Valley Health

Legal name: Valley Health Systems Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
550554001
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Huntington, WV, USA
Phone
304.525.3334
Rating
88
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$73,376,474
Expenses
$94,751,841
Assets
$58,672,367
Liabilities
$23,721,003

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

Leadership & pay

21 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • STEVEN SHATTLS (CEO (UNTIL 09/2024))
  • MATHEW WEIMER (CEO (START 09/2024))
  • MARY-BETH BRUBECK (EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT/CFO)

Highest reported compensation

  • STEVEN SHATTLS (CEO (UNTIL 09/2024)): $2,937,499 total reported compensation
  • AMBER KUHL (PHYSICIAN): $934,142 total reported compensation
  • CALEB HUFF (PHYSICIAN): $748,726 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Mission of delivering high-quality, affordable healthcare.

What it reported doing in 2024

Founded in 1975, valley health systems is one of the original organizations that laid the foundation for the current national system of community health centers and is partially funded under a community health center grant from the u.s. Department of health and human services. Valley health (and its affiliate organizations) operate dozens of service delivery sites, including comprehensive health centers, school-based sites and dozens of wic clinics predominantly in the western and southern portions of wv and along the eastern borders of Ohio and Kentucky. It is the mission of valley health to provide quality healthcare services to everyone, with an emphasis on the underserved. The services provided include primary care (family medicine and internal medicine), behavioral health, dental, cardiology, obstetrics (prenatal care, labor and delivery, postpartum care), gynecology, optometry, pediatrics, otolaryngology, audiology, gastroenterology, pharmaceutical services, diagnostic labs, advanced diagnostic radiology and x-ray, and substance use disorder services- all of which are available to everyone regardless of their ability to pay. Other services provided to patients include nutrition education, diabetes education, services addressing social drivers of health, patient advocacy services, clinical pharmacy, and chronic care management services- also regardless of a patient's ability to pay. For eligible patients, services under the black lung program, adolescent health program, and healthcare for the homeless are also provided. Financial assistance is available to all patients, and certain discounts are provided for those who are eligible. The organization provided $727,324 in charity care to indigent patients.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
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: 83
  • Transparency & Controls: 96
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 14
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 80.9%; rating input score 81
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 5 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 83
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Pass
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Pass
    • 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: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 8 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: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -29.1%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.62; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.4; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 8.2%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 13.8% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 8.2% per year; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 10.3% per year; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 2 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 3 operating locations identified
  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 80.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 11 of 11 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $76.6M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $2.9M · 21 people listed · 5 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $444K reported
  • Consistency: 33 of 33 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 11 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 8 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.
  • 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.

  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 3/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 24/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 5/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 44/100.