Northern Montana Health Care Foundation Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
363464641
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Havre, MT, USA
Phone
4062652211
Rating
69
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$329,875
Expenses
$233,802
Assets
$2,787,018
Liabilities
$40,561

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

Leadership & pay

13 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DAVID C HENRY (PRESIDENT/CEO (THRU 03/25))
  • DR KEVIN HARADA (PRESIDENT/CEO)
  • CHRISTEN OBRESLEY (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • DR KEVIN HARADA (PRESIDENT/CEO): $615,378 total reported compensation
  • CHRISTEN OBRESLEY (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $199,105 total reported compensation
  • KIM LUCKE (VP OF FINANCE): $167,403 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

The mission of northern Montana health care foundation (nmhcf) is to bring affordable, high quality health care to north central Montana by supporting northern Montana health care and its subsidiaries. Nmhcf accomplishes this by: 1) stimulating the community in the development of northern Montana hospital (nmh); 2) assisting in the public relations of nmh, specifically in improving the financial support from contributors; 3) coordinating nmh fundraising programs.

What it reported doing in 2024

The foundation raises funds to give to the hospital which uses the money to help cover operating costs associated with delivering patient care. In the fiscal year 2025, the foundation raised funds through the trip of the month project. The foundation continues to administer the serving of hope funds from monies raised in prior years. They take the applications and disburse funds to individuals in need of travel assistance for serious medical conditions. The amount of money distributed in fy 2025 was $45,520 to 82 individuals. Continued on schedule o...in addition to that fund, the foundation also manages the havre women's golf association assistance fund. For the 2025 year $95,000 was distributed to 74 individuals. The foundation administers two awards for employees at northern Montana care center: the wally schmockel award and the max kuhr memorial award.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.

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 fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 64
  • Transparency & Controls: 68
  • Accountability: 73
  • Sustainability: 71
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 65.6%; rating input score 66
  • Program expense ratio: 72.2%; rating input score 72
  • Fundraising efficiency: $7.75 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 92.9%; rating input score 93; 25th 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: 98.2%; rating input score 98; 58th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 70%; rating input score 70; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 78
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 29.1%; rating input score 82; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 11.92; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 35.1%; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 1.3% per year; rating input score 100; 36th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 3.7% per year; rating input score 100; 45th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 3.6% per year; rating input score 100; 41st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 65.6% of revenue deployed · 72.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 7 of 10 board members independent · 7 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $169K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $615K · 13 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 22 of 23 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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.

  • High — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 32/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 9 not reported.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 8/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 43/100.