Advocate Health Care

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
262525968
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024
Location
Oak Brook, IL, USA
Phone
4142991576
Rating
73
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Hospital, General

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$643,079,636
Expenses
$582,251,696
Assets
$697,960,268
Liabilities
$86,625,865

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

46 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MATTHEW PRIMACK (HOSPITAL PRESIDENT)
  • MAYANK SHAH (VICE PRESIDENT & CMO ACDMC)

Highest reported compensation

  • JAMES SKOGSBERGH (DIRECTOR, EXECUTIVE VP, COO): $30,862,679 total reported compensation
  • WILLIAM SANTULLI (DIRECTOR): $7,866,221 total reported compensation
  • GARY STUCK (FORMER KE): $5,031,929 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Serve the health needs of individuals, families and communities through a wholistic (physical, emotional, and spiritual) philosophy rooted in the understanding of human beings as created in the image of God. Advocate Health Care is so uniquely committed to our mission, values and philosophy that we have a dedicated Office for Mission and Spiritual Care. One of the functions of this office is to ensure that the mission, values and philosophy are understood and integrated into all aspects of our health care ministry. Mission The mission of Advocate Health Care is to serve the health needs of individuals, families and communities through a wholistic philosophy rooted in our fundamental understanding of human beings as created in the image of God.

What it reported doing in 2024

Buprenorphine program in the emergency room (ed). In june 2020, advocate health care implemented a systemwide policy for the use of buprenorphine in the emergency department for the management of opioid withdrawal dependence. In 2024, thirty-five advocate condell patients were prescribed buprenorphine upon discharge to help manage withdrawal as they transition into substance use treatment in the community.food security. Access to fresh, affordable food is a key social driver of health (sdoh), critical to improving the health of the community. Advocate condell is involved with multiple local community partners to develop sustainable food initiatives to address food insecurity.rx mobile pantry. Advocate condell launched a rx mobile food pantry in partnership with the northern Illinois food bank to serve food insecure (fi) residents of the round lake area in july 2019. The mobile pantry in round lake area transitioned into an rx market in a permanent location at catholic charities in round lake in 2021. The new location offers long-term sustainability and greater access to healthier food during the week. The same mobile food pantry model was launched again in a new community in 2022 lake villa, Illinois, to serve food insecure residents there. The hospital continues to partner with the northern Illinois food bank and the pantry is hosted at the holy family episcopal church. Another key partner is the grant township office. The rx mobile pantry program in lake villa serves families in lake county once per month. In 2024, the rx mobile food pantry in lake villa served 7,172 individuals and 2,274 households.screening for food insecurity. For obesity prevention, the medical center's community health staff are implementing food insecurity (fi) screening. Fi screening is part of the integrated sdoh screening within the epic electronic health record, and the advocate condell community health worker screens patients seen in the ed. Individuals who screen positive for food insecurity are directly linked to community resources, including food pantries, congregate meal sites, soup kitchens and the meals on wheels program.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 94% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The program-spending lines do not add up, so the filing cannot show reliably whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. The filing does not identify recipients for some grant dollars and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 69
  • Transparency & Controls: 69
  • Accountability: 82
  • Sustainability: 63
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 75.1%; rating input score 75
  • Program expense ratio: 81.9%; rating input score 82
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 91.7%; rating input score 92; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 5 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 83
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Pass
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Scored; rating input score 0
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 84.6%; rating input score 85; 32nd 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: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 9.5%; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.2; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.12; rating input score 79; 79th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 2%; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 4.6% per year; rating input score 100; 36th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 5.2% per year; rating input score 100; 44th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 4.5% per year; rating input score 100; 32nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 6 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 75.1% of revenue deployed · 81.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 11 of 13 board members independent · 7 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $476.6M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $30.9M · 46 people listed · 5 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $13.1M reported
  • Consistency: 33 of 33 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 10 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 11 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 23 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.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 46/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 55/100.