Yale New Haven Health Services Corporation
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
TO SUPPORT ITS MEMBER HEALTHCARE ORGANIZATIONS FURTHER INNOVATION AND EXCELLENCE IN PATIENT CARE, TEACHING, AND RESEARCH.
- Income
- $1.2 billion
- Spending
- $1.3 billion
- Spent on programs
- 86%
- Reserves
- 0.7 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- fees for its services, 92%
- Employees
- 4,526
- Volunteers
- 20
- Highest pay
- $5.0 million, ceo/trustee (current yr comp)
Source: Form 990 for the year ending September 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Weak: 40 out of 100. Higher than 15% of charities in its peer group (health care, over $100m).
Reserves
4 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 0.7 months of spending.
Debt
2 of 20It owes 90% of what it owns.
Living within its means
4 of 15Spending exceeded income by 9% of income.
Income trend
15 of 15Income rose 5% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 1586% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 0 cents.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending September 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
Strong: 100 out of 100. Higher than 53% of charities in its peer group (health care, over $100m).
Independent board
25 of 2519 of 21 voting board members are independent.
Conflict of interest policy
15 of 15Has a written conflict of interest policy.
Whistleblower policy
8 of 8Has a written whistleblower policy.
Record keeping policy
7 of 7Has a written policy on keeping and destroying records.
Board minutes
5 of 5Keeps minutes of board meetings.
Board sees the tax return
10 of 10Gave the board a copy of this return before filing it.
Pay set independently
5 of 5Sets its chief executive's pay through independent review and comparison.
Independent check of accounts
15 of 15Its accounts were audited by an independent accountant.
No reported misuse
10 of 10Reports no diversion of assets, excess benefits or loans to insiders.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending September 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (3)
- $1.1 billion spent. YALE NEW HAVEN HEALTH SYSTEM IS A NONPROFIT HEALTH SYSTEM THAT INCLUDES FIVE ACUTE-CARE HOSPITALS, A MULTISPECIALTY MEDICAL GROUP, HOME HEALTH CARE, MORE THAN 20 URGENT CARE CENTERS, AND DOZENS OF OUTPATIENT LOCATIONS STRETCHING FROM WESTCHESTER COUNTY, NEW YORK, TO WESTERLY, RHODE ISLAND. THE HEALTH SYSTEM IS AFFILIATED WITH YALE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE. ADVANCING INNOVATION IN HEALTH CARE YALE NEW HAVEN HEALTH ADVANCED UROLOGIC CARE WITH A MINIMALLY INVASIVE PROCEDURE THAT TREATS BENIGN PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA PROCEDURES. THE HOLMIUM LASER ENUCLEATION OF THE PROSTATE (HOLEP) USES A HIGH-POWERED HOLMIUM LASER TO REMOVE EXCESS PROSTATE TISSUE, OFFERING A LONG-LASTING SOLUTION WITH FEWER COMPLICATIONS AND SHORTER RECOVERY TIMES. EXPANDING MINIMALLY INVASIVE ROBOTIC PROCEDURE CAPABILITIES, THE HEALTH SYSTEM ADVANCED USE OF AQUABLATION, A PROCEDURE FOR MEN WITH BENIGN PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA (BPH). USING THE PRECISION OF ROBOTICS AND THE HEAT-FREE POWER OF WATER, AQUABLATION REMOVES EXCESS PROSTATE TISSUE TO RELIEVE PRESSURE ON THE URETHRA AND POSSIBLY THE BLADDER. THE PROCEDURE COMBINES A THIN CAMERA AND ULTRASOUND IMAGING TO GIVE THE SURGEON A COMPLETE, MULTI-DIMENSIONAL VIEW OF THE PROSTATE. THE YALE NEW HAVEN HEALTH HEART AND VASCULAR CENTER PERFORMED A SERIES OF FIRSTS WITH TAMBE (THORACOABDOMINAL BRANCH ENDOPROSTHESIS) PROCEDURE IN CONNECTICUT TO TREAT COMPLEX AORTIC ANEURYSMS; THE FIRST ROBOTIC MULTI-ARTERIAL CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFTING (CABG) TREATMENT FOR CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE IN THE NORTHEAST; AND THE FIRST EVOQUE TRICUSPID VALVE REPLACEMENT SYSTEM TO TREAT SEVERE TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION IN CONNECTICUT. A VARIAN TRUEBEAM LINEAR ACCELERATOR, ONE OF THE MOST ADVANCED RADIATION THERAPY SYSTEMS AVAILABLE, WAS INSTALLED AT SMILOW CANCER HOSPITAL AT WATERFORD. THIS SYSTEM ENABLES HIGHLY PRECISE TUMOR TARGETING, SHORTER TREATMENT REGIMENS, AND IMPROVED PATIENT COMFORT, ELIMINATING THE NEED FOR PERMANENT SKIN TATTOOS PREVIOUSLY USED IN RADIATION THERAPY. THE EXPANSION OF THE VIRTUAL CARE MODEL TO INPATIENT NURSING OPENED MAJOR OPPORTUNITIES FOR NURSES. WITH A PILOT OF 400 BEDS AT YALE NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL, VIRTUAL NURSES PARTNER WITH THE BEDSIDE TEAM TO SUPPORT PATIENT ADMISSION AND DISCHARGE PROCESSES TRADITIONALLY MANAGED BY THE BEDSIDE TEAM. YALE NEW HAVEN HEALTH HOSTED THE HEALTH AI SYMPOSIUM BRINGING TOGETHER HEALTHCARE EXECUTIVES, AI INNOVATORS, CLINICIANS AND POLICYMAKERS TO EXPLORE HOW AI IS TRANSFORMING THE DELIVERY OF CARE. HOSPITALS ACROSS CONNECTICUT SUBMITTED THEIR AI-DRIVEN SOLUTIONS, COMPETING FOR UP TO $100,000 IN FUNDING. YALE NEW HAVEN HEALTH AND HARTFORD HEALTHCARE BROKE GROUND ON THE CONNECTICUT PROTON THERAPY CENTER IN WALLINGFORD, CONNECTICUT. PROTON THERAPY IRRADIATES MANY SOLID CANCER TUMORS. IT IS PARTICULARLY BENEFICIAL FOR CHILDREN, WHO ARE MORE VULNERABLE TO RADIATION DAMAGE AND DIFFICULT-TO-TARGET CANCERS. IMPROVING ACCESS TO CARE ADDRESSING ACCESS TO CARE, YALE NEW HAVEN HEALTH ADDED URGENT CARE CENTERS AND FACILITATED THE INTEGRATION OF NELSON AMBULANCE AND ITS AFFILIATES ACCESS AMBULANCE SERVICE, CONNECTICUT HANDIVAN AND THE LIMO GROUP. THE HEALTH SYSTEM BROUGHT ADDITIONAL SERVICES INTO COMMUNITIES WITH TWO HOSPITAL-BASED RETAIL PHARMACIES AT BRIDGEPORT AND LAWRENCE + MEMORIAL HOSPITALS TO IMPROVE INTEGRATED, PERSONALIZED MEDICATION CARE FOR PATIENTS, EMPLOYEES AND THE COMMUNITY. BUILDING HEALTHIER COMMUNITIES DURING THE ANNUAL #GIVEHEALTHY FOOD DRIVE, YALE NEW HAVEN HEALTH EMPLOYEES DONATED 16,450 POUNDS OF FOOD FOR LOCAL FOOD PANTRIES AND COMMUNITY SERVICES, SURPASSING ITS GOAL. YALE NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL RECEIVED THE 2024 AMERICAN NURSES CREDENTIALING CENTER MAGNET PRIZE, SPONSORED BY PRESS GANEY, FOR DEVELOPING A PSYCHIATRIC INPATIENT SURVEY THAT WILL BE REQUIRED FOR USE BY THE CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES IN MORE THAN 1,600 PARTICIPATING INPATIENT BEHAVIORAL HEALTH FACILITIES NATIONWIDE. THE TEAM DISCOVERED A WIDE VARIATION IN HOW BEHAVIORAL HEALTH ORGANIZATIONS GATHER DATA AND A GENERAL LACK OF CONSENSUS AROUND AN ACCURATE SURVEY TOOL. ACROSS THE HEALTH SYSTEM, STAFF SUPPORTED NUMEROUS COMMUNITY INITIATIVES SUCH AS VOLUNTEERING IN SPECIAL OLYMPICS OF CT, HOSTING A WEEKLY "WALK AND TALK WITH A DOC" PROGRAM, PACKING GROCERY BAGS TO SUPPORT STUDENTS AND FAMILIES DURING BREAKS, ASSISTING WITH COMMUNITY CLEAN-UPS, AND PARTICIPATING IN READ ALOUD EVENTS FOR THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS. ACADEMIC HEALTH SYSTEMS, SUCH AS YALE NEW HAVEN HEALTH SYSTEM, FOCUS ON CLINICAL CARE, TEACHING AND RESEARCH TO CREATE A HEALTHCARE ENVIRONMENT WITH THE BEST POSSIBLE OUTCOMES, CUTTING-EDGE TECHNOLOGIES, RESOURCES AND THERAPIES FOR PATIENTS. YNHHS REMAINS COMMITTED TO SAFETY AND QUALITY OF CARE, THE PATIENT EXPERIENCE, AND EXCEPTIONAL, VALUE-BASED CARE TO EVERY PATIENT, IN EVERY SETTING, EVERY TIME. PART I, LINE 4 & PART VI, LINE 1B NUMBER OF INDEPENDENT VOTING MEMBERS OF THE GOVERNING BODY THE ORGANIZATION SOUGHT TO CONFIRM THE INDEPENDENCE OF EACH VOTING MEMBER OF ITS GOVERNING BODY BY REQUESTING THAT EACH SUCH VOTING MEMBER RESPOND TO A QUESTIONNAIRE CONTAINING THE PERTINENT INSTRUCTIONS AND DEFINITIONS AND DESIGNED TO ELICIT THE INFORMATION NECESSARY TO DETERMINE INDEPENDENCE. IN THE EVENT THAT THE ORGANIZATION DOES NOT RECEIVE A RESPONSE FROM ANY SUCH VOTING MEMBER, THE ORGANIZATION REVIEWS OTHER INFORMATION KNOWN TO IT REGARDING THE VOTING MEMBER AND MAKES A REASONABLE ASSESSMENT OF INDEPENDENCE BASED ON THAT INFORMATION.
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- FORM 990, PART IV, LINE 24 HSC IS THE PARENT ORGANIZATION OF THE YALE NEW HAVEN HEALTH SYSTEM REPORTS ON PART X, LINE 23 THE AMOUNT OF ALL TAX-EXEMPT BOND LIABILITIES ALLOCATED TO ITS SUBSIDIARY RELATED ORGANIZATIONS. CONSISTENT WITH THE FORM 990 AND SCHEDULE K INSTRUCTIONS THESE LIABILITIES ARE REPORTED SOLELY ON THE FORM 990 AND SCHEDULE K OF THE FOLLOWING RELATED ORGANIZATIONS: BRIDGEPORT HOSPITAL GREENWICH HOSPITAL YALE NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL
Source: Form 990 for the year ending September 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending September 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since July 1984.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 21, 2026.
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