Multicare Health system's mission is partnering for healing and a healthy future.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
83¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 1,212 volunteers and 18,202 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 $69.4M 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
83%
of spending
Looks good: 83% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$29.1M
to officers and key staff · 0.6% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 1% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
<1 mo
of spending, in cash
Plus $1.99B in investments, Pt X · Ln 11–13
Fine: 0.8 months of spending in cash, plus $1.99B in investments.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $25K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$3.3B
52% of total assets
Fine: liabilities are 52% of assets; 50% to 65%.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
11
of 11 voting members
Looks good: 11 of 11 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$5.0B
+11% vs prior year
Spent
$5.0B
To programs
83%
Net assets
$3.0B
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$5.0B
FY2024▲ +11%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$3.4B
FY2021$3.9B
FY2022$4.3B
FY2023$4.5B
FY2024$5.0B
Expenses
$5.0B
FY2024▲ +12%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$3.2B
FY2021$3.7B
FY2022$4.2B
FY2023$4.5B
FY2024$5.0B
Net assets
$3.0B
FY2024▲ +4%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$3.0B
FY2021$3.3B
FY2022$2.8B
FY2023$2.9B
FY2024$3.0B

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in May 1991.

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Where the money goes

83 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 83% · $4.2B Management & general 17% · $846.3M

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

26 people listed on the 990; $29.1M paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
$7,786,801Pt VII · Sec A
$4,290,542Pt VII · Sec A
$2,251,561Pt VII · Sec A
$2,002,142Pt VII · Sec A
$1,862,194Pt VII · Sec A
$1,783,000Pt VII · Sec A
$1,730,492Pt VII · Sec A
Evp,chief Phys.officer
$1,469,249Pt VII · Sec A

William Robertson’s $7.8M as CEO is at the 99th 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

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
William Robertson$7,786,801$2,317,053$2,751,828$2,014,285$1,839,190
Florence Chang$4,290,542$1,989,076$2,029,026$1,966,821$1,380,625
Lee Sandquist MD$2,251,561$1,932,872$2,030,965——
Lee J Sandquist———$2,113,126$1,551,745
Sunil Rangarajan MD$2,002,142————
Tim Bricker————$1,987,261
Nehal Masood MD$1,862,194$1,801,533$1,779,223——
David Coons MD$1,783,000$1,610,025———

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

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Provides comprehensive healthcare services, including behavioral health, home health, hospice, cancer care, and population health programs to support community healing and wellness.

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3 programs · $4.2B · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Multicare health system (MHS) is the largest community-based, locally governed healthcare tax-exempt organization in the state of washington. MHS operates nine community based hospitals with 1,743 licensed adult beds and 152 licensed pediatric beds.

$3.4Bprogram expense
02

Multicare health system operates a system of multi-specialty clinics, primary care physician practices, highly specialized urgent care centers (ucc) all over wa state, from the inland northwest to the south puget sound.

$663.6Mprogram expense
03

Multicare health system operates other programs such as population health, behavioral health, home health services, hospice, adult day health, cancer institute, medical academics and many other.

$62.6Mprogram 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 · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$25K
Grants paid · 296 grants · $53.4M · 2020–2024
Multicare FoundationsWA · FY2024$5,311,422
Mary Bridge Children's FoundationWA · FY2024$3,725,948
Seneca Family of AgenciesCA · FY2024$25,000
YWCA SpokaneWA · FY2024$25,000
NAMI WashingtonWA · FY2024$20,000
Wellness HouseWA · FY2024$20,000
Hispanic Business Professional Association of SpokaneWA · FY2024$20,000
Family Promise of SpokaneWA · FY2024$20,000
Shades of Motherhood NetworkWA · FY2024$15,000
YWCA of Kitsap CountyWA · FY2024$15,000
TogetherWA · FY2024$15,000
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By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$5.0B
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$4.8B
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$108.9M
Investment incomeLn 3$107.4M
Money outPt IX
$5.0B
Ln 25
Programscol B$4.2B
Managementcol C$846.3M
Owns and owesPt X
$3.0B
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$344.7M
Total assetsLn 16$6.3B
LiabilitiesLn 26$3.3B
PeoplePt VI, VII
26
listed · VII A
PaidVII A15
Voting boardVI 1a11
IndependentVI 1b11
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$108.9M
Government grantsLn 1e$50.1M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$4.8B
Investment incomeLn 3$107.4M
Gains on assetsLn 7$50.3M
Total revenueLn 12$5.0B
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
SavingsLn 2$344.7M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$344.7M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$1.99B
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$2.27B
Other assetsLn 15$732.7M
Total assetsLn 16$6.3B
LiabilitiesLn 26$3.3B
Net assetsLn 32$3.0B
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 518,202
VolunteersI 61,212
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$299.8M$344.7M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$1.99B$1.99B
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$2.13B$2.27B
Total assetsLn 16$6.11B$6.31B
LiabilitiesLn 26$3.22B$3.31B
Net assetsLn 32$2.89B$3.00B
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$10.8M$10.8M
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$21.5M$17.9M$3.6M
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$2.27B$1.92B$347.2M
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$68.8M$68.8M
Other employee benefitsLn 9$100.6M$58.6M$42.0M
Payroll taxesLn 10$144.9M$120.0M$24.9M
Legal feesLn 11b$6.5M$1.1M$5.4M
Accounting feesLn 11c$717K$717K
Lobbying feesLn 11d$347K$347K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$7.3M$1.2M$6.1M
Office expensesLn 13$22.1M$4.4M$17.8M
RoyaltiesLn 15$3.4M$2.7M$763K
OccupancyLn 16$80.4M$66.4M$14.0M
TravelLn 17$6.6M$3.4M$3.1M
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$62K$10K$53K
InterestLn 20$76.1M$72.9M$3.2M
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$143.0M$100.6M$42.3M
InsuranceLn 23$102.1M$91.9M$10.2M
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$1.64B$1.41B$224.2M
All other expensesLn 24e$319.4M$219.0M$100.3M
Total functional expensesLn 25$5.02B$4.17B$846.3M$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest Viewing $5.0B$5.0B−$7.2M$3.0B 990 PDF
FY2023 $4.5B$4.5B$2.5M$2.9B 990 PDF
FY2022 $4.3B$4.2B$55.4M$2.8B 990 PDF
FY2021 $3.9B$3.7B$188.0M$3.3B 990 PDF
FY2020 $3.4B$3.2B$108.5M$3.0B 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support J · Pay O · Explanations
See the full FY2024 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $5,011,395,222 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $137,406,579$108,924,556
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $4,144,026,401$4,795,052,090
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $218,686,564$107,418,576
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $4,500,119,544$5,011,395,222
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $7,211,897$10,811,370
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $2,428,690,105$2,603,197,086
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $2,061,726,500$2,404,619,549
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $4,497,628,502$5,018,628,005
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $2,491,042−$7,232,783
Part VI · Governance 11 of 11 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body11
VI-1b Independent voting members11
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
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 $5,011,395,222 across 7 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $4,220,573 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1d Related organizations$58,845,791
VIII-1e Government grants$50,078,765
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$108,924,556
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $4,790,462,140 · Unrelated business $369,377$4,790,831,517
VIII-3 Investment incomeUnrelated business $28,903 · Excluded from tax $57,123,706$57,152,609
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $50,265,967$50,265,967
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $4,794,682,713 · Unrelated business $398,280 · Excluded from tax $107,389,673$5,011,395,222
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $5,018,628,005 across 20 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $10,811,370$10,811,370
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $17,885,604 · Management $3,627,925$21,513,529
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $1,920,132,885 · Management $347,205,242$2,267,338,127
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $68,832,432$68,832,432
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $58,620,079 · Management $42,003,035$100,623,114
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $120,004,760 · Management $24,885,124$144,889,884
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $1,068,888 · Management $5,431,120$6,500,008
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $716,658$716,658
IX-11d Lobbying feesManagement $347,327$347,327
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $1,238,042 · Management $6,068,423$7,306,465
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $4,358,696 · Management $17,767,875$22,126,571
IX-15 RoyaltiesPrograms $2,679,046 · Management $763,453$3,442,499
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $66,377,361 · Management $14,015,801$80,393,162
IX-17 TravelPrograms $3,409,195 · Management $3,146,811$6,556,006
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $9,570 · Management $52,927$62,497
IX-20 InterestPrograms $72,878,732 · Management $3,172,538$76,051,270
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $100,647,386 · Management $42,347,042$142,994,428
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $91,868,003 · Management $10,210,593$102,078,596
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $1,412,459,389 · Management $224,205,153$1,636,664,542
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $219,032,322 · Management $100,347,198$319,379,520
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $4,172,313,760 · Management $846,314,245 · Fundraising $0$5,018,628,005
Part X · Balance sheet $6,311,318,297 assets, 17 lines filed
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $299,793,927$344,746,724
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $760,463,336$713,133,297
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $61,082,079$58,589,635
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $40,644,545$27,030,072
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $2,131,127,944$2,274,143,441
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $1,992,674,906$1,993,034,921
X-14 Intangible assetsStart of year $168,473,311$167,921,637
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $655,677,656$732,718,570
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $6,109,937,704$6,311,318,297
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $640,430,406$697,859,441
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $19,892,076$6,163,023
X-20 Tax-exempt bond liabilitiesStart of year $1,739,746,161$1,711,866,807
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $824,320,559$894,308,872
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $3,224,389,202$3,310,198,143
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $2,885,548,502$3,001,120,154
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $2,885,548,502$3,001,120,154
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $6,109,937,704$6,311,318,297
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $3,001,120,154 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$5,011,395,222
XI-2 Total expenses$5,018,628,005
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$7,232,783
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$2,885,548,502
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$80,911,232
XI-8 Prior period adjustments−$129,148
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$42,022,351
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$3,001,120,154

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