Ohio Shared Information Services

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
311762094
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2025
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-T 2025
Location
Cincinnati, OH, US
Phone
(513) 677-5600
Rating
77
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Philanthropy, Charity, Voluntarism Promotion

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$32,534,811
Expenses
$31,233,165
Assets
$12,128,154
Liabilities
$7,651,550

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

32 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • GIL MUNOZ (CHAIR, AMBULATORY CEO STEERING COMM)
  • ABIGAIL SEARS (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER (OCHIN))
  • JEFF LOWRANCE (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER)

Highest reported compensation

  • ABIGAIL SEARS (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER (OCHIN)): $876,729 total reported compensation
  • JEFF LOWRANCE (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER): $472,579 total reported compensation
  • BRENDA GARSKE (CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER (OCHIN)): $463,550 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To provide comprehensive technology optimization and training for community health centers, exclusively serving FQHCs and similar healthcare organizations.

What it reported doing in 2025

Osis was awarded a grant to further the goals of the hrsa health center program. Activities in this project will strengthen the foundation needed to maximize use of health data and health information exchange to realize improved health indicators. Nextgen ehr optimization, health information exchange connectivity, support for data collection, analysis and reporting will position chcs for better outcomes. Activities for the project will include educational sessions, training materials, support and guidance for targeted activities to result in enhancing the patient/provider experience and advancing interoperability.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 97% 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 the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 75
  • Transparency & Controls: 74
  • Accountability: 91
  • Sustainability: 28
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 83.2%; rating input score 83
  • Program expense ratio: 87%; rating input score 87
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th 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: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th 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: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 4%; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.39; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.63; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 7.9%; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 9.9% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 10.8% per year; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 7.3% per year; rating input score 100; 53rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 83.2% of revenue deployed · 87% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 16 of 16 board members independent · 7 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $27.2M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $877K · 32 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 31 of 31 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2011 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 9 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 41/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 9/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 18/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 36/100.