Wisconsin Hospice and Palliative Care Association

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
833382962
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2020–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2018
Location
Kimberly, WI, USA
Phone
9205605610
Rating
41
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Educational Services and Schools - Other

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$76,539
Expenses
$72,311
Assets
$111,915
Liabilities
$55,202

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

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ERIC OSTERMANN (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

People named in this filing

  • ERIC OSTERMANN (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • LYNNE SEXTEN (CHAIR)
  • ALISA GERKE (VICE CHAIR)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

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

Overview

Mission

Established in 2018, the Wisconsin hospice and palliative care association (wihpca) is committed to ensuring optimal outcomes and growing access to care for individuals facing life-limiting illness by supporting provider members and advocacy, education, strategic partnerships, and commumnity support.

What it reported doing in 2024

To implement systems that support the creation of a high-value membership organization, to expand internal expertise through partnerships and member outreatch, and to facilitate relationship-building amoung members while furthering public awareness of wihpca.

Operating model

Revenue model
Membership-supported. 93% of the money available for current operations came from membership dues.
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

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 6
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 51
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 5.7%; rating input score 6
  • Program expense ratio: 6%; rating input score 6

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 5.5%; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.55; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.49; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -63.3% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 2.2% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 21.3% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 5.7% of revenue deployed · 6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $4K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2020 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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: Mission deployment rate scored 6/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 6/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 55/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 58/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 9/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.