Sutter Health FY2023 filing

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Sacramento, CA501(c)(3)Since 1981HospitalsEIN 94-2788907Revenue $1.9B in FY2023

On file with the IRSsutterhealth.org2200 River Plaza Dr, 95833-4134 · Sacramento, CATax-exempt since Feb 1982Publicly supported — 509(a)(2)

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501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
94¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$40.7M paid to officers and key staff.
Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2023 · 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
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
3 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $103.7M a year · 5% of revenue · last 5 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 3 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
94%
of spending
Looks good: 94% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$40.7M
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
1
named funder · $10K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$4.3B
50% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 50% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
12
of 13 voting members
Looks good: 12 of 13 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$1.9B
-2% vs prior year
Spent
$2.1B
To programs
94%
Net assets
$4.3B
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$1.9B
FY2023▼ -2%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$1.9B
FY2021$2.4B
FY2022$1.9B
FY2023$1.9B
FY2024$2.7B
Expenses
$2.1B
FY2023▲ +11%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$2.0B
FY2021$1.8B
FY2022$1.9B
FY2023$2.1B
FY2024$2.5B
Net assets
$4.3B
FY2023▲ +6%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$1.9B
FY2021$3.9B
FY2022$4.1B
FY2023$4.3B
FY2024$4.6B

From the FY2023 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 Feb 1982.

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

Where the money goes

94 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 94% · $1.9B Management & general 6% · $125.6M

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

33 people listed on the 990; $40.7M paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
President & CEO
$8,705,274Pt VII · Sec A
Sh SVP, CFO
$3,022,084Pt VII · Sec A
Former Interim Pres & CEO, Sh
$2,904,100Pt VII · Sec A
Emeritus CEO, Sh
$2,874,876Pt VII · Sec A
SVP, Sh Network President
$2,565,244Pt VII · Sec A
CEO, Svmf
$2,141,051Pt VII · Sec A
SVP & General Counsel/Asst Sec
$2,081,139Pt VII · Sec A
Sh SVP, Chief Ppl & Cltr Ofcr
$1,930,191Pt VII · Sec A

Warner Thomas’s $11.3M as President & CEO, Sh 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
Warner Thomas$11,323,734$8,705,274$194,285——
Sarah Krevans—$2,874,876$5,124,807$9,160,299$3,159,516
Mark Sevco$3,326,965$1,149,784———
Jeff Sprague———$3,271,652$1,511,977
Brian Dean$1,604,131$3,022,084$2,576,364$1,431,474$758,252
James Conforti$1,599,998$2,904,100$2,919,261$2,036,409$1,967,179
Jeff Gerard———$538,462$2,767,505
Conrad Vial MD$2,548,796$2,565,244$2,436,386$1,576,243$1,486,641

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 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Provides comprehensive, high-quality healthcare services throughout California, aiming to expand access and connect more people to excellent care.

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1 program · $1.9B · in their own filed words · FY2023
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$1.9Bprogram 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$10K
Grants paid · 145 grants · $10.8M · 2020–2024
Presidio TrCA · FY2024$1,433,333
City of DavisFY2024$50,000
Leukemia and Lymphoma SocietyNY · FY2024$50,000
Medshare International INCGA · FY2023$345,078
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By the numbers

The FY2023 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$1.9B
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$1.7B
Investment incomeLn 3$131.7M
Other incomeLn 4–11$16.5M
Money outPt IX
$2.1B
Ln 25
Programscol B$1.9B
Managementcol C$125.6M
Owns and owesPt X
$4.3B
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$73.3M
Total assetsLn 16$8.6B
LiabilitiesLn 26$4.3B
PeoplePt VI, VII
33
listed · VII A
PaidVII A31
Voting boardVI 1a13
IndependentVI 1b12
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$12.6M
Government grantsLn 1e$4.0M
Noncash giftsLn 1g$37K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$1.7B
Investment incomeLn 3$131.7M
Other incomeLn 4–11$16.5M
Gains on assetsLn 7−$26.1M
Total revenueLn 12$1.9B
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$0
SavingsLn 2$73.3M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$73.3M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$7.75B
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$299.1M
Other assetsLn 15$357.4M
Total assetsLn 16$8.6B
LiabilitiesLn 26$4.3B
Net assetsLn 32$4.3B
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 510,491
VolunteersI 60
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 FY23End FY23
Cash and savingsLn 1–2−$28.7M$73.3M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$6.22B$7.75B
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$307.9M$299.1M
Total assetsLn 16$7.41B$8.62B
LiabilitiesLn 26$3.32B$4.27B
Net assetsLn 32$4.09B$4.35B
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$1.5M$1.5M
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$0$0
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$32.8M$32.8M
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$1.3M$1.3M
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$597.0M$590.7M$6.4M
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$23.8M$22.7M$1.0M
Other employee benefitsLn 9$263.1M$246.8M$16.2M
Payroll taxesLn 10$55.2M$54.7M$544K
Management feesLn 11a$127.7M$106.1M$21.5M
Legal feesLn 11b$40.8M$40.8M
Accounting feesLn 11c$3.8M$3.8M
Lobbying feesLn 11d$2.1M$2.1M
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$20.8M$20.8M
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$4.6M$4.6M$11K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$13.6M$13.6M$550
Office expensesLn 13$39.6M$39.5M$62K
Information technologyLn 14$286.1M$285.9M$189K
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$30.5M$30.5M
TravelLn 17$6.1M$5.2M$868K
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$9.1M$1.6M$7.5M
InterestLn 20$22.5M$22.5M
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$96.8M$96.8M
InsuranceLn 23$1.6M$1.6M
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$341.2M$336.9M$4.3M$0
All other expensesLn 24e$48.8M$38.7M$10.0M
Total functional expensesLn 25$2.07B$1.94B$125.6M$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest $2.7B$2.5B$141.0M$4.6B 990 PDF
FY2023 Viewing $1.9B$2.1B−$187.6M$4.3B 990 PDF
FY2022 $1.9B$1.9B$60.1M$4.1B 990 PDF
FY2021 $2.4B$1.8B$593.3M$3.9B 990 PDF
FY2020 $1.9B$2.0B−$88.3M$1.9B 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 FY2023 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $1,882,657,852 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $650,863$12,592,528
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $1,768,374,066$1,721,776,185
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $134,346,442$131,742,557
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $15,131,278$16,546,582
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $1,918,502,649$1,882,657,852
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $2,291,836$1,473,088
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $965,560,439$973,246,524
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $890,587,383$1,095,523,988
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $1,858,439,658$2,070,243,600
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $60,062,991−$187,585,748
Part VI · Governance 12 of 13 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body13
VI-1b Independent voting members12
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 $1,882,657,852 across 14 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $232,849 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1a Federated campaigns$2,184
VIII-1d Related organizations$5,238,597
VIII-1e Government grants$3,973,094
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$3,378,653
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$36,872
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$12,592,528
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $1,721,776,185$1,721,776,185
VIII-3 Investment incomeUnrelated business −$1,761,145 · Excluded from tax $159,568,739$157,807,594
VIII-5 Royalties$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossExcluded from tax $38,389$38,389
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax −$26,065,037−$26,065,037
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events$0
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Unrelated business $16,275,344$16,275,344
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $1,721,776,185 · Unrelated business $14,747,048 · Excluded from tax $133,542,091$1,882,657,852
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $2,070,243,600 across 31 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $1,473,088$1,473,088
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $0$0
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipients$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for members$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffManagement $32,813,627$32,813,627
IX-6 Pay of disqualified personsManagement $1,316,842$1,316,842
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $590,684,074 · Management $6,356,150$597,040,224
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $22,738,941 · Management $1,024,747$23,763,688
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $246,821,947 · Management $16,247,525$263,069,472
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $54,698,999 · Management $543,672$55,242,671
IX-11a Management feesPrograms $106,108,334 · Management $21,543,876$127,652,210
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $40,816,782$40,816,782
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $3,826,166$3,826,166
IX-11d Lobbying feesManagement $2,065,444$2,065,444
IX-11e Professional fundraising fees$0
IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $20,756,060$20,756,060
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $4,574,484 · Management $11,338$4,585,822
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $13,556,304 · Management $550$13,556,854
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $39,504,141 · Management $61,781$39,565,922
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $285,914,402 · Management $189,000$286,103,402
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $30,541,633$30,541,633
IX-17 TravelPrograms $5,190,737 · Management $868,056$6,058,793
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $1,599,688 · Management $7,456,860$9,056,548
IX-20 InterestPrograms $22,540,583$22,540,583
IX-21 Payments to affiliates$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $96,831,488$96,831,488
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $1,610,066$1,610,066
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $336,891,118 · Management $4,290,233 · Fundraising $0$341,181,351
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $38,740,840 · Management $10,034,024$48,774,864
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $1,944,663,815 · Management $125,579,785 · Fundraising $0$2,070,243,600
Part X · Balance sheet $8,620,071,538 assets, 24 lines filed
Asset lines not itemized here account for $3,170,498; see the IRS return.
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $0$0
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year −$28,742,153$73,336,310
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $53,209$856,023
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $0$0
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $11,853,850$5,846,322
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $558,453,146$133,451,426
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $307,874,913$299,056,296
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $5,312,048,578$6,548,573,539
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $875,353,229$1,164,646,760
X-13 Program-related investmentsStart of year $32,169,604$33,759,067
X-14 Intangible assetsStart of year $0$0
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $341,546,789$357,375,297
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $7,413,868,753$8,620,071,538
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $786,079,509$841,354,031
X-18 Grants payableStart of year $0$0
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $0$0
X-20 Tax-exempt bond liabilitiesStart of year $0$0
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $0$0
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $2,534,776,670$3,429,812,269
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $3,320,856,179$4,271,166,300
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $4,084,786,761$4,337,280,957
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $8,225,813$11,624,281
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $4,093,012,574$4,348,905,238
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $7,413,868,753$8,620,071,538
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $4,348,905,238 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$1,882,657,852
XI-2 Total expenses$2,070,243,600
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$187,585,748
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$4,093,012,574
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$470,436,171
XI-9 Other changes in net assets−$26,957,759
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$4,348,905,238

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