Highmark Health Group

Tax-deductible

Pittsburgh, PA501(c)(3)EIN 82-1406555Revenue $6.1B in FY2024

On file with the IRSahn.org120 Fifth Avenue Tax, 15222-0000 · Pittsburgh, PATax-exempt since Mar 2012Supporting org, Type I — 509(a)(3)

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Promote Health and wellness in our communities by providing safe, compassionate, affordable Health care to all who seek IT.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
91¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 768 volunteers and 26,823 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2024 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2024
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
4 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $111.6M a year · 2% of revenue · last 5 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
91%
of spending
Looks good: 91% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$90.9M
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: 0.4 months of spending in cash; under 2 weeks.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
2
named funders · $101K
Fine: 2 funders name it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$2.3B
51% of total assets
Fine: liabilities are 51% of assets; 50% to 65%.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
75
of 196 voting members
Worth a look: 75 of 196 voting members are independent, under half.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$6.1B
+8% vs prior year
Spent
$5.9B
To programs
91%
Net assets
$2.2B
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$6.1B
FY2024▲ +8%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$4.0B
FY2021$4.8B
FY2022$5.2B
FY2023$5.6B
FY2024$6.1B
Expenses
$5.9B
FY2024▲ +7%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$4.1B
FY2021$4.6B
FY2022$5.0B
FY2023$5.5B
FY2024$5.9B
Net assets
$2.2B
FY2024▲ +6%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$1.8B
FY2021$2.0B
FY2022$1.9B
FY2023$2.1B
FY2024$2.2B

From the FY2024 Form 990 · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Mar 2012.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

91 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 91% · $5.4B Management & general 9% · $519.8M Fundraising 0% · $1.5M

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

155 people listed on the 990; $90.9M paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
CEO, President, & Director
$9,657,156Pt VII · Sec A
EVP Chief Operating Officer
$5,270,613Pt VII · Sec A
Director & EVP Wpa Provider President
$4,442,084Pt VII · Sec A
Director & President
$2,716,868Pt VII · Sec A
EVP Chief Legal Officer and Secretary
$2,652,900Pt VII · Sec A
Former Chief Living Health Dev. Officer, Pres. & CEO
$2,523,609Pt VII · Sec A
Director & EVP Chief Living & Medical Transformation Officer
$2,444,483Pt VII · Sec A
EVP Chief HR Officer
$2,338,654Pt VII · Sec A

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

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
David Holmberg$9,657,156————
Karen Hanlon$5,270,613————
Bruce Meyer MD$4,442,084————
Cynthia Hundorfean$2,523,609$25,244$3,360,849$3,281,508$2,876,675
James Benedict$2,716,868$2,557,017——$1,330,581
Carolyn Duronio$2,652,900————
Tony Farah MD$2,444,483————
Larry Kleinman$2,338,654————

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 safe, compassionate, and affordable healthcare services to promote wellness and improve health outcomes for all individuals within the community.

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3 programs · $4.7B · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

The allegheny health network (ahn) strives to provide high quality, affordable healthcare to the communities we serve. To accomplish these program service objectives, the west penn allegheny health system promotes health and wellness for our patients and our communities. See schedule o for additional details.

$3.9Bprogram expense
02

The allegheny health network (ahn) strives to provide high quality, affordable healthcare to the communities we serve. To accomplish these program service objectives, saint vincent health center promotes health and wellness for our patients and our communities. See schedule o for additional details.

$444.1Mprogram expense
03

The allegheny health network (ahn) strives to provide high quality, affordable healthcare to the communities we serve. To accomplish these program service objectives, jefferson regional medical center promotes health and wellness for our patients and our communities. See schedule o for additional details.

$349.7Mprogram expense

Funders

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 · FY2024
Total grants receivedfrom 2 funders$101K
Grants paid · 116 grants · $2.2M · 2020–2024
Unitemized GrantFY2024$102,375
Unitemized GrantFY2024$79,378
Unitemized GrantFY2024$46,125
Unitemized GrantFY2024$20,000
Unitemized GrantFY2024$16,000
American Cancer Society INCGA · FY2024$15,000
A Glimmer of Hope INCPA · FY2024$15,000
Arthritis Foundation INCGA · FY2024$6,000
Grove City CollegePA · FY2024$5,500
Unitemized GrantFY2024$5,000
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By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$6.1B
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$6.0B
Investment incomeLn 3$57.1M
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$43.1M
Money outPt IX
$5.9B
Ln 25
Programscol B$5.4B
Managementcol C$519.8M
Fundraisingcol D$1.5M
Owns and owesPt X
$2.2B
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$205.5M
Total assetsLn 16$4.5B
LiabilitiesLn 26$2.3B
PeoplePt VI, VII
155
listed · VII A
PaidVII A85
Voting boardVI 1a196
IndependentVI 1b75
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$43.1M
Government grantsLn 1e$12.3M
Noncash giftsLn 1g$5.9M
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$737K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$6.0B
Investment incomeLn 3$57.1M
Other incomeLn 4–11$5.0M
Gains on assetsLn 7$9.8M
Total revenueLn 12$6.1B
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$406K
SavingsLn 2$205.1M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$205.5M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$448.2M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$1.90B
Other assetsLn 15$979.6M
Total assetsLn 16$4.5B
LiabilitiesLn 26$2.3B
Net assetsLn 32$2.2B
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 526,823
VolunteersI 6768
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
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 FY24End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$156.8M$205.5M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$416.4M$448.2M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$1.86B$1.90B
Total assetsLn 16$4.33B$4.47B
LiabilitiesLn 26$2.26B$2.27B
Net assetsLn 32$2.08B$2.20B
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$304K$304K
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$269K$269K
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$38.4M$35.7M$2.7M$16K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$1.5M$1.4M$102K$604
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$2.23B$2.07B$154.7M$918K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8−$9.2M−$8.5M−$770K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$355.5M$325.9M$29.6M$14K
Payroll taxesLn 10$134.5M$123.7M$10.7M$57K
Legal feesLn 11b$4.3M$2K$4.3M
Accounting feesLn 11c$440K$176$440K
Lobbying feesLn 11d$180K$180K
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$227K$227K
Investment management feesLn 11f$2.2M$2.2M
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$440.1M$330.8M$109.2M$180K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$1.2M$1.1M$104K
Office expensesLn 13$35.7M$32.4M$3.2M$15K
Information technologyLn 14$67.9M$62.8M$5.1M$853
OccupancyLn 16$246.6M$227.0M$19.6M
TravelLn 17$5.8M$5.3M$485K$723
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$5.3M$4.8M$539K$818
InterestLn 20$27.3M$24.6M$2.7M
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$207.9M$186.9M$21.0M$111
InsuranceLn 23$51.9M$49.2M$2.7M
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$1.91B$1.77B$146.2M$111
All other expensesLn 24e$124.3M$119.2M$5.0M$63K
Total functional expensesLn 25$5.88B$5.36B$519.8M$1.5M

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest Viewing $6.1B$5.9B$175.5M$2.2B 990 PDF
FY2023 $5.6B$5.5B$108.3M$2.1B 990 PDF
FY2022 $5.2B$5.0B$182.3M$1.9B 990 PDF
FY2021 $4.8B$4.6B$206.9M$2.0B 990 PDF
FY2020 $4.0B$4.1B−$115.0M$1.8B 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 FY2024 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $6,059,666,088 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $22,258,973$43,088,084
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $5,279,520,703$5,954,461,898
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $55,852,178$57,095,895
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $262,705,739$5,020,211
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $5,620,337,593$6,059,666,088
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $465,881$573,278
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $2,591,619,096$2,748,606,085
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $227,420$227,420
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $2,919,728,391$3,134,746,709
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $5,512,040,788$5,884,153,492
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $108,296,805$175,512,596
Part VI · Governance 75 of 196 board members independent, 1 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body196
VI-1b Independent voting members75
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 $6,059,666,088 across 12 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $34,532,328 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1c Fundraising events$736,707
VIII-1d Related organizations$7,502,500
VIII-1e Government grants$12,270,704
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$22,578,173
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$5,868,283
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$43,088,084
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $5,907,614,407 · Unrelated business $12,315,163$5,919,929,570
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $47,314,072$47,314,072
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossExcluded from tax $5,125,138$5,125,138
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $9,781,823$9,781,823
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax −$104,927−$104,927
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $5,921,051,407 · Unrelated business $12,315,163 · Excluded from tax $83,211,434$6,059,666,088
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $5,884,153,492 across 26 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $304,400$304,400
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $268,878$268,878
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for membersPrograms $0$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $35,729,113 · Management $2,666,550 · Fundraising $15,832$38,411,495
IX-6 Pay of disqualified personsPrograms $1,362,301 · Management $101,672 · Fundraising $604$1,464,577
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $2,072,405,912 · Management $154,668,635 · Fundraising $918,292$2,227,992,839
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms −$8,469,682 · Management −$769,972−$9,239,654
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $325,873,624 · Management $29,599,175 · Fundraising $14,050$355,486,849
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $123,729,390 · Management $10,703,435 · Fundraising $57,154$134,489,979
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $1,703 · Management $4,251,550$4,253,253
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $176 · Management $440,264$440,440
IX-11d Lobbying feesPrograms $180,451$180,451
IX-11e Professional fundraising feesFundraising $227,420$227,420
IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $2,243,121$2,243,121
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $330,794,163 · Management $109,167,190 · Fundraising $180,331$440,141,684
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $1,087,351 · Management $104,334$1,191,685
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $32,402,415 · Management $3,249,324 · Fundraising $14,650$35,666,389
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $62,784,910 · Management $5,107,282 · Fundraising $853$67,893,045
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $227,012,267 · Management $19,635,086$246,647,353
IX-17 TravelPrograms $5,268,113 · Management $485,394 · Fundraising $723$5,754,230
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $4,777,389 · Management $539,311 · Fundraising $818$5,317,518
IX-20 InterestPrograms $24,589,763 · Management $2,731,618$27,321,381
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $186,894,636 · Management $20,955,769 · Fundraising $111$207,850,516
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $49,238,255 · Management $2,673,084$51,911,339
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $1,767,403,621 · Management $146,221,842 · Fundraising $111$1,913,625,574
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $119,239,003 · Management $5,006,812 · Fundraising $62,915$124,308,730
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $5,362,878,152 · Management $519,781,476 · Fundraising $1,493,864$5,884,153,492
Part X · Balance sheet $4,469,412,095 assets, 21 lines filed
Asset lines not itemized here account for $4,000,000; see the IRS return.
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $549,502$406,419
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $156,223,702$205,116,438
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $11,137,060$13,571,618
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $635,463,073$641,793,140
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $69,268,542$80,831,850
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $36,081,832$34,513,886
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $1,856,750,788$1,901,556,695
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $416,286,374$448,014,849
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $151,526$151,526
X-14 Intangible assetsStart of year $150,262,144$159,835,704
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $998,133,605$979,619,970
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $4,334,308,148$4,469,412,095
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $594,630,296$624,155,160
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $54,804,278$48,701,267
X-20 Tax-exempt bond liabilitiesStart of year $930,916,014$906,273,027
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $677,498,370$689,460,776
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $2,258,752,324$2,268,972,694
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $1,715,328,341$1,796,501,965
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $360,227,483$403,937,436
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $2,075,555,824$2,200,439,401
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $4,334,308,148$4,469,412,095
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $2,200,439,401 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$6,059,666,088
XI-2 Total expenses$5,884,153,492
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$175,512,596
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$2,075,555,824
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments−$6,257,829
XI-9 Other changes in net assets−$44,371,190
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$2,200,439,401

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