Upendo Village Nfp

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
331007368
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2015
Forms available
Form 990 2015
Location
Lisle, IL, USA
Phone
6303699833
Rating
68
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
AIDS

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$721,540
Expenses
$629,564
Assets
$415,131
Liabilities
$34

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2015. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

14 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Guy Vaccaro PhD (President - Executive Director)

Highest reported compensation

  • Sarah Herzog (Director): $615,023 total reported compensation
  • Brenda Bowers (Director): $533,825 total reported compensation
  • Guy Vaccaro PhD (President - Executive Director): $35,843 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2015. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

As a member of Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare, our affiliates strive to live out the healing ministry of Jesus while providing exceptional and compassionate healthcare services that promote the dignity and well-being of the patients and communities we serve. Our vision is to be recognized for superior healthcare service, clinical excellence, as the healthcare employer of choice, and the preferred partner of physicians.

What it reported doing in 2015

WHEATON FRANCISCAN SERVICES, INC. (WFSI) is a Catholic, not-for-profit health care and housing organization serving at sites in Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois, and Colorado. The System includes 14 hospital sites, three transitional and extended-care facilities, two home health agencies, more than 2,500 physicians, more than 70 clinic sites with 511 employed physicians, and 2,620 units of assisted living and other housing, and the corporate services offices in Wheaton, Illinois, and Glendale, Wisconsin. Started more than 130 years ago and formally incorporated in 1983, WFSI is committed to living out the Mission and Values of its Sponsors, the Wheaton Franciscan Sisters, by providing excellent and compassionate health care and housing services to all, regardless of their ability to pay. WFSI was incorporated in 1983 to preserve and strengthen Judeo-Christian values, provide a framework for lay expertise and involvement, respond to an increasingly complex environment, ensure continuity of Franciscan sponsorship, and assure viability and excellence throughout the organization. As a not-for-profit organization, WFSI reinvests all net income into the communities it serves. Its multiple entities are dedicated to delivering quality health care to patients and residents through highly-trained staff, advanced technology, and superior and compassionate service; caring for each persons body, mind, and spirit with respect and dignity; working to improve the health of the communities; and ensuring health care access for everyone. WFSI is organized into market-based regional holding companies organized in the Southeast, Wisconsin region, as well as other regional holding companies conducting services in Illinois, Iowa, and Colorado. The System's housing and spiritual development services are organized under the holding company name of Franciscan Ministries, Inc. Since 2006, the "doing business as" name for WFSI's health care ministry has been Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare (WFH). Corporate Structure: Parent Company: Wheaton Franciscan Services Inc DBA Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare Healthcare Ministry: Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare Housing Ministry: Franciscan Ministries Inc Health Care Mission: Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare is committed to living out the healing ministry of Jesus by providing exceptional and compassionate health care service that promotes the dignity and well being of the people we serve. Health Care Vision: Our health ministries will be recognized in each community we serve for superior and compassionate health care employer of choice and preferred partner of physicians. Housing Mission: Franciscan Ministries is committed to providing quality and affordable housing in a compassionate environment that promotes wholeness of life within ourselves and the communities we serve. Housing Vision: Our housing ministries will be recognized for excellence in property management and a well-integrated network of support services that provide hope, growth, and opportunity. Values: Our common Values, which flow from our Mission and Catholic tradition, must have meaning for every one of us. Through them we put the healing ministry of Jesus into practice throughout the Wheaton Franciscan System. Respect: We value each person as sacred, created in the image and likeness of God, which gives worth and meaning to each persons life. Integrity: We value honesty and words and actions that build trust. Development: We value personal and professional growth that combines the physical, emotional, spiritual and relational aspects of life and work. Excellence: We value superior performance in our work and service. Stewardship: We value our responsibility to use human, financial, and natural resources entrusted to us for the common good, with special concern for those who are poor. WHEATON FRANCISCAN HEALTHCARE Wheaton Franciscan Services, Inc.s health care division, doing business as Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare (WFH), consists of facilities in Illinois, I

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 74% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - 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 the filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 70
  • Transparency & Controls: 62
  • Accountability: 77
  • Sustainability: 57
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 70.8%; rating input score 71
  • Program expense ratio: 81.1%; rating input score 81
  • Fundraising efficiency: $6.86 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 93.8%; rating input score 94; 22nd 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: 2 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 25
    • Claims monitoring procedures: Pass
    • Requires narrative reports: Fail
    • Conducts field audits: Fail
    • May suspend future funding: Fail
    • Requires financial reports: Pass
    • Conducts site visits: Fail
    • Requires grant agreements: Fail
    • May require repayment: Fail
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 76.9%; rating input score 77; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 78
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 12.7%; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.66; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 89; 89th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 21.5%; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -13.3% per year; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 6.3% per year; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 5.7% per year; rating input score 100; 57th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 70.8% of revenue deployed · 81.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 10 of 13 board members independent · 7 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $511K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $615K · 14 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 23 of 24 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors, foreign activity, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2011 to 2015
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Related organizations: 82 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.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight: 6 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 28/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 9 not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 35/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 11/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.