HSHS St. Francis Hospital
Legal name: St Francis Hospital Sisters of the Third Order of St Francis
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 370661236
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2009–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024
- Location
- Litchfield, IL, US
- Phone
- 217-324-8200
- Rating
- 79
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $61,696,146
- Expenses
- $51,307,850
- Assets
- $169,841,969
- Liabilities
- $14,914,339
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
23 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Chad Markham (Interim President & CEO (began 3/8/25))
- Matthew FRY (PRESIDENT/CEO (until 3/7/25))
- Aaron Puchbauer (FORMER INTERIM CEO)
- James Timpe (Former PRESIDENT/CEO)
Highest reported compensation
- Michael Scialdone (Treasurer / HSHS SVP & CFO): $912,947 total reported compensation
- PATRICIA ALLEN (CFO - CARE DELIVERY (until 4/30/25)): $649,158 total reported compensation
- Matthew FRY (PRESIDENT/CEO (until 3/7/25)): $582,079 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To improve the quality of life in our communities by building beneficial relationships with generous donors to support exceptional health care for all.
What it reported doing in 2024
EMERGENCY SERVICES - HSHS St. Francis Hospital Emergency Department is a comprehensive treatment center. It is staffed 24 hours a day, seven days a week by specially trained physicians, nurses, and technicians all of whom provide quality patient care for a wide range of concerns. We have access to a wide range of specialists either through advanced telemedicine or via higher levels of care within the health system to help diagnose and provide treatment for those seeking our care. With leading edge technology at our fingertips, we can process x-rays, CT scans and other diagnostic tests accurately and quickly, allowing faster diagnosis and treatment in a wide range of areas, including but not limited to: stroke, heart attack, shortness of breath, motor vehicle and other accidents, broken bones, abdominal pain, lacerations, and mental health issues. During FY25, the emergency department experienced over 10,010 patient visits with approximately 5.5% admitted or placed in observation.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Other-operating. 96% 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.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Some filed totals do not add up and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 62
- Transparency & Controls: 90
- Accountability: 94
- Sustainability: 77
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 65.3%; rating input score 65
- Program expense ratio: 77.4%; rating input score 77
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 91.7%; rating input score 92; 8th 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: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 90%; rating input score 90; 38th 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: 16.8%; rating input score 84; 84th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.31; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.09; rating input score 84; 84th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 3%; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 5.2% per year; rating input score 100; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 4.5% per year; rating input score 100; 37th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 9% per year; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 2 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 65.3% of revenue deployed · 77.4% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 9 of 10 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $39.7M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $913K · 23 people listed · 5 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $5.2M reported
- Consistency: 32 of 33 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
- Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 7 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 32 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.
- Review — Transparency & Controls: Schedule R controlled transactions itemized did not reconcile in the filed values.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 38/100.