Mount Carmel Guild of Trenton Nj

What it reported doing in 2024

The home health nursing program provides free, professional in-home nursing services to low-income, homebound adults age 60 and older throughout mercer county. The program is accredited by the national institute for home care accreditation (nihca). Mount carmel guild does not bill medicare or other insurance for these services, allowing vulnerable seniors who may otherwise face barriers to care to receive essential nursing support at no cost. During fy 2024-2025, registered nurses provided 477 units of care, with each unit representing up to 45 minutes of direct service. Nursing services included comprehensive assessments, medication monitoring and management, chronic-disease management, vital-sign monitoring, blood-sugar testing, injections, wound care, safety assessments, health education, and coordination with physicians, pharmacies, family caregivers, caseworkers, and other service providers. Nearly half (47.1%) of patients had been enrolled in the program for more than four years, reflecting the continuity of care the program provides to seniors with ongoing health and support needs. The program's central goal is to help patients remain medically stable and continue living safely and independently in their own homes for as long as possible. Nurses monitor changes in health status, reinforce medication and treatment plans, identify safety or social-service concerns, and communicate with medical providers and family members when intervention is needed. Patients requiring additional social or community- based support are linked to appropriate resources and service providers. Through consistent nursing oversight, education, advocacy, and care coordination, the program supports aging in place with dignity while helping reduce risks that can lead to avoidable emergency-room visits, hospitalization, or premature institutional placement.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 67%; rating input score 67
• Program expense ratio: 65.5%; rating input score 65
• Fundraising efficiency: $19.71 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 58; 58th 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 76th 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: 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: NotApplicable
  • 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: 0.7%; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.38; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.13; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 8%; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 2.2% per year; rating input score 100; 27th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 2.7% per year; rating input score 100; 29th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 6.5% per year; rating input score 100; 46th percentile among comparable filings