Northwell Health
Legal name: Forest Hills Hospital C/o Northwell Health Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 112163522
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2015
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2015
- Location
- Westbury, NY, USA
- Phone
- 5163216025
- Rating
- 82
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Hospital, General
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $265,064,485
- Expenses
- $256,428,302
- Assets
- $142,594,442
- Liabilities
- $145,950,836
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2015. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
28 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- MICHAEL J DOWLING (PRESIDENT & CEO)
- SUSAN BROWNING (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
Highest reported compensation
- MICHAEL J DOWLING (PRESIDENT & CEO): $3,274,357 total reported compensation
- MARK J SOLAZZO (EVP & CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER): $2,752,944 total reported compensation
- Omid Rahmani (Chf, Vascular Surgery): $1,743,756 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2015. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Northwell Health was built on a commitment to raise health for all, through clinical excellence, community partnership, research and innovation. Our donors help make our mission a reality. We are grateful for their support and partnership — together, we’re creating a healthier tomorrow. Learn more (888) 321-DOCS 321-DOCS"). Whether clinical or nonclinical, every team member helps advance the health of our community with their commitment, compassion and skills. It is part of our mission to ensure they can thrive. Learn more Two men dressed in tuxedos stand in an ornate entryway with a chandelier and smile at the camera.
What it reported doing in 2015
Forest Hills Hospital is a 332-bed community hospital that provides inpatient medical and surgical care, intensive care, and obstetrics and gynecology services. It provides a broad range of maternal and new born health services, which include designation as a Level II Prenatal Center. The Emergency Department is a 911 receiving site and a certified heart station. In 2015, the hospital had 17,513 inpatient discharges, including the delivery of 1,835 babies, provided 53,417 Emergency Department visits, and performed 4,510 ambulatory surgeries, including endoscopies.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 99% 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. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 75
- Transparency & Controls: 88
- Accountability: 95
- Sustainability: 35
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 83.5%; rating input score 84
- Program expense ratio: 86.3%; rating input score 86
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 5 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 83
- Compensation committee: Pass
- Independent consultant: Pass
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Pass
- Compensation survey or study: Pass
- Board or committee approval: Pass
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Limited
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 91.9%; rating input score 92; 49th 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: 3.3%; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.56; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 1.02; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 3.8%; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 6.2% per year; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 4.5% per year; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 10.2% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 83.5% of revenue deployed · 86.3% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 113 of 123 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $221.4M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $3.3M · 28 people listed · 5 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $6.8M reported
- Consistency: 32 of 32 current checks pass
- Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes executive pay
- Filing history: 6 filing years from 2010 to 2015
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 6 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 125 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: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 23/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 53/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 6/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 24/100.