Freeman Fort Scott Hospital Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 331234289
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2024–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Fort Scott, KS, USA
- Phone
- 4173476678
- Rating
- 41
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Hospital, General
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $1,349,174
- Expenses
- $768,582
- Assets
- $4,528,550
- Liabilities
- $3,947,958
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
7 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Paula Baker (President and CEO)
Highest reported compensation
- Paula Baker (President and CEO): $2,115,755 total reported compensation
- STEVE GRADDY (CFO): $892,954 total reported compensation
- Dr Michael Zafuta MD (Director): $725,472 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Our mission is to improve the health of the communities we serve through contemporary, innovative, quality healthcare solutions.
What it reported doing in 2024
Freeman Fort Scott Hospital, Inc. will operate a ten-bed hospital and 24-hour emergency department. As of March 31, 2025, the hospital is still in the process of seeking licensures to open and operate an acute care hospital and only certain cost related to this process have been incurred.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Grant-funded. 95% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
- 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
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 5
- Transparency & Controls: 69
- Accountability: 72
- Sustainability: 72
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 4.1%; rating input score 4
- Program expense ratio: 7.2%; rating input score 7
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 66.7%; rating input score 67; 14th 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: 43%; rating input score 90; 90th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 5.89; rating input score 87; 87th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.87; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 14.1%; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 4.1% of revenue deployed · 7.2% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 4 of 6 board members independent · 7 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $55K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $2.1M · 7 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Consistency: 27 of 27 current checks pass
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Related organizations: 7 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 4/100.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 7/100.
- High — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 9 not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 8/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 25/100.