The Rural Health Network of Scny Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 223568461
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Binghamton, NY, USA
- Phone
- 6076927669
- Rating
- 88
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Management & Technical Assistance
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $2,721,141
- Expenses
- $2,689,045
- Assets
- $1,779,254
- Liabilities
- $424,579
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
17 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- SHELLY BARTOW (PRESIDENT)
- ADAM HUGHES (VICE PRESIDENT)
- RICK BOLAND (PAST PRESIDENT)
- MARY MARUSCAK (INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
- DEMETRA ALBERTI (PAST EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
Highest reported compensation
- MARY MARUSCAK (INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $88,608 total reported compensation
- DEE KLINE (FINANCE DIRECTOR): $85,974 total reported compensation
- DEMETRA ALBERTI (PAST EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $64,406 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 rural health network of scny, inc's mission is to advance the health and well-being of rural people and communities. The agency accomplishes this through four major programs: 1) community health - ensuring access to affordable, quality healthcare and support services through case management, coaching, and chronic disease education,2) the food and health network- work to increase the consumption of healthy, locally grown food throughout the region,3) getthere- program serves five counties and operates a transportation information and assistance call center that works to help those with transportation needs to find workable, affordable solutions,4) rural health service corps- provider of national service programming for over ten years. Americorps and americorps vista national service provide individuals with opportunities to serve their community for up to one year. Specific areas of service include improving nutrition and food security, and public health.
What it reported doing in 2024
Getthere- getthere operates a transportation information and assistance call center that works to help those with transportation needs to find workable, affordable solutions. Serving five counties, getthere provides transportation information and case management services, financial assistance for eligible individuals who need transportation to healthcare appointments, transportation to employment services, and training on how to use public transportation. Getthere also provides and maintains a web-based trip planner that makes it possible for people to research, plan and initiate appropriate transportation options independently. Getthere does provide select services to additional counties outside the core five-county service area.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Grant-funded. 71% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
- 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. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 88
- Transparency & Controls: 86
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 34
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 87%; rating input score 87
- Program expense ratio: 88.1%; rating input score 88
- Fundraising efficiency: $181.76 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 93.3%; rating input score 93; 17th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- 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; 63rd 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: 1.2%; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.66; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.24; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 8.9%; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 10.4% per year; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 9.8% per year; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 15.2% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 87% of revenue deployed · 88.1% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 16 of 16 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $2.4M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $89K · 17 people listed
- Consistency: 30 of 31 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
- 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.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 38/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 24/100.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 34/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 40/100.