Hospice of Acadiana Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 720966231
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2025
- Location
- Lafayette, LA, USA
- Phone
- 3372321234
- Rating
- 79
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Hospices
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $19,464,051
- Expenses
- $18,271,082
- Assets
- $12,497,562
- Liabilities
- $1,604,545
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
26 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- STACY MECHE MISTRIC (CEO)
- BURTON BURT E CESTIA JR (PRESIDENT)
Highest reported compensation
- STACY MECHE MISTRIC (CEO): $277,846 total reported compensation
- THOMAS MARTIN FRANKLIN (CFO): $166,714 total reported compensation
- JAMIE GUILLOT (NURSE PRACTI): $137,070 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To provide exceptional & individualized medical, emotional, social & spiritual support to anyone facing an advanced or terminal illness in a manner that respects & enhances quality of life enduring that everyone, regardless of their financial means, receives the quality of care and support they deserve during their most challenging times.
What it reported doing in 2025
As part of its charitable mission, hospice of acadiana provided 134,659 in unfunded care, ensuring access to hospice services for patients who otherwise would not have been able to receive care. The organization also funded 23,914 in comfort therapies beyond the medicare hospice benefit and provided 51,646 in direct financial assistance to patients and families for urgent needs not covered by third-party reimbursement. Community benefit was further extended through spiritual care (2,809 visits), and the center for loss & transition, which supported 4,163 individuals through grief counseling, group programs, and youth services. Volunteer participation significantly enhanced community benefit, with 48,276 volunteer hours contributed during the year, generating an estimated 1,658,004 in cost savings and enabling the organization to extend care and support services beyond reimbursed programs.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 97% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 99% 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. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 70
- Transparency & Controls: 84
- Accountability: 95
- Sustainability: 41
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 77.1%; rating input score 77
- Program expense ratio: 81.8%; rating input score 82
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
- Compensation committee: Pass
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Missing
- Board or committee approval: Pass
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th 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: 6.1%; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.68; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.13; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 6.1%; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 13.2% per year; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 9.1% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 8.5% per year; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 77.1% of revenue deployed · 81.8% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 19 of 19 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $14.9M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $278K · 26 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Highest-paid contractors: 2 contractors listed · $285K reported
- Consistency: 37 of 37 current checks pass
- Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, executive pay, and related organizations
- Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 7 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.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 48/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 18/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Form 990 shared with the board not reported.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 49/100.