WellSpan Health

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
232400237
IRS 990 coverage
2013–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024
Location
York, PA, USA
Phone
800-840-5905
Rating
76
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Community Health Systems

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$46,948,872
Expenses
$51,702,157
Assets
$57,094,773
Liabilities
$30,655,397

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

Leadership & pay

14 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ROXANNA GAPSTUR PHD RN (PRESIDENT & CEO - WELLSPAN HEALTH)

Highest reported compensation

  • ROXANNA GAPSTUR PHD RN (PRESIDENT & CEO - WELLSPAN HEALTH): $3,176,598 total reported compensation
  • LAURA BUCZKOWSKI (EXECUTIVE VP & CFO - WELLSPAN HEALTH): $1,408,553 total reported compensation
  • KEITH NOLL (CHAIR, SR VP & CHIEF ADMIN OFFICER): $802,567 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

WellSpan's leaders fulfill our mission

What it reported doing in 2024

The purpose of the organization is to engage in health-related ventures to benefit wellspan health and its affiliated health-related organizations.wellspan health care services includes wellspan emergency medical services. Wellspan provides timely, often life-saving emergency medical services (ems) to communities across south central Pennsylvania. Wellspan ems provides:- emergency and non-emergency advanced life support (als) emergency medical services- emergency and non-emergency basic life support (bls) emergency medical services- basic and advanced life support staffing- basic and advanced life support event stand-by services- air medical transport- decedent transportwellspan medical equipment is part of wellspan health care services. Wellspan has been a convenient source for quality home medical equipment and supplies throughout the region since 1976. We uphold a reputation of excellence by consistently providing our customers and caregivers with the kind of informative, compassionate and efficient care they have come to expect. At the end of the fiscal year, wellspan medical equipment ceased active operations.at wellspan endoscopy center in chambersburg and ephrata, we specialize in diseases of the esophagus, stomach, and the first part of your small intestine, called the duodenum. Upper gastrointestinal conditions that may bring you to our office include ulcers, tumors, infection, bleeding, reflux disease, or gerd.wellspan citygate surgery center, our new state-of-the-art outpatient surgery center was designed with you in mind. Surgeries done in outpatient settings offer enhanced satisfaction and greater convenience for you and your family members. We offer procedures in ent, gynecology, plastic surgery and urology.see wellspan health - 2025 community benefit report located at https://www.wellspan.org/about-wellspan/improving-healthy-communities/community-benefit.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 96% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program 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: 87
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 37
  • Sustainability: 30
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 94%; rating input score 94
  • 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: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 0%; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • 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: -10.1%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.1; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.54; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 1.1%; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 25.7% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 23.7% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 18.7% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 1 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 94% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 0 of 7 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $48.6M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $3.2M · 14 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 3 contractors listed · $1.2M reported
  • Consistency: 29 of 29 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors, executive pay, and related organizations
  • Filing history: 12 filing years from 2013 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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 10/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: CEO compensation review process not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 40/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 26/100.