Spectrum Healthcare Group

Legal name: Spectrum Healthcare Group Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
860207499
IRS 990 coverage
2014–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Cottonwood, AZ, US
Phone
877-634-7333
Rating
78
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$26,154,114
Expenses
$27,234,028
Assets
$16,789,654
Liabilities
$10,811,527

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

Leadership & pay

14 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • RANDY TAYLOR (PRESIDENT)
  • ROBERT OLSON (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • APRIL RHODES (PAST CEO (THRU 7'25))
  • LAUREN LAUDER (PAST DEPUTY/INTERIM CEO (3'25-12'25))

Highest reported compensation

  • APRIL RHODES (PAST CEO (THRU 7'25)): $369,293 total reported compensation
  • CHRISTHINE NUEZ (MEDICAL DIRECTOR): $294,165 total reported compensation
  • FAWAD RAST (MEDICAL DIRECTOR): $293,705 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Spectrum Healthcare Group provides integrated behavioral health and primary care services to communities in Arizona, offering compassionate, innovative care that addresses the whole person.

What it reported doing in 2024

Physical health programs: primary care - the organization's family physicians provide family-centered primary care for patients of all ages, from infants to the elderly. They place an emphasis on prevention and early detection and offer a wide range of services. Laboratory services - offer on-site lab services, you can have your lab work done before you leave the building. Pain management - chronic pain is complex and impacts all aspects of life. Spectrum takes a whole health approach to pain management, looking at all the contributing factors you are facing. We work with you to create a safe and patient-led plan, using internal and external resources to help you manage your pain. Medication management - medication often requires ongoing monitoring and evaluation. We offer initial evaluation of your pain, and if needed utilize prescription medications to help you improve your overall quality of life and level of functioning. Alternative treatments - pain management at spectrum utilizes alternative treatments including acupuncture, massage, physical therapy, counseling, and more.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 94% 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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 80
  • Transparency & Controls: 79
  • Accountability: 82
  • Sustainability: 21
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 95.5%; rating input score 95
  • Program expense ratio: 81.2%; rating input score 81
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • 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: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 56
    • 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: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -4.1%; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.62; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.64; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 7.2%; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 4.2% per year; rating input score 100; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 5.7% per year; rating input score 100; 49th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 0.5% per year; rating input score 100; 12th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 4 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 95.5% of revenue deployed · 81.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 6 of 6 board members independent · 5 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $22.1M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $369K · 14 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 4 contractors listed · $562K reported
  • Consistency: 31 of 31 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 11 filing years from 2014 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 8 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • 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.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 18/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 21/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 20/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 35/100.