Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Inc

Overview

Mission

Tertiary care academic medical center

What it reported doing in 2023

See schedule o

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 78% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 98% 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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
042103881
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2023
Official website data refreshed
Jul 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2023, Form 990-T 2023
Headquarters
Charlestown, MA, USA
Phone
6176678000
Rating
74
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Hospital, General

Official website

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence and the filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 82
  • Transparency & Controls: 64
  • Accountability: 73
  • Sustainability: 48
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 87.8%; rating input score 88
  • Program expense ratio: 88.9%; rating input score 89
  • Fundraising efficiency: $7.35 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 94.7%; rating input score 95; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Missing
  • Foreign activity oversight: 1 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 12
    • Claims monitoring procedures: Pass
    • Requires narrative reports: Fail
    • Conducts field audits: Fail
    • May suspend future funding: Fail
    • Requires financial reports: Fail
    • Conducts site visits: Fail
    • Requires grant agreements: Fail
    • May require repayment: Fail
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 69.2%; rating input score 69; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 78
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 1.4%; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.23; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.58; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0.4%; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 7.2% per year; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 6.1% per year; rating input score 100; 55th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 7.3% per year; rating input score 100; 54th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: Mission, programs, and operating context captured from the official website.
  • Where the money goes: 87.8% of revenue deployed · 88.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 18 of 26 board members independent · 7 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $2.8B in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $5.4M · 47 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $1.8B reported
  • Consistency: 38 of 39 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 14 filed schedules · includes major donors, foreign activity, grants, executive pay, and related organizations
  • Filing history: 15 annual filings from 2009 to 2023
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 181 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 239 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

47 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • TABB MD KEVIN (TTEE & CEO (EX-OFF) (CEO, BILH)): $5,410,415 total reported compensation
  • RIOS CINDY (TREAS (EX-OFF) (EXEC VP & CFO, BILH)): $1,689,163 total reported compensation
  • HEALY PETER (PRESIDENT & TRUSTEE (EX-OFFICIO)): $1,682,157 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: FY2023.