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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by PALMER LUTHERAN HEALTH CENTER INC.

What the amendment changed

Compared with the return it replaced , filed 14 August 2024. matched by us Only the Part I totals and the names listed in Part VII are compared. We relate returns by organization, tax year and form, and order them by each return's own timestamp; the filer's own "amended return" checkbox is a separate fact.

Total revenue
$30,624,838 changed to $50,309,243
Total expenses
$30,302,502 changed to $43,670,341
Contributions and grants received
$164,072 changed to $46,523
Program services expenses
$26,142,330 changed to $35,748,753
Management and general expenses
$4,160,172 changed to $7,921,588
Program service expenses (Part III)
$26,142,330 changed to $35,748,753

Listed only on the later return

  • CHERYL MITTELSTED
  • DEB KELLY
  • DEBBIE BRINK
  • EMILY MORK
  • JOHN CEELEN
  • KEN BEACH
  • NICOLE HAVENSTRITE

Listed under a different title

  • ANDREW WENTHE: DIRECTOR then VICE CHAIR (THRU 05/2024)
  • CHUCK JOHNSON: DIRECTOR then DIRECTOR/ENTERPRISE DIRECTOR
  • DR MORDECHAI LEDERMAN: SECRETARY / TREASURER then SECRETARY/TREASURER (THRU 01/2024)
  • GERALD OETZEL: CFO-GHS (THRU 08/23) then FORMER CFO-BGHS
  • KRISTI FLACK: VICE CHAIR then CHAIR
  • LYNN LAUER: CHAIR then CHAIR (THRU 01/2024)
  • RACHEL ALBRECHT: DIRECTOR then DIRECTOR/VP AMBULATORY SERVICES
  • SCOTT RATHGABER: CEO-GHS then CEO-BGHS
  • STEVE LITTLE: CFO-GHS (BEG 08/23) then INTERIM CFO-BGHS (THRU 02/2024)
  • TOM TORNSTROM: DIRECTOR then SECRETARY/TREASURER

Totals

Total revenue
$50,309,243
Total expenses
$43,670,341
Contributions and grants received
$46,523
Grants paid
$0
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$35,748,753
Management and general expenses
$7,921,588
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$35,748,753

Program services were 81.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Listed in Part VII

  • DR MORDECHAI LEDERMAN

    SECRETARY/TREASURER (THRU 01/2024)

    Total calculated
    $359,534
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $292,267
    Other
    $67,267
    Hours/week
    2 + 48 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $284,893 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $77 related
    Other
    $0 + $7,297 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $42,533 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $24,734 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $359,534 related

  • RACHEL ALBRECHT

    DIRECTOR/VP AMBULATORY SERVICES

    Total calculated
    $290,157
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $235,056
    Other
    $55,101
    Hours/week
    2 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $227,280 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $25 related
    Other
    $0 + $7,751 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $34,017 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $21,084 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $290,157 related

  • TOM TORNSTROM

    SECRETARY/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $206,255
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $163,870
    Other
    $42,385
    Hours/week
    2 + 48 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $160,902 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $954 related
    Other
    $0 + $2,014 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $24,013 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $18,372 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $206,255 related

  • CHUCK JOHNSON

    DIRECTOR/ENTERPRISE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $200,528
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $150,958
    Other
    $49,570
    Hours/week
    2 + 48 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $142,701 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $533 related
    Other
    $0 + $7,724 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $22,566 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $27,004 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $200,528 related

  • KRISTI FLACK

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • LYNN LAUER

    CHAIR (THRU 01/2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • ANDREW WENTHE

    VICE CHAIR (THRU 05/2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • NICOLE HAVENSTRITE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • SCOTT RATHGABER

    CEO-BGHS

    Total calculated
    $1,712,949
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $1,644,221
    Other
    $68,728
    Hours/week
    2 + 48 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $1,274,504 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $200,000 related
    Other
    $0 + $169,717 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $45,225 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $23,503 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $1,712,949 related

  • STEVE LITTLE

    INTERIM CFO-BGHS (THRU 02/2024)

    Total calculated
    $333,317
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $333,317
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 48 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $258,317 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $75,000 related
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $0 + $333,317 related

  • PATRICE KUENNEN

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $240,244
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $190,270
    Other
    $49,974
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $186,366 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $237 related
    Other
    $0 + $3,667 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $27,690 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $22,284 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $240,244 related

  • BRENDA MOSER

    FINANCE ADMINISTRATOR

    Total calculated
    $228,179
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $177,022
    Other
    $51,157
    Hours/week
    40 + 10 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $169,831 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $5,736 related
    Other
    $0 + $1,455 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $26,423 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $24,734 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $228,179 related

  • JOHN CEELEN

    CFO-BGHS (BEG. 02/2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 48 related

  • KEN BEACH

    CRNA

    Total calculated
    $256,218
    From this org
    $216,238
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $39,980
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $213,100
    Bonus
    $54
    Other
    $3,084
    Deferred
    $10,524
    Nontaxable benefits
    $29,456
    Filer's total
    $256,218

  • DEBBIE BRINK

    RN

    Total calculated
    $185,159
    From this org
    $163,765
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,394
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $151,348
    Bonus
    $3,697
    Other
    $8,720
    Deferred
    $8,253
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,141
    Filer's total
    $185,159

  • EMILY MORK

    PHARMACY DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $170,087
    From this org
    $137,235
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $32,852
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $135,607
    Bonus
    $437
    Other
    $1,191
    Deferred
    $6,408
    Nontaxable benefits
    $26,444
    Filer's total
    $170,087

  • DEB KELLY

    DIRECTOR OF NURSING

    Total calculated
    $152,279
    From this org
    $143,337
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,942
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $136,830
    Bonus
    $4,379
    Other
    $2,128
    Deferred
    $8,459
    Nontaxable benefits
    $483
    Filer's total
    $152,279

  • CHERYL MITTELSTED

    RN

    Total calculated
    $130,877
    From this org
    $128,345
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $2,532
    Hours/week
    40

  • GERALD OETZEL

    FORMER CFO-BGHS

    Total calculated
    $573,176
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $555,068
    Other
    $18,108
    Hours/week
    0

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $480,094 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $70,000 related
    Other
    $0 + $4,974 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $12,220 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $5,888 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $573,176 related

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 3
A RELATED ORGANIZATION OF THE FILING ORGANIZATION USES ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING TO ESTABLISH THE COMPENSATION OF THE ORGANIZATION'S TOP MANAGEMENT OFFICIAL: -COMPENSATION COMMITTEE -INDEPENDENT COMPENSATION CONSULTANT -COMPENSATION SURVEY OR STUDY, AND -APPROVAL BY THE BOARD OR COMPENSATION COMMITTEE PLEASE REFER TO THE FORM 990, PART VI, LINE 15A DISCLOSURE IN SCHEDULE O FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS ON HOW COMPENSATION OF THE ORGANIZATION'S TOP MANAGEMENT OFFICIAL IS ESTABLISHED.

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
12 August 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202522259349300732

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