23 Employees of Banner Health Take Home $260 Million in Compensation
23 employees of Banner Health (a tax-exempt non-profit healthcare system that operates 33 hospitals and numerous health care clinics, nursing homes, home health care agencies, urgent care centers, and ambulatory facilities in 6 states with more than 55,000 employees, that is based in Phoenix, Arizona) received $260 million in compensation from 2017-2023 (note: highly compensated employees in any of the yeas 2017-2022 but not in 2023 are not included): Read more 
Executive Compensation at Banner Health(2023)
Banner Health is a tax-exempt non-profit healthcare system that operates 33 hospitals and numerous health care clinics, nursing homes, home health care agencies, urgent care centers, and ambulatory facilities in 6 states with more than 55,000 employees.
Based in Phoenix, Arizona, Banner Health consists of dozens of related/affiliated organizations (including taxable partnerships, trusts, and corporations) but for the purpose of this post, the executive compensation of Banner Health (a 501 (c) (3)) is reported.
Banner Health has 14 members (directors) in its governing body, 13 of whom are independent, although 16 are listed on the most recent Form 990 (2023): 12 of the 16 (75%) are male while 4 of the 16 (25%) are female. What is unusual (compared to other non-profit healthcare providers) is that the directors receive $43,500-$111,500 each in compensation, except for the President and CEO, Peter Fine, who received more than $8 million in compensation. Read more
Executive Compensation at Dignity Health (2020)
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 39 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
Executive Compensation at Dignity Health
Dignity Health is one of the largest non-profit healthcare providers in the United States. Headquartered in San Francisco, Dignity Health is the largest hospital provider in California although this 501 (c) (3) serves communities in 21 states.
The most recent IRS Form 990 available (2016) for the year ending June 30, 2017 for Dignity Health (the administrative entity only – note: there are numerous 501 (c) (3’s) in which Dignity Health is the direct controlling entity) reported $9.9 billion in revenue, $9.8 billion in expenses (including $480 million in depreciation). At the beginning of the year net fund assets were $4.2 billion but after adding in excess revenue, unrealized gains on investments, and changes in assets, Dignity Health closed the year with $5.1 billion.
In 2017, Dignity Health reported having 54,608 employees who were compensated $5.2 billion (about 50% of the revenue), which equates to an average compensation of $94,500. 13,933 individuals received more than $100,000 in compensation with the 33 most highly compensated individuals listed below: Read more
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