Mass Eye and Ear

Overview

Mission

Massachusetts Eye and Ear is committed to excellence in the care of disorders affecting the eye, ear, nose, throat, and adjacent regions of the head and neck, including prevention, diagnosis, and treatment, and the rehabilitation of patients with these conditions. Massachusetts Eye and Ear is a specialty hospital dedicated to excellence in the care of disorders that affect the eye, ear, nose, throat, and adjacent regions of the head and neck. Mass. Eye and Ear provides primary care and serves as a referral center for outpatient and inpatient medical and surgical care. Our Mission In conjunction with Harvard Medical School, Mass. Eye and Ear is committed to the education of future health care professionals, as well as the education of the public concerning the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of the diseases in its specialties and concerning the rehabilitation of patients...

Operating model

Revenue model

Earned-program. 94% 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.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and the filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad.

Rating breakdown

• Financial Efficiency: 79
• Transparency & Controls: 57
• Accountability: 42
• Sustainability: 25
• Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Details

• What they do: 6 programs and campaigns described on the official site
• Where the money goes: 88% of revenue deployed · 88.5% of spending went to programs
• Governance: 0 of 3 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
• Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $114.2M in reported program spending
• Leadership: top reported pay $1.4M · 17 people listed · 5 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
• Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $1M reported
• Consistency: 29 of 29 current checks pass
• Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors, foreign activity, executive pay, and related organizations
• Filing history: 7 filing years from 2011 to 2017
• Contacts: How to reach this organization
• Money network: 13 filed money-flow records
• Related organizations: 18 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 — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
• High — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight scored 0/100.
• High — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 0/100.
• High — Transparency & Controls: Major donor itemization scored 0/100.
• Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 33/100.
• High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 10/100.
• High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 7/100.
• Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 47/100.