32 Employees of Dignity Health Take Home $477 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 $477 million in compensation from 2019-2024 (note: highly compensated employees in any year from 2019-2022 but not in 2023 are not included – i.e Charles Francis who received $19 million from 2019-2023 or Todd Strumwasser who received $9 million from 2019-2023 and John Amos who received $8 million from 2019-2023): Read more 
Executive Compensation at Dignity Health (2024)
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
Executive Compensation at Dignity Health (2022)
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 21 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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