Albany Med Health System

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
473869194
IRS 990 coverage
2014–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Albany, NY, United States
Phone
518-262-3125
Rating
82
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$3,278,662,634
Expenses
$3,228,222,449
Assets
$2,736,199,610
Liabilities
$1,355,295,273

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

Leadership & pay

182 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DENNIS P MCKENNA MD (PRES/CEO(AMCH),BD MEM(AMCH,AMCF,COL,CMH,GFH,SH))
  • JILL J VANKUREN (PRES/CEO (SH,SCI), VP, VICE CHAIR (SH))
  • DOROTHY URSCHEL (CEO (CMH), PRESIDENT (KCI))
  • BARBARA KLASSEN (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (CMHF))
  • JAY CAHALAN (PRESIDENT (CMH))
  • JOAN HART (VICE PRESIDENT (AVN, VNA, VNF))

Highest reported compensation

  • DENNIS P MCKENNA MD (PRES/CEO(AMCH),BD MEM(AMCH,AMCF,COL,CMH,GFH,SH)): $2,495,953 total reported compensation
  • ANDREW J ROSENBAUM (ASSOC PROFESSOR/CLIN (COL)): $1,616,355 total reported compensation
  • ALAN S BOULOS MD (EVP & DEAN ALB MED COL (COL)): $1,536,239 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Albany Med Health System delivers accessible, collaborative, and trusted care, advancing discovery, and educating the next generation of health care professionals. Medical and advocacy support for adult and pediatric victims of sexual assault, domestic violence, abuse, or maltreatment. Our team of certified forensic nurse examiners is available for bedside assessment, evaluation, and support at Albany Medical Center, Columbia Memorial Health, and Glens Falls Hospital. 24-hour high-level stroke and cardiac care Psychiatric, drug, and acute alcohol treatment and evaluation. Your support allows us to provide the most advanced care to all our patients, regardless of their ability to pay. Many of those services are not covered by insurance or the government. That means you have a direct role in every patient's journey of healing. Albany Medical Center Hospital's cardiac catheterization...

What it reported doing in 2024

Albany medical center hospital and affiliates: operating and recovery room: inpatient and outpatient operating room services including open heart program, transplant services and specialized trauma services. Approximately 29,107 total cases performed with 11,641 inpatient and same day, and 17,466 outpatient.other patient care based services: totaled approximately $115 million in expenditures. The group organization receives general expense reimbursements for related patient care services.laboratory services (adult & peds): inpatient and outpatient services including clinical chemistry, blood bank, hematology, serology and microbiology.the organization has certain other exempt function revenues which total approximately $5 million.instruction: as an educational institution, the main function is to teach approximately 800 students.research: as a medical college, the organization undertakes numerous research projects during the course of the year. The expenditures for activities specifically organized to provide research outcomes is approximately $21 million.foundation: the group organization includes a foundation, whose primary function is to raise funds for construction, research, support and endowment purposes for exempt organizations, including albany medical college, albany medical center hospital, albany med health system, amc alumni association, and center for donation and transplant, via direct mail - community based programs, telethon, radiothon, special events - golf outings, dinners, etc., plus gift-in-kind (gik) donations.center for donation and transplant (cdt): research/education - primary purpose is to facilitate procurement and equitable distribution of medically suitable organs for transplantation. Also, cdt is to ensure that families are informed on options for organ donation. Support family and hospital personnel involved in the donation process and educate the upstate medical profession on organ procurement.saratoga care, inc. (sci): the foremost commitment of sci is to enable its affiliated entity (saratoga hospital) to provide superior quality healthcare to the people of our community regardless of their ability to pay.kidskeller: children from eight weeks to kindergarten age may enroll. Educational activities for these varied age groups follow a developmental sequence which includes age appropriate activities for the development of cognitive skills, fine and gross motor skills, social-emotional growth and activities of daily living skills.columbia memorial hospital foundation: the organization operates to assist the columbia memorial hospital to develop, expand and fund medical services provided to residents of columbia, greene, and northern dutchess counties, ny.kaaterskill commons, inc (kci): this organization owns and operates a 21 unit apartment project located in catskill ny. The tenants are qualify low income elderly.saratoga regional medical, p.c. (srm) is organized and operated for the purpose of promoting health by providing medical care to the community served by saratoga hospital. Srm also operates a nephrology site in glens falls, ny. Saratoga hospital medical group - nephrology at glens falls offers its patients an outstanding team of board-certified physicians, employing the most advanced diagnostic techniques to identify, develop a treatment plan, and manage kidney disease. In 2024, providers at this location saw approximately 2,600 patient visits. Saratoga hospital medical group pulmonology offers our patients an outstanding team of board-certified, fellowship-trained physicians, employing the most up-to-date equipment and advanced diagnostic techniques working within the full spectrum of pulmonary care. Among other conditions, our practice addresses copd (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease), including emphysema and chronic bronchitis; asthma; interstitial lung disease; dvt (deep vein thrombosis); pulmonary embolism; chronic cough; lung cancer; sarcoidosis; pulmonary hypertension; pleural

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 97% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 92% 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.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. The filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 83
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Accountability: 83
  • Sustainability: 42
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 87.3%; rating input score 87
  • Program expense ratio: 86.5%; rating input score 87
  • Fundraising efficiency: $12.89 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 94.1%; rating input score 94; 28th 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: Scored; rating input score 0
  • 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: 71%; rating input score 71; 21st 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: 1.5%; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.85; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.5; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0.8%; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 11.5% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 10.6% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 8.4% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 4 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 87.3% of revenue deployed · 86.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 98 of 138 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $2.8B in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $2.5M · 182 people listed · 6 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 43 of 44 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 15 filed schedules · includes major donors, foreign activity, grants, executive pay, and related organizations
  • Filing history: 10 filing years from 2014 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 56 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 16 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: Foreign activity oversight scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 47/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 40/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 34/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 36/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.