UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
420680354
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024
Location
Dubuque, IA, United States
Phone
563-582-1881
Rating
87
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Hospital, General

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$160,769,081
Expenses
$149,343,754
Assets
$257,278,860
Liabilities
$42,410,016

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

Leadership & pay

28 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JENNIFER HAVENS (BOARD MEMBER & MARKET PRESIDENT)
  • CHAD WOLBERS TO 823 (BOARD MEMBER & PRESIDENT/CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • BARRY WAACK DO (PHYSICIAN): $599,172 total reported compensation
  • MICHAEL BANYASZ MD (PHYSICIAN): $547,835 total reported compensation
  • ANTHONY MARKHAM MD (PHYSICIAN): $505,797 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

The Finley Health Foundation improves the health of the people and communities it serves by providing financial support to UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital and the Dubuque Visiting Nurse Association through fundraising used to support operations, clinical programs, and major capital projects. Striving for philanthropic excellence, the Finley Health Foundation will provide visible and dynamic volunteer leadership and innovation in order to achieve the strategic goals of the Finley Tri-States Health Group. This Vision Fuels Our Mission The Finley Health Foundation provides financial support to UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital and the Dubuque Visiting Nurse Association via ongoing fundraising activities – through the cultivation and solicitation of gifts from private individuals and families, area corporations, foundations and government entities that can be used to support...

What it reported doing in 2024

Community benefits, including charity carecharity care and means-tested programs: the finley hospital provides charity care and other means-tested programs with the goal to improve the community's overall health and access to care. This includes health-care services regardless of the patient's insurance coverage or financial status. Charity care and partial to full financial assistance is provided to patients on a case-by-case basis. Charity care was made available at a cost of $800,830 in 2024. It is more common for finley hospital to receive payments from payors or patients that are less than it charges for services. The finley hospital participates in medicaid and other government-sponsored health-care programs. The finley hospital's net cost of providing care for which it receives payment below its cost is $0 for 2024. Total charity care and means-tested programs reported value: $800,830.other benefits: the finley hospital provides several other benefits that assist the community. Programs include, but are not limited to, community health improvement services and community benefit operations such as prevention and health screenings; health professional's education; subsidized health services; research, and cash and in-kind contributions to community groups. The finley hospital collaborates with other hospitals, churches, schools, chambers of commerce and daycare centers to improve community health and expand access to health care. The finley hospital has dedicated staff to assist community benefit efforts. Total other benefits reported value: $7,546,614.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 98% 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

STRONG - 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 total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 92
  • Transparency & Controls: 75
  • Accountability: 96
  • Sustainability: 61
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 89%; rating input score 89
  • Program expense ratio: 93.7%; rating input score 94
  • Fundraising efficiency: $101,404.33 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 100; 100th 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: 99.7%; rating input score 100; 44th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 94.4%; rating input score 94; 46th 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: 7.1%; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.72; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.16; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 3%; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 4.5% per year; rating input score 100; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 3.1% per year; rating input score 100; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 4.4% per year; rating input score 100; 31st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 89% of revenue deployed · 93.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 17 of 18 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $140M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $599K · 28 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $7.7M reported
  • Consistency: 36 of 36 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 12 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 80 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.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 58/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 38/100.