Main Line Health

Legal name: Main Line Hospitals Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
231352160
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024
Location
Radnor, PA, USA
Phone
1.866.CALL.MLH (1.866.225.5654)
Rating
78
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Hospital, General

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,876,580,310
Expenses
$1,754,637,965
Assets
$3,200,127,425
Liabilities
$1,003,363,239

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

Leadership & pay

42 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JOHN J LYNCH III (CEO & Ttee (until june 2025))
  • Kathleen Galbraith (President, Lankenau Hospital)
  • Donna Phillips (PRESIDENT, Rehab & Ambul SVCS)
  • JOHN SCHWARZ (PRESIDENT, Bryn Mawr Hospital)
  • Edward Jimenez (CEO & Ttee (Start June 2025))

Highest reported compensation

  • JOHN J LYNCH III (CEO & Ttee (until june 2025)): $3,302,622 total reported compensation
  • BARBARA WADSWORTH (EVP & COO): $1,391,882 total reported compensation
  • LEIGH EHRLICH (EVP/CFO/TREASurer): $1,129,933 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Provide a comprehensive range of health services, complemented by educational & research activities that meet the needs and improve the quality of life in the communities we serve. You may visit our website without submitting any information about yourself. However, we do collect certain information you choose to provide to us. This includes information you provide when you send us email or subscribe to one of our online publications, you register for an event, or make a donation. This also includes information you submit on forms, such as appointment request forms. Some forms collect sensitive information, such as health information, necessary for us to provide our services to you. Please note that Main Line Health will not respond to any question concerning a specific medical or health condition submitted through this site. If you submit such a request you will recei.

What it reported doing in 2024

Inpatient Acute Healthcare Services Main Line Hospitals, Inc. is comprised of three full-service community acute care hospitals and a rehabilitation hospital located in the suburbs of Philadelphia. Bryn Mawr Hospital, established 1893, operates 284 licensed beds, The Lankenau Hospital, established 1860, operates 370 licensed beds, Paoli Hospital operates 261 licensed beds, and Bryn Mawr Rehabilitation hospital operates 148 licensed beds. Main Line Hospitals, Inc. offers specialized services including Neonatal Intensive Care, Reproductive Medicine, Arthritis and Orthopedic services, Cardiovascular Care, Sleep Medicine, Cancer Care, Family Centered Maternity Care, Comprehensive Breast Care, and comprehensive rehabilitation services for brain injury, stroke, etc. to name a few. For the year presented, Main Line Hospitals, Inc. provided inpatient services to 54,381 adult patients, 559 Neonatal Care patients, performed 1,084 open heart cases, attended 6,997 births, and performed 11,005 inpatient surgeries.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 93% 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.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and liabilities are high compared with assets.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 55
  • Transparency & Controls: 96
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 63
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 59.2%; rating input score 59
  • Program expense ratio: 66.3%; rating input score 66
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 68th 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: Limited
  • 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: 91.3%; rating input score 91; 40th 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: 6.5%; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.82; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.31; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0.4%; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 3.9% per year; rating input score 100; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 3.8% per year; rating input score 100; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 4.6% per year; rating input score 100; 32nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: Mission, programs, and operating context captured from the official website.
  • Where the money goes: 59.2% of revenue deployed · 66.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 21 of 23 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $1.2B in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $3.3M · 42 people listed · 5 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $51.7M reported
  • Consistency: 37 of 37 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 10 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, executive pay, and related organizations
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 14 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 33 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.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 59/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 54/100.