Gilchrist

What it reported doing in 2024

Gilchrist hospice care (ghc) was founded in 1994 as a home hospice organization and that function remains at the core of our mission of providing the finest in end of life care. Patients are offered a wide array of services that are provided by members of an interdisciplinary team that includes a physician, a registered nurse, a hospice aide, a social worker and a chaplain, as well as volunteers. After the death of a loved one, bereavement counselors provide counseling and support for patient families and the community at-large. During fy2025, ghc provided end of life services for patients in baltimore, carroll, harford and howard counties. During fy2025, we provided quality, compassionate hospice care for 363,031 homecare patient days in central Maryland and anne arundel county and grief support for thousands of family members and caregivers.gilchrist inpatient centers are designed to provide the highest-level acute inpatient hospice care in a home-like setting. Patients with pain or symptoms that are difficult to manage in their homes are referred to gilchrist center for care and many gilchrist patients spend their last days or hours in the renowned facility, which allows patient families and friends to visit 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The facility opened with 24 patient rooms in 1996 and was extended, in 2009, to 34 patient rooms due to increased demand for patient services. In 2011, gilchrist expanded inpatient services to howard county by opening a 10 patient room facility and in 2021 gilchrist opened an 18 patient room facility in baltimore city. The inpatient centers provided 18,448 patient days in fy25.gilchrist has worked to position itself to help seniors well before the need for hospice. As serious illnesses increase, we have the eldercare group to begin helping patients upstream from a hospice referral when they begin to really need an integrated approach. The elder medical care program addresses the needs of people who find it difficult to travel to office appointments with multiple specialists. Gilchrist can assist by helping seniors remain in their home or residence. We provide comprehensive, coordinated medical care that is overseen by a physician, with regular visits by a nurse practitioner.gilchrist provides education about hospice care and bereavement services to the public and the healthcare community. Through our counseling and support program, counselors are available to provide emotional support before and after a loss through grief counseling sessions, support groups, workshops and remembrance events.gilchrist hospice care recognized that there was a need to provide the finest in end of life care for infants and children and for all those who love them. Therefore, gilchrist kids program was started. Gilchrist kids' goal is to help any child "live well" during their last months, weeks and days and to provide their loved ones with the support they need during their most difficult time. By providing relief from physical, emotional, social, and spiritual suffering, we enhance the quality of life for seriously ill children and their families.our pediatric home hospice program cares for infants, children, teens, and young adults with life-limiting illnesses or injuries and is focused on:- palliative (comfort oriented) care- pain management- symptom control- and emotional supportin addition to enhancing the child's care, gilchrist kids provides grief support and counseling to surviving family and friends. In fy25, gilchrist provided 8,411 days of care for pediatric patients.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 65.8%; rating input score 66
• Program expense ratio: 82.8%; rating input score 83
• Fundraising efficiency: $1.47 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings

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: Scored; rating input score 0
• Grant itemization coverage: Scored; rating input score 0
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 92.6%; rating input score 93; 42nd 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: 27.3%; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.49; rating input score 79; 79th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.11; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 3.9%; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 7.2% per year; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 6.9% per year; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 9.7% per year; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings