Sturdy Memorial Hospital Inc

Public charity · Grantmaker Attleboro, MA EIN: 04-2768252

The hospital's mission is to provide high quality care to the sick and injured, on both an inpatient and outpatient basis, without regard to race, creed, national origin, age, gender, disability, or ability to pay..organization's mission (continued)the hospital works to ensure that ample, high-quality primary and specialty physician services are accessible to area residents. Additionally, we try to avoid costly duplication of health care services by coordinating with other area health care providers to the extent practicable. The hospital provides leadership while working in cooperation with public and private health organizations, as well as civic and business organizations, to meet the health care needs of our communities.

Sturdy Memorial Hospital Inc at a glance

In short: Sturdy Memorial Hospital Inc gave $21.4M across 1 grant in 2025 (avg $21.4M), mostly in Massachusetts. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.

Annual giving (2025)
$21,440,990
+18.5% vs 2024
Grants made (2025)
1
-66.7% vs 2024
Average grant
$21,440,990
+255.4% vs 2024
Median grant
$21,440,990
Total assets
$709,403,993
+7.4% 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 Memorial Hospital Inc funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top recipient in 2025

Sturdy Health Inc: $21.4MSturdy Health Inc$21.4M

The largest 2025 recipient was Sturdy Health Inc ($21.4M).

Grant Size Distribution

14 grants across all recorded years

9<$50K$50–100K$100–250K$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M5$5M+

The most common grant size was under $50K: 9 grants of 14 (64%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

1state

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

Cities

AttleboroBrockton

How Sturdy Memorial Hospital Inc gives

  • Giving grew 44% from 2022 to 2025. 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$10M$20M$30M2 grants2019 2 grants2020 4 grants2021 3 grants2022 3 grants2023 3 grants2024 1 grant2025

From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $7.8M (2019) to $21.4M (2025). In 2025 it made 1 grant totaling $21.4M.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Sturdy Health Inc Attleboro, MACommunity Support$21,440,990
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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$709,403,993$315,766,463$296,727,067$21,440,9901$25,569,366
2024$660,621,287$296,170,067$291,294,067$18,097,9623$13,315,358
2023$544,242,567$290,221,417$285,733,561$18,469,9293$17,449,714
2022$494,641,614$278,647,434$264,782,693$14,838,6973$29,892,474
2021$572,094,227$274,264,113$251,725,014$10,018,1624$27,578,796
2020$472,355,538$242,480,770$228,515,077$13,093,4162$17,306,083
2019$440,585,898$232,739,013$214,188,640$7,798,3932$13,930,754

About Sturdy Memorial Hospital Inc

Based on IRS filings

Sturdy Memorial Hospital Inc is a public charity focused on Health, based in Attleboro, MA. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $709.4M in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 1 grant totaling $21.4M. Net investment income was $25.6M.

Focus Areas

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Sturdy Memorial Hospital Inc is led by Aimee Brewer, President & CEO on every filing since 2022; 15 of 30 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Aimee Brewer

    President & CEO

    On filings since 2022

    37 hrs/week

    $191K (2022) → $1.4M (2025)

  • Brian Patel MD

    Director & Chief Medical Officer

    Chief & Ambulatory → Physician, 2023

    Physician → Director & Chief Medical Officer, 2025

    On filings since 2019

    40 hrs/week

    $459K (2019) → $745K (2025)

  • Nithin Karanth MD

    Physician Director

    On filings since 2024

    42 hrs/week

    $981K (2024) → $0 (2025)

  • Laura Gignac

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Ralph Schlenker

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Richard Digiacomo

    Director

    Director → Director & Clerk, 2022

    Director & Clerk → Director, 2024

    On filings since 2019

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Thomas Noel

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Roger Forman

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Stephen Burlone

    Director

    On filings since 2021

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Donna N. Kimmel

    Director

    Director → Director & Chair, 2024

    Director & Chair → Director, 2025

    On filings since 2022

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • James Delisio

    Director

    On filings since 2022

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Kevin Cryan

    Director

    On filings since 2022

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Cathleen Mayor Desimone

    Director

    On filings since 2023

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Andy Beise

    Director

    On filings since 2024

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Dennis Leahy

    Director

    On filings since 2024

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Frank Cook

    Director

    On filings since 2024

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Amy Pfeffer

    CFO & Treasurer

    On filings since 2019

    35 hrs/week

    $384K (2019) → $696K (2025)

  • Brian Kelly MD

    Former Vice President & Physician

    Vice President & CMO → Former Vice President & Physician, 2023

    On filings since 2019

    40 hrs/week

    $525K (2019) → $155K (2025)

  • Laurine Thornton-Potter

    Physician

    On filings since 2019

    40 hrs/week

    $292K (2019) → $416K (2025)

  • Mark McGuire MD

    Physician

    On filings since 2019

    40 hrs/week

    $391K (2019) → $474K (2025)

  • Robin Morris

    Senior Vice President of Clinical Ops & Integrity

    Vice President of Clinical Ops & Integrity → Senior Vice President of Clinical Ops & Integrity, 2021

    On filings since 2019

    45 hrs/week

    $264K (2019) → $401K (2025)

  • Ronald Van Ness-Otunnu

    Physician Associate Director

    Associate Director & Physician Director → Physician Director, 2023

    Physician Director → Physician Associate Director, 2025

    On filings since 2020

    42 hrs/week

    $391K (2020) → $569K (2025)

  • Wayne Gietz

    Executive Vice President & COO

    On filings since 2022

    20 hrs/week

    $374K (2023) → $684K (2025)

  • Zachary Harnett MD

    Physician

    On filings since 2022

    40 hrs/week

    $309K (2022) → $406K (2025)

  • Justine Zilliken

    Chief Strategy Officer

    On filings since 2023

    40 hrs/week

    $350K (2023) → $393K (2025)

  • Alicia Blazejewski MD

    Physician

    On filings since 2024

    40 hrs/week

    $383K (2024) → $405K (2025)

  • Denis Tanguay

    Vice President & Chief Info. Officer

    Vice President & Chief Information Officer → Vice President & Chief Info. Officer, 2025

    On filings since 2024

    45 hrs/week

    $405K (2024) → $451K (2025)

  • Lisa Salameh

    Senior Vice President for Pat. Svcs & Chief Nursing Officer

    Senior Vice President for Patient Svcs. & Cno → Senior Vice President for Pat. Svcs & Chief Nursing Officer, 2025

    On filings since 2024

    45 hrs/week

    $246K (2024) → $320K (2025)

  • Natalie Cook

    Chief Human Resources Officer

    On filings since 2024

    45 hrs/week

    $423K (2024) → $545K (2025)

  • Rose Larson

    Clerk

    On filings since 2023

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (22)
  • Former: David Spoor (2019–2024) — Former Senior Vice President Patient Srvs & Cno
  • Former: Dennis Kelly (2019–2024) — Director
  • Former: Dwayne Demond (2019–2024) — Director
  • Former: John Korona (2019–2024) — Chair
  • Former: Joseph Casey (2019–2023) — Former President & CEO
  • Former: Paul Heroux (2019–2023) — Director
  • Former: Blair Bisher (2020–2023) — Former COO
  • Former: Carolyn Ross (2020–2023) — Chief Hr Officer
  • Former: Colleen McGahan (2019–2022) — Clerk
  • Former: Edward Dion Jr. (2019–2022) — Director
  • Former: Jean Sidall-Bensson MD (2019–2022) — Physician Director
  • Former: Mark Cooper (2019–2022) — Director
  • Former: Patricia Cochrane (2019–2022) — Director
  • Former: Michael Demelis MD (2020–2022) — Physician
  • Former: Marco Arismendi (2019–2021) — Director
  • Former: Richard Smith MD (2020–2021) — Director
  • Former: Allan Raskin MD (2019–2020) — Physician
  • Former: Bruce Auerbach MD (2019–2020) — Former Executive Director
  • Former: Robert Thresher (2019–2020) — Chair
  • Former: Catherine White (2019) — Clerk & Director
  • Former: Cheryl Barrows (2019) — Vice President Hr
  • Former: Ronald Vaness-Otunnu MD (2019) — Physician

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

Aimee Brewer — President & CEO: $1.4MAimee BrewerPresident & CEO$1.4MBrian Patel MD — Director/ Chief Medical Officer: $745KBrian Patel MDDirector/ Chief Medical Officer$745KAmy Pfeffer — CFO & Treasurer: $696KAmy PfefferCFO & Treasurer$696KWayne Gietz — EVP/COO: $684KWayne GietzEVP/COO$684KRonald Van Ness-Otunnu — Physician Associate Director: $569KRonald Van Ness-OtunnuPhysician Associate Director$569KNatalie Cook — Chief Human Resources Officer: $545KNatalie CookChief Human Resources Officer$545KMark McGuire MD — Physician: $474KMark McGuire MDPhysician$474KDenis Tanguay — VP, Chief Info. Officer: $451KDenis TanguayVP, Chief Info. Officer$451KLaurine Thornton-Potter — Physician: $416KLaurine Thornton-PotterPhysician$416KZachary Harnett MD — Physician: $406KZachary Harnett MDPhysician$406KAlicia Blazejewski MD — Physician: $405KAlicia Blazejewski MDPhysician$405KRobin Morris — SVP of Clinical Ops & Integrity: $401KRobin MorrisSVP of Clinical Ops & Integrity$401KJustine Zilliken — Chief Strategy Officer: $393KJustine ZillikenChief Strategy Officer$393KLisa Salameh — SVP for Pat. Svcs & Chief Nursing Off.: $320KLisa SalamehSVP for Pat. Svcs & Chief…$320KBrian Kelly MD — Former VP/Physician: $155KBrian Kelly MDFormer VP/Physician$155K

The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $1.4M, to Aimee Brewer (President & CEO). 15 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.

Frequently asked questions about Sturdy Memorial Hospital Inc

How much does Sturdy Memorial Hospital Inc give each year?

Sturdy Memorial Hospital Inc gave $21.4M across 1 grant in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $18.1M across 3 grants.

How large is Sturdy Memorial Hospital Inc?

Sturdy Memorial Hospital Inc reported $709.4M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $315.8M.

What is Sturdy Memorial Hospital Inc?

Sturdy Memorial Hospital Inc is a public charity focused on Health, based in Attleboro, MA. It holds $709.4M in total assets as of 2025.

Where does Sturdy Memorial Hospital Inc operate?

Sturdy Memorial Hospital Inc has awarded grants in Massachusetts.

What is Sturdy Memorial Hospital Inc's EIN?

Sturdy Memorial Hospital Inc's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 04-2768252. 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

(8)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS July 29, 2021)
  2. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS August 2, 2023)
  3. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS August 5, 2024)
  4. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS August 8, 2025)
  5. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS August 13, 2020)
  6. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS August 2, 2022)
  7. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS August 13, 2026)
  8. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024

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