Magee Rehabilitation Hospital
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
THE MAGEE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOR CONVALESCENTS' MISSION IS TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES BY PROVIDING HIGH QUALITY PHYSICAL AND COGNITIVE REHABILITATION SERVICES. PLEASE REFER TO SCHEDULE O FOR THE ORGANIZATION'S COMMUNITY BENEFIT STATEMENT.
- Income
- $86.1 million
- Spending
- $82.6 million
- Spent on programs
- 87%
- Reserves
- 9 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- fees for its services, 88%
- Employees
- 816
- Volunteers
- 48
- Highest pay
- $667,760, svp med aff/cmo
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Good: 89 out of 100. Higher than 81% of charities in its peer group (health care, $10m to $100m).
Reserves
28 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 9.0 months of spending.
Debt
16 of 20It owes 20% of what it owns.
Living within its means
15 of 15Income exceeded spending by 4% of income.
Income trend
15 of 15Income rose 16% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 1586% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 4 cents.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
Strong: 100 out of 100. Higher than 52% of charities in its peer group (health care, $10m to $100m).
Independent board
25 of 259 of 11 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 June 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 (4)
- $71.4 million spent. EXPENSES INCURRED IN PROVIDING HIGH QUALITY PHYSICAL AND COGNITIVE REHABILITATION SERVICES TO ALL INDIVIDUALS IN A NON-DISCRIMINATORY MANNER REGARDLESS OF RACE, COLOR, CREED, SEX, NATIONAL ORIGIN OR ABILITY TO PAY. PLEASE REFER TO SCHEDULE O FOR THE ORGANIZATION'S COMMUNITY BENEFIT STATEMENT.
- The taxpayer is recognized by the internal revenue service ("irs") as a tax-exempt organization under internal revenue code section 501(c)(3) and is also an affiliate of thomas jefferson university ("tju"). Tju is also recognized as a tax-exempt organization under internal revenue code section 501(c)(3) and is the tax-exempt parent organization of tju/jefferson health; a comprehensive professional university and tax-exempt integrated healthcare delivery system ("system"), with a tripartite mission of education, research and patient care. The system's tripartite mission of education, research and patient care. Jefferson health, in partnership with tju, is dedicated to discovering new treatments and therapies that will define the future of clinical care; providing exceptional primary through complex quaternary care to patients in the communities we serve throughout the delaware valley; and educating tomorrow's professionals through transdisciplinary and experiential learning designed for new and emerging fields for the 21st century. Jefferson has over 325 years of health care, innovation and education. Jefferson health, which added lehigh valley health network in august 2024, now Includes 32 hospitals with 5,500 licensed beds throughout eastern Pennsylvania And southern new jersey. They are jefferson abington hospital, jefferson bucks Hospital, jefferson cherry hill hospital, jefferson einstein philadelphia hospital, Jefferson einstein montgomery hospital, jefferson frankford hospital, jefferson Hospital for neuroscience, jefferson lansdale hospital, jefferson methodist hospital, Jefferson moss-magee rehabilitation hospital - center city, jefferson moss-magee Rehabilitation - elkins park, jefferson stratford hospital, jefferson Torresdale Hospital, jefferson washington township hospital, lehigh valley hospital - carbon, Lehigh valley hospital - cedar crest, lehigh valley hospital - 1503 n. Cedar crest, Lehigh valley hospital - dickson city, lehigh valley hospital - gilbertsville, lehigh Valley hospital - hazleton, lehigh valley hospital - hecktown oaks, lehigh valley Hospital - highland avenue, lehigh valley hospital - macungie, lehigh valley hospital - muhlenberg, lehigh valley hospital - pocono, lehigh valley hospital - schuylkill e. Norwegian st., lehigh valley hospital - schuylkill s. Jackson st., lehigh valley hospital - 17th street, lehigh valley hospital - tilghman, physicians care surgical hospital, Rothman orthopedic specialty hospital, and thomas jefferson university hospital. Combined, jefferson health, thomas jefferson university and lehigh valley network have more than 65,000 employees, which includes over 10,200 employed physicians/advanced practice professionals, 13,700 full and part-time nurses and more than 1,800 full and part-time paid faculty. Jefferson is the second largest employer in philadelphia and the largest health system in philadelphia based on total licensed beds. Jefferson health includes over 700 outpatient and urgent care centers throughout eastern pennsylvania and southern new jersey; 4 magnet-designated hospitals, an nci-designated comprehensive cancer center - sidney kimmel cancer center; and one of the largest faculty-based telehealth networks in the country that began more than 10 years ago. Jefferson health includes 32 hospitals throughout southeastern pennsylvania, lehigh valley and new jersey. Additional relevant tju and jefferson health information for the year ended june 30, 2025: - Licensed beds: 3,816 - Inpatient admissions: 160,254 - Observation cases: 48,777 - Total surgeries: 100,839 - Emergency dept. Visits: 584,121 - Ambulatory visits: 1,767,947 - Telehealth visits: 238,261 The system's hospitals' conformance with irs revenue ruling 69-545 The wholly owned hospitals in the system are recognized by the irs as internal revenue code section 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organizations. Pursuant to its charitable purposes, each of these hospitals provide medically necessary healthcare services to all individuals in a non-discriminatory manner regardless of race, color, creed, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, or ability to pay. Moreover, our hospitals operate consistently with the following criteria outlined in irs revenue ruling 69-545: 1. Providing medically necessary healthcare services to all individuals regardless of ability to pay, including charity care, self-pay, medicare, and medicaid patients. 2. Operating active emergency departments for all persons that are open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days per year. 3. Maintaining open medical staffs, with privileges available to all qualified physicians. 4. Control positioned with hospital board of trustees and the board of trustees of tju, and all the boards are comprised of independent civic leaders and other prominent members of the represented communities; and 5. Using surplus funds to improve the quality of patient care, expand and renovate facilities/equipment and advance and improve medical care, programs and activities through patient care and medical training, education, and research. The operations of our wholly owned hospitals as shown through the factors outlined above and other information contained herein, clearly demonstrate the provision of substantial community benefit; both collectively and individually; and that the use and control of the respective hospital facilities are for the benefit of the public and that no part of the income or net earnings of any of the hospital organizations inures to the benefit of any private individual, nor is any private interest being served other than incidentally. The taxpayer individually provides substantial community benefit Of the net community benefit costs outlined above for fiscal years ended june 30, 2025 and 2024 ; the taxpayer contributed approximately $4 million and $5 million of net community benefit costs as defined by the irs and reflected in their respective form 990, schedule h, part i to the totals repor
- The second chapter: james magee retired from the business in 1847 to pursue other interests. Known as the father of the pennsylvania railroad, he was one of its incorporators and first directors. Besides other railroad interests, he founded and served as the first president of westmoreland coal company. He was on its board of directors until his death in 1878. During the same period, he was a vestryman of st. Stephen's episcopal church at 19 south 10th street in philadelphia, where anna magee also worshiped and, in tribute to her father, later became one of its major benefactors. The third chapter: as an adult miss magee was active in many religious and civic organizations, including the acorn club, the philadelphia society of colonial dames of american, the philadelphia chapter of the daughters of the american revolution, the associate committee of women to the board of trustees of the pennsylvania school of industrial art, and the historical and genealogical societies of pennsylvania. Despite these activities, anna magee lived very privately at 1720 walnut street until she died in 1923 at the age of 80. In her will, in memory of her parents, she endowed the magee professorship of medicine at the jefferson medical college. And, with a gift of $1,285,000, she established what is now magee rehabilitation hospital. Anna magee believed that the city's hospital wards were overcrowded because needy patients, although they could not resume their normal occupations or duties, remained there too long after passing the initial stage of acute illness or injury. She also did not want patients' families to be burdened with their support. She envisioned a hospital for convalescents-one, she stated that should ensure "the highest degree of reasonable comfort and healthfulness," in a "stately and dignified" building in which "no money should be misused for architectural ornament." The fourth chapter: in 1954, the orphan's court of philadelphia permitted the use of the magee trust fund to establish a rehabilitation center, ruling that rehabilitation was now seen as a dynamic form of convalescent care and that such service was consistent with the wishes of anna magee. The search for a founding director of the hospital led to h. Frazer parry, m.d., who had studied with drs. Rusk and krusen. He assumed the post in september 1955, setting up office space at 1500 walnut street where he worked with a team to find an appropriate building for the hospital. A former factory at 1513 race street was ideal because of its central location, open floor space, and relatively few walls that would have to be taken down. The building was purchased from american meter company, and construction and renovations began in december 1956. The total cost of the project, which was designed for 39 patients, amounted to about $2.5 million. Opening ceremonies for magee memorial hospital for convalescents were held on march 9, 1958, and with a staff of 30 in place, the hospital, the first of its kind in philadelphia, began admitting patients the very next day. In the first two years, approximately 57 percent of the care was free. Today: leading the way in innovative techniques and rehabilitation therapy from the very beginning, magee rehabilitation is now acclaimed as one of the best rehabilitation hospitals in the nation, due to the vision of anna magee and her legacy to the community in the philadelphia region. With over 60 years experience in rehabilitation care, magee stands alone in offering outstanding care for the patients we are privileged to serve. Jefferson moss-magee rehabilitation - center city is home to the nation's first brain injury rehabilitation program to be accredited by the commission on the accreditation of rehabilitation facilities (carf). Magee has been accredited by carf for its rehab programs in: - comprehensive integrated inpatient rehabilitation - spinal cord rehabilitation system of care - brain injury program - stroke program (awarded carf's stroke specialty program certification) Jefferson moss-magee rehabilitation- center city by the numbers (for fiscal year 2025) - 83 licensed beds - 12 employed physicians - 78 independent physicians - 1,144 total discharges Jefferson moss-magee rehabilitation - elkins park by the numbers (for fiscal year 2025) - 187 licensed beds - 23 employed physicians - 2,985 total discharges Awards and honors ================= U.s. news & world report has recognized magee as one of the best rehabilitation hospitals in the region and nation. Jefferson moss-magee rehabilitation hospital - 4 carf accreditations, including the first carf-accredited brain injury rehabilitation program in the nation - Stroke specialty program certification from carf - Full standards compliance accreditation from the joint commission - Re-accredited for three years by the commission on accreditation of rehabilitation facilities (carf) demonstrating a continuous commitment to service excellence. - Jefferson moss-magee rehabilitation's nurse residency program (nrp) received the max 5-year initial accreditation from the commission on collegiate nursing education (ccne). Jefferson moss-magee rehabilitation hospital elkins park: - 15 carf accreditations, more than any usnwr "american's best" rehabilitation hospitals have - Us news & world report rankings: #10 nationally and #1 in state of pa - Accreditation for the sheerr gait and motion analysis laboratory from the commission for motion laboratory accreditation - Re-accredited for three years by the commission on accreditation of rehabilitation facilities (carf) demonstrating a continuous commitment to service excellence. - Magee's brain injury rehab program was the very first to be accredited by the commission on the accreditation of rehabilitation facilities (carf). Community programs and resources ================================ Wheelchair sports ----------------- Magee's wheelchair sports programs heighten independence and improve quality-of-life. Getti
- The program also includes speakers who have had traumatic injuries and can speak about their own experiences with the injury and rehabilitation processes. The program is designed to be interactive, allowing students to participate by volunteering to help demonstrate the lessons, or by asking questions. Think first stresses prevention by "thinking first" in order to avoid permanent brain and spinal cord injuries. The main message of the think first program is that young people can have a fun, exciting life while taking precautions to avoid injury. Support groups ============== When the unimaginable happens to someone, it's nearly impossible to imagine a future. Peer mentors and support groups provide patients and caregivers with a picture of what is possible, and share tips and resources that have helped them along the way. Peer mentors are individuals who are living with a life-changing disability. Patients have the opportunity to talk with a mentor who has a similar disability who is living a good life. A support group is a place to learn about the resources available to you. Members help each other by sharing ideas and practical solutions to problems that you face daily. Rehabilitation professionals from magee rehabilitation bring to the group expertise in supporting an individual or care giver in accessing available community resources. Peer mentor programs -------------------- The peer mentor program at magee consists of specially - trained volunteers who have survived a spinal cord injury, brain injury, stroke or amputation and have learned to adjust to their disability. Peer mentors are matched with patients based on level or type of injury, social situations, age, gender, marital status, recreational interests, and vocational experience. There are also specialty areas for peers with experience in ostomies and wounds. Magee also offers an addiction mentor program which is designed to offer those who struggle with addiction issues the opportunity to talk with an experienced addictions mentor. Mentoring relationships are encouraged to continue beyond magee. Mentors can help with a variety of issues after discharge, such as: - connecting families and patients to resources within the community (accessible doctors/dentists, recreational activities appropriate to the disability, travel and transportation guidance) - providing emotional support during the transition from rehabilitation to the community, often a difficult time for both patients and families Peer support groups ------------------- There are several peer support groups that are facilitated by volunteers or care givers who are living successfully with a disability. These diverse groups of peers offer personal experience in addition to providing support, reassurance and helpful, practical tips. They will surf again: Since 2012, jefferson moss-magee rehabilitation has proudly served as the presenting sponsor of they will surf again. Hundreds of doctors, therapists, nurses, and staff from across jefferson moss-magee rehabilitation came together on august 4, 2024 , for this special event. Held annually in wildwood, nj, twsa is a free, one-day event that provides individuals with disabilities the opportunity to surf and enjoy a day at the beach. Twsa is a program of life rolls on, a nonprofit that serves as a resource and advocate for people who have been affected by spinal cord injury and other disabilities. Alignment with community benefit -------------------------------- The hospital develops targeted health outreach and screening programs in response to the identified needs of our community in concert with the mission of jefferson health: we improve lives. Magee rehabilitation hospital completed and published its community health needs assessment and three-year implementation plan in 2025, which addresses the following priority health needs for the population of the hospital's community benefit area: - magee medical home: lifetime follow up services for patients with 'one stop' for specialized medical care commonly needed by individuals living with a disability (e.g., urology, pressure wound management, clinical nutrition) - online educational resources provided for persons living with disability and their families - support groups and peer mentor programming to provide education and to decrease isolation - professional educational opportunities with continuing education credits for healthcare industry staff, specifically focused on serving individuals with disabilities - opportunities for exercise and improved healthy living through the wellness center at the riverfront outpatient facility - access to health screening and preventive health services - wheelchair custom seating clinic - vision clinic - hosted free community events, such as the wash n tune, to benefit individuals with disabilities
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 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 June 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 March 1960.
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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