Nathan Adelson Hospice Foundation Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 880197147
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024
- Location
- Las Vegas, NV, USA
- Phone
- 7027330320
- Rating
- 68
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Standard
- Sector
- Hospices
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $5,598,057
- Expenses
- $3,503,786
- Assets
- $18,760,082
- Liabilities
- $596,762
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
23 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- KAREN S RUBEL (President & CEO)
- CALEEN NORROD JOHNSON (Executive Director of the NAH Foundation)
Highest reported compensation
- KAREN S RUBEL (President & CEO): $381,836 total reported compensation
- CALEEN NORROD JOHNSON (Executive Director of the NAH Foundation): $181,402 total reported compensation
- STEPHANIE FORBES (Philanthropy Officer): $119,736 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
NAHF was established in 1983 for the sole purpose of serving as a fund-raising arm for Nathan Adelson Hospice and the Center for Compassionate Care, related tax-exempt organizations.
What it reported doing in 2024
Nahf was established in 1983 to provide financial support for the programs and services provided by nathan adelson hospice, inc. (nah) and the center for compassionate care (ccc), related tax-exempt organizations. Nah began serving the southern Nevada community in 1978 and has provided care to more than 95,000 patients with life limiting illnesses. During 2024, the hospice provided 96,748 days of comprehensive hospice services to patients and their loved ones. Nahf provides funding to the hospice through special events, memorial/honor gifts, planned gifts, and grants from private foundations, individuals and corporate sponsors.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 91% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 48
- Transparency & Controls: 79
- Accountability: 92
- Sustainability: 79
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 45.7%; rating input score 46
- Program expense ratio: 63.4%; rating input score 63
- Fundraising efficiency: $4.46 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
- Compensation committee: Missing
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Missing
- Board or committee approval: Pass
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 99.9%; rating input score 100; 41st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 95.2%; rating input score 95; 25th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Fail
- 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: 37.4%; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 5.35; rating input score 84; 84th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.03; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 9.4%; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -4.1% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 3.1% per year; rating input score 100; 27th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 2.9% per year; rating input score 100; 24th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 45.7% of revenue deployed · 63.4% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 20 of 21 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $2.2M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $382K · 23 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Consistency: 35 of 35 current checks pass
- Schedules: 9 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
- Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 4 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.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 46/100.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 15/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: CEO compensation review process not reported.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 32/100.