West River Health Services

Analysis

West River Health Services is a registered charity in United States, based in Hettinger, ND. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 1977, 49 years ago. Its declared purposes cover health care, which this site groups under health and saving lives. The IRS classifies it as a hospital or medical research organisation under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending March 2023, West River Health Services reported income of $28.8m and spending of $29.5m, spending 103% of its income. Across the 4 years on record, from March 2020 to March 2023, income grew from $27.1m to $28.8m (+6.4%), an average of +2.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2021, when income rose by 27%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, West River Health Services sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile, and in the 99th percentile within ND. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Corry Memorial Hospital Association ($28.8m), Washtenaw Pace Inc ($28.8m) and Global Coalition for Adaptive Research Inc ($28.8m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending March 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 3.1% and program service revenue 95% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $930k (3.1% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $13.1m. At year end it held assets of $33.2m against liabilities of $2.4m, net assets of $30.7m. It reported 279 employees.