Official Seal, Everything Is Broken (2026)

Everything Is Broken

Report No. 1 · Nonprofit Hospital Executive Pay vs Charity Care · Annual Report, 2026 edition

New York · Ranked 1015 of 1033 by CEO pay.

Cuba Memorial Hospital

Ruth E Ireland, Chief Executive Officer Effective Aug 2024. Fiscal year ending 2024-12.

$139,985
CEO total compensation
Form 990 Part VII, columns D+E+F
1.73%
of expenses spent on charity care
Schedule H Part I line 7a
66.4%
CEO pay as a share of all charity care
Ruth E Ireland’s pay of $139,985 equals 66.4 percent of the $210,738 the system spent on charity care in the same year.

The chief executive's title on the filing indicates a change during the year (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER EFFECTIVE AUG 2024); the pay shown is what the filing reports for that person, which may cover part of the year.

§1The filing

Total revenue
$14,390,026
Total expenses
$12,205,367
Net assets
$10,425,256
Employees
0
Hospitals covered
1 facilities across 1 filing
Charity care, net
$210,738
Bad debt
$215,016
Medicare surplus (shortfall), as filed
($33,448)
CEO pay from the organization (Part VII col. D)
$133,365
From related organizations (col. E)
$0
Other compensation, including deferred pay and nontaxable benefits (col. F)
$6,620
CEO total compensation (D+E+F)
$139,985 to Ruth E Ireland

Medicare surplus (shortfall) is Schedule H Part III line 7: Medicare revenue minus the cost of Medicare care. A figure in parentheses is a shortfall. Like bad debt, it is not community benefit on the IRS form.

Source: Form 990, Cuba Memorial Hospital, EIN 16-0755761, fiscal year ending 2024-12, as published by the IRS. CEO identification: ceo title multiple.

§2Community benefit versus charity care

What the system reported as total community benefit (Schedule H line 7k)$210,738 Of which charity care to patients who could not pay (line 7a)$210,738 (100%)

The rest of line 7k is Medicaid shortfall, medical education, research, subsidized services and contributions. Bad debt ($215,016) and Medicare shortfall are reported separately by the IRS and are not community benefit on the form.

Every number on this page was copied from the filing linked above. If a figure is wrong, send the filing that contradicts it and the correction runs at the top of this page.

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Cuba Memorial Hospital: CEO pay $139,985, charity care 1.73% of expenses