Minnesota Network of Hospice & Palliative Care

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
411414694
IRS 990 coverage
2012–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Rochester, MN, USA
Phone
5072616708
Rating
80
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Hospices

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$661,705
Expenses
$583,324
Assets
$606,519
Liabilities
$86,231

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

Leadership & pay

18 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • STEPHEN ASTRUP (PRESIDENT)
  • MICHAEL PINCHBACK (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • KRISTINA WRIGHT-PETERSON (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • DAVID BLOMQUIST (INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • KRISTINA WRIGHT-PETERSON (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $76,828 total reported compensation
  • DAVID BLOMQUIST (INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $50,741 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Minnesota network of hospice & palliative care strives to ensure that everyone has the help they need to live and die according to their wishes. We do this through education and advocacy around serious illness and end-of-life care.

What it reported doing in 2025

"program" - education for hospice & palliative caremnhpc provides education, tools and resources to hospice and palliative care providers to ensure that patients and their families have access to high quality serious illness and end-of-life care. In 2024, mnhpc held its in-person conference for the first time in five years, drawing over 500 attendees "program" - education and training for health care professionalsmnhpc maintains a website that provides information to hospice and palliative care providers as well as consumers. Resources for health care professionals include information about regulations, policies, and best practices. Information for consumers includes a hospice consumer guide, frequently asked questions hospice and palliative care directories, grief and bereavement resources, and information about pediatric palliative care. "program" - resources for patients, families, caregivers, and providersmnhpc provides education to community members on hospice and palliative care, including through its concierge service and its community education program. It has held an educational program about 1x/month and has reached dozens of family members through the concierge program.

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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 74
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 46
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 74.2%; rating input score 74
  • Program expense ratio: 84%; rating input score 84
  • Fundraising efficiency: $11.71 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings

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: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 8 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: 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: 11.8%; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.04; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.14; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 21.9%; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -1.1% per year; rating input score 0; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -0.2% per year; rating input score 0; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 11.3% per year; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 74.2% of revenue deployed · 84% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 16 of 16 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $490K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $77K · 18 people listed
  • Consistency: 23 of 23 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2012 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 40/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 44/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 14/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 30/100.