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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by STC HEALTHCARE PARTNERS LLC.

Totals

Total revenue
$364,027,631
Total expenses
$367,905,896
Contributions and grants received
$10,677,086
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$244,162,109
Investment income
$802,158
Other revenue
$108,386,278
Total assets, end of year
$231,769,060
Total liabilities, end of year
$319,253,744
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
-$87,484,684
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$339,026,272
Management and general expenses
$28,879,624
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$339,026,272

Program services were 92.2% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $5,073,000

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $5,604,086

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PATIENT CHARGES

    total $244,154,637 · related or exempt $244,154,637

  • 2b · Program service revenue: CAPITATION PAYMENTS

    total $7,472 · related or exempt $7,472

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $783,658 · excluded $783,658

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $2,644,578

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $2,644,578

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $2,644,578 · excluded $2,644,578

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    other assets $18,500

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    other assets $18,500

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $18,500 · excluded $18,500

  • 11a · Other revenue: GA CHILDREN'S SUPPLEMENTAL

    total $39,693,383 · related or exempt $39,693,383

  • 11b · Other revenue: DIRECTORSHIPS/TEACHING/PROG.

    total $20,693,852 · related or exempt $20,693,852

  • 11c · Other revenue: VARIOUS PARTNERSHIP FUNDING

    total $18,099,999 · related or exempt $18,099,999

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $27,254,466 · related or exempt $26,764,977 · unrelated business $489,489

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $105,741,700

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $1,488,922 · management and general $1,488,922

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $161,973,833 · program services $158,909,800 · management and general $3,064,033

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $5,493,561 · program services $5,341,879 · management and general $151,682

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $13,734,938 · program services $13,405,480 · management and general $329,458

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $10,991,162 · program services $10,658,014 · management and general $333,148

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $164,000 · management and general $164,000

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $80,417,890 · program services $69,240,709 · management and general $11,177,181

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $1,037,013 · management and general $1,037,013

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $3,797,571 · program services $3,797,571

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $14,655,816 · program services $11,528,989 · management and general $3,126,827

  • 17 · Travel

    total $271,836 · program services $239,938 · management and general $31,898

  • 20 · Interest

    total $7,295,447 · program services $7,295,447

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $6,569,795 · program services $6,569,795

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $16,862,907 · program services $9,607,123 · management and general $7,255,784

  • 24a · Other expenses: SUPPLIES

    total $18,991,867 · program services $18,908,013 · management and general $83,854

  • 24b · Other expenses: DRUGS & PHARMACEUTICALS

    total $14,417,028 · program services $14,417,028

  • 24c · Other expenses: REPAIRS

    total $6,057,186 · program services $6,005,498 · management and general $51,688

  • 24d · Other expenses: DUES & SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $1,003,532 · program services $1,003,532

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $2,681,592 · program services $2,097,456 · management and general $584,136

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $56,324,907 · end of year $28,669,028

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $20,104,686 · end of year $37,607,338

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $2,501,146 · end of year $2,463,973

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $5,260,497 · end of year $5,638,994

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $64,873,800

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $27,022,642

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $39,451,111 · end of year $37,851,158

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $116,926,992 · end of year $119,538,569

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $41,565,457 · end of year $47,617,594

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $23,263,121

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $254,558,109 · end of year $271,636,150

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year -$78,817,348 · end of year -$87,484,684

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

WEBSITE: HTTPS://TOWERHEALTH.ORG/LOCATIONS/ST-CHRISTOPHERS-HOSPITAL- CHILDREN STC OPCO, LLC (ST. CHRISTOPHER'S HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN) PROVIDES A FULL RANGE OF HIGH-QUALITY HEALTHCARE SERVICES TO ALL CHILDREN AND YOUTH UP TO AGE 21 WHO SEEK OUR CARE OR WHO ARE REFERRED TO US. WE SERVE AS THE PRIMARY ACADEMIC AFFILIATE OF DREXEL UNIVERSITY FOR PEDIATRIC MEDICINE ACADEMIC AND RESEARCH ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING THE TEACHING OF DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE (DUCOM) MEDICAL STUDENTS AND OTHER HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS AND TRAINING OF GRADUATE MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS (RESIDENTS AND FELLOWS) BY DUCOM FACULTY AT ST. CHRISTOPHER'S HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN FACILITIES, AND ANY OTHER EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES, TRAINING PROGRAMS, OR SCHOOLS OF INSTRUCTION WITH OTHER EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS RELATED TO RENDERING CARE TO THE SICK AND INJURED OR THE PROMOTION OF HEALTH. STC PEDIATRICS, LLC WORKS COLLECTIVELY WITH ST. CHRISTOPHER'S HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN IN ITS MISSION TO PROVIDE CONSISTENTLY HIGH QUALITY HE

Activities or mission (Part I)

OUR MISSION IS TO PROVIDE A FULL RANGE OF HIGH-QUALITY HEALTHCARE SERVICES TO ALL CHILDREN AND YOUTH UP TO AGE 21 WHO SEEK OUR CARE OR WHO ARE REFERRED TO US. WE COMPLEMENT OUR MISSION WITH TEACHING AND RESEARCH PROGRAMS THAT ACHIEVE EXCELLENCE AND SUPPORT OUR ABILITY AS A WORLD-CLASS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL. WE STRIVE AT ALL TIMES TO PROVIDE EXCEPTIONAL CARE WHILE OPERATING IN AN EFFICIENT, COST-EFFECTIVE MANNER THAT SERVES THE BEST INTERESTS OF OUR PATIENTS, THEIR FAMILIES, AND THE COMMUNITY.

  • EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT: ST. CHRIS'S EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT PROVIDES EMERGENT, URGENT CARE SERVICES TO OUR UNDER PRIVILEGED COMMUNITY "24/7/365", REGARDLESS OF ABILITY TO PAY. OUR COMMUNITY-FOCUSED CARE IS AVAILABLE FOR ALL CHILDREN AND YOUTH UP TO THE AGE OF 21. ADVANCED EMERGENCY AND TRAUMA SERVICES ACROSS VARIOUS SPECIALTIES INCLUDING PEDIATRIC BURNS AND CONDITIONS INCLUDING CARDIOLOGY, GENERAL AND NEUROSURGERY, ORTHOPEDICS, PULMONOLOGY/ALLERGY, INFECTIOUS DISEASE AND SPORTS MEDICINE. TOTAL VISITS IN FY2024 WERE 51,080.

    Expenses $18,635,331 · Revenue $43,343,146

  • OPERATING ROOM: ST. CHRIS'S OPERATING ROOM DEPARTMENT PROVIDES EMERGENT, URGENT AND ELECTIVE PROCEDURES TO OUR COMMUNITY "24/7/365", REGARDLESS OF ABILITY TO PAY. THE OR MAINTAINS ALL REQUIREMENTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE TRAUMA SYSTEMS AS A LEVEL I PEDIATRIC TRAUMA CENTER AND INCLUDES TEN ORS AND ONE ENDOSCOPY SUITE. TOTAL SURGERIES FOR FY2024 WERE 7,005.

    Expenses $13,281,121 · Revenue $44,082,849

  • AMBULATORY MEDICINE: A LEADER IN PEDIATRIC CARE SINCE 1875, ST. CHRIS'S AMBULATORY MEDICINE DEPARTMENT CONSISTS OF PRIMARY CARE PEDIATRICIANS OFFERING CARE FOR CHILDREN FROM BIRTH TO 21 YEARS OLD. SERVICES INCLUDE: BEHAVIORAL EVALUATIONS, SUCH AS AUTISM AND ATTENTION DEFICIT HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER (ADHD), HEARING AND VISION SCREENINGS, IMMUNIZATIONS, NEWBORN CARE, NUTRITIONAL GUIDANCE, PHYSICAL EXAMS, INCLUDING WELL-CHILD VISITS AND SCHOOL AND SPORTS PHYSICALS, REFERRALS TO SPECIALISTS (WHEN NEEDED), AND URGENT CARE. FOR CHILDREN WHO NEED EXTRA ATTENTION, OUR PEDIATRICIANS WORK CLOSELY WITH A TEAM OF SPECIALISTS TO SUPPORT CHILDREN WITH COMPLEX HEALTH ISSUES. TOTAL VISITS FOR FY2024 WERE 39,269.

    Expenses $10,075,809 · Revenue $7,396,606

  • OTHER INPATIENT/OUTPATIENT/PHYSICIAN SERVICE ACCOMPLISHMENTS INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO: NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE: ST. CHRIS'S NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT DEPARTMENT IS A REGIONAL REFERRAL NICU WHICH PROVIDES EMERGENT, URGENT AND PRIMARY CARE SERVICES TO HIGH RISK NEONATES IN OUR COMMUNITY "24/7/365", REGARDLESS OF ABILITY TO PAY. OUR LEVEL IV NICU PROVIDES CARE FOR SOME OF THE REGION'S MOST CRITICALLY ILL NEWBORNS. WE PROVIDE ADVANCED TREATMENTS, SUCH AS LIFESAVING EXTRACORPOREAL MEMBRANE OXYGENATION (ECMO), THERAPEUTIC HYPOTHERMIA (TOTAL BODY COOLING), COMPREHENSIVE NEUROLOGY CARE, AND ADVANCED SURGERIES. OUR CRITICAL CARE TRANSPORT TEAM GOES TO ALL REFERRING FACILITIES TO TRANSPORT THESE BABIES TO OUR NICU. TOTAL PATIENT DAYS IN FY2024 WERE 6,940. ORTHOPEDICS: A LEADER IN PEDIATRIC CARE SINCE 1875, ST. CHRIS'S ORTHOPEDICS DEPARTMENT CONSISTS OF ORTHOPEDIC SPECIALISTS THAT ASSIST CHILDREN FROM BIRTH TO AGE 21. SERVICES THEY TREAT ARE A RANGE OF PEDIATRIC AND ADOLESCENT CONDITIONS, INCLUDING, BONE AND JOINT INFECTIONS, BONE TUMORS (CANCEROUS AND NONCANCEROUS), CONGENITAL (INHERITED) PROBLEMS IN THE LIMBS OR SPINE, INCLUDING LIMB DEFORMITIES, DISLOCATIONS, FOOT DEFORMITIES, SUCH AS CLUBFOOT, FRACTURES & HIP, DISORDERS, NEUROMUSCULAR PROBLEMS, INCLUDING CEREBRAL PALSY AND MYELOMENINGOCELE, SPINE PROBLEMS, SUCH AS SCOLIOSIS AND SPONDYLOLISTHESIS, AND TRAUMATIC INJURIES. TOTAL VISITS FOR FY2024 WERE 24,006.

    Expenses $297,034,011 · Revenue $254,591,719

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Harsh Grewal MD

    PHYSICIAN

    Total calculated
    $925,964
    From this org
    $909,440
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,524
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $746,770
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    $162,670
    Deferred
    $6,563
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,961
    Filer's total
    $925,964

  • Donald Mueller

    PRES/CEO TER

    Total calculated
    $878,003
    From this org
    $760,154
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $117,849
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $529,781
    Bonus
    $150,000
    Other
    $80,373
    Deferred
    $91,280
    Nontaxable benefits
    $26,569
    Filer's total
    $878,003

  • Martin Herman MD

    PHYSICIAN

    Total calculated
    $738,379
    From this org
    $700,432
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $37,947
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $600,517
    Bonus
    $27,805
    Other
    $72,110
    Deferred
    $11,550
    Nontaxable benefits
    $26,397
    Filer's total
    $738,379

  • Connie Rossini MD

    PHYSICIAN

    Total calculated
    $708,273
    From this org
    $686,833
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,440
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $565,999
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    $120,834
    Deferred
    $11,550
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,890
    Filer's total
    $708,273

  • David Zwillenberg MD

    PHYSICIAN

    Total calculated
    $677,609
    From this org
    $647,131
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $30,478
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $644,629
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    $2,502
    Deferred
    $11,550
    Nontaxable benefits
    $18,928
    Filer's total
    $677,609

  • Shannon Safier MD

    PHYSICIAN

    Total calculated
    $673,272
    From this org
    $660,681
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,591
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $660,000
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    $681
    Deferred
    $11,550
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,041
    Filer's total
    $673,272

  • Edward Bleacher

    CFO/TREASURE

    Total calculated
    $347,755
    From this org
    $337,865
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,890
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $337,175
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    $690
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,890
    Filer's total
    $347,755

  • Robert Brooks

    PRES/CEO 4/2

    Total calculated
    $130,621
    From this org
    $118,824
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,797
    Hours/week
    50

  • David Blum

    CHAIR STC OP

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • C Thomas Work Esquire

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • John Fry

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Janet Haas

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Nina Henderson

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Mary Kargbo

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Brent Wagner MD

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • P Sue Perrotty

    BOARD VICE C

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Stan Silverman

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Michael Williams

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Darin Pfeifer

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

SCHEDULE J, PAGE 1, PART I, LINE 3
AS PROVIDED IN THE FORM 990, SCHEDULE J INSTRUCTIONS, SINCE THE ORGANIZATION RELIES ON A RELATED ORGANIZATION WHICH USES ONE OR MORE OF THE METHODS DESCRIBED IN LINE 3 TO ESTABLISH THE TOP MANAGEMENT OFFICIAL'S COMPENSATION, THIS QUESTION HAS BEEN LEFT UNANSWERED. PLEASE REFER TO SCHEDULE O FOR A DESCRIPTION OF THE COMPENSATION REVIEW AND APPROVAL PROCESS.
SCHEDULE J, PAGE 1, PART I, LINE 4
DONALD MUELLER 0 79,683 0
SCHEDULE J, PART III
TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF PARTICIPATION IN THE SUPPLEMENTAL NONQUALIFIED RETIREMENT PLAN: THE 457(F) PLAN IS A TAX-DEFERRED RETIREMENT PLAN CONSISTING OF EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS THAT ARE DESIGNED TO HELP SUPPLEMENT THE RETIREMENT SAVINGS FOR KEY EMPLOYEES. THE EMPLOYEE IS IMMEDIATELY ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE 457(F) DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN. THE EMPLOYEE MUST BE EMPLOYED ON DECEMBER 31ST TO RECEIVE THE EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTION FOR THAT PLAN YEAR. THE EMPLOYEE SHALL BECOME 100% VESTED IN THE EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTION FOR THAT PLAN YEAR THREE YEARS AFTER THE CONTRIBUTION HAS BEEN MADE TO THE ACCOUNT. THE EMPLOYEE WILL ALSO BECOME 100% VESTED IN ALL OF THE EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS: 1) UPON ATTAINING THE AGE 65 WHILE STILL EMPLOYED BY TOWER HEALTH 2) DUE TO DEATH OR DISABILITY 3) UPON TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT WITHOUT CAUSE

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Disregarded entities

Part I: entities that legally are the filer and file no return of their own.

  • STC OPCO LLC

    HEALTHCARE · PA · income $286,720,172 · assets $368,298,346

  • STC PEDIATRICS LLC

    HEALTHCARE · PA · income $74,255,942 · assets -$149,124,651

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
15 May 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202501359349304430

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