Official Seal, Everything Is Broken (2026)

Everything Is Broken

Report No. 1 · Nonprofit Hospital Executive Pay vs Charity Care · Annual Report, 2026 edition

New Jersey · Ranked 200 of 1033 by CEO pay.

The Valley Hospital

Robert W Brenner, President & CEO, Vhs Eff. July 2024. Fiscal year ending 2024-12.

$1.9M
CEO total compensation
Form 990 Part VII, columns D+E+F
0.85%
of expenses spent on charity care
Schedule H Part I line 7a
18.9%
CEO pay as a share of all charity care
Robert W Brenner’s pay of $1,909,865 equals 18.9 percent of the $10,128,050 the system spent on charity care in the same year.

The chief executive's title on the filing indicates a change during the year (PRESIDENT & CEO, VHS EFF. JULY 2024); the pay shown is what the filing reports for that person, which may cover part of the year.

Most of the reported compensation ($1,878,651 of $1,909,865) came from a related organization (Part VII column E) and was reported on this filing.

Also listed with a chief executive title in the same filings: Audrey Meyers, President & CEO, Vhs Thru June 2024, $6,647,856. Where a chief executive retired during the year, the filing reports the final-year payout.

§1The filing

Total revenue
$1,259,513,188
Total expenses
$1,190,122,608
Net assets
$1,788,625,875
Employees
4,835
Hospitals covered
1 facilities across 1 filing
Charity care, net
$10,128,050
Bad debt
$41,196,849
Medicare surplus (shortfall), as filed
($142,947,166)
CEO pay from the organization (Part VII col. D)
$0
From related organizations (col. E)
$1,878,651
Other compensation, including deferred pay and nontaxable benefits (col. F)
$31,214
CEO total compensation (D+E+F)
$1,909,865 to Robert W Brenner

Medicare surplus (shortfall) is Schedule H Part III line 7: Medicare revenue minus the cost of Medicare care. A figure in parentheses is a shortfall. Like bad debt, it is not community benefit on the IRS form.

Source: Form 990, The Valley Hospital, EIN 22-1487307, fiscal year ending 2024-12, as published by the IRS. CEO identification: ceo title multiple.

§2Community benefit versus charity care

What the system reported as total community benefit (Schedule H line 7k)$40.4M Of which charity care to patients who could not pay (line 7a)$10.1M (25%)

The rest of line 7k is Medicaid shortfall, medical education, research, subsidized services and contributions. Bad debt ($41.2M) and Medicare shortfall are reported separately by the IRS and are not community benefit on the form.

Every number on this page was copied from the filing linked above. If a figure is wrong, send the filing that contradicts it and the correction runs at the top of this page.

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The Valley Hospital: CEO pay $1.9M, charity care 0.85% of expenses