Methodist Health System

Legal name: Methodist Hospitals of Dallas

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
750800661
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Official website data refreshed
Jun 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024
Location
Dallas, TX, United States
Phone
(214) 947-8181
Rating
86
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Hospitals and Related Primary Medical Care Facilities
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$2,549,613,644
Expenses
$2,141,829,896
Assets
$4,297,073,996
Liabilities
$869,818,362

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

Leadership & pay

46 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JAMES C SCOGGIN JR (CEO)
  • E KENNETH HUTCHENRIDER (PRESIDENT - MRMC)
  • JOHN PHILLIPS (PRESIDENT - MDMC)
  • JUAN FRESQUEZ JR (PRESIDENT - MMMC)
  • PAMELA STOYANOFF (PRESIDENT & COO)
  • JOHN MYERS MD (PRESIDENT, METHODIST MEDICAL GROUP)

Highest reported compensation

  • JAMES C SCOGGIN JR (CEO): $4,078,719 total reported compensation
  • PAMELA STOYANOFF (PRESIDENT & COO): $2,518,690 total reported compensation
  • CRAIG BJERKE (TREASURER & CFO): $1,702,671 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

To improve and save lives through compassionate quality healthcare. Methodist Health System (Methodist) is a faith-based organization with a Mission to improve and save lives through compassionate, quality healthcare. For nearly a century, Dallas-based Methodist Health System has been a trusted choice for health and wellness. Methodist has a network of 13 hospitals (through ownership and affiliation) with nationally recognized medical services, such as a Level I Trauma Center, multi-organ transplantation, Level III Neonatal Intensive Care, neurosurgery, robotic surgical programs, oncology, gastroenterology, and orthopedics, among others. Methodist has more than 75 primary care and specialty clinics located throughout the region, renowned teaching programs, i.

What it reported doing in 2024

The primary mission of the methodist hospitals of dallas d/b/a methodist health system (mhs) is to serve people in defined service areas by meeting their health needs effectively and in a manner that reflects a commitment to christian concepts of life and learning. This mission is pursued by operating seven general acute care hospitals and other healthcare services, education and support programs needed by the communities in north central Texas. The hospitals are: methodist dallas medical center (mdmc), a 595 licensed bed teaching referral hospital; methodist charlton medical center (mcmc), a 314 licensed bed teaching hospital; methodist mansfield medical center (mmmc), a 294 licensed bed hospital; methodist richardson medical center (mrmc) which now operates a 518 licensed bed hospital across two campuses, methodist midlothian (mlmc), a 76 licensed bed hospital; methodist southlake medical center (msmc), a 54 licensed bed hospital; and methodist celina medical center (mcel), a 51 licensed bed hospital. (continued on schedule o)

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 95% 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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filed totals do not add up.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 79
  • Transparency & Controls: 88
  • Accountability: 96
  • Sustainability: 74
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 75.6%; rating input score 76
  • Program expense ratio: 89.1%; rating input score 89
  • Fundraising efficiency: $32.6 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 92.3%; rating input score 92; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 4 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 67
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Pass
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 95.9%; rating input score 96; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 93.8%; rating input score 94; 44th 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: 16%; rating input score 83; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.01; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.2; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0.9%; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 6.9% per year; rating input score 100; 56th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 7% per year; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 8.8% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 6 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 75.6% of revenue deployed · 89.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 30 of 32 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $1.9B in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $4.1M · 46 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $20.9M reported
  • Consistency: 36 of 37 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 11 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: 82 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 100 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.

  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.