Sutter Bay Medical Foundation: $3.5B Revenue, $3.4B Expenses

The efficiency rubric puts Sutter Bay Medical Foundation at a B grade: a composite of 76/100 that lands above the national midpoint. The grade reflects solid financial reserves alongside reasonable officer compensation and steady revenue.

On revenue, Sutter Bay Medical Foundation is among the largest U.S. nonprofits: $3.5B in 2023 reported revenue. Organizations at this scale typically operate hospitals, university systems, or national federations — the financial pattern looks more like a corporation than the small-charity stereotype. On the reserves factor, Sutter Bay Medical Foundation scores well — assets relative to annual spending sit in the range nonprofit-finance experts consider healthy (roughly three months to two years of operating expenses).

Five-year revenue has grown modestly. Sutter Bay Medical Foundation is not expanding rapidly but is not shrinking either; the trajectory is consistent with stable donor and grant relationships. Officer compensation is modest relative to organizational size: Sutter Bay Medical Foundation reports $719,442 in total compensation for current officers and key employees (Form 990 Part IX, line 5) against $3.5B in revenue. The ratio is well within the bands third-party charity raters consider reasonable at this scale. Sutter Bay Medical Foundation is in the Medical Research category — public-affairs, civic, and research-policy organizations. The sector includes think tanks, advocacy organizations, and policy-research nonprofits.