Sutter Health

Legal name: Sutter Bay Medical Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
941156581
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024
Location
Sacramento, CA, USA
Phone
800-4SUTTER
Rating
83
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Medical Disciplines Research

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$4,059,293,628
Expenses
$3,991,034,409
Assets
$2,487,159,142
Liabilities
$1,037,347,808

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

Leadership & pay

41 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JAMES CONFORTI (Former Interim Pres & CEO, SH)
  • Kevin Cook (President, Silicon Valley div)
  • CHRISTINA OH (President, San Francisco Div)
  • Tosan Boyo (President, East Bay DIVISION)
  • Erin Neal (CEO, AMBULATORY SF DIVISION)
  • GENEA WILSON (CEO, Ambulatory - East Bay Div)

Highest reported compensation

  • MARK SEVCO (SH SVP, COO/Asst Sec SBMF): $3,655,805 total reported compensation
  • ELIZABETH VILARDO-MORGAN MD (CMO, STRATEGIC & PHLNTHRP INIT): $2,457,564 total reported compensation
  • JAMES CONFORTI (Former Interim Pres & CEO, SH): $2,252,729 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Sutter Health’s North Star is caring for patients first and our people always. Pregnancy and Childbirth Outcomes Sutter Health is a not-for-profit, community-based healthcare system committed to advancing care for everyone. Our teams work together to provide the best treatment and experience for every patient, in every interaction, every day. We know inspired people drive better healthcare. Our focus on patients, people and communities has made us one of the best places to work in California, according to Forbes and Newsweek.

What it reported doing in 2024

See schedule o

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 97% 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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 87
  • Transparency & Controls: 77
  • Accountability: 88
  • Sustainability: 42
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 89.7%; rating input score 90
  • Program expense ratio: 91.3%; rating input score 91
  • Fundraising efficiency: $20.05 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 93.8%; 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: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 98.4%; rating input score 98; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 80%; rating input score 80; 28th 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: 1.7%; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.62; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.42; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0.2%; rating input score 90; 90th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 8.3% per year; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 7.5% per year; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 5.1% per year; rating input score 100; 37th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 1 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 89.7% of revenue deployed · 91.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 12 of 15 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $3.6B in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $3.7M · 41 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $289.9M reported
  • Consistency: 38 of 39 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 11 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, executive pay, and related organizations
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 27 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 75 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.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 58/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 41/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 24/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 43/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.