Mee Memorial Healthcare System

Legal name: Southern Monterey County Memorial Hospital

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
941502014
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
King City, CA, US
Phone
831-385-6000
Rating
66
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$80,731,717
Expenses
$73,249,164
Assets
$70,860,236
Liabilities
$15,944,863

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

Leadership & pay

15 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • RENA SALAMACHA BS MS (TRUSTEE / CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER)

Highest reported compensation

  • TIMOTHY WATSON MD - TRUSTEE (/ CHIEF OF STAFF (THRU 01/2025)): $967,188 total reported compensation
  • NOAH HAWTHORNE MD (CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER): $471,406 total reported compensation
  • RENA SALAMACHA BS MS (TRUSTEE / CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER): $433,182 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

At Mee Memorial, we believe that everyone—no matter where they live—deserves access to exceptional, compassionate care. As a rural healthcare provider, we are proud to serve our community with dedication and heart.

What it reported doing in 2024

Mee memorial operates a 25 acute care bed and 48 skilled nursing bed licensed facility that provides comprehensive medical care to the local community and outlying areas within a 50-mile radius, and serves as a critical access hospital for the region. In addition, mee memorial has a network of four clinics to serve its clientele, three in king city and one in greenfield. Types of care offered include acute, long-term, and rural health clinic services. Over the september 30, 2025 fiscal year, total patient days were 15,740. The emergency service department had 16,660 visits and outpatient services had 31,024 in therapy treatments/surgeries/x-rays during the fiscal year. The hospital's four rural clinics received 79,756 visits/patients in addition to hospital services.

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 - The filed numbers largely add up and most filed governance safeguards are in place. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 56
  • Transparency & Controls: 74
  • Accountability: 77
  • Sustainability: 54
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 60%; rating input score 60
  • Program expense ratio: 66.5%; rating input score 67
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • 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: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 60%; rating input score 60; 16th 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: 9.3%; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.97; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.23; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 6%; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -0.4% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 0.6% per year; rating input score 100; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 4.3% per year; rating input score 100; 30th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 12 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 2 operating locations identified
  • Where the money goes: 60% of revenue deployed · 66.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 3 of 5 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $48.7M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $967K · 15 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $11.3M reported
  • Consistency: 31 of 31 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 11 filed money-flow records
  • 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 38/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 11/100.
  • Review — Grant Readiness: California registration: this organization could not be resolved against the register, so the check is unfinished.