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Multicare Health System

Tacoma, WA · EIN 91-1352172 · 501(c)(3) · Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))
Latest filing: Form 990 for calendar year 2024 (tax year 2024) · View the filing · Correct or respond

Multicare Health System reported $5.01 billion in revenue and $5.02 billion in expenses for calendar year 2024. Of every $100 it spent, $83.14 went to program services, $16.86 to management and general costs and $0.00 to fundraising. Its largest source of revenue was program service revenue such as fees, sales and contracts: 95.7% of the total. The highest compensation it reported for one person was $8,673,258 (CEO). 7,587 people received more than $100,000 in reportable compensation. Revenue rose 55% between 2019 and 2024. Source: Form 990, 2024.

Where $100 of spending went

Calendar year 2024 · Form 990, Part IX, line 25 · total expenses $5.02B

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 $5.01B

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.
Measure2024Median
Program services
Part IX 25(B) ÷ 25(A)
83.1%85.6%
Management & general
Part IX 25(C) ÷ 25(A)
16.9%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
$0.00$0.00
Contributions & grants share of revenue
Part VIII 1h ÷ 12
2.2%1.3%
Government grants share of revenue
Part VIII 1e ÷ 12
1.0%0.1%
Program service revenue share
Part VIII 2g ÷ 12
95.7%93.7%
Highest reported compensation
Part VII-A, columns D–F
$8,673,258$975,831
Highest compensation as share of expenses
Part VII-A ÷ Part IX 25(A)
0.17%1.34%
People paid over $100,000
Part VII, line 2
7,58727
Net assets, in months of expenses
Part X 33(B) ÷ monthly expenses
7.26.6
Independent voting board members
Part VI 1a–1b
11 of 1188.9%

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
$3.45B expenses · 82.6% of program spending · grants $11M · revenue $4.01B

Multicare Health System (mhs) is the largest community-based, locally governed healthcare tax-exempt organization in the state of washington. Mhs operates nine community based hospitals with 1,743 licensed adult beds and 152 licensed pediatric beds. During 2024 mhs hospitals admitted 84,327 patients for a total of 431,429 patient days, performed 75,990 surgeries and delivered 9,704 babies. There were 14,133 newborn days during 2024. They also provided care for 480,752 outpatient visits and 612,092 emergency room visits, of which 1,649 were trauma patients. In addition, mhs, through the…

$664M expenses · 15.9% of program spending · revenue $624M

Multicare Health System operates a system of multi-specialty clinics, primary care physician practices, highly specialized urgent care centers (ucc) all over wa state, from the inland northwest to the south puget sound. Rockwood clinic, located in spokane, wa, is the largest outpatient diagnostic and treatment center in the eastern wa region, with multiple locations offering primary care, urgent care and specialty care. In 2024 the indigo ucc, multicare ucc and rockwood clinics provided 481,399 clinic visits. The multi-specialty clinics provided 1,474,877 physician visits, outpatient visits…

$63M expenses · 1.5% of program spending · revenue $159M

Multicare Health System operates other programs such as population health, behavioral health, home health services, hospice, adult day health, cancer institute, medical academics and many other. During 2024 the home health and hospice programs provided 114,173 clinic visits, 48,359 home health visits, and admitted 3,177 patients and 1,506 patients, respectively. Multicare behavioral health services (bhs) offers a full range of services and an integrated approach to wellness. Bhs admitted 581 patients for a total of 24,646 patient days and 715 pharmacy workload units. Pacific northwest (pnw)…

Highest reported compensation

2024 · Form 990, Part VII, Section A · roles as filed; names are in the filing, not here
RoleFrom this orgFrom related orgsOtherTotal
CEO
Officer, 56.00 hrs/week
$7,786,801$0$886,457$8,673,258
PRESIDENT
Officer, 56.00 hrs/week
$4,290,542$0$674,883$4,965,425
PHYSICIAN
Highest compensated employee, 50.00 hrs/week
$2,251,561$0$34,404$2,285,965
PHYSICIAN
Highest compensated employee, 50.00 hrs/week
$2,002,142$0$30,818$2,032,960
PHYSICIAN
Highest compensated employee, 50.00 hrs/week
$1,862,194$0$45,889$1,908,083
PHYSICIAN
Highest compensated employee, 50.00 hrs/week
$1,783,000$0$46,071$1,829,071
PHYSICIAN
Highest compensated employee, 50.00 hrs/week
$1,730,492$0$37,714$1,768,206
EVP,CHIEF PHYS.OFFICER
Key employee, 60.00 hrs/week
$1,469,249$0$38,624$1,507,873

7,587 people received more than $100,000 in reportable compensation from Multicare Health System (Part VII, line 2). Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees totaled $22M (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
$0$2.00B$4.00B$6.00B$8.00B201920202021202220232024$5.01B$5.02B
FilingRevenueExpensesProgramsNet assetsTop pay
2024 ⓘ$5.01B$5.02B83.1%$3.00B$8,673,258
2023 ⓘ$4.50B$4.50B80.7%$2.89B$3,023,053
2022 ⓘ$4.30B$4.25B81.7%$2.83B$3,608,557
2021 ⓘ$3.88B$3.70B78.3%$3.31B$2,722,275
2020 ⓘ$3.35B$3.24B90.1%$3.01B$2,489,069
2019 ⓘ$3.24B$3.11B89.7%$2.73B$3,387,543

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–1b11 · 11 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 15aYes
  • Board given the 990 before filing Part VI 11aYes
  • 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 522,789
  • Volunteers Part I, line 61,515

Largest outside contractors

2024 · Form 990, Part VII, Section B · businesses only
LAYTON CONSTRUCTION COMPANY
Construction
$101,315,589
SIMPLI FI MANAGED SERVICES
Staffing
$80,560,112
SOUTH SOUND INPATIENT PHYSICIANS PLLC
Medical
$29,398,585
TACOMA ANESTHESIA ASSOC INC PS
Medical
$21,136,136
RAINIER RADIOLOGY PLLC
Medical
$14,928,763

Individuals listed as contractors are left out. 374 contractors were paid more than $100,000 in all.

Private foundation grants it received

4 private foundations reported grants to Multicare Health System totaling $60,126 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.

Correct a figure or respond

Every number above is copied from Multicare Health System's own Form 990. If one doesn't match the filing, that's our error and we'll fix it. If you work for Multicare Health System, you can publish a response that is linked from this page.

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Questions people ask

How much of Multicare Health System's spending goes to programs?

In calendar year 2024, Multicare Health System reported that 83.1% of its $5.02 billion in expenses went to program services, 16.9% to management and general and 0.0% to fundraising (Form 990, Part IX).

How much does Multicare Health System pay its top executive?

The largest total compensation Multicare Health System reported for one person in calendar year 2024 was $8,673,258, for the role of CEO (Form 990, Part VII, including compensation from related organizations and other compensation).

Where does Multicare Health System get its money?

Of $5.01 billion in revenue in calendar year 2024, 2.2% came from contributions and grants (including 1.0% from government grants) and 95.7% from program service revenue (Form 990, Part VIII).

Is Multicare Health System a registered charity?

The IRS lists EIN 91-1352172 as a 501(c)(3) organization (publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(a)(vi))), 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 202513159349304511 · read the filing · XML
  • 2023: Form 990 for calendar year 2023, object 202443169349306439 · read the filing
  • 2022: Form 990 for calendar year 2022, object 202313069349302361 · read the filing
  • 2021: Form 990 for calendar year 2021, object 202233079349302973 · read the filing
  • 2020: Form 990 for calendar year 2020, object 202113059349302706 · read the filing
  • 2019: Form 990 for calendar year 2019, object 202043079349302519 · read the filing

All filings for EIN 91-1352172: ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer · IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search. Figures are as the organization reported them; we have not audited them.