Ssm Health CARE St Louis

Also known as See Schedule O

St Louis, MO · EIN 43-1343281 · 501(c)(3) · Church
Latest filing: Form 990 for calendar year 2024 (tax year 2024) · View the filing · Correct or respond

Ssm Health CARE St Louis reported $2.19 billion in revenue and $2.08 billion in expenses for calendar year 2024. Of every $100 it spent, $77.93 went to program services, $22.05 to management and general costs and $0.02 to fundraising. Its largest source of revenue was program service revenue such as fees, sales and contracts: 97.7% of the total. The highest compensation it reported for one person was $7,886,813 (FMR OFF & PRES/CEO AT SSM HEALTH). 1,320 people received more than $100,000 in reportable compensation. Revenue rose 34% between 2019 and 2024. Source: Form 990, 2024.

Where $100 of spending went

Calendar year 2024 · Form 990, Part IX, line 25 · total expenses $2.08B

Program services$77.93 $1.62B
Management & general$22.05 $459M
Fundraising$0.02 $368K

For context, the median across 5,634 covered health care charities: $86.19 programs, $13.81 management, $0.00 fundraising (medians computed separately, so they may not sum to $100).

Where $100 of revenue came from

Calendar year 2024 · Form 990, Part VIII · total revenue $2.19B

Contributions & grants (non-government)$0.14 $3.1M
Government grants$0.03 $600K
Program service revenue$97.68 $2.14B
Other revenue$2.15 $47M

Investment income was negative: −$282K. The bar shows the positive sources only.

The 990 scorecard · same measures for every charity, no grades

2024 filing. Median across 5,634 covered charities in this category, from their latest filings.
Measure	2024	Median
Program services Part IX 25(B) ÷ 25(A)	77.9%	85.6%
Management & general Part IX 25(C) ÷ 25(A)	22.1%	13.7%
Fundraising Part IX 25(D) ÷ 25(A)	0.0%	0.0%
Fundraising cost per $1 of contributions Part IX 25(D) ÷ Part VIII 1h	$0.10	$0.00
Contributions & grants share of revenue Part VIII 1h ÷ 12	0.2%	1.3%
Government grants share of revenue Part VIII 1e ÷ 12	0.0%	0.1%
Program service revenue share Part VIII 2g ÷ 12	97.7%	93.7%
Highest reported compensation Part VII-A, columns D–F	$7,886,813	$975,831
Highest compensation as share of expenses Part VII-A ÷ Part IX 25(A)	0.38%	1.34%
People paid over $100,000 Part VII, line 2	1,320	27
Net assets, in months of expenses Part X 33(B) ÷ monthly expenses	-1.7	6.6
Independent voting board members Part VI 1a–1b	6 of 10	88.9%

A median is context, not a target: hospitals, universities, food banks and grantmakers spend in very different ways. What these measures can and can't tell you.

What the money paid for, in its own words

2024 · Form 990, Part III · the three largest programs by expense

$1.62B expenses · 100.0% of program spending · grants $3.1M · revenue $2.14B

Ssm Health Care st. Louis provides Health Care services at six wholly-owned acute care hospitals: Ssm Health depaul hospital-st. Louis, Ssm Health st. Mary's hospital-st. Louis, Ssm Health st. Joseph-st. Charles, Ssm Health st. Clare hospital-fenton, Ssm Health st. Joseph hospital-lake st. Louis, and Ssm Health st. Joseph hospital-wentzville. Ssm Health Care st. Louis is also the sole corporate member of Ssm Health cardinal glennon children's hospital and Ssm Health saint louis university hospital. Ssm Health Care st. Louis also is partial owner of Ssm Health rehabilitation hospital, a…

Highest reported compensation

2024 · Form 990, Part VII, Section A · roles as filed; names are in the filing, not here

Role	From this org	From related orgs	Other	Total
FMR OFF & PRES/CEO AT SSM HEALTH Former, 1.00 hrs/week	$0	$5,205,665	$2,681,148	$7,886,813
DIR, VP & COO AT SSM HEALTH Director/trustee, officer, 1.00 hrs/week	$0	$2,364,935	$1,119,698	$3,484,633
SECRETARY & CLO AT SSM HEALTH Officer, 1.00 hrs/week	$0	$1,587,150	$700,771	$2,287,921
CHAIR, PRESIDENT & REG PRESIDENT Director/trustee, officer, 30.00 hrs/week	$1,310,180	$0	$630,158	$1,940,338
PHYSICIAN Highest compensated employee, 40.00 hrs/week	$1,760,916	$0	$56,645	$1,817,561
TREASURER & CFO AT SSM HEALTH Officer, 1.00 hrs/week	$0	$1,050,477	$627,081	$1,677,558
FORMER OFFICER Former, 1.00 hrs/week	$0	$1,454,021	$29,506	$1,483,527
PHYSICIAN Highest compensated employee, 40.00 hrs/week	$1,223,129	$0	$52,161	$1,275,290

1,320 people received more than $100,000 in reportable compensation from Ssm Health CARE St Louis (Part VII, line 2). Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees totaled $7.1M (Part IX, line 5).

6 years of filings

Form 990, Parts I, VII, IX and X · each row is that year's own filing, linked

RevenueExpenses

Filing	Revenue	Expenses	Programs	Net assets	Top pay
2024 ⓘ	$2.19B	$2.08B	77.9%	−$289M	$7,886,813
2023 ⓘ	$2.15B	$2.04B	90.9%	−$75M	$7,646,448
2022 ⓘ	$1.69B	$1.69B	88.1%	$276M	$8,384,492
2021 ⓘ	$1.76B	$1.64B	89.3%	$559M	$5,704,315
2020 ⓘ	$1.69B	$1.57B	88.4%	$527M	$5,179,302
2019 ⓘ	$1.63B	$1.51B	89.2%	$490M	$4,180,987

Governance answers, as filed

2024 · the organization's own yes/no answers; explanations, if any, are in Schedule O of the filing · what each means

Voting board members, and how many are independent Part VI, lines 1a–1b10 · 6 independent
Audited financial statements Part XII 2bYes
Conflict-of-interest policy Part VI 12aYes
Whistleblower policy Part VI 13Yes
Document retention policy Part VI 14Yes
Independent process for top executive pay Part VI 15aNo
Board given the 990 before filing Part VI 11aNo
Family or business ties among insiders Part VI 2No
Aware of a significant diversion of assets Part VI 5No
Excess benefit transaction with an insider Part IV 25aNo
Loans to or from insiders outstanding Part IV 26No
Lobbying, or a 501(h) election in effect Part IV 4Yes
Over $15,000 of professional fundraising services Part IV 18No
Over $10,000 of activity outside the U.S. Part IV 14bNo
Employees Part I, line 510,220
Volunteers Part I, line 6330

Largest outside contractors

2024 · Form 990, Part VII, Section B · businesses only

OMNICELL INC Medical services	$21,554,496
METRO WEST ANESTHESIA GROUP INC Medical services	$9,651,783
SOUND PHYSICIANS OF ILLINOIS LLC Medical services	$7,754,285
SSM SELECT REHAB OF ST LOUIS LLC Medical services	$5,241,389
MANAGEMENT HEALTH SYSTEMS LLC Staffing services	$3,311,701

Individuals listed as contractors are left out. 63 contractors were paid more than $100,000 in all.

Private foundation grants it received

1 private foundation reported grants to Ssm Health CARE St Louis totaling $1.3M on their tax year 2023 Form 990-PF returns. See which foundations, on WHOFUNDS.

Source: WHOFUNDS open grant graph, matched from Form 990-PF Part XV.

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Questions people ask

How much of Ssm Health CARE St Louis's spending goes to programs?

In calendar year 2024, Ssm Health CARE St Louis reported that 77.9% of its $2.08 billion in expenses went to program services, 22.1% to management and general and 0.0% to fundraising (Form 990, Part IX).

How much does Ssm Health CARE St Louis pay its top executive?

The largest total compensation Ssm Health CARE St Louis reported for one person in calendar year 2024 was $7,886,813, for the role of FMR OFF & PRES/CEO AT SSM HEALTH (Form 990, Part VII, including compensation from related organizations and other compensation).

Where does Ssm Health CARE St Louis get its money?

Of $2.19 billion in revenue in calendar year 2024, 0.2% came from contributions and grants (including 0.0% from government grants) and 97.7% from program service revenue (Form 990, Part VIII).

Is Ssm Health CARE St Louis a registered charity?

The IRS lists EIN 43-1343281 as a 501(c)(3) organization (church), and its records show contributions as tax-deductible. Form 990 filings on record here cover tax years 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024. A filing shows what the organization reported; it doesn't by itself show whether a program works.

Sources

2024: Form 990 for calendar year 2024, object 202513219349322931 · read the filing · XML
2023: Form 990 for calendar year 2023, object 202403209349327315 · read the filing
2022: Form 990 for calendar year 2022, object 202323199349329252 · read the filing
2021: Form 990 for calendar year 2021, object 202213199349307686 · read the filing
2020: Form 990 for calendar year 2020, object 202103099349303045 · read the filing
2019: Form 990 for calendar year 2019, object 202023109349301132 · read the filing

All filings for EIN 43-1343281: ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer · IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search. Figures are as the organization reported them; we have not audited them.