Sparrow Community Care Umh - Sparrow Community Care

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
382543305
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024
Location
Lansing, MI, USA
Phone
5173648600
Rating
74
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Home Health Care

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$23,640,260
Expenses
$26,075,454
Assets
$24,168,229
Liabilities
$19,556,827

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

Leadership & pay

23 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • MARGARET DIMOND PHD (REGIONAL PRE): $1,464,110 total reported compensation
  • KIRA CARTER-ROBERTSON (FORMER COO): $569,440 total reported compensation
  • CONSTANCE O'MALLEY (BOARD MEMBER): $538,179 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Provide skilled nursing, various therapies, home health aides, social services, nutritional services, and home medical equipment, all provided under a physician directed care plan.

What it reported doing in 2024

The sparrow medical supply division of umh-sparrow community care provides home medical equipment to the people of mid-Michigan area under the direction of a physician order. These products include but are not limited to oxygen, hospital beds, wheelchairs, and diabetic supplies. As part of the umh-sparrow these services are provided regardless of the patients ability to pay.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 98% 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

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Expenses are high relative to revenue and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 69
  • Transparency & Controls: 95
  • Accountability: 79
  • Sustainability: 21
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 81.3%; rating input score 81
  • Program expense ratio: 72.7%; rating input score 73
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 92.3%; rating input score 92; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 6 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Pass
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
    • Written employment contract: Pass
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 63.6%; rating input score 64; 11th 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: -10.3%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.93; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.81; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 5.4%; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -0.9% per year; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -0% per year; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 2.8% per year; rating input score 100; 21st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 81.3% of revenue deployed · 72.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 7 of 11 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $19M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $1.5M · 23 people listed · 6 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $127K reported
  • Consistency: 26 of 27 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes executive pay
  • Filing history: 13 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 5 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 29 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 10/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 33/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Schedule R controlled transactions itemized did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 13/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 47/100.