Presence Health

Legal name: Presence Saint Joseph Hospital Chicago

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
363200170
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2015
Official website data refreshed
Jul 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2015
Location
Chicago, IL, USA
Phone
312-770-2000
Rating
69
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Community Health Systems
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$215,577,309
Expenses
$237,702,766
Assets
$0
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2015. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

18 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • HOWARD DRENTH (DIRECTOR EX-OFFICIO/SYSTEM CEO)
  • ROBERTA LUSKIN-HAWK MD (DIRECTOR EX-OFFICIO/CEO/CHAIR)

Highest reported compensation

  • ANTHONY J FILER (TREASURER): $2,611,239 total reported compensation
  • ROBERTA LUSKIN-HAWK MD (DIRECTOR EX-OFFICIO/CEO/CHAIR): $747,293 total reported compensation
  • JEANNIE C FREY (SECRETARY): $702,995 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2015. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Rooted in the healing ministry of Jesus, we provide compassionate, high-quality, and accessible healthcare to all, especially those who are poor and vulnerable.

What it reported doing in 2015

For more than 100 years, the sisters of the holy family of nazareth and the sisters of the resurrection have provided compassionate care to those in need -- particularly poor, marginalized and immigrant populations. This is the foundation of the sisters sacred health ministry, which is embodied in the system of health care corporations collectively known as presence health care. For the calendar ended december 2015, the hospital provided patient care of 61,685 patient days. Admissions totaled 12,017. There were 1,990 rehab patient days and 182 rehab admissions. There were 8,655 psych patient days and 1,566 psych admissions. There were 20,756 emergency room visits, 104,809 outpatient registrations, and 6,032 surgeries. Presence saint joseph hospital chicago, founded in 1868 by the daughters of charity of st. Vincent de paul, is a full service health care facility serving chicago's north side. With over 130 years of service, presence saint joseph hospital chicago has a highly trained team of experts with specialties including cancer care and diagnostic imaging services with open and closed mri.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 98% 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. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 85
  • Transparency & Controls: 76
  • Accountability: 40
  • Sustainability: 9
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 99.1%; rating input score 99
  • Program expense ratio: 89.9%; rating input score 90
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • 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: 20%; rating input score 20; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 6 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 67
    • 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: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -10.3%; rating input score 7; 7th 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: 2.2%; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 5.2% per year; rating input score 100; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 1.4% per year; rating input score 100; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -9.3% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 1 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 99.1% of revenue deployed · 89.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 1 of 5 board members independent · 6 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $213.6M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $2.6M · 18 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $7.4M reported
  • Consistency: 41 of 41 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors, executive pay, and related organizations
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2009 to 2015
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 12 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 41 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 — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 20/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 9 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 7/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 48/100.