Mercy Life

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
232840137
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Livonia, MI, USA
Phone
2153394747
Rating
72
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Hospital, General

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$90,482,761
Expenses
$88,723,533
Assets
$28,626,938
Liabilities
$16,344,670

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

Leadership & pay

25 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DANIEL DRAKE (DIR; PRESIDENT & CEO CONT CARE)
  • GLORIA ALLON (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • JAMES WOODWARD (FRMR OFFCR; THMA PRES & CEO THR 1/25)

Highest reported compensation

  • BENJAMIN CARTER (DIRECTOR THR 12/24; TRIN EVP & COO): $3,488,982 total reported compensation
  • JAMES WOODWARD (FRMR OFFCR; THMA PRES & CEO THR 1/25): $1,492,517 total reported compensation
  • DANIEL DRAKE (DIR; PRESIDENT & CEO CONT CARE): $1,010,454 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

We, trinity health pace and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities. Mercy life is a member of trinity health pace and trinity health.

What it reported doing in 2024

Mercy life operates a pace (program of all-inclusive care for the elderly) program in philadelphia, pa that provides comprehensive medical, health, recreational, and social services for frail elders to assist them to live independently. The pace program serves seniors with a range of health conditions that impact their daily life such as chronic illness and memory loss. Mercy life's team of professionals, who specialize in health care for seniors, evaluate the needs of each individual and develop a customized program of care. Mercy life also operates four adult day centers, which offer a convenient location where the interdisciplinary care team of doctors, nurses, therapists, and social workers can provide preventive health care as well as observe and respond to changes in each senior's health. Please visit our website for additional information: www.trinityhealthpace.org/Pennsylvania/mercy-life-pa

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 100% 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 - 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 a relatively small share of voting board members are independent.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 82
  • Transparency & Controls: 71
  • Accountability: 56
  • Sustainability: 36
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 92.4%; rating input score 92
  • Program expense ratio: 94.5%; rating input score 94
  • 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: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 40%; rating input score 40; 11th 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: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 1.9%; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.32; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.57; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0.8%; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 6% per year; rating input score 100; 49th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 7.5% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 10.3% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 92.4% of revenue deployed · 94.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 2 of 5 board members independent · 7 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $83.8M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $3.5M · 25 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $25.9M reported
  • Consistency: 32 of 32 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors, executive pay, and related organizations
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Related organizations: 308 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.
  • Moderate — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 40/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 9 not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 42/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 11/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 30/100.