Northwest Community Hospital Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
363125193
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Arlington Heights, IL, USA
Phone
8476181000
Rating
56
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Standard

Reported finances

Revenue
$10,779,285
Expenses
$3,120,137
Assets
$52,773,704
Liabilities
$202,078

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

Leadership & pay

25 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • David K Ungurean (Executive Director)
  • Michael C Hartke (President)
  • Gerald P Gallagher (System President and CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • Gerald P Gallagher (System President and CEO): $5,191,626 total reported compensation
  • Douglas D Welday (System Treasurer and CFO): $2,184,620 total reported compensation
  • Michael C Hartke (President): $1,159,428 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Northwest community hospital follows the mission of endeavor health (f/k/a ns-ee holdings). The mission of endeavor health is to "help everyone in our communities be their best." central to this mission is a commitment to providing clinical programs and services that meet community health needs, while also pursuing continuous improvement to identify and understand future needs.

What it reported doing in 2024

Northwest community hospital foundation (foundation) was established to engage in fundraising and charitable activities on behalf of northwest community healthcare (nch) and affiliates. The foundation is a subsidiary entity of nch. Nch was established to own, operate, control, and otherwise coordinate the delivery of healthcare within the service area of hospital and coordinate the activities of the various corporations affiliated with nch.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 79% 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

MIXED - 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 few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 32
  • Transparency & Controls: 70
  • Accountability: 76
  • Sustainability: 85
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 24.7%; rating input score 25
  • Program expense ratio: 47.1%; rating input score 47
  • Fundraising efficiency: $5.46 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 87.5%; rating input score 88; 2nd 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 81.8%; rating input score 82; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 6 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 67
    • 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: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 71.1%; rating input score 97; 97th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 16.91; rating input score 95; 95th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 95; 95th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 74.6%; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -0.1% per year; rating input score 0; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 10.6% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 16.1% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 24.7% of revenue deployed · 47.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 18 of 22 board members independent · 6 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $1.5M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $5.2M · 25 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $134K reported
  • Consistency: 25 of 27 current checks pass · 2 findings to review
  • Schedules: 9 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2009 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: 35 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: Mission deployment rate scored 25/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 47/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 22/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 9 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Schedule R controlled transactions itemized did not reconcile in the filed values.