Geisinger Health
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
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- Income
- $202.8 million
- Spending
- $29.1 million
- Spent on programs
- 94%
- Reserves
- Over 10 years of spending
- Largest source of income
- investment income, 91%
- Employees
- 36
- Volunteers
- 12
- Highest pay
- $14.3 million, pres, ceo, director
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Strong: 100 out of 100. Higher than 95% of charities in its peer group (health care, over $100m).
Reserves
35 of 35Spendable reserves would cover more than ten years of spending.
Debt
20 of 20It owes 2% of what it owns.
Living within its means
15 of 15Income exceeded spending by 86% of income.
Income trend
15 of 15Income rose 117% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 1594% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 8 cents.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, 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 2512 of 13 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 December 31, 2024, 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)
- $27.3 million spent. I. VISION AND VALUES VISION: MAKING BETTER HEALTH EASY VALUES: KINDNESS - WE TREAT EVERYONE AS WE WOULD HOPE TO BE TREATED OURSELVES. EXCELLENCE - WE WILL HUMBLY STRIVE FOR EXCELLENCE IN ALL WE DO. SAFETY - WE WILL PROVIDE A SAFE ENVIRONMENT FOR OUR PATIENTS AND MEMBERS AND THE GEISINGER FAMILY. LEARNING - WE SHARE OUR KNOWLEDGE WITH THE BEST AND BRIGHTEST TO BETTER PREPARE THE CAREGIVERS OF TOMORROW. INNOVATION - WE CONSTANTLY SEEK NEW AND BETTER WAYS TO CARE FOR OUR PATIENTS, OUR MEMBERS, OUR COMMUNITIES AND THE NATION. I. GENERAL INFORMATION GEISINGER IS AMONG THE NATION'S LEADING PROVIDERS OF VALUE-BASED CARE, SERVING 1.2 MILLION PEOPLE IN URBAN AND RURAL COMMUNITIES ACROSS PENNSYLVANIA. FOUNDED IN 1915 BY PHILANTHROPIST ABIGAIL GEISINGER, THE NONPROFIT SYSTEM GENERATES $10 BILLION IN ANNUAL REVENUES ACROSS 126 CARE SITES - INCLUDING 10 HOSPITAL CAMPUSES - AND GEISINGER HEALTH PLAN, WITH MORE THAN HALF A MILLION MEMBERS IN COMMERCIAL AND GOVERNMENT PLANS. GEISINGER COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES EDUCATES MORE THAN 5,000 MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS ANNUALLY AND CONDUCTS MORE THAN 1,400 CLINICAL RESEARCH STUDIES. WITH 26,000 EMPLOYEES, INCLUDING 1,700 EMPLOYED PHYSICIANS, GEISINGER IS AMONG PENNSYLVANIA'S LARGEST EMPLOYERS WITH AN ESTIMATED ECONOMIC IMPACT OF $15 BILLION TO THE STATE'S ECONOMY. ON MARCH 31, 2024, GEISINGER BECAME THE FIRST MEMBER OF RISANT HEALTH, A NEW CHARITABLE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION CREATED TO EXPAND AND ACCELERATE VALUE-BASED CARE ACROSS THE COUNTRY. GEISINGER HEALTH ("GH") IS A PENNSYLVANIA 501(C)3 NOT FOR PROFIT CORPORATION THAT SERVES AS THE CORPORATE PARENT OF ALL GEISINGER AFFILIATED ENTITIES. GH SERVES TO ENSURE ITS AFFILIATED ENTITIES HAVE ADEQUATE FINANCIAL RESOURCES TO FULFILL THEIR MISSIONS AND TO INITIATE AND ADMINISTER GRANT AND PHILANTHROPIC SUPPORT PROGRAMS FOR ALL GEISINGER ENTITIES. THE AFFILIATED ENTITIES OF GH ARE: - GEISINGER MEDICAL CENTER (GMC) IS A PENNSYLVANIA 501(C)(3) NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATION OWNING AND OPERATING A REGIONAL REFERRAL TERTIARY CARE MEDICAL CENTER IN DANVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA, A SEPARATE OUTPATIENT AMBULATORY CAMPUS ON WOODBINE LANE, DANVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA, AND GEISINGER SHAMOKIN AREA COMMUNITY HOSPITAL (GSACH) WHICH IS A CAMPUS OF GEISINGER MEDICAL CENTER LOCATED IN SHAMOKIN, PENNSYLVANIA. - GEISINGER ENCOMPASS HEALTH LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY IS A PENNSYLVANIA LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY REPRESENTING A JOINT VENTURE BETWEEN GEISINGER MEDICAL CENTER AND ENCOMPASS HEALTH (FORMERLY HEALTHSOUTH CORPORATION) TO PROVIDE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT, MANAGEMENT, FINANCING AND OPERATION OF A FREESTANDING REHABILITATION HOSPITAL (GEISINGER ENCOMPASS HEALTH REHABILITATION HOSPITAL) ON THE GMC CAMPUS, AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF A NETWORK TO PROVIDE OUTPATIENT REHABILITATION CENTERS AND OTHER PROGRAMS TO GEISINGER PATIENTS. - GEISINGER-HM JOINT VENTURE, LLC, ("GHJV") IS A PENNSYLVANIA LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY REPRESENTING A JOINT VENTURE BETWEEN GEISINGER MEDICAL CENTER AND HIGHMARK HEALTH (EFFECTIVE MAY 1, 2024, GEISINGER MEDICAL CENTER BECAME THE SOLE MEMBER). GHM IS ORGANIZED TO PROVIDE HIGH QUALITY, INNOVATIVE, COST-EFFECTIVE CLINICAL CARE TO PATIENTS IN ITS SERVICE AREA AND TO ENGAGE IN ANY ACTIVITIES AND TRANSACTIONS AS MAY BE NECESSARY TO ACCOMPLISH THE SAME INCLUDING OWNING AND/OR OPERATING HOSPITALS OR OTHER HEALTH CARE FACILITIES. GEISINGER-HM JOINT VENTURE (G-HM) OPERATES LICENSED LABORATORY SERVICES KNOWN AS GEISINGER MEDICAL LABORATORIES (GML). GEISINGER-HM JOINT VENTURE(G-HM) OWNS AND OPERATES THE AMBULATORY SURGERY CENTER/FACILITY KNOWN AS GEISINGER ENDOSCOPY - MONTOURSVILLE. - GEISINGER MEDICAL CENTER MUNCY (GMCM), FORMED JUNE 11, 2020, RECEIVED ITS HOSPITAL FACILITY LICENSE ON JANUARY 5, 2022, AND WELCOMED ITS FIRST PATIENTS, MONDAY, JAN. 10, 2022. THE FULL-SERVICE HOSPITAL INCLUDES AN EMERGENCY ROOM, CLINICAL DECISION UNIT, INTENSIVE CARE UNIT, SURGICAL SUITES AND PRIMARY AND SPECIALTY CARE AREAS. GMCM WAS PART OF THE CLINICAL JOINT VENTURE BETWEEN GEISINGER AND HIGHMARK HEALTH THAT EXPANDING ACCESS TO CARE FOR THOSE IN A FOUR-COUNTY REGION COVERING CLINTON, LYCOMING, SULLIVAN, AND TIOGA COUNTIES. EFFECTIVE FEBRUARY 1, 2025, GMCM MERGED INTO GEISINGER MEDICAL CENTER. - GEISINGER-BLOOMSBURG HOSPITAL (GBH), IS A PENNSYLVANIA 501(C)(3) NOT-FOR PROFIT CORPORATION OWNING AND OPERATING A GENERAL COMMUNITY-BASED ACUTE-CARE HOSPITAL IN BLOOMSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA. - GEISINGER JERSEY SHORE HOSPITAL IS A PENNSYLVANIA 501(C)(3) NONPROFIT CORPORATION OWNING AND OPERATING A CRITICAL ACCESS HOSPITAL LOCATED IN JERSEY SHORE, PENNSYLVANIA - GEISINGER-LEWISTOWN HOSPITAL (GLH), IS A PENNSYLVANIA 501(C)(3) NOT FOR-PROFIT CORPORATION OWNING AND OPERATING A GENERAL COMMUNITY-BASED ACUTE-CARE HOSPITAL IN LEWISTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA. - GEISINGER WYOMING VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER (GWV) IS A PENNSYLVANIA 501(C)(3) NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATION OWNING AND OPERATING AN ACUTE CARE, COMMUNITY HOSPITAL IN WILKES-BARRE, PENNSYLVANIA, AND GEISINGER SOUTH WILKES-BARRE CAMPUS (GSWB) WHICH IS AN AMBULATORY CAMPUS LOCATED IN SOUTH WILKES-BARRE, PENNSYLVANIA. - COMMUNITY MEDICAL CENTER, DBA GEISINGER-COMMUNITY MEDICAL CENTER (CMC) IS A PENNSYLVANIA 501(C)(3) NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATION OWNING AND OPERATING AN ACUTE CARE HOSPITAL IN SCRANTON, PENNSYLVANIA. - GEISINGER CLINIC (GC) IS A PENNSYLVANIA 501(C)(3) NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATION WHICH OPERATES A MULTI-SPECIALTY GROUP MEDICAL PRACTICE. GEISINGER CLINIC PROVIDES PHYSICIAN STAFF FOR PATIENT CARE, EDUCATION, AND CLINICAL RESEARCH, AND OPERATES GEISINGER CONVENIENT CARE CLINICS (FORMERLY KNOWN AS CAREWORKS). - GEISINGER PHARMACY, LLC, A PENNSYLVANIA SINGLE MEMBER LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY OWNED BY GEISINGER CLINIC, PROVIDES PHARMACY SERVICES SUCH AS SPECIALTY, MAIL ORDER, HOME INFUSION AND PHARMACY AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE GEISINGER SERVICE AREA. - GEISINGER CLINIC HAS PRIMARY OWNERSHIP (83.3%) IN KEYSTONE ACCOUNTABLE CARE ORGANIZATION (KACO), A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE WRIGHT CENTER (11.1%) AND WAYNE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (5.6%). KACO PARTN
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, 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 December 2024.
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 April 1976.
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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