MedStar Good Samaritan Hospital

Legal name: The Good Samaritan Hospital of Maryland Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
520591607
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024
Location
Baltimore, MD, US
Phone
410-772-6735
Rating
76
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Hospital, General
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$299,427,213
Expenses
$293,198,235
Assets
$206,929,062
Liabilities
$32,535,273

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

Leadership & pay

35 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • THOMAS J SENKER (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • KENNETH A SAMET (DIRECTOR): $6,562,774 total reported compensation
  • BRADLEY CHAMBERS (FORMER OFFICER/DIRECTOR): $1,859,893 total reported compensation
  • DAVID ZACHARY MARTIN MD (DIRECTOR): $1,700,564 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

At MedStar Health, we use the best of our minds and the best of our hearts to serve our patients, those who care for them, and our communities.

What it reported doing in 2024

See schedule omedstar good samaritan hospital provides access to and the provision of acute hospital services to the communities of northeastern baltimore city, Maryland, the surrounding areas, and the region. In addition to the program service expenses listed above, medstar good samaritan incurred $53.6m of management and general expenses in providing services to its communities. The hospital offers the latest in clinical services in inpatient rehabilitation; geriatrics; wound care, hyperbaric medicine, and limb saving; and cancer care, and offers the good health center and collaborative care program with food rx for the management of chronic illnesses. Medstar good samaritan is accredited by the joint commission (jc) and is designated as a primary stroke center. The inpatient rehabilitation program is accredited by the commission on accreditation of rehabilitation facilities (carf) for our amputation, stroke, and rehabilitation programs. The american heart association and american stroke association honored medstar good samaritan with the 2025 get with the guidelines - stroke gold plus with target: type 2 diabetes honor roll award for high-quality care. Medstar good samaritan received an a grade from the lown institute, which offers the only available ranking that combines metrics of health equity and value of care alongside patient outcomes, as well as b grade in fall 2025 from leapfrog and three stars from the center for medicare and medicaid services (cms). In addition, medstar good samaritan received the 2026 and 2025 pulmonary care excellence award, 2025 america's 100 best hospitals for gastrointestinal care award, and 2025 gastrointestinal surgery excellence award from healthgrades.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 96% 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

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 72
  • Transparency & Controls: 96
  • Accountability: 78
  • Sustainability: 44
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 80%; rating input score 80
  • Program expense ratio: 81.7%; rating input score 82
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 92.3%; rating input score 92; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 6 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Pass
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
    • Written employment contract: Pass
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 62.5%; rating input score 62; 17th 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: 2.1%; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.71; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.16; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 2.1%; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -0.8% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -1.2% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 1.1% per year; rating input score 100; 11th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 3 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 2 operating locations identified
  • Where the money goes: 80% of revenue deployed · 81.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 15 of 24 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $239.6M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $6.6M · 35 people listed · 6 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $8M reported
  • Consistency: 33 of 33 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 9 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 11 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 67 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 — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 43/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 28/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 55/100.