Roseman University of Health Sciences

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
880435559
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024, Form 990-N 2020
Location
Las Vegas, NV, US
Phone
(702) 802-2840
Rating
78
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Higher Education Institutions

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$115,616,692
Expenses
$115,235,020
Assets
$384,167,418
Liabilities
$238,868,759

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

Leadership & pay

31 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • RENEE COFFMAN (PRESIDENT)
  • TERRELL J SPARKS (VICE PRESIDENT FOR OPERATIONS)
  • HARRY ROSENBERG (PRESIDENT EMERITUS/PROFESSOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • PEDRO GREER (DEAN, COLLEGE OF MEDICINE): $772,011 total reported compensation
  • RENEE COFFMAN (PRESIDENT): $715,666 total reported compensation
  • KARIN ESPOSITO - SR EXEC (DEAN/ACADEMIC & STUDENT AFFAIRS): $602,938 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

To educate and train healthcare professionals who will provide compassionate, patient-centered care and advance the health sciences through innovation, research, and community service.

What it reported doing in 2024

Instruction & research: the university offers advanced health sciences degrees such as doctor of dental medicine, an accelerated three year doctor of pharmacy, master of science in biomedical sciences (mbs), master of science in pharmaceutical sciences (msps), traditional bachelors of science in nursing degree and veteran to bachelor's of science in nursing degree, and both orthodontic and advanced education in general dentistry residency programs across its campuses in Nevada and Utah. Approximately 1,657 students were enrolled in these programs and 583 students graduated during the fiscal year. Roseman is the largest, not-for-profit private university based in Nevada and has cumulatively graduated over 8,800 healthcare professionals since its inception in 1999.the university has outstanding teams of world-class researchers focusing on critical health issues such as diabetes, obesity, cancer, neurodegenerative diseases like alzheimer's and parkinson's, substance abuse and depression. This year, the university held the 11th annual roseman university of health sciences research symposium with numerous submissions from the university community across multiple research areas.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 85% of the money available for current operations came from other operating 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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

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 some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 68
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 44
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 69%; rating input score 69
  • Program expense ratio: 67.7%; rating input score 68
  • Fundraising efficiency: $27.3 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 94.7%; rating input score 95; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • 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: 88.3%; rating input score 88; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • 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: 0.3%; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.33; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.62; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 4.3%; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 3.3% per year; rating input score 100; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 5.3% per year; rating input score 100; 46th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 10.6% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 8 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 3 operating locations identified
  • Where the money goes: 69% of revenue deployed · 67.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 19 of 19 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $78.1M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $772K · 31 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $7.4M reported
  • Consistency: 43 of 44 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 12 filed schedules · includes grants, executive pay, and related organizations
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2009 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 13 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 5 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 33/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 23/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 27/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Federal audit findings: this organization reported findings in its latest federal Single Audit.