Hospice Foundation of Wny Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 223137812
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2013–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024
- Location
- Cheektowaga, NY, USA
- Phone
- 7166861900
- Rating
- 75
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Public Foundations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $10,889,284
- Expenses
- $7,134,280
- Assets
- $59,713,410
- Liabilities
- $99,706
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
30 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- CHRISTOPHER KERR MD (TRUSTEE/CMO/CEO)
Highest reported compensation
- CHRISTOPHER KERR MD (TRUSTEE/CMO/CEO): $597,158 total reported compensation
- CARY SISTI (CHIEF CLINICAL OPERATIONS OFFICER): $374,374 total reported compensation
- ROSEANN MCANULTY (CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER): $353,512 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The mission of the hospice foundation of western New York is tosolicit, accept, administer and invest charitable funds on behalf ofhospice & palliative care buffalo, inc. And its affiliates. Theseinclude: hospice buffalo, inc., the palliative care institute, inc.the mary & ralph, c. Wilson, jr. Hospice inpatient unit, the wilsonsupport center and essential care for children. Hospice & palliativecare buffalo, inc. Is a not-for- profit organization under section501(c)3 of the internal revenue service code. Hospice buffalo is theonly certified hospice program in erie county, ny.
What it reported doing in 2024
Accepted, administered and invested all charitable funds on behalf ofhospice & palliative care buffalo, inc., a not-for-profit organizationunder section 501(c)(3), supported the work of hospice, and solicitedfunding for future needs.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - 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 the filing does not identify recipients for some grant dollars.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 62
- Transparency & Controls: 72
- Accountability: 98
- Sustainability: 87
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 66.4%; rating input score 66
- Program expense ratio: 67.7%; rating input score 68
- Fundraising efficiency: $5.2 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 94.1%; rating input score 94; 20th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
- Compensation committee: Missing
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Pass
- Compensation survey or study: Pass
- Board or committee approval: Pass
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 51.9%; rating input score 52; 12th percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 95.8%; rating input score 96; 29th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
- 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: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 34.5%; rating input score 90; 90th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 8.37; rating input score 90; 90th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 96; 96th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 4%; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 14.7% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 4.5% per year; rating input score 100; 39th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 5.6% per year; rating input score 100; 39th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 66.4% of revenue deployed · 67.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 23 of 24 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $4.8M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $597K · 30 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Consistency: 33 of 34 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 9 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
- Filing history: 11 filing years from 2013 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 5 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 10 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: Fundraising efficiency scored 21/100.
- Review — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 52/100.
- Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 59/100.