What Stella Maris does

Stella Maris is a non-profit senior care and health services organization headquartered in Lutherville-Timonium, Maryland, founded in 1953 and sponsored by the Sisters of Mercy. It operates a comprehensive continuum of care anchored on a single 448-licensed-bed skilled nursing campus, supplemented by the 60-bed Sister Mary Karen McNally, RSM Rehabilitation Center (opened September 2020), St. Elizabeth Hall's 200-unit independent living complex, the Mercy Ridge continuing care retirement community, and both inpatient and home hospice, home health, personal care, grief counseling, and pastoral care services. The organization differentiates on a person-centered care model, spiritual/religious support rooted in the Sisters of Mercy tradition, and integrated transitions across independent living, assisted living, skilled nursing, rehabilitation, and end-of-life care — including a Bridge Care Program that preserves care-team continuity from home health into hospice. As an affiliate of Mercy Health Services (since 1999) and post-acquisition owner Mercy Medical Center (since 1997), Stella Maris draws on a regional physician referral network anchored by Mercy Personal Physicians across Lutherville, Overlea, Glen Burnie, Reisterstown, and Columbia. Revenue mechanics are multi-payer: Medicare, Medicaid, managed care, commercial insurance, private funds, and donations via a Development Office, with a stated employee base of 501-1,000 across clinical, administrative, and operational roles. Service geography covers Baltimore City, Baltimore County, Harford County, Carroll County, and Howard County in central Maryland, and the organization holds AHCA/NCAL Bronze and Silver Quality Awards, 2024 Daily Record Reader Rankings recognition, and designation as the first Medicare-approved hospice program in Maryland.

Name

Stella Maris

Legal name

Stella Maris

Website

https://stellamaris.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1953

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

Stella Maris is a non-profit, Sisters of Mercy-sponsored senior care organization in Lutherville-Timonium, Maryland, offering a full continuum of care — skilled nursing, short-term rehab, home health, hospice, independent and assisted living, grief counseling, and pastoral care — to elderly patients and families across central Maryland.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Skilled Nursing and Senior Care Services

NAICS

Nursing Care Facilities (Skilled Nursing Facilities) (62311), Continuing Care Retirement Communities and Assisted Living Facilities for the Elderly (62331), Assisted Living Facilities for the Elderly (623312), Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities (624120)

SIC

Services-Skilled Nursing Care Facilities (8051), Services-Nursing & Personal Care Facilities (8050), Services-Home Health Care Services (8082)

akta.pro primary industry

Affordable / Middle-Market CCRCs (HLADAEAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Faith-Based / Nonprofit Assisted Living Providers (HLADABAH), Companion Care & Social Support (non-clinical) (HLADAGAB), Companionship & Social Engagement Visits (HSABAAAA)

Keywords

• Skilled nursing care
• Long-term care
• Senior rehabilitation
• Hospice services
• Home health care

Headquarters

HQ city

Lutherville Timonium

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Long-Term Care Services: Nursing home and skilled nursing facility services for elderly residents requiring ongoing care. Services include room and board, nursing care, medical management, activities, and pastoral care.
2. Short-Term Rehabilitation: Subacute inpatient rehabilitation services for patients recovering from surgery, illness, or injury. Average stay duration is two to three weeks with intensive therapy services.
3. Hospice Care: Both inpatient hospice and home hospice services for terminally ill patients. Services include pain management, symptom control, emotional and spiritual support, and bereavement counseling.
4. Home Health Care: In-home health services including skilled nursing, therapy services (physical, occupational, speech), home health aides, and medical social work for patients in their homes or assisted living facilities.
5. Personal Care Services: In-home personal care assistance including medication administration, safety supervision, meal preparation, bathing, dressing, and companionship services on a daily, weekly, or monthly basis.
6. Independent Living - St. Elizabeth Hall: 200-unit affordable senior apartment complex with monthly rent. Includes basic utilities, cable, laundry facilities, and access to Stella Maris services including medical care and daily mass.
7. Assisted Living - Mercy Ridge: Continuing care retirement community with independent and assisted living options including maintenance, housekeeping, dining plans, wellness services, and scheduled transportation.
8. Donations and Charitable Giving: Tax-deductible donations including tribute gifts, unrestricted gifts, planned gifts, matching gifts, restricted contributions, and third-party fundraising events.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Stella Maris is a non-profit senior care provider delivering a full continuum of clinical and residential services for elderly adults, including long-term skilled nursing, short-term subacute rehabilitation, inpatient and home hospice, home health care, personal care, grief counseling, pastoral care, independent living, and assisted living. Services are delivered primarily from its 448-licensed-bed campus in Lutherville-Timonium, Maryland, and through home-based programs serving Central Maryland.

Product overview

Stella Maris is a comprehensive senior care and health services organization offering a continuum of care from independent living through hospice. The portfolio includes core healthcare services (short-term rehabilitation via The Sister Mary Karen McNally, RSM Rehabilitation Center, outpatient therapy, home health care, inpatient and home hospice, long-term care, respite care, and personal care services) supplemented by counseling and grief support (Grief Counseling Center, Camp Me Too bereavement camp), pastoral care, and senior living options (St. Elizabeth Hall independent living and Mercy Ridge assisted living). The Bridge Care Program connects home health to hospice services, enabling seamless transitions. The Sister Mary Karen McNally, RSM Rehabilitation Center represents the flagship rehabilitation facility opened in September 2020.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• The Sister Mary Karen McNally, RSM Rehabilitation Center: Maryland's newest rehabilitation facility featuring 60 beds with private rooms, therapeutic gym, Bioness equipment for stroke and neurological recovery, bistro-style dining, and state-of-the-art rehabilitation services.

Products and services

• Long-Term Care Skilled nursing facility providing 24-hour nursing care, physician services, therapy, social work, and person-centered care for elderly residents requiring ongoing support. Includes dementia care, daily activities, pastoral care, and medication management.
• Short-Term Rehabilitation (Sister Mary Karen McNally, RSM Rehabilitation Center) Subacute inpatient rehabilitation with intensive physical, occupational, and speech therapy designed to help patients regain strength and transition home after surgery, illness, or injury. Average length of stay is two to three weeks.
• Outpatient Therapy Comprehensive outpatient therapy program offering physical, occupational, and speech therapy with advanced equipment including the Bioness Vector Gait and Safety System for stroke and neurological recovery.
• Home Health Care In-home healthcare services for adults providing skilled nursing, physical, occupational, and speech therapy, home health aides, and medical social work in patients' homes, assisted living, and senior living communities throughout Central Maryland.
• Inpatient Hospice Compassionate inpatient hospice care providing pain and symptom management in a homelike setting with private rooms, music therapy, and family accommodations on the Timonium campus.
• Home Hospice Hospice services provided in patients' homes, assisted living facilities, and nursing home settings across Baltimore City, Baltimore County, and Harford County, including pain management, symptom control, and bereavement support.
• Bridge Care Program Transitional care program bridging skilled home health to hospice, allowing patients continuing curative treatment while receiving symptom management and psychosocial support from an established care team.
• Respite Care Short-term residential stays for seniors and hospice patients providing rest and recovery for family caregivers, with skilled nursing and dementia care support.
• Personal Care Services Licensed residential service agency providing certified nursing assistants and medication technicians for in-home assistance with daily activities, including medication administration, safety supervision, meal preparation, bathing, dressing, and companionship.
• Grief Counseling Center Comprehensive grief counseling services including individual and family counseling, grief support groups, and bereavement services for adults, teens, and children ages five and older.
• Camp Me Too Three-day, two-night bereavement camp for grieving children and teens ages 8-17 offering therapeutic techniques through art, music, and healing activities.
• Pastoral Care Spiritual support services including daily mass, communion, prayer services, and chaplain ministry for residents, patients, families, and staff, rooted in the Sisters of Mercy tradition.
• St. Elizabeth Hall (Independent Living) 200-unit affordable independent living apartment complex for seniors with monthly rent including basic utilities, cable, and laundry facilities, plus access to on-site Stella Maris medical and pastoral services.
• Mercy Ridge (Assisted Living) Continuing care retirement community featuring independent and assisted living on a 32-acre landscaped campus with maintenance, housekeeping, dining plans, wellness services, and scheduled transportation, plus access to Stella Maris health services.
• Medical Services Partners On-site primary care and specialty medical services including internal medicine, cardiology, dermatology, optometry, orthopedics, podiatry, pulmonology, urology, and diagnostic services provided through Mercy Personal Physicians.

Quantifiable outcome

• After only a month of working with Stella's therapists, Mom was able to climb stairs with relative ease and walk the halls with a single point cane

Named customers5 records

Segments8 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core, historical, major and minor.

• Mercy Medical CentercoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 July 1997Mercy Medical Center purchased Stella Maris from the Archdiocese of Baltimore on July 1, 1997, making it a Sisters of Mercy sponsored ministry. Stella Maris maintains close ties with Mercy Medical Center and its network of physicians.
• Archdiocese of BaltimorehistoricalStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 1980The Archdiocese of Baltimore originally built Stella Maris in the early 1950s under Archbishop Francis P. Keough and invited the Sisters of Mercy to operate the facility. The facility was sold to Mercy Medical Center in 1997.
• Mercy Health ServicescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerStella Maris is an affiliate of Mercy Health Services, part of the Sisters of Mercy sponsored ministry. Mercy Health Services formed in 1999. This affiliation provides access to Mercy Medical Center's extensive physician network and healthcare resources.
• Sisters of MercycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFounded by the Sisters of Mercy, Stella Maris is sponsored by the Sisters of Mercy who have operated the facility since 1953. The Sisters provide a vision of mercy and compassion rooted in Catherine McAuley's legacy of serving the poor and vulnerable.
• Mercy Personal Physicians NetworkmajorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorStella Maris is affiliated with Mercy Personal Physicians including locations at Lutherville, Overlea, Glen Burnie, Reisterstown, and Columbia. These primary care and specialist physicians provide on-site care at Stella Maris for various medical specialties.
• Alzheimer's Association Greater Maryland ChapterminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for educational events like the Brain & Heart dementia workshop. The Alzheimer's Association and Stella Maris collaborate to provide education on understanding dementia, supporting patients today, and planning for the future.

Scale indicators11 records

Recent moves12 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Acts Retirement-Life Communities: Faith-based, nonprofit CCRC operator offering independent living, assisted living, skilled nursing, and rehabilitation on Mid-Atlantic campuses. Direct peer on faith-sponsored, nonprofit CCRC positioning.
• Asbury Communities: Maryland-based, faith-affiliated (Methodist) continuing care retirement community operator with multiple campuses in the Mid-Atlantic. Closest peer for Mercy Ridge CCRC model and faith-sponsored nonprofit governance.
• FutureCare Health and Management: Operates numerous skilled nursing and rehabilitation facilities throughout Maryland, including Baltimore City and Baltimore County. Directly comparable SNF/rehab model with similar payer mix and referral dynamics.
• Lorien Health Systems: Maryland-based, family-operated provider of skilled nursing, assisted living, and rehabilitation across multiple Baltimore-area campuses. Closest direct geographic peer given overlapping SNF, rehab, and assisted living service lines in central Maryland.
• Catholic Charities of Baltimore - St. Elizabeth Rehabilitation & Nursing Center: Baltimore-area faith-based nonprofit skilled nursing and rehabilitation provider. Closest peer on faith-sponsored nonprofit SNF positioning in the same Baltimore metro service area.

Broad incumbents

• Genesis HealthCare: One of the largest U.S. skilled nursing and post-acute care operators with a sizeable Maryland footprint. Comparable on SNF scale, Medicare/Medicaid payer mix, and rehab focus, though much larger and for-profit.
• ProMedica / Welltower Senior Care portfolio: Major REIT-backed senior care platform operating skilled nursing, assisted living, and home health assets across the U.S. Comparable scale of SNF operations and integration with healthcare partners, though profit-driven rather than faith-sponsored.
• Encompass Health: National leader in inpatient rehabilitation, including a strong presence in Maryland. Directly comparable on subacute rehab and Bioness-equipped stroke/orthopedic recovery services, though at a much larger scale.
• Erickson Senior Living: One of the largest U.S. CCRC operators with multiple Maryland campuses. Comparable in delivering a continuum of independent living, assisted living, and skilled nursing within a single managed community.

Regional players

• Brightview Senior Living: Mid-Atlantic-focused assisted living and memory care operator with Maryland communities. Comparable on assisted living service line (similar to Mercy Ridge) but without the SNF or hospice component.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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