Allina Health
Legal name: Allina Health System
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 363261413
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024
- Location
- Minneapolis, MN, USA
- Phone
- 1-888-425-5462
- Rating
- 79
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Community Health Systems
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $5,929,260,387
- Expenses
- $5,835,310,037
- Assets
- $5,973,074,070
- Liabilities
- $2,809,606,660
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
56 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- LISA SHANNON (PRESIDENT/CEO)
Highest reported compensation
- LISA SHANNON (PRESIDENT/CEO): $4,092,093 total reported compensation
- DOMINICA TALLARICO (EVP, CHIEF OPERATING OFFIC): $2,099,029 total reported compensation
- CIRO VASQUEZ MD (PHYSICIAN): $1,953,116 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
At Allina Health, we are guided by a strategic Compass that ensures we stay on course. For over 140 years, our caring mission has fueled this action, allowing us to build trust with the communities we're privileged to serve. Our Mission We serve our communities by providing exceptional care as we prevent illness, restore health and provide comfort to all who entrust us with their care. Allina Health is known for our award-winning care, but our mission goes far deeper. As a nonprofit with a 140-year history of caring for our community, we invest in partnerships and programs to improve the health and well-being of those we serve. Our compass.
What it reported doing in 2024
Providing medical serviceshospital, medical and other health care servicesallina health delivers high quality hospital, medical and other health care services to patients in Minnesota and western Wisconsin. As a mission-driven organization, allina health is committed to improving the lifelong health of the communities it serves. Allina health provides these services to the community through its family of hospitals to include: abbott northwestern hospital - minneapolis, minnesotalocated in south minneapolis, abbott northwestern is the largest nonprofit hospital in the twin cities. Abbott northwestern serves more than 200,000 patients and their families from across the twin cities and upper midwest per year. The hospital is known across the united states for its centers of excellence: allina health cancer institute, minneapolis heart institute, the spine institute, neuroscience institute, orthopedic institute, the mother baby center, and the courage kenny rehabilitation institute.buffalo hospital - buffalo, minnesotabuffalo hospital is a non-profit regional medical center committed to providing quality, comprehensive care to patients in and around wright county. Buffalo hospital provides exceptional patient-centered care to nearly 70,000 patients every year. Buffalo hospital was also the first hospital in the state of Minnesota to be awarded the pathway to excellence american nurse credentialing designation and also received an award from the Minnesota business magazine for developing wellness programs.cambridge medical center - cambridge, minnesotacambridge medical center is a regional health care facility providing comprehensive health care services to more than 30,000 residents in isanti county. The medical center is comprised of a large multi-specialty clinic and an 86-bed hospital located on one large campus. A same day clinic, retail pharmacy and eye care center are also located in the facility. The large dedicated team of physicians and providers provide specialty care such as cardiology, oncology, ear nose throat and urology, among others. The medical center has more than 850 employees and is the largest employer in the city of cambridge.allina health faribault medical center (fka district one hospital) - faribault, mnfaribault medical center, located in faribault, Minnesota, operates 42 beds. The medical center provides a broad range of health care services, including orthopedic services, physical therapy, cardiac rehabilitation, adult mental health outpatient services, cancer services and a birth center.mercy hospital - coon rapids, minnesotamercy hospital has two campuses - the mercy campus in coon rapids and unity campus in fridley. Mercy offers a wide range of specialty services, including award-winning Virginia piper cancer institute, the mother baby center, mental health care, emergency services, surgical services and top-rated cardiovascular care through the hospital's nationally known heart & vascular center. Additionally, the hospital was named one of the nation's 100 top hospitals and 50 top cardiovascular hospitals by truven health analytics. Other services include medical surgical care, cancer care, emergency services and mental health and addiction services including geriatric mental health. Unity also offers a complete array of health education and support groups to patients and the community. New ulm medical center - new ulm, minnesotanew ulm medical center (numc) is a nonprofit hospital with clinics in new ulm, springfield, lamberton and winthrop. The hospital offers an extensive range of care options with more than 70 affiliated physicians and nurse practitioner/physician assistant providers and a full complement of visiting specialists. Among the many important services allina health offers to this rural region are obstetrics, surgery, mental health/addiction, home care, hospice and emergency medical services. Owatonna hospital - owatonna, minnesotaowatonna hospital provides comprehensive care to patie
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 96% 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.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - 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: 78
- Transparency & Controls: 75
- Accountability: 92
- Sustainability: 45
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 84.6%; rating input score 85
- Program expense ratio: 87.2%; rating input score 87
- Fundraising efficiency: $4.8 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 92.9%; rating input score 93; 17th 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: Missing
- 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: 85.6%; rating input score 86; 19th percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 86.4%; rating input score 86; 33rd 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: 1.6%; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.02; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.47; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0.6%; rating input score 82; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 5.4% per year; rating input score 100; 44th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 5.1% per year; rating input score 100; 44th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 5.1% per year; rating input score 100; 37th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 84.6% of revenue deployed · 87.2% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 19 of 22 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $5.1B in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $4.1M · 56 people listed · 5 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $449.3M reported
- Consistency: 37 of 38 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 13 filed schedules · includes major donors, foreign activity, grants, and executive pay
- Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 125 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 112 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.
- Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- High — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight scored 0/100.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 20/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 40/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 40/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 38/100.
- Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.