Hospice Support Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
760488966
IRS 990 coverage
2020–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-T 2025
Location
El Campo, TX, USA
Phone
9795780314
Rating
54
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Health, General and Financing

Reported finances

Revenue
$86,394
Expenses
$96,447
Assets
$519,430
Liabilities
$366

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • CAROLYN VAUGHN (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • JOAN ANDEL (TREASURER)
  • COLLEEN RASMUSSEN (SECRETARY)
  • TERRY RUTHERFORD (VICE PRESIDE)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Organized to help dying individuals

What it reported doing in 2025

Patient & family services - hospice provides physical, emotional, & spiritual support for those who wish to die at home. Hospice helps patients in a 5 county area.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
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

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 53
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 9
  • Sustainability: 45
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 63.5%; rating input score 63
  • Program expense ratio: 54.2%; rating input score 54
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 5.3%; rating input score 5; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 1 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 14
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -11.6%; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 5.39; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 0.6% per year; rating input score 100; 50th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -10.8% per year; rating input score 0; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -8.8% per year; rating input score 0; 14th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 63.5% of revenue deployed · 54.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 1 of 19 board members independent · 1 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $52K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 26 of 26 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2020 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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 — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 5/100.
  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 6 not reported.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 54/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 40/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 53/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 29/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 58/100.