MedStar Union Memorial Hospital

Legal name: The Union Memorial Hospital

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
520591685
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
410-554-2000
Rating
82
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Hospital, General

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$472,689,210
Expenses
$482,117,595
Assets
$265,366,966
Liabilities
$51,714,974

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

Our vision to be the trusted leader in caring for people and advancing health will only be achieved by our unwavering commitment to both quality and patient safety.

What it reported doing in 2024

See schedule omedstar union memorial hospital provides access to and the provision of acute hospital services to the communities of northern baltimore city, Maryland, the surrounding areas, and the region. In addition to the program service expenses listed above, medstar union memorial incurred $69.9m of management and general expenses in providing services to its communities. Medstar union memorial operates a cardiac regional treatment center in partnership with medstar heart & vascular institute to share best practices and improve care for heart patients. The curtis national hand center at medstar union memorial is designated as the hand and upper extremity trauma center for the state of Maryland by the Maryland institute of emergency medical systems - the only such center in the u.s. To earn this distinction. Medstar union memorial has one of the most comprehensive orthopaedic and sports medicine programs in the region and has the unique distinction of having its own biomechanics research facility and surgical skills training lab. Medstar union memorial is accredited by the joint commission (jc), is designated as an advanced primary stroke center, and is certified in palliative care. The american heart association and american stroke association honored medstar union memorial with the 2025 get with the guidelines-stroke gold plus with target: type 2 diabetes honor roll award for high-quality care. Medstar union memorial 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 five stars from the center for medicare and medicaid services (cms). In addition, medstar union memorial hospital received the 2026 and 2025 america's 250 best hospitals award, 2026 and 2025 america's 100 best hospitals for cardiac care award, 2026 america's 100 best hospitals for coronary intervention award, 2026 and 2025 america's 50 best hospitals for outpatient joint replacement award, 2026 and 2025 pulmonary care excellence award, and 2025 coronary intervention excellence award from healthgrades. Medstar union memorial also was named to newsweek's list of america's best-in-state hospitals 2026 for Maryland.

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.
  • 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. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 77
  • Transparency & Controls: 97
  • Accountability: 78
  • Sustainability: 31
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 87.2%; rating input score 87
  • Program expense ratio: 85.5%; rating input score 85
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 93.3%; rating input score 93; 21st 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%; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.55; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.19; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 1.5%; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 0.7% per year; rating input score 100; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 0.5% per year; rating input score 100; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 1.5% per year; rating input score 100; 12th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 5 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 87.2% of revenue deployed · 85.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 15 of 24 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $412.2M 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 · $11M reported
  • Consistency: 35 of 35 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 10 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: 17 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 68 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 19/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 21/100.