Trinity Health Corporation
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 351443425
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2009–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024
- Location
- Livonia, MI, USA
- Phone
- 7343431000
- Rating
- 86
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Community Health Systems
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $3,292,589,454
- Expenses
- $3,117,958,087
- Assets
- $17,277,831,225
- Liabilities
- $10,816,184,760
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
33 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- MICHAEL SLUBOWSKI (DIRECTOR; PRESIDENT & CEO)
- ROBERT RITZ (PRESIDENT & CEO, MERCYONE IOWA)
- ROBERT CASALOU (PRESIDENT & CEO, MI AND SE REGIONS)
- SHAWN VINCENT (PRESIDENT & CEO, IL/IN REGION)
- KURT ANDERSEN MD (PRESIDENT, CENTRAL IOWA DIVISION)
Highest reported compensation
- MICHAEL SLUBOWSKI (DIRECTOR; PRESIDENT & CEO): $7,298,977 total reported compensation
- BENJAMIN CARTER (EVP, CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER): $3,488,982 total reported compensation
- DANIEL ISACKSEN JR (TREASURER; EVP, CFO): $2,827,147 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, trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities.
What it reported doing in 2024
Trinity health corporation's purpose is to govern, manage, and provide administrative services to its subsidiaries, which include hospital organizations exempt under section 501(c)(3) that provide needed health care services to the communities in which they are located. The services provided by trinity health corporation allow for economies of scale that in turn permit the subsidiaries to provide health care services to patients at a reasonable cost. Trinity health corporation and its subsidiaries are collectively known as trinity health.trinity health is one of the largest catholic health care delivery systems in the country. Trinity health's community health & well-being (chwb) strategy promotes optimal health for people experiencing poverty and other vulnerabilities in the communities we serve - emphasizing the necessity to integrate clinical and social care. Trinity health chwb teams lead the development and implementation of triennial community health needs assessments (chna) and implementation strategies with intentional focus on engaging communities and residents experiencing poverty and other vulnerabilities. To further our commitment to achieving health equity and the common good, the chna and implementation strategies foster collective action to equitably allocate resources from the hospital and other sources to address these needs in communities most impacted. Trinity health and its member hospitals are committed to the delivery of people-centered care and serving as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within the communities we serve. As a not-for-profit health system, trinity health reinvests its profits back into the communities and is committed to addressing the unique needs of each community. In fiscal year 2025 (fy25), trinity health contributed nearly $1.4 billion in IRS-defined community benefit spending to aid those who are experiencing poverty and other vulnerabilities, and to improve the health status of the communities in which we serve. Trinity health furthered its commitment through an additional $1.5 billion in programs and initiatives that impact our communities - yielding a total community impact of $2.9 billion in fy25.trinity health's community investing program finished fy25 with more than $68 million committed to building vital community resources. These funds, in collaboration with 30 partners, were paired with other resources to generate more than $1.1 billion in investments that served communities within trinity health's service areas. Between 2018 and april 2025, these investments have been instrumental in creating much-needed community resources for the people that we serve, notably:- supported the creation of 15,700 units of affordable housing over the last eight years (including approximately 380 supportive housing beds).- created or retained at least 1,300 childcare slots; 7,600 k-high school education slots; and 2,400 early childhood education slots.- developed at least 9.3 million square feet of general real estate over the last eight years.- since 2014, 920 students have received $2.65 million in scholarships through the fresno state and boise state scholarships funds.- approximately 12,900 full- and part-time positions have been either created or maintained through partner lending. In fy25, over one million patients system-wide were screened for health-related social needs at their doctor's office. Of those screened, 27.4% identified at least one need and most often identified food access, financial insecurity and social isolation. An additional 137,000 patients were screened for social needs during an in-patient hospital stay where top needs included food access, transportation and housing.trinity health's electronic health record (epic) includes a standard screening tool for patient social needs, and an integrated community resource directory through findhelp to connect patients to free and reduced cost support programs. The community resource directory yielded over 11
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 82% 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
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. The filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 83
- Transparency & Controls: 84
- Accountability: 96
- Sustainability: 64
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 90.6%; rating input score 91
- Program expense ratio: 97.7%; rating input score 98
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 68th 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: Scored; rating input score 0
- Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 93.3%; rating input score 93; 44th 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: 5.3%; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 5.54; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.63; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 1.2%; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 8% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 8.9% per year; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 5% per year; rating input score 100; 36th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 90.6% of revenue deployed · 97.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 14 of 15 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $3B in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $7.3M · 33 people listed · 6 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $127.1M reported
- Consistency: 40 of 40 current checks pass
- Schedules: 11 filed schedules · includes major donors, foreign activity, grants, executive pay, and related organizations
- Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 46 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 329 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.
Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.
- High — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 58/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 27/100.
- High — Grant Readiness: Federal audit findings: this organization reported findings in its latest federal Single Audit.