SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital
Legal name: Ssm Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 430738490
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024
- Location
- St Louis, MO, USA
- Phone
- 1-888-972-4278
- Rating
- 75
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Hospital, Specialty
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $441,283,899
- Expenses
- $410,629,512
- Assets
- $602,891,260
- Liabilities
- $46,592,791
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
27 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- JEREMY FOTHERINGHAM (CHAIR, PRESIDENT, REGIONAL PRESIDENT - ST. L)
- STEVEN SMOOT (VICE PRESIDENT, COO OF SSM HEALTH)
- HOSSAIN MARANDI (HOSPITAL PRESIDENT)
- LAURA KAISER (FORMER OFFICER, PRESIDENT/CEO OF SSM HEALTH)
Highest reported compensation
- LAURA KAISER (FORMER OFFICER, PRESIDENT/CEO OF SSM HEALTH): $7,886,813 total reported compensation
- STEVEN SMOOT (VICE PRESIDENT, COO OF SSM HEALTH): $3,484,633 total reported compensation
- DOUGLAS LONG (SECRETARY, CLO AT SSM HEALTH): $2,287,921 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Through our exceptional health care services, we reveal the healing presence of God.
What it reported doing in 2024
Cardinal glennon children's hospital is a not-for-profit located in st. Louis, Missouri. It ranked among the best children's hospitals in the country. We care for children and teenagers of all ages, from the st. Louis surrounding area, Illinois, and across the country.as one of the best children's hospitals in the country, we are committed to compassionate, quality care. The hospital has over 195 beds serving patients ranging from birth to 21 years of age offering the following services: state-of-the-art level iv nicu and level i pediatric emergency & trauma center; more than 200 specialists regarded as some of the leading pediatric experts in the country; and more than 60 services offered including emergency care, cardiology, neonatology, gastroenterology, and cancer care for kids.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Other-operating. 96% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 98% 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: 75
- Transparency & Controls: 75
- Accountability: 73
- Sustainability: 60
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 81.8%; rating input score 82
- Program expense ratio: 87.6%; rating input score 88
- 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: 99.7%; rating input score 100; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 77.8%; rating input score 78; 26th 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: 6.9%; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.47; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.08; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 2.7%; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 2.2% per year; rating input score 100; 17th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 3.3% per year; rating input score 100; 25th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 6.8% per year; rating input score 100; 50th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 1 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 4 operating locations identified
- Where the money goes: 81.8% of revenue deployed · 87.6% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 7 of 9 board members independent · 6 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $359.6M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $7.9M · 27 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $25.3M reported
- Consistency: 36 of 36 current checks pass
- Schedules: 9 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
- Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 18 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 95 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: 3 of 9 not reported.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 52/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 43/100.