Northern Health Centers Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
391550213
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2017
Forms available
Form 990 2017
Location
Lakewood, WI, USA
Phone
7152766321
Rating
70
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Health Treatment Facilities, Primarily Outpatient

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$5,276,275
Expenses
$5,094,763
Assets
$2,273,408
Liabilities
$948,413

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2017. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

13 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MARGARAT BLAIR (PRESIDENT)
  • JANICE LIEBSCH (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • MICHELE WHITE (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • TED JUNG (DENTIST): $183,709 total reported compensation
  • JOEL SUPITA (DENTIST): $139,419 total reported compensation
  • SHARON SHEPICH (DOCTOR): $133,324 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2017. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To improve our community health by providing all persons a comprehensive program of quality family oriented primary health care services regardless of their ability to pay.

What it reported doing in 2017

Northern health centers, inc. Is a federally qualified health center located in northeast Wisconsin. We are a community health center serving a medically underserved population within a five county radius. The services provided to our patient population are medical, dental, behavioral health care and enabling services. Nhc continues to provide preventive dental services to the underserved children through our seal-a-smile program which was implemented in 2010; we have increased the number of schools we provide sealants to from 15 to 24 schools in three counties. During the 2017 fiscal year the organization served 7,937 patients with 19,476 total visits.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 67% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program 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 most voting board members are independent. The required major-donor schedule is missing or incomplete and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 63
  • Transparency & Controls: 63
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 35
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 70.2%; rating input score 70
  • Program expense ratio: 72.7%; rating input score 73
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: No; rating input score 0
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th 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: 3.4%; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.45; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.42; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 14.9%; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 2.9% per year; rating input score 100; 39th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 6.3% per year; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -3.5% per year; rating input score 0; 12th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 70.2% of revenue deployed · 72.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 6 of 6 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $3.7M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $184K · 13 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $980K reported
  • Consistency: 33 of 33 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 8 filing years from 2010 to 2017
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 6 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.

  • High — Transparency & Controls: Major donor itemization scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 20/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 50/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 14/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 30/100.