Wisconsin Hospital Association Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 390969552
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Fitchburg, WI, USA
- Phone
- 6082741820
- Rating confidence
- Limited
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $10,403,976
- Expenses
- $9,676,157
- Assets
- $25,617,422
- Liabilities
- $4,612,558
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
29 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- ERIC BORGERDING (PRESIDENT & DIRECTOR)
Highest reported compensation
- ERIC BORGERDING (PRESIDENT & DIRECTOR): $1,351,909 total reported compensation
- KYLE O'BRIEN (SENIOR VP, GOVERNMENT RELATIONS): $351,596 total reported compensation
- MATTHEW STANFORD (GENERAL COUNSEL): $301,876 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The Wisconsin hospital association, inc.'s (wha) mission is advocating for the ability of its members to provide high quality health care services to Wisconsin communities.the association fulfills this mission through the following values: advocacy and representation is wha's highest priority; advocating for the identification and implementation of initiatives that contribute to improved community health; serving as a forum to discuss diverse points of view and seek consensus on how best to meet societal and member needs; providing education and training on issues relating to regulatory compliance, management, clinical improvement, and other matters that enable members to achieve their missions; taking a leadership role in fostering a climate of collaboration, respect, and interdependency between the various providers of health care; offering value added services that meet membership needs through the association and its subsidiaries.
What it reported doing in 2024
Communications and education -wha produces a weekly newsletter that is distributed to more than 2,000 people, including member hospitals, state legislators, members of the congressional delegation, and health care professionals. In addition, wha staff communicate directly with member hospitals through direct visits and electronic communications. Wha works directly with the media and provides access to experts in the area of health care policy, reimbursement, quality and safety, workforce and data.wha holds more than 50 education events each year focused on issues that are of vital importance to hospitals.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Other-operating. 92% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
- Distribution model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.
The verdict
- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 97
- Sustainability: 56
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: Limited
- Program expense ratio: Limited
- 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 95.5%; rating input score 95; 29th 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: 7%; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.65; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.18; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 30.2%; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: 2.4% per year; rating input score 100; 21st percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 5.9% per year; rating input score 100; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
- Governance: 21 of 22 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments
- Leadership: top reported pay $1.4M · 29 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Highest-paid contractors: 3 contractors listed · $668K reported
- Consistency: 13 of 13 current checks pass
- Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, executive pay, and related organizations
- Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 8 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 5 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.
Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 1/100.
- High — Grant Readiness: Federal audit findings: this organization reported findings in its latest federal Single Audit.