Friends of University Hospital

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
556011282
IRS 990 coverage
2014–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Morgantown, WV, USA
Phone
3045984134
Rating
77
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$19,807
Expenses
$80,255
Assets
$463,257
Liabilities
$71,130

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

14 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Pamela Mayo (President)
  • Bernadette Rush (President Elect)

People named in this filing

  • Ray Logue (Treasurer)
  • Jasmine Coombs (Secretary)
  • Morgan Simonetti (Board Member)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The purpose for Friends of University Hospital Friends shall be rendering service to West Virginia University Hospitals WVUH and its patients and assisting WVUH in promoting the health and welfare of the community in accordance with charitable objectives established by WVUH.

What it reported doing in 2025

Friends of University Hospital Friends renders services to West Virginia University Hospitals WVUH and its patients. Friends assists WVUH in promoting the health and welfare of the community by providing charitable contributions to WVUH patients, departments, and healthcare organizations. The charitable purpose of Friends is to volunteer service in the Hospital, provide activities for fund raising, and promote public relations.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 96% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 92% 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. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 85
  • Transparency & Controls: 93
  • Accountability: 70
  • Sustainability: 29
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 88.3%; rating input score 88
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 2 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 29
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -305.2%; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 5.77; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.15; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -8.8% per year; rating input score 0; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -26.3% per year; rating input score 0; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -0.6% per year; rating input score 0; 34th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 88.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 14 of 14 board members independent · 2 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $71K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 14 people listed
  • Consistency: 18 of 18 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes grants
  • Filing history: 11 filing years from 2014 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 9/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 55/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 12/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 58/100.