UChicago Medicine Northwest Indiana Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
922355855
IRS 990 coverage
2023–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2022
Location
Crown Point, IN, USA
Phone
7737021998
Rating
76
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Hospitals and Related Primary Medical Care Facilities

Reported finances

Revenue
$31,800,828
Expenses
$46,254,224
Assets
$81,821,846
Liabilities
$104,525,528

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

Leadership & pay

17 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • KRISTA CURELL (BOARD CHAIR & PRESIDENT)
  • BLASE POLITE MD (BOARD MEMBER EX OFFICIO/PRESIDENT OF THE MEDICAL STAFF)

Highest reported compensation

  • IVAN SAMSTEIN (CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER (THRU 12/31/24)): $2,048,478 total reported compensation
  • KRISTA CURELL (BOARD CHAIR & PRESIDENT): $1,931,952 total reported compensation
  • AMY ROSS (BOARD MEMBER): $1,366,356 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Uchicago medicine northwest Indiana is a nonprofit micro hospital organized for the purpose of providing advanced multispeciality patient care to patients in northwest Indiana.

What it reported doing in 2024

EMERGENCY MEDICINE: World-renowned UChicago Medicine emergency medicine experts bring the forefront of care to Northwestern Indiana. With our emergency department at UCHICAGO MEDICINE NORTHWEST INDIANA, we offer our patients access to board-certified, fellowship-trained emergency medicine physicians and highly skilled support staff with immediate, 24/7 medical care closer to home. Common conditions treated include abdominal pain, back pain, bleeding, broken bones, chest pain, complications from chronic conditions, such as asthma, COPD, diabetes, dizziness, fainting, seizures, severe high fever, skin infections, and upper respiratory infections. At UChicago Medicine Northwest Indiana, patients will find cutting-edge imaging tools, experienced radiologists and emergency medicine doctors skilled at reading those images. There is in-house imaging, including CT, X-ray, PET, MRI, ultrasound capabilities, and in-house lab services. This helps reduce delays in results and treatment. (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O)

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 100% 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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 88
  • Transparency & Controls: 88
  • Accountability: 42
  • Sustainability: 24
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 96.5%; rating input score 96
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd 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: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 0%; rating input score 0; 3rd 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: -45.4%; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.77; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 1.28; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 4.7%; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 132.6% per year; rating input score 100; 100th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 179.6% per year; rating input score 100; 100th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 190.2% per year; rating input score 100; 100th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 96.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 0 of 10 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $44.6M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $2M · 17 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $4.2M reported
  • Consistency: 30 of 30 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes executive pay
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2023 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 6 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 55 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 — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 2/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 57/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 3/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 53/100.