Homeland Center

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
231365148
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Harrisburg, PA, US
Phone
717-221-7900
Rating
82
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Nursing, Convalescent Facilities

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$33,178,450
Expenses
$33,413,872
Assets
$41,333,180
Liabilities
$8,555,785

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

28 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • BARRY RAMPER II NHA (PRESIDENT / CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • BARRY RAMPER II NHA (PRESIDENT / CEO): $367,109 total reported compensation
  • MARY PRESSLEY (ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF NURSING): $269,895 total reported compensation
  • NICOL CROSSON-BROWN (DIRECTOR OF HR): $256,034 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Your Choice. Our Privilege. Choosing Homeland is choosing a 158-year tradition of exceptional, compassionate care.

What it reported doing in 2024

Homeland center (the center) is a not-for-profit corporation operating as a continuing care retirement community. The center operates a long-term care facility, consisting of 95 skilled nursing and 56 personal care beds, primarily for residents of harrisburg, Pennsylvania and surrounding communities in dauphin county, Pennsylvania. The center was chartered in 1867 as a home dedicated to helping and assisting elderly men and women to lead active, happy lives in an atmosphere of a true home. The center provided 33,463 days of skilled nursing care and 16,992 days of personal care during the current fiscal year. The center also operates three outreach programs to provide hospice, home health care, and home care services to the center's residents as well as individuals residing in surrounding communities. Charity and benevolent care: the center provides care and other necessary services and supplies to residents who meet certain criteria without charge or at amounts less than its established rates. Because the center does not pursue collection of amounts determined to qualify as charity care, such amounts are not reported as net resident services revenues. These services amounted to $2,532,786 for the current fiscal year when measured at the center's direct and indirect costs. In addition, benevolent care totaling $97,834 was provided to hospice patients at no charge or reduced charges during the current fiscal year.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 88% 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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 81
  • Transparency & Controls: 79
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 38
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 87.2%; rating input score 87
  • Program expense ratio: 89.3%; rating input score 89
  • Fundraising efficiency: $7.34 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Pass
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
    • 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: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -0.7%; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.24; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.21; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 6.4%; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 5.3% per year; rating input score 100; 44th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 5.9% per year; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 1% per year; rating input score 100; 14th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 7 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 87.2% of revenue deployed · 89.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 17 of 17 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $29.9M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $367K · 28 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $2.3M reported
  • Consistency: 38 of 38 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 9 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 30/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 28/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Form 990 shared with the board not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 44/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 40/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 58/100.