UW Medicine

Legal name: The Association of University Physicians

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
911220843
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Official website data refreshed
Aug 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2008
Location
Seattle, WA, USA
Phone
2065205700
Rating
62
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Single Organization Support

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$518,671,288
Expenses
$533,418,778
Assets
$402,220,358
Liabilities
$402,220,358

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

Leadership & pay

45 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • HUNTER WESSELLS MD (UWP PRESIDENT/ TRUSTEE (THRU 9/24))
  • TAMARA ATKINS MD (TRUSTEE / VICE PRESIDENT)
  • BRADLEY SIMMONS (PRESIDENT, UWM HOSPITAL & CLINICS)
  • TIMOTHY DELLIT MD (UW MEDICINE CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • TIMOTHY DELLIT MD (UW MEDICINE CEO): $1,691,769 total reported compensation
  • DOUGLAS WOOD MD (TRUSTEE): $1,450,864 total reported compensation
  • RICHARD ELLENBOGEN MD (TRUSTEE): $1,404,546 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 UW Medicine is to improve the health of the public through excellence in patient care, medical education and research.

What it reported doing in 2024

The physicians and other health care practitioners of the association of university physicians (together, "uwp practitioners") provide clinical care at university of Washington owned, operated, and affiliated facilities. Uwp practitioners are required to be faculty members of the university of Washington school of medicine as a condition of practice plan membership and practice only at sites approved by the ceo of uw medicine, evp for medical affairs and dean of the uwsom (uw medicine ceo). Uwp practitioners also provide clinical care in other local and national community settings as approved by the uw medicine ceo. These activities increase community access to specialist and sub-specialist clinical care and expertise, provide primary care in communities that may not have sufficient local resources, and help to assure sufficient practice sites and patient populations to maintain the uwsom teaching and research activities. Pursuant to an operating agreement between the association of university physicians ("uwp") and the university of Washington board of regents, all uwp revenues in excess of its operating expenses and physician compensation are held in an academic support fund solely for the support of the uwsom. The uw medicine ceo controls all physician compensation by uwp and his approval is required for the significant actions of the uwp board of trustees.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 98% 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.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 79
  • Transparency & Controls: 60
  • Accountability: 30
  • Sustainability: 22
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 88.6%; rating input score 89
  • Program expense ratio: 87.6%; rating input score 88
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 68th 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: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 3.7%; rating input score 4; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 6 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 67
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -2.8%; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.75; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 1; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 3.1%; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 9% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 8.4% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 9.3% per year; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 4 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 5 operating locations identified
  • Where the money goes: 88.6% of revenue deployed · 87.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 1 of 27 board members independent · 6 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $467.4M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $1.7M · 45 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $1.3M reported
  • Consistency: 31 of 31 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes executive pay
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 40 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 3 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.

  • High — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 4/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 9 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 17/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 30/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 7/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 36/100.