South Shore Hospital Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
042769210
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024
Location
South Weymouth, MA, USA
Phone
7816248000
Rating
75
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Hospital, General

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$922,456,045
Expenses
$915,926,753
Assets
$684,276,831
Liabilities
$313,116,704

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

Leadership & pay

28 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ALLEN SMITH MD (PRESIDENT & CEO)
  • CHRISTOPHER DUCKO MD (MED. STAFF PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • ALLEN SMITH MD (PRESIDENT & CEO): $1,671,392 total reported compensation
  • LUKE O'CONNELL MD (CHIEF CLINICAL OFF. THRU 9/21/2024): $1,008,213 total reported compensation
  • FREDERICK MILLHAM MD (CHAIR, SURGERY): $1,001,070 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

South shore hospital's primary exempt purpose is to provide health care services to the community including surgical, medical and other treatment of the sick and injured. South shore health system has an overarching mission for every entity that is part of their health system. That mission is as follows: your health. Our passion. One community.

What it reported doing in 2024

Health care programs, general/other: south shore hospital is a not-for-profit acute care, regional hospital licensed by the Massachusetts department of public health to operate 374 acute care beds (composed of 287 medical/surgical, 24 intensive care/coronary care, 51 level iii maternal/newborn, 12 pediatric/young adult and 10 neonatal), and 67 bassinets (composed of 20 level ii special care nursery bassinets and 47 newborn bassinets). The hospital offers a comprehensive range of health care services to meet diverse community needs, including emergency care, acute care (including medical, surgical, obstetrical/gynecological, pediatrics, cardiac and cancer care), outpatient services (including imaging, surgical, rehabilitation, wound and specialized orthopedic care), home health services and community services. The hospital provides free care to those who are unable to pay, sponsors free cancer screenings, other health screenings, various support groups and educational programs, including public health education, wellness programs and the training of health professionals such as physicians, nurses and technicians. During the year ended september 30, 2025, the hospital had 33,469 discharges and approximately 356,320 outpatient visits. The hospital's emergency center is open 24 hours a day, every day of the year, and had 121,291 visits during the year. The hospital's home care division helps people maintain independence at home. The visiting nurses coordinate the appropriate specialists, services and community resources for each patient. Our home care division provided over 104,761 home visits to patients in fy25.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 99% 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. Few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 78
  • Transparency & Controls: 76
  • Accountability: 72
  • Sustainability: 38
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 88%; rating input score 88
  • Program expense ratio: 85.8%; rating input score 86
  • Fundraising efficiency: $1.74 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: 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: 99.6%; rating input score 100; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 75%; rating input score 75; 24th 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: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Fail
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 0.7%; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.75; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.46; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 1.4%; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 7.7% per year; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 5.4% per year; rating input score 100; 46th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 4% per year; rating input score 100; 28th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 88% of revenue deployed · 85.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 9 of 12 board members independent · 6 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $786M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $1.7M · 28 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $57.9M reported
  • Consistency: 37 of 37 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 13 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, executive pay, and related organizations
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 23 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 9 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.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 5/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 9 not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 35/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 30/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 39/100.