Rural Health Partners Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
470773935
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Cambridge, NE, USA
Phone
4024813128
Rating
84
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Public Health Program (Includes General Health and Wellness Promotion Services)

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,011,449
Expenses
$833,914
Assets
$1,712,273
Liabilities
$142,560

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

Leadership & pay

63 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DIANE BRUGGER (IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT)
  • LORI MAZANEC (PRESIDENT)
  • MARY KENT (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • PATRICK GANYO (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

People named in this filing

  • DIANE BRUGGER (IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT)
  • LORI MAZANEC (PRESIDENT)
  • MARY KENT (VICE PRESIDENT)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

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

Overview

Mission

To enhance the quality, availability, and cost effectiveness of rural healthcare by providing access to education, shared services and best practices, through a regional network of collaborating hospitals.

What it reported doing in 2025

Family medicine resident program - program designed for member hospitals to assist in recruitment of family medicine medical residents to practice in their community upon completion of their training. Program includes a fee paid by participating hospital and a forgivable loan provided to the residents.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 78% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 96% 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 - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Liabilities are high compared with assets.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 68
  • Transparency & Controls: 94
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 65
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 69.8%; rating input score 70
  • Program expense ratio: 87.4%; rating input score 87
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
  • 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 7 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 17.6%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.05; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.08; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 3.1% per year; rating input score 100; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 5.6% per year; rating input score 100; 41st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 12.5% per year; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 69.8% of revenue deployed · 87.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 59 of 59 board members independent · 7 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $729K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 63 people listed
  • Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $180K reported
  • Consistency: 29 of 29 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2010 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 37/100.