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FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Newly released taxation documents uncover the year-to-year quality betwixt Valley Children's CEO Todd Suntrapak's compensation.
Suntrapak's compensation decreased by $2 cardinal from fiscal twelvemonth 2021 to 2022.
Back successful June, Valley Children's told Action News helium was paid astir $1.7 cardinal successful basal pay, a $1 cardinal bonus and $310,000 successful wellness and status benefits, totaling $3 cardinal successful compensation.
The taxation papers Valley Children's Hospital released connected Friday matches the numbers provided to Action News.
The representation beneath is simply a leafage from Valley Children's Hospital's 990 taxation signifier showing the hospital's executive's wage breakdown.
Suntrapak has been nether scrutiny aft assorted media reports revealed that his wage much than doubled from $2.1 cardinal successful 2019 to $5.5 cardinal successful 2020, the archetypal twelvemonth of the pandemic.
The pursuing year, successful 2021, Suntrapak earned $5.1 cardinal successful full compensation, which included $1.7 cardinal successful basal pay. Due to a alteration successful the hospital's bonus schedule, Suntrapak says helium received 2 bonuses that twelvemonth totaling $3.4 million.
Suntrapak besides received a hefty inducement that twelvemonth - a $5 cardinal forgivable loan, which helium utilized to acquisition a $6.5 cardinal location successful Carmel.
According to IRS forms, Suntrapak's wage successful 2021 was considerably much important than the CEOs of 13 different larger children's hospitals successful the United States.
"I don't take what my compensation is," Suntrapak said successful an exclusive interrogation with Action News anchor Graciela Moreno. "Our committee determines what the due compensation is for the CEO."
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Suntrapak besides came nether occurrence by 2 Fresno metropolis assembly members.
Garry Bredefeld and Miguel Arias person questioned whether wealth from nationalist healthcare reimbursements similar Medi-Cal was utilized to money enforcement salaries.
The 2 Fresno assembly members besides requested California State Attorney General Rob Bonta to unfastened an probe into Valley Children's Hospital.
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Many successful the assemblage person expressed their opinions connected societal media. Some supported Suntrapak and the hospital, but others expressed disappointment, adjacent accusing Valley Children's of utilizing donations to wage apical infirmary salaries.
"We are ever thankful for the investments that are made by the nationalist successful the enactment we bash astatine Valley Children's, which is truly astir helping kids," Suntrapak said. "And arsenic I said, astir of those donations are restricted, and if determination are immoderate concerns successful the aboriginal that a donor whitethorn have, they simply request to restrict that contribution, that gift, that investment."
According to the hospital, the yearly Kids Day fundraiser, which ABC30 sponsored, generated $480,000 this twelvemonth successful restricted donations to beryllium utilized by the hematology department.
The infirmary has besides had a 15-year concern with Panda Express, which has raised $5.3 million, which is restricted to diligent enactment programs.
While the infirmary prides itself connected its wide handling of the pandemic-including nary unit layoffs, furloughs, oregon wage freezes-we person heard from immoderate Valley Children's nurses who accidental their compensation has not measured up to that of nurses astatine different section hospitals.
FULL Valley Children's Tax Document:
