Sturdy Health Inc
Sturdy Health, inc.'s primary purpose is to expand and improve the availability of quality medical care in the sturdy memorial hospital service area.
Sturdy Health Inc at a glance
In short: Sturdy Health Inc gave $80K across 1 grant in 2025 (avg $80K), mostly in Massachusetts. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.
- Annual giving (2025)
- $79,969
- -14.3% vs 2024
- Grants made (2025)
- 1
- +0.0% vs 2024
- Average grant
- $79,969
- -14.3% vs 2024
- Median grant
- $79,969
- Total assets
- $17,211,698
- -49.0% vs 2024
- Primary geography
- Massachusetts (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.
Who Sturdy Health Inc funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top recipient in 2025
The largest 2025 recipient was Attleboro High Schoolcity of Attleboro ($80K).
Grant Size Distribution
3 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was in the $50–100K range: 2 grants of 3 (67%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
Grant Distribution by State
Share of the 2025 grant dollars on its one itemized grant.
States
Cities
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2020 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $413 (2021) to $93K (2024). In 2025 it made 1 grant totaling $80K.
Hatched bars: grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Attleboro High Schoolcity of Attleboro Attleboro, MA | See Part I,LINE 2 Narrative | $79,969 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $17,211,698 | $92,185,902 | $94,709,151 | $79,969 | 1 | $29,970 |
| 2024 | $33,716,076 | $82,483,871 | $84,674,325 | $93,333 | 1 | — |
| 2023 | $16,526,068 | $79,473,070 | $81,221,595 | $46,667 | 1 | — |
| 2022 | $19,008,900 | $71,394,121 | $72,715,645 | — | — | — |
| 2021 | $19,705,224 | $68,098,558 | $69,343,787 | $413 | Total only | $5,600 |
| 2020 | $12,735,144 | $65,939,648 | $65,939,650 | $2,000 | Total only | — |
| 2019 | $12,657,914 | $63,061,623 | $62,394,356 | — | — | — |
"Total only": grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.
About Sturdy Health Inc
Based on IRS filings
Sturdy Health Inc is a public charity, based in Attleboro, MA. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $17.2M in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 1 grant totaling $80K. Net investment income was $30K.
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
Sturdy Health Inc is led by Michael Thursby DO, President on every filing since 2021; 8 of 14 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Michael Thursby DO
President
On filings since 2021
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Aimee Brewer
Executive Director & Clerk
On filings since 2022
9 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Steven Bensson MD
Director & Physician
On filings since 2019
42 hrs/week
$328K (2019) → $237K (2025)
Asma Latif MD
Director
On filings since 2022
40 hrs/week
$320K (2023) → $396K (2025)
Lisa Bowie MD
Director & Provider
New on the 2025 filing
30 hrs/week
$338K (2025)
John Korona
Director
On filings since 2020
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Donna N. Kimmel
Director
On filings since 2024
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Nithin Karanth MD
Physician
On filings since 2019
5 hrs/week
$576K (2019) → $1.1M (2025)
Raymond Petit
Physician
On filings since 2019
45 hrs/week
$677K (2019) → $716K (2025)
Richard Statman
Physician
On filings since 2020
45 hrs/week
$708K (2020) → $660K (2025)
Barbara Stricker MD
Physician
On filings since 2024
45 hrs/week
$756K (2024) → $736K (2025)
Ronald Pigeon
Physician
New on the 2025 filing
45 hrs/week
$673K (2025)
Amy Pfeffer
CFO & Treasurer
On filings since 2019
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Wayne Gietz
COO
On filings since 2022
25 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (17)
- Former: Ralph Philosophe MD (2019–2024) — Physician
- Former: Ralph Schlenker (2019–2024) — Director
- Former: Saul Magitsy MD (2019–2024) — Physician
- Former: Thomas Roodhouse MD (2023–2024) — Physician
- Former: Dania Degrace MD (2024) — Physician
- Former: Joseph Casey (2019–2023) — Former Executive Director & Clerk
- Former: Blair Bisher (2020–2023) — Former COO
- Former: James Snead MD (2019–2022) — Physician
- Former: Umar Shakur MD (2021–2022) — Director
- Former: Paul Fu MD (2022) — Director & CMO
- Former: Brian Kelly MD (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Richard Smith MD (2019–2021) — President
- Former: Sharon Mullane MD (2019–2021) — Director & Physician
- Former: Bruce Auerbach MD (2019–2020) — Former Executive Director
- Former: Michael Delmonico (2019–2020) — COO
- Former: Pamela Miale (2019–2020) — Former COO & Clerk
- Former: Robert Thresher (2019–2020) — Director
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
The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $1.1M, to Nithin Karanth MD (Physician). 8 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.
Frequently asked questions about Sturdy Health Inc
How much does Sturdy Health Inc give each year?
Sturdy Health Inc gave $80K across 1 grant in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $93K across 1 grant.
How large is Sturdy Health Inc?
Sturdy Health Inc reported $17.2M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $92.2M.
Where does Sturdy Health Inc operate?
Sturdy Health Inc has awarded grants in Massachusetts.
What is Sturdy Health Inc's EIN?
Sturdy Health Inc's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 04-2709501. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.
Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.
Data update history
(7)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS August 5, 2024)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS August 8, 2025)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS August 13, 2026)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS August 13, 2020)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS July 29, 2021)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS August 2, 2022)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024
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