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← JOHN MUIR FOUNDATION

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by JOHN MUIR FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$42,839,275
Total expenses
$27,487,687
Contributions and grants received
$40,000,490
Grants paid
$20,174,530
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$3,555,395
Other revenue
-$716,610
Total assets, end of year
$118,680,783
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,202,050
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$117,478,733
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$23,412,235
Management and general expenses
$1,704,550
Fundraising expenses
$2,370,902
Program service expenses (Part III)
$23,412,235

Program services were 85.2% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Listed in Part VII

  • MICHAEL S THOMAS

    EX-OFFICIO DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $3,802,506
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $2,125,935
    Other
    $1,676,571
    Hours/week
    5 + 70 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $1,423,500 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $676,181 related
    Other
    $0 + $26,254 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $1,657,032 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $19,539 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $3,802,506 related
  • NEVIN E KESSLER

    EX-OFFICIO DIR/PRESIDENT/CAO

    Total calculated
    $993,804
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $710,113
    Other
    $283,691
    Hours/week
    60

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $505,500 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $129,944 related
    Other
    $0 + $74,669 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $270,644 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $13,047 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $993,804 related
  • MARK W FLOWER

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • MARGARET SIMOR RN MSN

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • PAUL R GRAY

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • KENNETH L MEEHAN

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • RICHARD HARRIS

    CHAIR, GOVERNANCE & NOMINATING

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • THOMAS M DOWD

    OFFICER AT LARGE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • GUY R HENSHAW

    OFFICER AT LARGE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • DOUGLAS M LANGE

    OFFICER AT LARGE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • MATTHEW D BEINKE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • RAUL DEJU PHD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • RICHARD M DEL MONTE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • TAKIJA GARDNER

    DIRECTOR (AS OF 6/30/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • AUDREY GEE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • KIM E HELGANS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • HARRY W KELLOGG

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • MELANIE H LEE MD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • AL S MALICK

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • IRENE MELITAS

    DIRECTOR (AS OF 6/30/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • PHILLIP MORRIS

    DIRECTOR (AS OF 6/30/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • REBECCA B QUEEN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • ELLIOT D STEIN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • TIFFANY SVAHN MD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • RANDY WILLIAMS

    DIRECTOR (AS OF 6/30/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • MELINDA ESTEP

    CFO (THRU 6/4/24)

    Total calculated
    $725,869
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $717,836
    Other
    $8,033
    Hours/week
    5 + 70 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $342,539 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $61,737 related
    Other
    $0 + $313,560 related
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $8,033 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $725,869 related
  • TIM MAURICE

    INTERIM CFO (AS OF 6/4/24)

    Total calculated
    $374,400
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $374,400
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 70 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $374,400 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $0 + $374,400 related

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

  • 1a · Housing allowance or residence for personal use
  • 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan

Answered no

  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 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)

PART I, LINE 1A
NEVIN KESSLER, PRESIDENT/CAO RECEIVED A HOUSING ALLOWANCE OF $37,500 DURING THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 2024, WHICH WAS TREATED AS TAXABLE COMPENSATION.
PART I, LINES 4A-B
SEVERANCE OR CHANGE OF CONTROL PAYMENT MELINDA ESTEP, SENIOR VP/CFO, RECEIVED A SEVERANCE PAYMENT OF FOUR MONTHS OF COMPENSATION TOTALING $224,615 WHICH IS INCLUDED IN PART II, COLUMN (B)(III).
PART I, LINE 3:
COMPENSATION OVERSIGHT JOHN MUIR HEALTH, A RELATED TAX-EXEMPT ORGANIZATION OF JOHN MUIR HEALTH FOUNDATION, USES THE FOLLOWING TO ESTABLISH THE COMPENSATION OF THE ORGANIZATION'S TOP MANAGEMENT OFFICIAL: - COMPENSATION COMMITTEE - INDEPENDENT COMPENSATION CONSULTANT - COMPENSATION SURVEY OR STUDY - APPROVAL BY THE BOARD OR COMPENSATION COMMITTEE
PART I, LINE 4B
NON-QUALIFIED RETIREMENT PLANS RETIREMENT RESTORATION PLAN EMPLOYEES ELIGIBLE FOR THE RETIREMENT RESTORATION PLAN ARE EITHER SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT OR VICE PRESIDENT LEVEL EMPLOYEES. EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS ARE MADE TO THE PLAN ON BEHALF OF ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEES. THE ANNUAL INCREASE IN ACTUARIAL VALUE OF THE PLAN BENEFIT IS REPORTED IN PART II, COLUMN C. VESTING FOR THE RESTORATION PLAN IS AT THE EARLIEST OF THE FOLLOWING: REACHING AGE 65 WITH AT LEAST THREE YEARS OF SERVICE, BECOMING TOTALLY AND PERMANENTLY DISABLED, INVOLUNTARY TERMINATION FOR ANY REASON OTHER THAN CAUSE, CHANGE OF CONTROL OF JOHN MUIR HEALTH, OR DEATH. RESTORATION PLAN BENEFITS ARE PAYABLE AND TAXABLE UPON VESTING. THE FOLLOWING EXECUTIVE PARTICIPATED IN THE PLAN AND EARNED THE FOLLOWING BENEFIT: NEVIN KESLER $90,122. SUPPLEMENTAL EXECUTIVE PLAN EMPLOYEES ELIGIBLE FOR THE SUPPLEMENTAL EXECUTIVE PLAN ARE EITHER CEO OF EMPLOYEES THAT PREVIOUSLY HELD ONE OF THOSE POSITIONS. EMPLOYER WERE MADE DURING THE YEAR. SUPPLEMENTAL EXECUTIVE PLAN JOHN MUIR HEALTH, CEO OR CAO OF JOHN MUIR PHYSICIAN NETWORK, AND CURRENT CONTRIBUTIONS ARE MADE TO THE PLAN ON BEHALF OF ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEES. THE ANNUAL INCREASE IN ACTUARIAL VALUE OF THE PLAN BENEFIT IS REPORTED IN PART II, COLUMN C. VESTING FOR THE SUPPLEMENTAL EXECUTIVE PLAN IS AT THE EARLIEST OF THE FOLLOWING: REACHING AGE 65 WITH AT LEAST THREE YEARS OF SERVICE, BECOMING DISABLED, INVOLUNTARY TERMINATION FOR ANY REASON OTHER THAN CAUSE, TERMINATION UPON CHANGE OF CONTROL OF JOHN MUIR HEALTH, OR DEATH. BENEFITS ARE PAYABLE AND TAXABLE UPON VESTING. THE FOLLOWING EXECUTIVES PARTICIPATED IN THE PLAN AND EARNED THE FOLLOWING BENEFITS DURING THE TAX YEAR: MICHAEL THOMAS $887,895.

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

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

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.

Related partnerships

Part III: related organizations taxable as a partnership, with the filer's share.

Related corporations and trusts

Part IV: related organizations taxable as a corporation or trust.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
7 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202503169349308385

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