MarinHealth

Legal name: Prima Medical Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
271376321
IRS 990 coverage
2013–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Novato, CA, USA
Phone
1-415-925-7000
Rating
75
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Health Treatment Facilities, Primarily Outpatient

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$208,703,440
Expenses
$208,703,440
Assets
$120,278,411
Liabilities
$114,728,931

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

Leadership & pay

22 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DAVID KLEIN MD (CHAIR / CEO OF MHMC)
  • JENNIFER SCHAAB MBA MPH (PRESIDENT MHMN)

Highest reported compensation

  • DAVID KLEIN MD (CHAIR / CEO OF MHMC): $2,125,068 total reported compensation
  • MICHAEL KIM MD (VP OF MEDICAL AFFAIRS (THRU 9/2024)): $931,738 total reported compensation
  • ERIC BRETTNER (TREASURER / CFO): $840,670 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 provide high-quality, compassionate healthcare to the communities we serve.

What it reported doing in 2024

Prima medical foundation (dba marinhealth medical network) is a nonprofit public benefit corporation which provides medical services in conjunction with prima medical group, inc. (pursuant to a professional services agreement), a California professional medical corporation. Marinhealth medical network provides these medical services to both insured and uninsured residents located primarily in marin and sonoma counties. Thanks to a strategic alliance, marinhealth medical network practices are part of ucsf health, and backed by the expertise of marinhealth medical center. Our primary care providers and specialists cover a wide range of practices, including: after-hours care (adult & pediatric); cardiovascular medicine; ear, nose and throat; family medicine; general & colorectal surgery; head & neck surgery; internal medicine; ob/gyn & midwifery; pediatric care; psychiatry; supportive care; urology; women's care; breast surgical oncology; critical care & pulmonology; endocrine & diabetes care; gastroenterology; gynecologic surgery; infectious disease; neurology; orthopedic surgery; primary care; rheumatology; urogynecology; and vascular medicine.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 83% 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 some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 88
  • Transparency & Controls: 65
  • Accountability: 70
  • Sustainability: 30
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

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

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 63.6%; rating input score 64; 18th 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: 0%; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.58; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.95; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0.7%; rating input score 79; 79th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 19.4% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 17.8% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 23.8% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: Mission, programs, and operating context captured from the official website.
  • Where the money goes: 99.1% of revenue deployed · 99.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 7 of 11 board members independent · 7 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $206.8M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $2.1M · 22 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $67M reported
  • Consistency: 29 of 29 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 11 filing years from 2013 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 5 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 5 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.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 9 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 29/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 22/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 9/100.