WellSpan Health

Legal name: The Good Samaritan Hospital of Lebanon Pennsylvania

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
230794160
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024
Location
Lebanon, PA, US
Phone
800-840-5905
Rating
72
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Hospital, General

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$336,729,854
Expenses
$316,585,354
Assets
$125,634,767
Liabilities
$99,053,385

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

Leadership & pay

25 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ROXANNA GAPSTUR PHD RN (PRESIDENT & CEO - WELLSPAN HEALTH)

Highest reported compensation

  • ROXANNA GAPSTUR PHD RN (PRESIDENT & CEO - WELLSPAN HEALTH): $3,176,598 total reported compensation
  • LAURA BUCZKOWSKI (EXECUTIVE VP & CFO - WELLSPAN HEALTH): $1,408,553 total reported compensation
  • FARAAZ YOUSUF (FORMER EXECUTIVE VP & COO): $1,093,939 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Your generous gifts support WellSpan's mission

What it reported doing in 2024

The good samaritan hospital of lebanon Pennsylvania has been providing powerful medicine and comforting care to the residents of lebanon county for more than 125 years.as the community hospital of the lebanon valley region, the good samaritan hospital of lebanon, Pennsylvania offers a wide variety of acute care and outpatient services that help improve the health of our community. The sechler family cancer center is lebanon county's first and only integrated cancer center providing medical and radiation oncology in a state of the art facility with a warm and healing environment.the state-of-the-art cardiac & vascular center has won national awards from the american heart association. The center has also been designated as a blue distinction center for cardiac care by highmark blue shield. Diagnostic and interventional cardiology is offered, as well as electrophysiology and open heart surgery. The new beginning birth suites offer a one-stop experience for labor, delivery and recovery in a family-friendly setting.the good samaritan center for wound care & hyperbaric medicine has created new hope for those with non-healing wounds. The hospital offers a network of laboratory and imaging centers throughout lebanon county.the good samaritan hospital of lebanon, Pennsylvania had 8,816 admissions, 39,714 patient days, 5,588 surgical cases, 46,568 emergency department visits and 661 births during fiscal year 2025.during the fiscal year the good samaritan hospital of lebanon, Pennsylvania had the following achievements:- earned an "a" safety grade rating from the leapfrog group.- honored with the partner for change award as a part of the 2025 practice greenhealth environmental excellence awards. This recognition highlights wellspan health's long-term commitment to creating a greener environment for our patients and communities.- recognized by the hospital and healthsystem association of Pennsylvania (hap) in the optimal operations category for efforts to streamline processes to provide the best possible care for patients in lebanon county.see wellspan health - 2025 community benefit report located at https://www.wellspan.org/about-wellspan/improving-healthy-communities/community-benefit.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 100% 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. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 63
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 66
  • Sustainability: 43
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 68.8%; rating input score 69
  • Program expense ratio: 73.1%; rating input score 73
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 4 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 67
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Pass
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 50%; rating input score 50; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • 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: 6%; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.4; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.79; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0.9%; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 4.5% per year; rating input score 100; 36th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 4.9% per year; rating input score 100; 41st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -1.8% per year; rating input score 0; 4th 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: 68.8% of revenue deployed · 73.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 7 of 14 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $231.5M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $3.2M · 25 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $6.6M reported
  • Consistency: 39 of 39 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 10 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: 11 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 52 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 — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 50/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 14/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: CEO compensation review process not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 18/100.