Mass General Brigham Incorporated FY2021 filing

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Somerville, MA501(c)(3)Since 1993HospitalsEIN 04-3230035Revenue $2.0B in FY2021

On file with the IRSmassgeneralbrigham.org399 Revolution Dr Ste 695, 02145-1576 · Somerville, MATax-exempt since Nov 2010Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
15¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$24.5M paid to officers and key staff.
Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2021 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
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IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
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IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
2 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $35.7M a year · 2% of revenue · last 6 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 2 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
15%
of spending
Concern: 15% of spending went to programs; under 50%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$24.5M
to officers and key staff · 2% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 2% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
<1 mo
of spending, in cash
Concern: -0.6 months of spending in cash; under 2 weeks.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
2
named funders · $178K
Fine: 2 funders name it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$8.2B
96% of total assets
Concern: liabilities are 96% of assets; over 80%.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
15
of 23 voting members
Looks good: 15 of 23 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$2.0B
-10% vs prior year
Spent
$1.6B
To programs
15%
Net assets
$325.0M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$2.0B
FY2021▼ -10%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$2.2B
FY2021$2.0B
FY2022$2.1B
FY2023$2.1B
FY2024$1.9B
FY2025$2.4B
Expenses
$1.6B
FY2021▼ -30%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$2.3B
FY2021$1.6B
FY2022$2.1B
FY2023$2.1B
FY2024$2.1B
FY2025$2.1B
Net assets
$325.0M
FY2021▲ +117%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020−$2.0B
FY2021$325.0M
FY2022$881.4M
FY2023$1.6B
FY2024$1.5B
FY2025$3.2B

From the FY2021 Form 990 (year ending September 2021) · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Nov 2010.

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Where the money goes

15 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 15% · $241.8M Management & general 85% · $1.4B

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

41 people listed on the 990; $24.5M paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2020); the FY2021 filing did not itemize Part VII
President, CEO & Director
$4,229,367Pt VII · Sec A
EVP, CFO & Treasurer Off 03/31/21
$2,715,239Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Investment Officer
$2,684,568Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Operating Officer
$1,908,055Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Clinical Officer
$1,792,088Pt VII · Sec A
Portfolio Manager
$1,433,006Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Legal Officer & General C.
$1,384,675Pt VII · Sec A
Portfolio Manager
$1,218,986Pt VII · Sec A

Anne Klibanski MD’s $7.1M as President, CEO & Director is at the 98th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1747 $100M+ health care nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 8 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Anne Klibanski MD$7,056,010$6,843,415$5,942,832$3,927,141$4,229,367$4,044,895
Peter K Markell—$515,469$1,950,362$5,887,699$2,715,239$3,610,203
David F Torchiana MD—————$5,244,099
Gregg S Meyer MD Msc$4,291,457$2,777,857$2,590,238$3,198,780$1,792,088$4,139,802
Ron M Walls MD$3,682,266$3,145,963$2,831,669$3,147,792$1,908,055—
John R Barker—$3,524,475$3,317,055$3,446,396$2,684,568$2,879,562
Emma Somers-Roy$3,164,004$1,202,191————
David F M Brown MD Facep$2,777,527—————

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

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  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2Yes
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Provides patient care, conducts medical research, trains healthcare professionals, and supports community health initiatives through a comprehensive academic healthcare system.

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1 program · $241.8M · in their own filed words · FY2020
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$241.8Mprogram expense

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Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 2 funders$178K
Grants paid · 424 grants · $1.1B · 2019–2024
Mass General Brigham IncorporatedMA · FY2024$1,178,001
Lynn Community Health INCMA · FY2024$1,000,000
The Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital CorporationMA · FY2024$445,110
Wentworth-Douglass HospitalMA · FY2024$214,899
Health Care for All INCMA · FY2024$183,855
The Salem Pantry INCMA · FY2024$120,000
Northeastern UniversityMA · FY2024$111,125
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By the numbers

The FY2021 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$2.0B
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$1.2B
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$497.1M
Investment incomeLn 3$296.4M
Money outPt IX
$1.6B
Ln 25
Programscol B$241.8M
Managementcol C$1.4B
Owns and owesPt X
$325.0M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2−$79.7M
Total assetsLn 16$8.5B
LiabilitiesLn 26$8.2B
PeoplePt VI, VII
41
listed · VII A
PaidVII A16
Voting boardVI 1a23
IndependentVI 1b15
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$497.1M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$1.2B
Investment incomeLn 3$296.4M
Other incomeLn 4–11$6.5M
Gains on assetsLn 7$286.1M
Total revenueLn 12$2.0B
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
SavingsLn 2−$79.7M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2−$79.7M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$3.06B
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$677.6M
Other assetsLn 15$1.13B
Total assetsLn 16$8.5B
LiabilitiesLn 26$8.2B
Net assetsLn 32$325.0M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 510,963
VolunteersI 625
Fiscal year endsHeaderSeptember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY21End FY21
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$295.9M−$79.7M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$2.21B$3.06B
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$700.0M$677.6M
Total assetsLn 16$7.89B$8.48B
LiabilitiesLn 26$9.84B$8.16B
Net assetsLn 32−$1.95B$325.0M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$79.1M$79.1M
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$24.5M$24.5M
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$514.9M$514.9M
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$164.7M$26.5M$138.2M
Other employee benefitsLn 9$88.5M$14.2M$74.3M
Payroll taxesLn 10$48.6M$7.8M$40.8M
Legal feesLn 11b$10.4M$1.7M$8.8M
Accounting feesLn 11c$1.7M$268K$1.4M
Lobbying feesLn 11d$1.7M$1.7M
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$106.8M$17.2M$89.6M
Advertising and promotionLn 12$24.5M$3.9M$20.6M
Office expensesLn 13$25.9M$4.2M$21.7M
Information technologyLn 14$137.4M$22.1M$115.4M
OccupancyLn 16$13.6M$2.2M$11.4M
TravelLn 17$110K$18K$92K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$180K$29K$151K
InterestLn 20$227.8M$36.6M$191.2M
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$68.9M$11.1M$57.8M
InsuranceLn 23$2.2M$359K$1.9M
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$75.8M$14.5M$61.3M
All other expensesLn 24e$584K$94K$490K
Total functional expensesLn 25$1.62B$241.8M$1.38B$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $2.4B$2.1B$332.6M$3.2B 990 PDF
FY2024 $1.9B$2.1B−$230.2M$1.5B 990 PDF
FY2023 $2.1B$2.1B−$93.5M$1.6B 990 PDF
FY2022 $2.1B$2.1B−$23.4M$881.4M 990 PDF
FY2021 Viewing $2.0B$1.6B$347.6M$325.0M 990 PDF
FY2020 $2.2B$2.3B−$118.8M−$2.0B 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
See the full FY2021 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $1,965,789,162 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $1,209,696,539$497,110,612
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $1,040,305,329$1,165,758,028
I-10 Investment incomePrior year −$75,604,148$296,420,840
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $7,026,069$6,499,682
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $2,181,423,789$1,965,789,162
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $652,391,156$79,148,847
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $880,305,910$841,266,500
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $767,535,336$697,745,390
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $2,300,232,402$1,618,160,737
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$118,808,613$347,628,425
Part VI · Governance 15 of 23 board members independent, 1 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body23
VI-1b Independent voting members15
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsYes
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $1,965,789,162 across 9 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $250,550 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1d Related organizations$497,110,612
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$497,110,612
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $1,162,549,828 · Unrelated business $3,208,200$1,165,758,028
VIII-3 Investment incomeUnrelated business $6,271,328 · Excluded from tax $4,001,757$10,273,085
VIII-5 RoyaltiesExcluded from tax $1,054,738$1,054,738
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossUnrelated business −$2,032 · Excluded from tax $608,021$605,989
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $286,147,755$286,147,755
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Unrelated business $2,660,151 · Excluded from tax $1,928,254$4,588,405
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $1,162,549,828 · Unrelated business $12,137,647 · Excluded from tax $293,991,075$1,965,789,162
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $1,618,160,737 across 21 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $79,148,847$79,148,847
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffManagement $24,543,546$24,543,546
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesManagement $514,901,632$514,901,632
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $26,464,308 · Management $138,241,476$164,705,784
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $14,226,191 · Management $74,313,284$88,539,475
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $7,805,020 · Management $40,771,043$48,576,063
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $1,678,191 · Management $8,766,358$10,444,549
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $268,054 · Management $1,400,230$1,668,284
IX-11d Lobbying feesManagement $1,746,726$1,746,726
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $17,160,765 · Management $89,642,605$106,803,370
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $3,940,919 · Management $20,586,158$24,527,077
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $4,156,841 · Management $21,714,069$25,870,910
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $22,084,513 · Management $115,362,762$137,447,275
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $2,182,315 · Management $11,399,750$13,582,065
IX-17 TravelPrograms $17,624 · Management $92,062$109,686
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $28,937 · Management $151,158$180,095
IX-20 InterestPrograms $36,609,172 · Management $191,235,156$227,844,328
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $11,065,737 · Management $57,804,035$68,869,772
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $358,933 · Management $1,874,956$2,233,889
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $14,505,190 · Management $61,327,820$75,833,010
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $93,890 · Management $490,464$584,354
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $241,795,447 · Management $1,376,365,290 · Fundraising $0$1,618,160,737
Part X · Balance sheet $8,481,205,961 assets, 15 lines filed
Asset lines not itemized here account for $3,589,691,740; see the IRS return.
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $295,855,917−$79,737,997
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $39,015,569$67,636,826
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $30,223,864$35,237,107
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $699,981,311$677,574,836
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $2,212,712,462$3,059,610,190
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $777,179,353$1,131,193,259
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $7,885,097,202$8,481,205,961
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $2,701,569,102$1,444,767,488
X-20 Tax-exempt bond liabilitiesStart of year $4,572,912,586$4,325,866,942
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $2,563,221,054$2,385,574,484
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $9,837,702,742$8,156,208,914
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year −$1,983,150,319$294,488,068
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $30,544,779$30,508,979
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year −$1,952,605,540$324,997,047
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $7,885,097,202$8,481,205,961
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $324,997,047 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$1,965,789,162
XI-2 Total expenses$1,618,160,737
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$347,628,425
XI-4 Net assets at start of year−$1,952,605,540
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$335,382,399
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$1,594,591,763
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$324,997,047

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