Executive Compensation at Mass General Brigham (2022)
Mass General Brigham (formerly known as Partners HealthCare) is a non-profit, tax-exempt healthcare provider with 16 member institutions that include hospitals, medical centers, urgent and emergency care facilities, community health centers, physician and rehabilitation networks, a teaching organization, health insurance plan, and more in the Boston area who changed its name to Mass General Brigham (taking the name of two premier hospitals: Massachusetts General and Brigham and Women’s) in November, 2019.
With an estimated 82,000 employees (including 6,500 physicians and 9,100 registered nurses), Mass General Brigham is the largest private employer and healthcare provider in Massachusetts. The Mass General Brigham healthcare network has dozens of related and affiliated tax-exempt organizations and several taxable as a corporation, partnership, or trust (see Schedule R of the Form 990’s). Read more 
Executive Compensation at Endeavor Health (2023)
In 2022, Endeavor Health united 8 regional hospitals and 300 care centers across Chicago through NorthShore, Edward-Elmhurst Health, Northwest Community Healthcare, and Swedish Hospital creating the third largest healthcare system in the State of Illinois. With more than 27,000 employees, Endeavor Health is made up of 19 tax-exempt organizations, 9 organizations taxable as partnerships, and 12 organizations taxable as corporations or trusts. Read more
Executive Compensation at Ascension Health (2023)
Ascension Health is the nation’s largest Catholic non-profit health system with 140 hospitals, 2,600 sites of care, and 39 senior living facilities in 19 states and the District of Columbia. The sole corporate member of Ascension Health is Ascension Health Alliance, a Missouri non-profit 501 (c) (3). In addition, there is Ascension Health -IS, Inc who provides information technology support to the network organizations. Consequently, there are three separate IRS Form 990’s that need to be viewed to gain an understanding of the executive compensation. Read more
$250 Million in Legal Fees at the NRA
The NRA has been embroiled in litigation for years with multiple legal charges and actions including corruption, tax fraud, mismanagement, bankruptcy, illegal campaign conduct, and other legal issues. To defend against the charges (and other minor suits), the NRA used revenue (primarily membership dues and contributions) and relied on accumulated funds in the general fund to pay $250 million in legal fees over the past decade (although the bulk of the legal fees were paid between 2018-2023). Read more
$19 a Month to the ASPCA – How Much Goes to Vet Services?
If you donated $19 a month to the ASPCA in 2023 and want to know how your donation was spent, know that:
- $11 went to pay staff, office-related expenses, travel and conferences;
- $6 went to pay advertising and promotion and fees for outside services, including professional fundraisers, and miscellaneous expenses;
- $1 out of every $19 was spent on veterinary services, operating supplies, and grants to other non-profits whose mission is to help protect animals; leaving
- $1 unspent and allocated to the organization’s general fund. Read more
Executive Compensation at the ASPCA (2023)
The ASPCA is a non-profit tax-exempt 501 (c) (3) based in New York City, New York. As such, the organization submits a Form 990 to the IRS annually and makes a copy available to the public. The most recent IRS Form 990 (2023) reports the ASPCA: Read more
Where Does $100 to the ASPCA Go (2023)?
If you donated $100 to the ASPCA in 2023 and want to know how your donation was spent, know:
- $57 went to pay staff, office-related expenses, travel and conferences.
- $28 went to pay advertising and promotion and fees for outside services, including professional fundraisers.
- $6 out of every $100 was spent on veterinary services, operating supplies, and grants to other non-profits whose mission is to help protect animals.
- $3 out of every $100 was spent on miscellaneous expenses leaving $4 unspent and allocated to the organization’s general fund (which had nearly $500 million at year-end). Read more
30 Executives at Dignity Health Receive $380 Million in Compensation
30 of the most highly compensated employees at Dignity Health (Dignity Health is part of the CommonSpirit Health System. In 2019, Dignity Health merged with Catholic Health Initiatives to become one of the largest tax-exempt, non-profit healthcare systems in the United States with more than 60,000 employees staffing 400 care centers and 41 hospitals in 22 states) received $380 million in compensation from 2019-2023 (note: highly compensated employees in any year from 2019-2022 but not in 2023 are not included): Read more
Executive Compensation at Dignity Health (2023)
Dignity Health is part of the CommonSpirit Health System (In 2019, Dignity Health merged with Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI) to become one of the largest tax-exempt, non-profit healthcare systems in the United States). With more than 60,000 employees staffing 400 care centers and 41 hospitals in 22 states, Dignity Health is based in San Francisco, CA (whereas CommonSpirit Health is based in Chicago, IL). Although Dignity Health has numerous related/affiliated non-profits, taxable corporations and trusts, this post is limited to addressing the executive compensation of Dignity Health, an affiliate of CommonSpirit Health. Read more
30 Kaiser Health Executives Received $430 Million in Compensation
Kaiser Health is one of many terms (Kaiser, Kaiser Permanente, etc) that refers to one of the nation’s largest not-for-profit health care insurers and providers with more than 12.5 million members (primarily in California but also in Hawaii, Colorado, Georgia, Oregon, Washington, Virginia, Maryland, and the District of Columbia). With 40 hospitals, more than 600 medical offices, and about 223,000 employees, Kaiser Health is considered one of the leaders in the industry.
30 of the most highly compensated employees received $430 million in compensation from 2017-2023 (and several have only been employed by the organization for just one year): Read more
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