Summa Health

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
341887844
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024
Location
Akron, OH, US
Phone
330.375.3000
Rating
74
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Community Health Systems

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$268,004,285
Expenses
$225,412,242
Assets
$978,586,120
Liabilities
$667,176,608

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

Leadership & pay

28 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • T CLIFFORD DEVENY MD (PRESIDENT & CEO)
  • KATHLEEN BLAKE (SVP, PRESIDENT POST ACUTE/HOME)

Highest reported compensation

  • T CLIFFORD DEVENY MD (PRESIDENT & CEO): $2,239,929 total reported compensation
  • BENJAMIN P SUTTON (EVP COO - PROVIDER OPS.): $1,300,445 total reported compensation
  • DAWN AHNER (TREAS., SVP, CFO): $1,016,501 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

We will continue to expand access to care and drive strategic growth that ensures we remain a trusted health partner in Greater Akron and beyond, while maintaining our charity care policy, community benefit and essential services.

What it reported doing in 2024

Summa health directs and supports the programs and activities of the consolidated summa health entities so that all summa health resources and assets are best allocated and utilized for the benefit of the community. Summa health represents the collaborative efforts of health care providers to better administer, manage, provide and plan for the delivery of a full-range of health care services to all persons within the communities served by summa health without regard to the race, sex, creed, color, national origin or economic status of such persons.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 92% 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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. The filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 73
  • Transparency & Controls: 69
  • Accountability: 81
  • Sustainability: 68
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 80.4%; rating input score 80
  • Program expense ratio: 84.9%; rating input score 85
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 94.1%; rating input score 94; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 4 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 67
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Pass
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Scored; rating input score 0
  • Grant itemization coverage: 62.2%; rating input score 62; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 66.7%; rating input score 67; 19th 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: 15.9%; rating input score 83; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.34; rating input score 83; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.68; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 5.2%; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 8.7% per year; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 13.1% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 9.6% per year; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 3 operating locations identified
  • Where the money goes: 80.4% of revenue deployed · 84.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 8 of 12 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $191.3M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $2.2M · 28 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $77.1M reported
  • Consistency: 42 of 43 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 12 filed schedules · includes major donors, foreign activity, grants, executive pay, and related organizations
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 18 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 9 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.

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 — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 15/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 23/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Federal audit findings: this organization reported findings in its latest federal Single Audit.