Mercy Health
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 311161086
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2019
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2019
- Location
- Cincinnati, OH, USA
- Phone
- 855.732.0138
- Rating
- 79
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Community Health Systems
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $7,010,225,301
- Expenses
- $4,907,498,964
- Assets
- $0
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2019. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
53 people listed
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2019. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Mercy Health extends the compassionate ministry of Jesus by improving the health and well-being of our communities and bring good help to those in need, especially people who are poor, dying and underserved. Our Mission, Our Vision, Our Values Mercy Health Gives Back Mission Programs Spiritual Care Mercy Health Foundation Our Mission We extend the compassionate ministry of Jesus by improving the health and well-being of our communities and bring good help to those in need, especially people who are poor, dying and underserved. Extend the compassionate ministry of Jesus by improving the health and well-being of our communities and bring good help to those in need, especially people who are poor, dying and underserved. Mission, Vision, Values Mission Programs.
What it reported doing in 2019
Mercy health is a mission-driven, nonprofit, catholic health system. Mercy health operates acute care hospitals, long-term care facilities, housing sites for the elderly, home health agencies, hospice programs, wellness centers and other healthcare organizations. Mercy health's home office provides services and support to the entire system, including but not limited to: providing governance, management oversight, strategic leadership, focusing resources to assure the healing mission, providing access to lower cost debt financing to support operations, improving clinical outcomes and reducing operating costs.
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 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. The filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 79
- Transparency & Controls: 78
- Accountability: 87
- Sustainability: 53
- Growth: 80
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 89.7%; rating input score 90
- Program expense ratio: 87.7%; rating input score 88
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 93.3%; rating input score 93; 21st 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: 79.6%; rating input score 80; 18th percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 77.8%; rating input score 78; 28th 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: 30%; rating input score 94; 94th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 1.1%; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 16% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 25.5% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -0.7% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 1 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 2 operating locations identified
- Where the money goes: 89.7% of revenue deployed · 87.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 14 of 18 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $4.3B in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $15.8M · 53 people listed · 6 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $620.1M reported
- Consistency: 32 of 33 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 13 filed schedules · includes major donors, foreign activity, grants, executive pay, and related organizations
- Filing history: 10 filing years from 2010 to 2019
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 60 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 211 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.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.