Kootenai Health Foundation Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
921896475
IRS 990 coverage
2023–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Coeur Dalene, ID, USA
Phone
2086254438
Rating
69
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Fund Raising and/or Fund Distribution

Reported finances

Revenue
$3,949,114
Expenses
$2,804,524
Assets
$19,301,691
Liabilities
$394,795

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

Leadership & pay

16 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • CARA NIELSEN (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • CARA NIELSEN (PRESIDENT): $451,596 total reported compensation
  • KATIE CHAMBERS (DIRECTOR INDIVIDUAL AND LEGACY GIVING (THRU)): $143,232 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 advance the health of our region by developing, managing, and stewarding philanthropy to support the success of kootenai health.

What it reported doing in 2025

In 2025, kootenai health foundation provided $44,403 in scholarships to staff at kootenai health and teen volunteers continuing their education. - $10,750 in scholarships awarded to 7 kootenai health clinical employees from the yuditsky family clinical scholarship program for continuing education to enhance patient care- $8,576 in scholarships awarded to 7 kootenai health general employees from the pierce family scholarship program for continuing education, training, etc.- $6,000 in scholarships to 3 kootenai health teen volunteers to begin their college education courtesy of the kim svee memorial teen volunteer scholarship program - $6,077 in scholarships to 6 kootenai health clinical employees from the delaney espinoza pediatric education scholarship program for continuing education to enhance pediatric care -$8,000 in scholarships awarded to 5 kootenai health clinical employees from the howard g. Sterner, r.n. Memorial scholarship program for employees pursing associates, bachelor's or master's degrees in nursing -$5,000 in scholarships awarded to 2 kootenai health clinical employees from the eriksson nursing scholarship program for employees pursing associates, bachelor's or master's degrees in nursing

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 77% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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 - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 55
  • Transparency & Controls: 70
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 73
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 54%; rating input score 54
  • Program expense ratio: 69.2%; rating input score 69
  • Fundraising efficiency: $6 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 89.5%; rating input score 89; 4th 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: 98.8%; rating input score 99; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 29%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 6.88; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 21.2%; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -33.4% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 24.7% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 21.2% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 54% of revenue deployed · 69.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 14 of 14 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $1.9M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $452K · 16 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 30 of 32 current checks pass · 2 findings to review
  • Schedules: 9 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2023 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 9 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 4 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.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 54/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 19/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: CEO compensation review process not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 14/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Schedule R controlled transactions itemized did not reconcile in the filed values.