The Hannah Bg Shaw Home Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
042135768
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-T 2025
Location
Middleboro, MA, USA
Phone
5089471184
Rating
80
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Nursing, Convalescent Facilities

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$15,131,257
Expenses
$14,826,278
Assets
$20,245,764
Liabilities
$10,269,556

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DAVID WYLIE (PRESIDENT)
  • KRISTINE DONNELLY (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • KRISTINE DONNELLY (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $203,377 total reported compensation
  • NANCY ALPHONSE (DIRECTOR OF NURSING SERVICES): $156,701 total reported compensation
  • JESSICA DEMPSEY (INFECTION CONTROL PREVENTIONIST): $133,159 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The hannah bg shaw home, inc. Is a non-profit community dedicated to providing the highest quality skilled nursing, rehabilitative, and residential care to lend comfort and support to families. In keeping with the values and tradition of our founder, hannah b.g. Shaw, we are committed to providing compassionate care and recognizing individual needs while respecting the dignity and personal choices of each member of our community.

What it reported doing in 2025

The hannah bg shaw home, inc. Is a 40-bed residential care and 67-bed skilled nursing facility located in middleboro, Massachusetts. Founded upon the death of its benefactress, the late hannah bartlett griffith shaw, the home opened its doors to fifteen residents in 1941 as a not-for-profit corporation. The will of hannah shaw stated that the home was to benefit seniors who were unable to care for themselves.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 91% 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. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 79
  • Transparency & Controls: 80
  • Accountability: 91
  • Sustainability: 36
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 88.5%; rating input score 88
  • Program expense ratio: 89.4%; rating input score 89
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • 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: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 78
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • 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: 2%; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.37; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.51; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 5.3%; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 6.8% per year; rating input score 100; 50th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 8.3% per year; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -0.1% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 88.5% of revenue deployed · 89.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 5 of 5 board members independent · 7 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $13.3M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $203K · 10 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $2M reported
  • Consistency: 32 of 32 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors, executive pay, and related organizations
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 10 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: 2 of 9 not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 33/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 39/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 25/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 55/100.