NYU Langone Health

Legal name: Nyu Lutheran Medical Center

Overview

Mission

To care. To teach. To discover. To compassionately deliver the best possible outcomes, for our patients and for each other.

What it reported doing in 2015

All other general medical & related program services provided by the hospital.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 99% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
111839567
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2015
Official website data refreshed
Aug 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2015
Headquarters
Brooklyn, NY, USA
Phone
7186307100
Rating
70
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Hospital, General
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and most voting board members are independent. The filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 75
  • Transparency & Controls: 63
  • Accountability: 98
  • Sustainability: 34
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 81.8%; rating input score 82
  • Program expense ratio: 87.2%; rating input score 87
  • Fundraising efficiency: $1.13 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 87.5%; rating input score 88; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 4 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 67
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Pass
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Scored; rating input score 0
  • Grant itemization coverage: 48.6%; rating input score 49; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 96.3%; rating input score 96; 61st percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 6.2%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 4.5%; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -37.3% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -6.9% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -8.7% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 7 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 81.8% of revenue deployed · 87.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 26 of 27 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $148.9M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $2M · 35 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $47.3M reported
  • Consistency: 31 of 33 current checks pass · 2 findings to review
  • Schedules: 12 filed schedules · includes major donors, foreign activity, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 6 annual filings from 2010 to 2015
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 11 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 34 filed related-organization links
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Leadership & pay

35 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • Wendy Z Goldstein (President & CEO): $2,034,909 total reported compensation
  • Claudia Caine (Chief Operating Officer): $1,573,517 total reported compensation
  • John K Fitzpatrick MD (Chair OB/Gyn): $776,166 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: FY2015.