The Wright Center Medical Group
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The Wright Center Medical Group at a glance
In short: The Wright Center Medical Group gave $387K across 6 grants in 2025 (avg $65K), mostly in Pennsylvania. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.
- Annual giving (2025)
- $387,327
- -18.5% vs 2024
- Grants made (2025)
- 6
- +0.0% vs 2024
- Average grant
- $64,555
- -18.5% vs 2024
- Median grant
- $53,350
- Total assets
- $45,684,657
- -3.0% vs 2024
- Primary geography
- Pennsylvania (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.
Who The Wright Center Medical Group funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top 6 recipients in 2025
The largest 2025 recipient was The Pennsylvania State University ($135K). Together the top 6 received $387K.
Grant Size Distribution
38 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 18 grants of 38 (47%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
Grant Distribution by State
Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 6 itemized grants.
States
Cities
How The Wright Center Medical Group gives
- Giving fell 55% 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
From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $251K (2019) to $1.1M (2020). In 2025 it made 6 grants totaling $387K.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| The Pennsylvania State University State College, PA | See Narrative | $134,525 |
| The Wright Center for Graduate Medical Education Scranton, PA | See Narrative | $126,000 |
| Patient Engagement Council Scranton, PA | See Narrative | $57,391 |
| Maternal & Family Health Services Wilkes-Barre, PA | See Narrative | $49,308 |
| Outreach Center for Community Resources Scranton, PA | See Narrative | $13,436 |
| America250PA Pittston, PA | See Narrative | $6,667 |
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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 | $45,684,657 | $69,850,916 | $70,202,736 | $387,327 | 6 | $643,840 |
| 2024 | $47,089,679 | $69,984,033 | $63,689,982 | $475,297 | 6 | $816,452 |
| 2023 | $44,888,850 | $64,845,475 | $58,181,828 | $573,173 | 8 | $192,988 |
| 2022 | $36,548,255 | $58,362,262 | $51,097,438 | $860,573 | 9 | $63,058 |
| 2021 | $30,573,835 | $53,049,501 | $45,752,794 | $1,017,126 | 9 | $62,936 |
| 2020 | $24,323,836 | $34,636,356 | $36,201,296 | $1,142,146 | 5 | $59,531 |
| 2019 | $14,661,385 | $20,568,334 | $20,072,940 | $250,701 | 7 | $1,157 |
About The Wright Center Medical Group
Based on IRS filings
The Wright Center Medical Group is a public charity focused on religion, based in Scranton, PA. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $45.7M in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 6 grants totaling $387K. Net investment income was $644K.
Focus Areas
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
The Wright Center Medical Group is led by Linda Thomas-Hemak MD, President, CEO & Physician since 2022 (on filings since 2019); 13 of 33 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Linda Thomas-Hemak MD
President, CEO & Physician
CEO, Physician & Nonvoting Director → CEO, Physician & Non Voting D, 2021
CEO, Physician & Non Voting D → President, CEO & Physician, 2022
On filings since 2019
40 hrs/week
$106K (2019) → $798K (2025)
Deborah Kolsovsky
Chairman
Treasurer → Vice Chair, 2023
Vice Chair → Chairman, 2025
On filings since 2020
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Maureen Litchman MD
Medical Director & Physician
Program Director & Physician → Medical Director & Physician, 2021
On filings since 2020
40 hrs/week
$124K (2020) → $229K (2025)
Erin McFadden MD
Dcmo, Medical Director & Physician
Medical Director & Physician → Dcmo, Medical Director & Physician, 2024
On filings since 2022
50 hrs/week
$261K (2022) → $281K (2025)
Mary Louise Decker MD
Medical Director & Physician
On filings since 2022
55 hrs/week
$330K (2022) → $374K (2025)
Joshua Braddell Crnp
Medical Director
On filings since 2024
55 hrs/week
$175K (2024) → $187K (2025)
Manju Thomas MD
Dcmo & Medical Director
Dcmo & Med Director → Dcmo & Medical Director, 2025
On filings since 2024
45 hrs/week
$167K (2024) → $186K (2025)
Kim Heritscko
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Lee Ann Eschbach PhD
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Lewis Marcus
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Mary Ann Chindemi RN
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Patricia Desouza
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Ellen Walko
Director
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Tracy Hunt
Director
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Joseph Marinelli Rph MBA
Director
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Mary Klem
Director
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Pedro Anes
Director
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Robert Neary
Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Marwan Wafa PhD
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jignesh Sheth MD
CMO & Physician
Secretary, Senior Vice President Clinical Ops & Physi → Chief Medical Officer & Physician, 2020
Chief Medical Officer & Physician → CMO & Physician, 2021
On filings since 2019
40 hrs/week
$415K (2020) → $446K (2025)
Jumee Barooah MD
Physician
Vice President & Physician → Medical Director, 2020
Medical Director → Physician, 2021
On filings since 2019
15 hrs/week
$245K (2020) → $142K (2025)
Timothy Burke DO
Physician
Treasurer & Program Director for A → Program Director & Physician, 2020
Program Director & Physician → Physician, 2021
On filings since 2019
30 hrs/week
$129K (2020) → $154K (2025)
William Dempsey MD
Dcmo & Physician
Medical Director & Physician → Deputy CMO & Physician, 2021
Deputy CMO & Physician → Dcmo & Physician, 2024
On filings since 2019
45 hrs/week
$107K (2020) → $315K (2025)
Ronald Daniels CPA
Former CAO
CFO → Former CAO, 2025
On filings since 2021
$139K (2021) → $0 (2025)
Douglas Klamp MD
Physician
On filings since 2022
35 hrs/week
$226K (2022) → $245K (2025)
Vinod Sharma MD
Physician
Medical Director & Physician → Physician, 2023
On filings since 2022
55 hrs/week
$232K (2022) → $304K (2025)
Aditi Sharma MD
Physician
New on the 2025 filing
55 hrs/week
$309K (2025)
Gerard Geoffroy
Immediate Past Chair
Vice Chair → Chairman, 2020
Chairman → Immediate Past Chair, 2025
On filings since 2019
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Jennifer Walsh Esq.
Former Senior Vice President Ent Comp Integ
Senior Vice President General Counsel → Former Senior Vice President & General Counsel, 2021
Former Senior Vice President & General Counsel → Former Senior Vice President Ent Comp Integ, 2023
On filings since 2019
No compensation reported
Mary Marrara
Secretary
On filings since 2019
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Richard Krebs
Vice Chair
Director → Vice Chair, 2024
On filings since 2021
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Ken Okrepkie
Treasurer
Director → Treasurer, 2024
On filings since 2023
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Sandra Yastremski CPA
Chief Financial Officer
CFO → Chief Financial Officer, 2025
On filings since 2024
No compensation reported
Former officers (37)
- Former: Melissa Simrell (2019–2024) — Director
- Former: Enrique Samonte MD (2020–2024) — Physician
- Former: Catherine Genco (2022–2024) — Treasurer
- Former: Alberto Marante MD (2024) — Director Pediatric Public Health
- Former: James Gavin (2019–2023) — Director
- Former: Rajiv Bansal MD (2019–2023) — Physician
- Former: William Waters PhD (2019–2023) — Vice Chair-
- Former: Kristen Hill (2020–2023) — Director
- Former: Jason Kavulich (2021–2023) — Director
- Former: Francis Stevens (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: Jeffrey Metz (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: Jody Cordaro (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: Deborah Spring MD (2021–2022) — Physician
- Former: Maria Alexies Samonte MD (2022) — Medical Director & Physician
- Former: Ed Staback (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: John Kearney (2019–2021) — Treasurer
- Former: Joseph Anistranski MD (2019–2021) — Medical Director & Physician
- Former: Susan Baroody DO (2019–2021) — Medical Director & Physician
- Former: Susan Duckworth (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Tasneem Khan MD (2021) — Psychiatrist
- Former: Bojana Milekic MD (2019–2020) — Ass. Program Director & Physician
- Former: Carlon Preate (2019–2020) — Immediate Past Chair -
- Former: Joseph Ferrario (2019–2020) — Director -
- Former: Ken Powell (2019–2020) — Director-
- Former: Sandra Browder (2019–2020) — Director -
- Former: Suzanne M. Fletcher (2019–2020) — CFO -
- Former: Leeann Eschbach PhD (2020) — Director
- Former: Ronald Daniels Cfo (2020) — Interim Cfo- -
- Former: Allyson Favuzza (2019) — Director & Faculty
- Former: Joshua Braddell (2019) — Director
- Former: Julio Ramos (2019) — Director, Dio, Vice President Acad Affairs & Phy
- Former: Luci Kura (2019) — Director
- Former: Maria Edwards (2019) — Vice President for Strategic Initiatives
- Former: Min Jung Kang (2019) — Faculty & Physician
- Former: Qi Shi (2019) — Faculty & Physician
- Former: Shane Cobert-Fuller (2019) — Director -
- Former: Tony Abdelmaseeh (2019) — Faculty & 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
The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $798K, to Linda Thomas-Hemak MD (President & CEO / Physician). 13 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.
Frequently asked questions about The Wright Center Medical Group
How much does The Wright Center Medical Group give each year?
The Wright Center Medical Group gave $387K across 6 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $475K across 6 grants.
What is The Wright Center Medical Group's typical grant size?
The Wright Center Medical Group's median grant in 2025 was $53,350, and its average grant was $64,555, across 6 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990.
Where does The Wright Center Medical Group give grants?
The Wright Center Medical Group gives mostly in Pennsylvania: 100% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990 went to recipients there. The most frequent recipient cities were Scranton, PA (3 grants).
Does The Wright Center Medical Group give general operating support?
Not in 2025: none of the 6 grants with a stated purpose on The Wright Center Medical Group's 2025 IRS Form 990 were described as general or operating support. Recurring purposes include "See Narrative" (6 grants).
Who are The Wright Center Medical Group's largest grantees?
The Wright Center Medical Group's largest 2025 grantees include The Pennsylvania State University ($134,525), The Wright Center for Graduate Medical Education ($126,000) and Patient Engagement Council ($57,391), according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. Together they received 82% of its itemized 2025 grant dollars.
How large is The Wright Center Medical Group?
The Wright Center Medical Group reported $45.7M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $69.9M.
What is The Wright Center Medical Group?
The Wright Center Medical Group is a public charity focused on religion, based in Scranton, PA. It holds $45.7M in total assets as of 2025.
What is The Wright Center Medical Group's EIN?
The Wright Center Medical Group's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 23-2772504. 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
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS May 17, 2021)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS September 20, 2022)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS May 12, 2023)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS May 13, 2024)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS May 14, 2025)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS May 8, 2020)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 15, 2026)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024
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