–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Jul 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024
- Location
- Flagstaff, AZ, United States
- Phone
- 928-779-3366
- Rating
- 78
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Hospital, General
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $637,369,657
- Expenses
- $522,901,951
- Assets
- $940,296,923
- Liabilities
- $132,599,517
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
25 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- David Cheney (NAH President/CEO)
- Matt Sena (Vice President Operations)
- Florence Spyrow (Former NAH President/CEO)
Highest reported compensation
- David Cheney (NAH President/CEO): $1,409,918 total reported compensation
- Clifford Loader (Chief Financial Officer (THRU 3/25)): $721,968 total reported compensation
- Derek Feuquay (Chief Medical Officer): $686,386 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Improving health, healing people. Presented by OneAZ Credit Union, the Mason Awards honor nurses and technicians at Northern Arizona Healthcare who live our mission of _Improving health, healing people_. The awards celebrate the spirit of health care and those who make a meaningful difference for individuals and families in the communities we serve. We honor a Nurse of the Year and a Tech of the Year annually, in addition to one tech and one nurse for each of Northern Arizona Healthcare’s five values. We also honor a Friend of Nursing who supports and uplifts our caregivers. Previously known as the Nurse and Tech of the Year Awards, this prestigious recognition was renamed in 2018 in honor of Mason, the son of Jessica (Hanso.
What it reported doing in 2024
Flagstaff medical center provides comprehensive healthcare services, including a 268-bed acute care hospital and trauma center, inpatient behavioral health care, specialty physician clinics, a cancer center, and physical rehabilitative therapies. Improving health, healing people. One of the nicest things about living in northern Arizona is you don't have to travel to get excellent healthcare. Since 1936, flagstaff medical center (fmc), a member of northern Arizona healthcare, has provided high quality healthcare services to residents and visitors of northern Arizona. We are dedicated to patient-centered care with a personal touch. Fmc is licensed by medicare and the state of Arizona. Founded by dr. Charles sechrist as flagstaff hospital, the 25-bed hospital was donated to the community of flagstaff in 1955. Today, flagstaff medical center remains a not-for-profit hospital, governed by a volunteer board of directors. We treat every patient, regardless of their ability to pay. Every year, flagstaff medical center invests in its community hospital to ensure we are providing the best, safest care, close to home. We provide key services to northern Arizona residents and visitors, including a regional trauma center; open-heart surgery; high-tech imaging; a cancer center; surgical services; orthopedic services; women, infants children's services; and more. Fmc currently has: - 268 inpatient beds - 313 physicians on our active medical staff - 21,380 annual inpatient hospital admissions - 67,187 inpatient days - 122,855 annual outpatient hospital visits - 48,682 annual emergency department visits - 989 babies born this year at fmc flagstaff medical center's mission and vision ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- mission - improving health, healing people. Vision - always better care. Every person, every time...together.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Other-operating. 96% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 81% 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
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 total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 71
- Transparency & Controls: 71
- Accountability: 95
- Sustainability: 77
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 75.2%; rating input score 75
- Program expense ratio: 89%; rating input score 89
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
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: Yes; rating input score 100
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 92.3%; rating input score 92; 41st 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: 18%; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.8; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.14; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0.1%; rating input score 93; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 5.5% per year; rating input score 100; 45th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 3.7% per year; rating input score 100; 29th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 4.3% per year; rating input score 100; 30th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 4 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 2 operating locations identified
- Where the money goes: 75.2% of revenue deployed · 89% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 12 of 13 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $465.5M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $1.4M · 25 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $69.9M reported
- Consistency: 43 of 43 current checks pass
- Schedules: 9 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: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- 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 — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 59/100.