Northwell Health

Legal name: Nuvance Health

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
834214573
IRS 990 coverage
2019–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024
Location
Danbury, CT, US
Phone
(203) 739-7000
Rating
67
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Single Organization Support

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$345,029,610
Expenses
$357,394,326
Assets
$276,756,318
Liabilities
$214,245,161

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

Leadership & pay

43 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JOHN M MURPHY MD (NUVANCE PRESIDENT & CEO/DIRECTOR)
  • MICHAEL DOWLING (PRESIDENT/CEO OF NORTHWELL; DIRECTOR (FROM 05/25))
  • SHARON ADAMS (EASTERN REGIONAL PRESIDENT; PRESIDENT DANBURY HOSPITAL)
  • SUSAN BROWNING (WESTERN REGIONAL PRESIDENT; PRESIDENT OF VASSAR BROTHERS MEDICAL CENTER)

Highest reported compensation

  • MICHAEL DOWLING (PRESIDENT/CEO OF NORTHWELL; DIRECTOR (FROM 05/25)): $5,943,362 total reported compensation
  • JOHN M MURPHY MD (NUVANCE PRESIDENT & CEO/DIRECTOR): $5,305,723 total reported compensation
  • MARK SOLAZZO (NORTHWELL PRES. STRATEGIC INITIATIVES & COO; DIRECTOR (FROM 05/25)): $3,816,311 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 offer convenient, advanced care with a personalized approach, making health and community one.

What it reported doing in 2024

To improve the health of every person we serve through the efficient delivery of excellent, innovative and compassionate care. As the parent organization, nuvance health (nh) provides executive and administrative direction, gives support, sets standards for its affiliates and subsidiaries, insures financial soundness, and establishes new programs and services consistent with their mission. All tax-exempt affiliates serve individuals of all income levels and follow the financial assistance policy established by nh.

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 - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. The filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad and the filing does not identify recipients for some grant dollars.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 58
  • Transparency & Controls: 67
  • Accountability: 87
  • Sustainability: 19
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 65.9%; rating input score 66
  • Program expense ratio: 63.5%; rating input score 63
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 92.3%; rating input score 92; 12th 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: Scored; rating input score 0
  • Grant itemization coverage: 34.8%; rating input score 35; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 78.3%; rating input score 78; 26th 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: -3.6%; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.77; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.77; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 6.3%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 22.6% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 25.6% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 27.2% per year; rating input score 100; 97th 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: 65.9% of revenue deployed · 63.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 18 of 23 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $226.8M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $5.9M · 43 people listed · 5 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $18.1M reported
  • Consistency: 34 of 35 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 10 filed schedules · includes major donors, foreign activity, grants, executive pay, and related organizations
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2019 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 17 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 275 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.

  • High — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 35/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 15/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 31/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 10/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 18/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.