Ripon Medical Center Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
391101287
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024
Location
Ripon, WI, USA
Phone
9207483101
Rating
73
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Hospital, General
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$35,547,266
Expenses
$34,454,028
Assets
$30,225,376
Liabilities
$16,129,017

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

Leadership & pay

20 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • SUZANNE ANDERSON (DIRECTOR & REG PRESIDENT)
  • BARB THIERMANN (HOSPITAL PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • STEVEN SMOOT (VP & COO AT SSM HEALTH): $3,484,633 total reported compensation
  • DOUGLAS LONG (SECRETARY & CLO AT SSM HEALTH): $2,287,921 total reported compensation
  • SUZANNE ANDERSON (DIRECTOR & REG PRESIDENT): $1,925,968 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 ripon medical center is to provide compassionate care that brings hope, health and wholeness to those we serve by honoring the sacredness and dignity of all persons at every stage of life. We are rooted in the healing ministry of the catholic church.

What it reported doing in 2024

Ripon medical center: located in ripon, Wisconsin, ssm health ripon community hospital has been providing quality health care with a personalized approach for more than 85 years. Emergency care and urgent care services are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week through highly-qualified physicians and nurses in the emergency department.the facility features 16 private patient rooms: 13 are medical/surgical rooms and three are part of the intensive care unit (icu). Surgical services are available on the hospital's first floor, immediately by the main entrance, and feature three surgical suites and one endoscopic procedure room.care at ssm health ripon community hospital is complemented by hospitalists physicians that specialize in taking care of patients while they are hospitalized.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 99% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 93% 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. Few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence and the filing does not identify recipients for some grant dollars.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 86
  • Transparency & Controls: 58
  • Accountability: 72
  • Sustainability: 37
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 83.7%; rating input score 84
  • Program expense ratio: 86.4%; rating input score 86
  • Fundraising efficiency: $277.39 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 92; 92nd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 91.7%; rating input score 92; 6th 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: 47.2%; rating input score 47; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 75%; rating input score 75; 14th 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: 3.1%; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.88; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.53; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 10.1%; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 2.1% per year; rating input score 100; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 2.6% per year; rating input score 100; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 5.1% per year; rating input score 100; 36th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 83.7% of revenue deployed · 86.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 9 of 12 board members independent · 6 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $29.8M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $3.5M · 20 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $1.2M reported
  • Consistency: 30 of 31 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 10 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2009 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: 89 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 — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 47/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 9 not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 47/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 31/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 20/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 26/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.