Home Nursing Agency Foundation

Legal name: Home Nursing Agency & Visiting Nurse Association

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
251188570
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2013
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2013
Location
Altoona, PA, US
Phone
1-800-445-6262
Rating
71
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$43,013,050
Expenses
$42,628,571
Assets
$18,604,423
Liabilities
$2,728,444

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2013. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

27 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ROBERT PACKER (CEO/PRESIDEN)

Highest reported compensation

  • ROBERT PACKER (CEO/PRESIDEN): $566,245 total reported compensation
  • GREGG LAVERICK (SVP/CFO): $385,347 total reported compensation
  • AMY SWINDELL (DIRECTOR): $226,988 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2013. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To provide financial support to create, improve, or enhance the Agency's programs and services that ultimately results in a benefit to the individual, the family, and the community.

What it reported doing in 2013

Home health services provided to 8,784 clients from central offices in the Pennsylvania counties of blair, bedford, cambria, centre, clearfield, Indiana, huntingdon, juniata, mifflin and somerset. For the year ended june 30, 2014, home nursing agency & visiting nurse association provided 1,936,401 of uncompensated care to its home health clients. The home health functions did receive 39,043 of contributions, gifts and/or grants in the year ended june 30, 2014, reported in line 1 of part viii, but not included in the revenue total above, per part iii instructions. See schedule o for description of methodology to compute uncompensated care. Serving all ages, home nursing agency offers care when an injury, chronic illness, or surgery affects the quality of life. Care is available in a personal residence, assisted living facility, or personal care home - wherever one calls home. The agency is a member of home care elite for eight consecutive years demonstrating superior performance in patient outcomes and excelling in established quality measures based on us home health compare scores: hna vna's award-winning services begin with a dedicated staff: board certified hospice and palliative care physicians, who work alongside agency staff, ensure that the highest level of care and support is provided to patients who are living with chronic and/or life-limiting illnesses. Advance-practice nurses help patients manage diseases such as diabetes and provide medication management, wound care, cardiac care, and mental health services. Physical therapists improve a patient's mobility and independence by using treatments such as excercise and range of motion with a focus on safety. Occupational therapists help individuals with energy conservation and activities of daily living, such as eating, dressing, and bathing using training and assistive devices. Speech therapists work with individuals who need speech, language, communication, and swallowing training after a stroke, surgery or other condition. Home health aides help with personal care and activities of daily living when skilled services are also provided. Specialty services are also provided by social workers, nutritionists, behavioral health nurses, and grief specialists for both children and adults. Community health and education programs including - blood pressure screenings - presentations for community organizations - support groups

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

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 some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 74
  • Transparency & Controls: 65
  • Accountability: 88
  • Sustainability: 40
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 84.1%; rating input score 84
  • Program expense ratio: 83.5%; rating input score 83
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd 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: 95%; rating input score 95; 33rd 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: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Fail
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 0.9%; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.44; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.15; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 2.3%; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 1.2% per year; rating input score 100; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -1.8% per year; rating input score 0; 18th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 6 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 5 operating locations identified
  • Where the money goes: 84.1% of revenue deployed · 83.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 19 of 20 board members independent · 7 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $35.6M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $566K · 27 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $1.1M reported
  • Consistency: 32 of 32 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2009 to 2013
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 7 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 63 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 9 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 39/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 18/100.