University of Michigan Health-Sparrow
Legal name: Sparrow Carson Hospital
Overview
Mission
UM Health-Sparrow provides care that's close to home.
What it reported doing in 2024
Umh-sparrow carson's outpatient services are typical of a rural facility. The emergency department provides nursing and physician services 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, with physicians on site 100% of the time. Screening exams are provided to everyone who presents for services prior to any financial information being obtained or charges discussed with patients in accordance with emergency medical treatment and active labor act (emtala). Laboratory, radiology, respiratory services, surgery, as well as infusion/oncology are typical of other outpatient services provided. Umh- sparrow carson accepts all governmental payers including medicare, medicaid, and tricare with reimbursement or below costs. Additionally, umh-sparrow carson's charity care policy covers services in the outpatient setting, in turn providing free care to those in the community who qualify. For the year ended june 30, 2025, umh-sparrow carson recorded 9,809 emergency room visits; 78,781 lab tests; 26,254 radiology procedures; 8,085 cardio/respiratory procedures; 11,151 physical therapy procedures; 946 surgeries/1,075 scopes; and 1,647 infusion/oncology visits.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 98% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program 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
- 381490180
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Headquarters
- Carson City, MI, USA
- Phone
- 517-364-4357
- Rating
- 76
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Hospital, General
The verdict
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 71
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Accountability: 81
- Sustainability: 33
- Growth: 0
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 78.6%; rating input score 79
- Program expense ratio: 80.9%; rating input score 81
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 6 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Compensation committee: Pass
- Independent consultant: Pass
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
- Written employment contract: Pass
- Compensation survey or study: Pass
- Board or committee approval: Pass
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 66.7%; rating input score 67; 18th 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: 3.1%; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.81; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 1.04; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 9.7%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -3.6% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -2.5% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -1.7% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 1 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 78.6% of revenue deployed · 80.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 10 of 15 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $45.3M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $1.6M · 36 people listed · 6 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $5M reported
- Consistency: 27 of 27 current checks pass
- Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors, executive pay, and related organizations
- Filing history: 13 annual filings from 2010 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 9 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 29 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
36 people listed
Highest reported compensation
- ERIC STRUCKO (TREASURER): $1,638,233 total reported compensation
- MARGARET DIMOND PHD (REGIONAL PRE): $1,464,110 total reported compensation
- MATTHEW WILCOX DO (BOARD MEMBE): $839,023 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: FY2024.