Penn State Health St. Joseph Medical Center

Legal name: St Joseph Regional Health Network

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
231352211
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024
Location
Hershey, PA, USA
Phone
610-378-2000
Rating
62
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Hospitals and Related Primary Medical Care Facilities
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$365,945,483
Expenses
$313,179,792
Assets
$152,441,303
Liabilities
$86,770,846

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

Leadership & pay

28 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DEBORAH ADDO (DIRECTOR / PSH CEO)
  • JOSEPH FRANK (PRESIDENT)
  • ROSS DARROW (VICE PRESIDENT, TREASURER)
  • STEPHEN MASSINI (PSH CEO - PART YEAR)

Highest reported compensation

  • STEPHEN MASSINI (PSH CEO - PART YEAR): $3,235,216 total reported compensation
  • DEBORAH ADDO (DIRECTOR / PSH CEO): $1,705,106 total reported compensation
  • PAULA TINCH (PSH CFO & EVP - PART YEAR): $1,438,370 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

The mission of st. Joseph regional health network is to nurture the healing ministry of the church, supported by education and research. Fidelity to the gospel urges us to emphasize human dignity and social justice as we create healthier communities. The corporation calls other (continued on schedule o)

What it reported doing in 2024

Penn state health st. Joseph medical center is a 204-bed acute care hospital in bern township, pa., that provides patients advanced outpatient and inpatient diagnostic, medical and surgical services, including minimally invasive surgery. The medical center provides highly skilled, experienced surgeons that treat a wide range of conditions, including appendicitis, hernias, gallbladder diseases, stomach and intestinal issues, breast cancer, and breast reconstruction surgery. The medical center uses advanced techniques such as minimally invasive laparoscopic and robotic-assisted surgery to assist with comprehensive treatment for an active, pain free life.

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 filed governance safeguards are in place. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 53
  • Transparency & Controls: 67
  • Accountability: 70
  • Sustainability: 55
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 55.6%; rating input score 56
  • Program expense ratio: 65%; rating input score 65
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 92.3%; rating input score 92; 12th 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: 68.5%; rating input score 69; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 57.1%; rating input score 57; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • 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: 14.4%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.49; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.57; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 1.3%; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 2.7% per year; rating input score 100; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 4.6% per year; rating input score 100; 38th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -1.4% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 55.6% of revenue deployed · 65% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 8 of 14 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $203.6M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $3.2M · 28 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $11.5M reported
  • Consistency: 30 of 31 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 9 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, executive pay, and related organizations
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 13 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 22 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.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 56/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 57/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 18/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: CEO compensation review process not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 31/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.