Baylor St Luke's Medical Group

Public charity · Grantmaker Phoenix, AZ EIN: 76-0458535

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Baylor St Luke's Medical Group at a glance

In short: Baylor St Luke's Medical Group gave $14K across 1 grant in 2025 (avg $14K), mostly in Texas. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.

Annual giving (2025)
$14,025
-15.4% vs 2024
Grants made (2025)
1
+0.0% vs 2024
Average grant
$14,025
-15.4% vs 2024
Median grant
$14,025
Total assets
$62,110,969
+23.4% vs 2024
Primary geography
Texas (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2025 View filing

Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated October 2026.

Who Baylor St Luke's Medical Group funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top recipient in 2025

The Heart Institute of East Texas: $14KThe Heart Institute of EastTexas$14K

The largest 2025 recipient was The Heart Institute of East Texas ($14K).

Grant Size Distribution

5 grants across all recorded years

5<$50K$50–100K$100–250K$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was under $50K: 5 grants of 5 (100%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

1state

Share of the 2025 grant dollars on its one itemized grant.

States

Cities

LufkinDallas

How Baylor St Luke's Medical Group gives

  • Giving held roughly steady from 2022 to 2025 (−8%). Method

From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.

Giving History

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$10K$20K$30K$40K2 grants2019 2 grants2020 1 grant2021 1 grant2022 1 grant2023 1 grant2024 1 grant2025

From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $14K (2025) to $32K (2019). In 2025 it made 1 grant totaling $14K.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
The Heart Institute of East Texas Lufkin, TXGeneral Support$14,025
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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Figures from IRS filings, by filing year
Filing yearTotal AssetsRevenueExpensesGrants paidGrantsNet Investment Income
2025$62,110,969$110,822,847$188,724,472$14,0251$496,180
2024$50,318,056$109,160,918$190,268,573$16,5751$177,243
2023$51,080,546$106,860,008$190,666,666$15,3001$10,610
2022$62,734,485$108,147,076$193,415,119$15,3001$1,746
2021$65,900,696$100,185,419$175,397,928$15,3001$61,033
2020$61,601,922$89,470,211$172,300,311$25,3002$-175,842
2019$38,832,433$151,233,967$212,462,598$31,5752$31,149

About Baylor St Luke's Medical Group

Based on IRS filings

Baylor St Luke's Medical Group is a public charity focused on Health, based in Phoenix, AZ. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $62.1M in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 1 grant totaling $14K. Net investment income was $496K.

Focus Areas

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Baylor St Luke's Medical Group is led by T. Douglas Lawson PhD, President & South Region since 2024 (on filings since 2019); 8 of 21 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • T. Douglas Lawson PhD

    President & South Region

    CEO of Chi St. Luke's Health System → President & South Region, 2024

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Matthew Brown

    Interim President & South Region

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Michael Lawson

    Market President

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • John Flynn MD

    Chair & Sys Senior Vice President Physician Enterprise - South Region

    Chair & Sys Senior Vice President Physician Enterprise → Chair & Sys Senior Vice President Physician Enterprise - South Region, 2025

    On filings since 2022

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Cynthia Hernandez

    Director Physician Practice

    On filings since 2021

    40 hrs/week

    $140K (2021) → $176K (2025)

  • Syed Sultan

    Director Imaging Operations

    On filings since 2021

    40 hrs/week

    $194K (2021) → $249K (2025)

  • Mitesh Patel MD

    Vice Chair & Medical Director

    Chair → Board Member, 2023

    Board Member → Vice Chair & Medical Director, 2025

    On filings since 2019

    50 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Robert Branstetter

    Treasurer & Vice President Finance

    Treasurer → Treasurer & Vice President Finance, 2022

    On filings since 2021

    50 hrs/week

    $181K (2021) → $388K (2025)

  • Ordia Haller

    Former Highest Compensated Employee

    Director Accounting → Former Highest Compensated Employee, 2024

    On filings since 2022

    $164K (2022) → $0 (2025)

  • Antoinette Gomez

    Vice President Operations

    On filings since 2024

    40 hrs/week

    $142K (2024) → $216K (2025)

  • Marla Fickessen

    Secretary & Project Manager

    Secretary → Secretary & Project Manager, 2025

    On filings since 2024

    40 hrs/week

    $40K (2024) → $82K (2025)

  • Lori Lee

    Dir-Human Resourcess

    New on the 2025 filing

    40 hrs/week

    $163K (2025)

  • Robert Forrest

    Dir-Performance Excellence

    New on the 2025 filing

    40 hrs/week

    $160K (2025)

  • Stephanie Valentine

    Treasurer & Vice President Finance

    New on the 2025 filing

    50 hrs/week

    $142K (2025)

  • Peter Bigler MD

    Board Member

    Vice Chair → Vice Chair & Board Member, 2024

    Vice Chair & Board Member → Board Member, 2025

    On filings since 2019

    50 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Dixie McClendon-Coker MD

    Board Member

    On filings since 2021

    50 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Linda Kulhanek

    CFO & South Region

    CFO of Chi St. Luke's Health System → CFO & South Region, 2024

    On filings since 2021

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Nagakrishnal Nachimuthu MD

    Board Member

    On filings since 2021

    50 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Yong Choi MD

    Board Member

    On filings since 2022

    50 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Berney Crane

    Market President Physician Enterpise Tx

    Vice Chair & Div Vice President Physician Enterprise → Market President Physician Enterpise Tx, 2025

    On filings since 2024

    10 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Stephan Lillie

    Market CFO

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (27)
  • Former: Daniel Watson (2021–2024) — Vice President Operations
  • Former: Margaret Roper (2022–2024) — Former Div Vice President Physician Enterprise
  • Former: Angela Linder (2023–2024) — Director Physician Practice
  • Former: Bret Adams (2019–2023) — Secretary
  • Former: Monica Martinez (2023) — Director Physician Practice
  • Former: Joel Kneitz MD (2019–2022) — Chair
  • Former: Mark Teresi (2020–2022) — Former Officer & Chi St. Luke's Health
  • Former: Cynthia West (2021–2022) — Director Physician Practice
  • Former: Daniel Murphy MD (2019–2021) — Board Member
  • Former: Ferenc Markos MD (2019–2021) — Board Member & Chair
  • Former: Mark McGinnis (2019–2021) — Former CEO of Chi St. Luke's Health System
  • Former: Michael Covert (2019–2021) — Former CEO of Chi St. Luke's Health System
  • Former: Mohamad Anis Sidani MD (2019–2021) — Board Member
  • Former: Quocdai D. Park MD (2019–2021) — Board Member
  • Former: Roger J Zoorob MD (2019–2021) — Board Member
  • Former: Miriam Green Goddard (2021) — Vice President Provider Workforce Physician Enterprise
  • Former: James Anton (2019–2020) — Medical Director
  • Former: Liqian Chen (2019–2020) — Anesthesiologist
  • Former: Paul Brock Jr. (2019–2020) — Anesthesiologist
  • Former: Rachael Sullivan DO (2019–2020) — Board Member
  • Former: Sam Fulton (2019–2020) — Treasurer
  • Former: Shayan Izaddoost MD (2019–2020) — Board Member
  • Former: Byron Tsusaki (2020) — Anesthesiologist
  • Former: Joseph Creo (2020) — Anesthesiologist
  • Former: Jenny Barnett-Sarpalius (2019) — Former CFO of Chi St. Luke's Health System
  • Former: Joshua Cohen (2019) — Anesthesiologist
  • Former: Manu Sethi (2019) — Anesthesiologist

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.

Compensation Overview

From 2025 IRS filing

Robert Branstetter — Treasurer/VP Finance (Thru 4/25): $388KRobert BranstetterTreasurer/VP Finance (Thru 4/25)$388KSyed Sultan — Director Imaging Operations: $249KSyed SultanDirector Imaging Operations$249KAntoinette Gomez — VP Operations: $216KAntoinette GomezVP Operations$216KCynthia Hernandez — Director Physician Practice: $176KCynthia HernandezDirector Physician Practice$176KLori Lee — DIR-Human Resourcess (Thru 3/25): $163KLori LeeDIR-Human Resourcess (Thru 3/25)$163KRobert Forrest — DIR-Performance Excellence: $160KRobert ForrestDIR-Performance Excellence$160KStephanie Valentine — Treasurer/VP Finance: $142KStephanie ValentineTreasurer/VP Finance$142KMarla Fickessen — Secretary/Project Manager: $82KMarla FickessenSecretary/Project Manager$82K

The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $388K, to Robert Branstetter (Treasurer/VP Finance (Thru 4/25)). 8 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.

Frequently asked questions about Baylor St Luke's Medical Group

How much does Baylor St Luke's Medical Group give each year?

Baylor St Luke's Medical Group gave $14K across 1 grant in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $17K across 1 grant.

How large is Baylor St Luke's Medical Group?

Baylor St Luke's Medical Group reported $62.1M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $110.8M.

What is Baylor St Luke's Medical Group?

Baylor St Luke's Medical Group is a public charity focused on Health, based in Phoenix, AZ. It holds $62.1M in total assets as of 2025.

Where does Baylor St Luke's Medical Group operate?

Baylor St Luke's Medical Group has awarded grants in Texas.

What is Baylor St Luke's Medical Group's EIN?

Baylor St Luke's Medical Group's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 76-0458535. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.

Data last updated October 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.

Data update history

(8)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS May 17, 2021)
  2. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS May 13, 2022)
  3. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS May 12, 2023)
  4. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS May 13, 2024)
  5. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS May 14, 2025)
  6. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS July 15, 2020)
  7. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 14, 2026)
  8. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024

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