Samaritan Health Services

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
930396847
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024
Location
Corvallis, OR, US
Phone
541-768-5765
Rating
77
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Hospital, General

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$199,779,042
Expenses
$172,167,587
Assets
$186,729,798
Liabilities
$16,266,374

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

24 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • WENDIE WUNDERWALD (BRD MBR / CEO (END SEPT))
  • RANDY SPRINGER (BOARD PRESIDENT)
  • LOREN ROTH (BOARD VICE PRESIDENT)
  • DANIEL RACKHAM (CEO (START SEPT))
  • JOSEPH CAHILL (SVP COO SHS / FORMER CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • DANIEL SMITH (SVP / CFO): $688,921 total reported compensation
  • JOSEPH CAHILL (SVP COO SHS / FORMER CEO): $687,155 total reported compensation
  • TASHA BARKLEY MD (MEDICAL DIRECTOR): $646,295 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Mid-valley healthcare, inc. (mvh) achieves its mission of improving the health and well being of the community through services offered at lebanon community hospital and several local-area clinics.mvh is a member of samaritan health services (shs), a regional network of hospitals and physicians. The network, formed in the late 1990's, serves approximately 290,000 residents in linn, benton, lincoln and portions of polk and marion counties in Oregon. It is locally owned, and its boards of directors include hospital leaders, physicians and community representatives. The mission of shs is "building healthier communities together." the collective vision of the shs system is to serve our communities with pride (passion, respect, integrity, dedication, and excellence). Shs seeks to be the first choice of consumers in the region and to lead collaborative efforts among those who share similar goals.

What it reported doing in 2024

Program services: mid-valley healthcare, inc. (mvh) includes samaritan lebanon community hospital, a 25-bed critical access hospital and several medical clinics. Mvh has more than 950 employees and 50 volunteers serving the medical needs of the community. The staff are committed to providing personalized, quality care to patients, and to promoting the good health of the entire community. During 2024, mvh served 1,561 inpatients, had 24,263 emergency department visits, performed 2,407 surgeries, and delivered 224 babies. In addition, mvh performed 70,619 imaging procedures and had 108,472 physician clinic visits.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 98% 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 the filing does not identify recipients for some grant dollars.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 82
  • Transparency & Controls: 62
  • Accountability: 88
  • Sustainability: 66
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 77.8%; rating input score 78
  • Program expense ratio: 89.9%; rating input score 90
  • Fundraising efficiency: $71.63 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 92.3%; rating input score 92; 12th 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: 45.8%; rating input score 46; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 80%; rating input score 80; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • 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: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 13.8%; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.08; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.09; rating input score 84; 84th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 2.2%; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 5.8% per year; rating input score 100; 47th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 6.9% per year; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 12.4% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 5 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 77.8% of revenue deployed · 89.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 12 of 15 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $154.8M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $689K · 24 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 33 of 34 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, executive pay, and related organizations
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 12 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 30 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.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 46/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 42/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 52/100.