Northern Westchester Hospital Association C/o Northwell Health Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
131740118
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Westbury, NY, USA
Phone
9146661310
Rating
81
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Hospital, General

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$594,041,681
Expenses
$526,465,968
Assets
$702,039,619
Liabilities
$157,482,547

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

Leadership & pay

27 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MICHAEL DOWLING (President & CEO)
  • DEREK ANDERSON (Executive Director)

Highest reported compensation

  • MICHAEL DOWLING (President & CEO): $5,943,362 total reported compensation
  • MARK SOLAZZO (Pres, Strategic Initiatives &): $3,816,311 total reported compensation
  • MICHELE CUSACK (EVP & CFO): $1,990,193 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Northern westchester hospital association is an affiliate within northwell health, inc. ("northwell"), which strives to improve the health of the communities it serves and is committed to providing the highest quality clinical care; educating the current and future generations of healthcare professionals; promoting health education; and caring for the entire community regardless of the ability to pay.

What it reported doing in 2024

Northern Westchester Hospital offers the latest technologies in diagnostic testing, ambulatory surgery and rehabilitation medicine. In response to its community needs, the hospital opened its cancer treatment and wellness center in 2005. The center is designed around a patient-centered model of care. The multidisciplinary team has expertise in the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of cancer to the hospital's community. In addition, the hospital provides the community with a wide range of health education programs and screening services and is dedicated to boarding the scope of wellness and education programs offered within its community.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 96% 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

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 some related-organization disclosures are missing.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 73
  • Transparency & Controls: 85
  • Accountability: 88
  • Sustainability: 66
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 76.7%; rating input score 77
  • Program expense ratio: 86.5%; rating input score 87
  • Fundraising efficiency: $2.98 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 92.9%; rating input score 93; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 5 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 83
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Pass
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Pass
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: No; rating input score 0

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 80%; rating input score 80; 28th 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: 11.4%; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.33; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.22; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 1%; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 7% per year; rating input score 100; 57th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 6.8% per year; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 8.9% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 76.7% of revenue deployed · 86.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 28 of 35 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $455.5M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $5.9M · 27 people listed · 5 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $4.7M reported
  • Consistency: 31 of 32 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 10 filed schedules · includes major donors, executive pay, and related organizations
  • Filing history: 10 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 5 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 226 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 — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 10/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Related-party transparency scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 49/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Schedule R controlled transactions itemized did not reconcile in the filed values.