Willamette Vital Health

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
930738493
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Salem, OR, USA
Phone
5035883600
Rating
81
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Hospices

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$14,283,955
Expenses
$16,201,462
Assets
$11,225,942
Liabilities
$1,309,236

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

Leadership & pay

18 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ANDREW BONE (PRESIDENT)
  • JOHN MOODY (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • IRIA NISHIMURA (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER)

Highest reported compensation

  • CHERYL MACDONALD (MEDICAL DIRECTOR): $353,837 total reported compensation
  • IRIA NISHIMURA (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER): $261,931 total reported compensation
  • NANCY BOUTIN (SUPPORTIVE CARE PHYSICIAN): $245,213 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

We provide comprehensive hospice care services, supportive care for pain & symptom management for those with serious illness, and grief support. Through our mission, willamette vital health supports adults and children living with a serious or life-limiting illness throughout marion and polk counties and beyond.

What it reported doing in 2024

Willamette vital health (wvh) provides compassionate hospice care to terminally ill patients and their caregivers. Services include in-home nursing visits, pain and symptom management, personal care assistance, social service assistance, respite, spiritual counseling, massage, music and pet therapy, and bereavements support for caregivers and the community. Wvh receives funding from medicare and other insurance plans. However, this does not cover volunteer services, bereavement services, and additional therapies such as music and massage. Services are also provided regardless of a patient's ability to pay. Wvh provides a unique service as it is the only free-standing nonprofit hospice care organization within a 35-mile radius of salem. Wvh works as a partner with other healthcare communities, residential care facilities, adult foster homes, and assisted living centers, providing support and education about end of life care.during 2024, wvh provided comprehensive hospice care to 857 terminally ill patients and their families, including nursing care and medical and psychosocial assistance. 3,979 volunteer hours were utilized in performing the services of the organization. Wvh provided adult foster care to 32 hospice patients who could no longer reside in their own home. Wvh provided palliative care to 87 patients and families. Wvh provided 94 instances of individual and family counseling, served 89 individuals in bereavement groups, and hosted 2 community bereavement events.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 95% 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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 72
  • Transparency & Controls: 94
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 23
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 84.7%; rating input score 85
  • Program expense ratio: 74.6%; rating input score 75
  • Fundraising efficiency: $0.93 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 6 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Pass
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
    • Written employment contract: Pass
    • 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: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 66th 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: -13.4%; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.69; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.12; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 7.3%; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -1.9% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 2.1% per year; rating input score 100; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 0.9% per year; rating input score 100; 13th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 84.7% of revenue deployed · 74.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 14 of 14 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $12.1M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $354K · 18 people listed · 6 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 31 of 31 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 5 filed money-flow records
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 2/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 8/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 24/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 34/100.