Sutter Health

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
680040113
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Sacramento, CA, USA
Phone
800-4SUTTER
Rating
69
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Fund Raising and/or Fund Distribution

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$2,795,646
Expenses
$2,125,199
Assets
$7,096,670
Liabilities
$226,557

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

Leadership & pay

15 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Tammy Powers (CEO, SRMC)

Highest reported compensation

  • Tammy Powers (CEO, SRMC): $1,496,220 total reported compensation
  • Ronnie Yamanaka (CFO, Sacramento Div./SRMCF): $1,175,953 total reported compensation
  • Raya Elias-Petros (Chief Philanthropy Officer-SH): $1,058,747 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 enhance the well-being of people in the communities we serve through a not-for-profit commitment to compassion and excellence in healthcare services.

What it reported doing in 2024

Program Service Accomplishments: Through philanthropy, Sutter Health is able to practice the most innovative, technologically-advanced medicine possible and meet the critical health care demands of our time. In 2024, Sutter Roseville Medical Center Foundation provided over $1 million in philanthropic gifts to support programs, services, and equipment to ensure the highest level of excellence in patient care. The list below highlights our allocation of gifts. Total funds were allocated for the following programs, services, and equipment: . Cancer Patient Wigs and Head Coverings . Cancer Survivorship Resource Center . Cardiac Rehab Patient Equipment . Chaplaincy Services . ENT Surgical Navigation Software and Instrumentation . Expansion of Emergency and Critical Care Services . iCAD AI Development Pilot - Breast Imaging . Institute for Health and Healing Program . Infant Loss Program . Laryngeal Videostroboscopy Equipment . NICU . Neurological Music Therapy . Patient Assistance . Patient Education Materials . Pet Therapy . Rehabilitation Services VR Therapy System . Staff Education & Training . Stroke Center Surgical Instruments . Therapeutic Music Program Donor support helped heal members of the community by bringing new innovations that allowed us to provide the highest-quality health care, services and technologies close to home. With donor contributions, we were able to purchase leading-edge equipment, launch and continue programs that supported critical needs in our communities, help our physicians and staff save lives and fulfill our not-for-profit mission.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 71% of its reported program spending out as grants.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. 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: 54
  • Transparency & Controls: 76
  • Accountability: 82
  • Sustainability: 69
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 57.1%; rating input score 57
  • Program expense ratio: 66.6%; rating input score 67
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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: 99.8%; rating input score 100; 40th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 76.9%; rating input score 77; 13th 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: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 24%; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.34; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.03; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 51.4%; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 4.6% per year; rating input score 100; 37th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 2.8% per year; rating input score 100; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 1.4% per year; rating input score 100; 17th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 1 programs and campaigns described on the official site
  • Where the money goes: 57.1% of revenue deployed · 66.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 10 of 13 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $1.4M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $1.5M · 15 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 25 of 25 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, executive pay, and related organizations
  • Filing history: 13 filing years from 2011 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 53 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: Mission deployment rate scored 57/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Form 990 shared with the board not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 1/100.