Hartford Health Care Corporation
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
Hartford HealthCare's mission is to improve the health and healing of the people and communities it serves.
- Income
- $714.8 million
- Spending
- $858.8 million
- Spent on programs
- 97%
- Reserves
- 2.8 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- fees for its services, 100%
- Employees
- 3,475
- Volunteers
- 13
- Highest pay
- $4.8 million, director, president & ceo
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: 42 out of 100. Higher than 17% of charities in its peer group (health care, over $100m).
Reserves
10 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 2.8 months of spending.
Debt
2 of 20It owes 82% of what it owns.
Living within its means
0 of 15Spending exceeded income by 20% of income.
Income trend
15 of 15Income rose 1% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 1597% of spending went to programs.
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 2513 of 14 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 (1)
- $835.2 million spent. Hartford HealthCare Corporation (HHC) serves as the supporting organization of an integrated health care delivery system (the "System") that includes, but is not limited to, the following entities: Hartford Hospital, MidState Medical Center, Natchaug Hospital, Inc., Rushford Center, Inc., The Hospital of Central Connecticut at New Britain General and Bradley Memorial, Windham Community Memorial Hospital, Inc., The William W. Backus Hospital, The Charlotte Hungerford Hospital, SVMC Holdings, Inc. and Manchester Memorial Hospital, Inc., each of which are Connecticut nonstock corporations that qualify as tax-exempt organizations under 501(c)(3) of the Code and as public charities under 509(a)(1) of the Code (collectively, the "Supported Organizations"). The purposes for which the Corporation is organized and operated are to promote and support, directly or indirectly, the interests and purposes of the Supported Organizations.HHC is a fully integrated health system that includes 4 community hospitals, 2 acute care and 1 tertiary-care teaching hospital, the state's most extensive behavioral health network, a large multispecialty physician group, a regional home care system, an array of senior care services, a large physical therapy and rehabilitation network and an accountable care organization. Through its institute model, the HHC system offers high standards of care for cancer, heart and vascular services, neuroscience, orthopedics and urology.HHC collaborates with its Supported Organizations to develop and implement programs to improve the future of health care in Southern New England. This includes initiatives to improve the quality and accessibility of health care; create efficiency in internal operations; and provide patients with the most technically advanced and compassionate, coordinated care. Through its supported organizations (hospitals), the Corporation was designed to provide patients with more convenience to healthcare access in their local communities. The hospitals provide these needed medical services to all patients regardless of their abilities to pay.HHC is further integrating care, and increasing access to high-quality services, through its institute model. The Corporation has established the Hartford HealthCare Cancer Institute, the first in the nation to be named a member of the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Alliance; the Bone and Joint Institute; the Ayer Neuroscience Institute, with a renowned Headache Center and Movement Disorders Center; the Heart and Vascular Institute; the Tallwood Urology and Kidney Institute; and the Behavioral Health Network. Our institutes provide clinical support, research, and education for our patients, physicians and communities.HHC works jointly with its Supported Organizations to prepare The Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA). The CHNA is a systematic, data-driven approach to determining the health status, behaviors and needs of residents in Hartford HealthCare's service areas. The information garnered from the assessment may be used by Hartford HealthCare to inform decisions and guide efforts to improve community health and wellness. Hartford HealthCare operates in six Community Benefit regions Central Region (Hospital of Central Connecticut & MidState Medical Center), East Region (Backus Hospital, Natchaug Hospital & Windham Hospital), Hartford Region (Hartford Hospital), Greater Manchester Region (Manchester Memorial Hospital, Inc.), Northwest Region (Charlotte Hungerford Hospital) and Fairfield Region (St. Vincent's Medical Center). Even though all regional hospitals complete their own CHNA process and identify priorities relevant to their respective service areas, the CHNA is strategically guided and overseen by the Hartford Healthcare system to insure alignment with organizational mission and vision for community health improvement. Every hospital within HHC system completes and files their own schedule H to demonstrate the investment in community benefit work. However, all the activities and monetary value presented on individual schedules is directly supported by the system and closely connected to the work of the other hospitals within Hartford HealthCare, while maintaining necessary autonomy to address the needs specific to various communities and demographics served by the system. The collaborative regional approach has been decades in the making across Connecticut. The Hartford HealthCare (HHC) regional approach improves the efficiency of the CHNA process and utilizes essential components of collaborative partnerships including: * Creating a vision that is broadly understood* Working across organizational boundaries* Including those most affected by health challenges in solution-creation* Utilizing ongoing planning and joint accountability to measure changeThe regional approach includes partners within and across regions, hospital services areas, and community-based health equity champions. Recognizing the need to reduce and eliminate health disparities and to increase diversity at the leadership and governance levels of health care and other local organizations is a central and necessary first step in community health improvement. The second step to improving health equity is to collect and use data about race, ethnicity, and language preference to develop a shared understanding of the challenges in the community. Education about cultural sensitivity is also required. The HHC regional teams involved a team of health "Equity Champions" representing multiracial or other marginalized communities to help ensure the research is reflective of the community perspectives.The Hartford HealthCare Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA) serves as a component in the overall efforts to improve community health and health equity in each of the seven-hospital service areas. It is a process that provides a means of identifying and collecting community data while engaging community members in both the data collection and the priori
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 December 1986.
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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