St Margaret Foundation

What it reported doing in 2025

The foundation is a public charity governed by its board of directors and is independent of upmc. St. Margaret foundation is a two-pronged organization: 1.) raising funds to help patients in crisis with hope healing and independence; and 2.) making grants to help facilitate programs that help patients in crisis.in today's health care environment many patient needs cannot be met with medicare, medicaid, insurance and self-payment alone. St. Margaret foundation fundraises for specific areas of need that include: the patient crisis care endowment, which provides underserved patients with medical supplies, emergency housing, medication, and much more; the oncology fund for patients battling cancer to help with transportation, medication, and utility assistance due to loss of wages; the st. Margaret family health centers fund for locations in lawrenceville, bloomfield-garfield, and new kensington which provides underserved patients with immunizations, medications, reach out and read books for children, teddy bear clinic, food vouchers for holiday meals, health fairs, and nutrition education and human sexuality education in the city public schools; and the employee emergency fund which assists employees of st. Margaret who have experienced a natural disaster or medical emergency. St. Margaret foundation also makes grants to programs that improve the health of the st. Margaret community. Examples include: free rides for seniors shuttle service, free valet service for seniors and patients with disabilities, kathleen's cupboard free food pantry, health fair screenings for the under-resourced, and free flu immunizations for seniors.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 68.9%; rating input score 69
• Program expense ratio: 68.1%; rating input score 68
• Fundraising efficiency: $9.23 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 94.4%; rating input score 94; 25th 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: Scored; rating input score 0
• Grant itemization coverage: 91.8%; rating input score 92; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 8 of 8 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: NotApplicable
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Pass
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 57.1%; rating input score 93; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 21.62; rating input score 95; 95th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 13.2%; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 4.4% per year; rating input score 100; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 8.2% per year; rating input score 100; 58th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 4.1% per year; rating input score 100; 28th percentile among comparable filings