Mercy Hospitals West
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 311091597
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2013
- Forms available
- Form 990 2013
- Location
- Cincinnati, OH, USA
- Phone
- 5139815600
- Rating
- 68
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Hospital, General
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $175,463,473
- Expenses
- $186,711,133
- Assets
- $0
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2013. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
36 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- YOUSUF JAMAL AHMAD (PRESIDENT & SECRETARY, MERCY HEALTH CINCINNATI PRESIDENT & CEO)
- MICHAEL STEPHENS (MARKET LEADER & PRESIDENT)
- PATRICK KOWALSKI (President & CEO, Market CFO)
Highest reported compensation
- JAMES MAY (TRUSTEE, CHP EVP & COO): $1,839,906 total reported compensation
- YOUSUF JAMAL AHMAD (PRESIDENT & SECRETARY, MERCY HEALTH CINCINNATI PRESIDENT & CEO): $926,266 total reported compensation
- DEBORAH BLOOMFIELD (SVP, MARKET CFO): $655,651 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2013. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Mercy hospitals west extends the healing ministry of jesus by improving the health of our communities with emphasis on people who are poor and under-served.
What it reported doing in 2013
The primary exempt purpose of mercy hospitals west is to extend the healing ministry of jesus by improving the health of our communities with emphasis on people who are poor and under-served. Mercy hospitals west accomplishes this purpose by demonstrating behaviors reflecting our core values of compassion, excellence, human dignity, justice, sacredness of life and service. Total charity care provided in 2013 was $6,309,157 serving 8,088 individuals.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Other-operating. 100% of the money available for current operations came from other operating 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 the filed numbers largely add up. Few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence and revenue has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 81
- Transparency & Controls: 66
- Accountability: 77
- Sustainability: 10
- Growth: 0
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 92.9%; rating input score 93
- Program expense ratio: 87.5%; rating input score 88
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 91.7%; rating input score 92; 6th 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: 72.3%; rating input score 72; 16th percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 76.5%; rating input score 76; 29th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 7 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 78
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Fail
- Other executive compensation review process: Fail
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -6.4%; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 1.7%; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: -1.8% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -8.1% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 92.9% of revenue deployed · 87.5% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 13 of 17 board members independent · 7 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $163.5M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $1.8M · 36 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Consistency: 25 of 26 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 10 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
- Filing history: 4 filing years from 2010 to 2013
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 12 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 105 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 — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 7/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 9 not reported.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 0/100.
- Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 59/100.