Sauk Prairie Healthcare

Legal name: Sauk Prairie Healthcare Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
390872080
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2020
Location
Prairie Du Sac, WI, US
Phone
608-643-3311
Rating
83
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Hospital, General

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$136,752,000
Expenses
$134,023,779
Assets
$176,868,093
Liabilities
$78,841,306

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

Leadership & pay

20 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • RYAN KRAEMER (PRESIDENT)
  • ANDREA WYTTENBACH GAVOL (TRUSTEE & VICE PRESIDENT)
  • SHAWN LERCH (CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • ANDREW ERTL MD (SURGEON): $1,773,217 total reported compensation
  • BENJAMIN COOPER MD (SURGEON): $1,413,779 total reported compensation
  • MICHAEL LAMSON MD (SURGEON): $1,327,254 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Extraordinary healthcare from the heart - one person at a time.

What it reported doing in 2024

Sauk prairie healthcare, inc. (the "hospital"), a 36-bed acute care general hospital, is a nonprofit, nonstock Wisconsin corporation providing services to sauk city, prairie du sac, and the surrounding communities. Total admissions for 2024 were 1,521 (py: 1,518) with patient days of 3,298 (py: 3,289). Key patient services including 378 (py:427) births in the nursery, 6,004 (py:5,510) surgical procedures, 75,438 (py:70, 487) rehabilitation therapy services, 38,4711 (py:38,111) medical imaging services, and 19,251 (py:20,067) emergency room and urgent care visits are among many of the services provided to patients during 2024. The hospital fulfills its missions and vision by offering high-quality services in rural communities, thereby allowing our patients to be treated locally without lengthy commutes or waiting. The hospital has gained a regional reputation of excellence in orthopedics, general surgery, and gynecology surgery. The hospital operates four clinics in rural areas: lodi, spring green, plain, and mazomanie, bringing primary care to those communities. The clinics had close to 30,395 (py:31,330) visits in 2024. As a charitable organization, the hospital provided almost $2.4 million (py:$2.7 million) in free care to patients in our service area in 2024, in addition to subsidizing services that do not cover costs, free health screenings, education programs, and youth outreach.

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 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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 72
  • Transparency & Controls: 91
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 41
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 79.5%; rating input score 80
  • Program expense ratio: 80.5%; rating input score 81
  • Fundraising efficiency: $1.79 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 5 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 83
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Pass
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 77th 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; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • 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: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 2%; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.32; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.45; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 6.4%; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 4.4% per year; rating input score 100; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 5.4% per year; rating input score 100; 47th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 4.7% per year; rating input score 100; 33rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 1 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 5 operating locations identified
  • Where the money goes: 79.5% of revenue deployed · 80.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 11 of 11 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $107.9M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $1.8M · 20 people listed · 5 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $5.1M reported
  • Consistency: 34 of 34 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 11 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 20 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 2 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.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 5/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 43/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 49/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 9/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 41/100.