The Foundation for Barnes-Jewish Hospital

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
431648435
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
St. Louis, MO, USA
Phone
314-286-0600
Rating
82
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Single Organization Support
Affiliation
Judaism

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$106,303,827
Expenses
$62,860,784
Assets
$927,608,885
Liabilities
$172,309,105

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

Leadership & pay

34 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • LYNCH JOHN MD (PRESIDENT, DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • CANNON ROBERT W (DIRECTOR): $2,440,282 total reported compensation
  • LYNCH JOHN MD (PRESIDENT, DIRECTOR): $1,344,919 total reported compensation
  • ELL SUSAN J (VP & EXEC DIRECTOR): $617,848 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 Foundation for Barnes-Jewish Hospital helps donors enrich lives, save lives, and transform patient care through charitable gifts. Nine Local Nonprofits Receive Community Support Grants From the Foundation Nine organizations working to address critical health challenges in the St. Louis community will receive $338,765 in funding through The Foundation for Barnes-Jewish Hospital’s Community Support Grants Program. The Foundation is committed to investing in the organizations that support the health of our community and is proud to partner with the following organizations to build healthier and brighter futures for our neighbors in the community: Read More.

What it reported doing in 2024

Education/scholarships: more than one-third of the total distribution for 2024 is in support of student scholarships at goldfarb school of nursing (gson). These scholarships help reduce financial barriers and increase access to nursing education, ensuring a diverse and well-prepared nursing workforce. Nearly another third of the total is allocated for education and program support. This includes funding for goldfarb school of nursing initiatives, emergency department nursing education and educators for the deaf. The last two categories combined make up the final third of the total and share a common goal of enhancing professional development and advancing educational excellence. Workforce education supports grand rounds, ethics lectures, doula trainings, and continuing education conferences. The final category supports faculty development such as research awards, outstanding faculty awards, sponsorships, lectureships, symposiums, and other education-related activities.

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 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.
  • 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. Few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 87
  • Transparency & Controls: 76
  • Accountability: 86
  • Sustainability: 90
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 85.5%; rating input score 85
  • Fundraising efficiency: $5.86 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings

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: 100%; rating input score 100; 50th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 90.6%; rating input score 91; 38th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 78
    • 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: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 40.9%; rating input score 95; 95th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 14.76; rating input score 94; 94th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.19; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0.7%; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 3.3% per year; rating input score 100; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -2.7% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 5.6% per year; rating input score 100; 41st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 2 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 85.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 29 of 32 board members independent · 7 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $53.7M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $2.4M · 34 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 3 contractors listed · $894K reported
  • Consistency: 34 of 34 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 9 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: 35 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 71 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.

  • High — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 26/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 9 not reported.