McLaren Oakland

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
381428164
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Pontiac, MI, USA
Phone
2483385000
Rating
75
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Hospital, Specialty

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$326,897,302
Expenses
$285,263,343
Assets
$248,792,773
Liabilities
$57,702,834

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

Leadership & pay

18 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • LORENZO SUTER (PRESIDENT & CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • CHAD GRANT (MEMBER, EXECUTIVE VP & COO MCLAREN HEALTH): $1,782,679 total reported compensation
  • SHALINI THOUTREDDY (PHYSICIAN): $498,076 total reported compensation
  • DR JOSEPH ZAJCHOWSKI (VP & CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER): $491,558 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Mclaren oakland provides primary and specialty health care services guided by the priciples of osteopathic medicine and the values of integrity, excellence, diversity, and intelligence. We aspire to enhance the quality of life and health status of the people we serve.

What it reported doing in 2024

Mclaren oakland provides primary and specialty healthcare services to the greater pontiac and oakland country, Michigan communities. Mclaren oakland is located in the city of pontiac, in oakland county, Michigan, approximately 16 miles north of detroit. Pontiac is the only city in oakland county designated by the u.s. Department of health and human services as a medically underserved area (mua). Medically underserved areas/populations are areas or populations designated by hrsa (health resources and services administration) as having too few primary care providers, high infant mortality, high poverty and/or high elderly populations. Founded in 1953, mclaren oakland has grown to a comprehensive medical community that includes outpatient facilities in clarkston and oxford, in addition to an inpatient hospital in pontiac providing a range of clinical services including emergency and trauma care, cardiology, cancer services, minimally invasive robotic surgery, and orthopedic services. Mclaren oakland offers acgme accredited residency and fellowship programs in anesthesiology, diagnostic radiology, emergency medicine, family medicine, internal medicine, orthopedic surgery, otolaryngology, pulmonary disease and critical care medicine, and transitional year, in addition to a cpme accredited podiatry program.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 99% of the money available for current operations came from other operating 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 - 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 some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 80
  • Transparency & Controls: 67
  • Accountability: 72
  • Sustainability: 63
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 84.9%; rating input score 85
  • Program expense ratio: 97.1%; rating input score 97
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 68th 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: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 66.7%; rating input score 67; 19th 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: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 12.7%; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.87; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.23; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 1.2%; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 4.2% per year; rating input score 100; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 4.8% per year; rating input score 100; 41st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 4.9% per year; rating input score 100; 35th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 5 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 84.9% of revenue deployed · 97.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 6 of 9 board members independent · 7 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $276.9M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $1.8M · 18 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $23.2M reported
  • Consistency: 32 of 32 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes executive pay and related organizations
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 8 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 54 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: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 9 not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 35/100.