Marworth
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
STRIVE TO MAKE BETTER HEALTH EASIER BY PROVIDING ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE, HIGH QUALITY HEALTH SERVICES THROUGH EQUITABLE, INNOVATIVE, AND INCLUSIVE CARE MODELS THAT SUPPORT PATIENT CARE, EDUCATION, RESEARCH, AND COMMUNITY SERVICE.
- Income
- $13.7 million
- Spending
- $14.6 million
- Spent on programs
- 88%
- Reserves
- -0.4 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- fees for its services, 97%
- Employees
- 139
- Volunteers
- 4
- Highest pay
- $14.3 million, president, 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
Weak: 34 out of 100. Higher than 4% of charities in its peer group (mental health, $10m to $100m).
Reserves
0 of 35Spendable reserves are negative: it owes or has committed more than it holds.
Debt
5 of 20It owes 54% of what it owns.
Living within its means
4 of 15Spending exceeded income by 7% of income.
Income trend
10 of 15Income fell 2% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 1588% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 0 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 37% of charities in its peer group (mental health, $10m to $100m).
Independent board
25 of 254 of 7 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)
- $12.8 million spent. I. GENERAL PROGRAM SERVICE INFORMATION MARWORTH, DBA GEISINGER MARWORTH TREATMENT CENTER, A 501(C)(3) NOT FOR PROFIT CORPORATION, OWNS AND OPERATES A FACILITY FOR ALCOHOL AND CHEMICAL DETOXIFICATION AND REHABILITATION. MARWORTH PROVIDES SERVICES WITHOUT REGARD TO THE PATIENT'S ABILITY TO PAY. MARWORTH IS CELEBRATING ITS 43RD YEAR OF CARING FOR PATIENTS FROM PENNSYLVANIA, NEW JERSEY, NEW YORK AND NEW ENGLAND. MORE THAN 43,000 PEOPLE HAVE CHOSEN MARWORTH FOR TREATMENT SINCE 1982. MARWORTH PROVIDES BOTH INPATIENT AND OUTPATIENT CARE AT ITS 91-BED FACILITY NEAR SCRANTON, IN WAVERLY, PENNSYLVANIA. THE BED CAPACITY INCREASED FROM 77 TO 91 IN JANUARY 2006. WE PRESENTLY HAVE 91 LICENSED BEDS. (1) AN ADDICTION TREATMENT PROGRAM, WHICH PROVIDES EVIDENCE- BASED SERVICES TO INITIATE AND SUSTAIN RECOVERY FROM SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS. THE PROGRAM CONSISTS OF THREE PHASES: (A) ASAM LEVEL 3.7 INPATIENT DETOX (B) ASAM LEVEL 3.5 HIGH INTENSITY INPATIENT REHABILITATION (C) ASAM LEVEL 1 AND 2 OUTPATIENT SERVICES (2) FAMILY TREATMENT. A VITAL PROGRAM COMPONENT OF MARWORTH IS FAMILY TREATMENT THAT PROVIDES EDUCATION AND COUNSELING TO FAMILY MEMBERS, ASSURING THE RECOVERY AND THE WELL-BEING OF THE ENTIRE FAMILY UNIT. THIS PROGRAM IS PROVIDED AT NO CHARGE TO THE FAMILY WHILE THE PATIENT IS RECEIVING TREATMENT. WE CURRENTLY OFFER THIS SERVICE BOTH IN PERSON AND VIRTUALLY. (3) NON-RESIDENTIAL SERVICES. MARWORTH ALSO PROVIDES OUTPATIENT TREATMENT SERVICES. MARWORTH IS OPERATED IN CLOSE COOPERATION WITH EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES OF GEISINGER CLINIC AND HOSPITAL FACILITIES OF GEISINGER COMMUNITY MEDICAL CENTER AND GEISINGER WYOMING VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER. (4) SPECIALIZED THERAPIES AND PROGRAMS. A. RECREATIONAL THERAPY MARWORTH'S RECREATIONAL THERAPY PROGRAM FEATURES A HIGH ROPES COURSE, A LOW ELEMENTS ROPES COURSE, FITNESS CENTER AND OTHER EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING MEDIUMS. MORE THAN JUST EXERCISE, REC THERAPY ACTIVITIES SIMULATE A WIDE ARRAY OF ADDICTION RECOVERY THEMES, SUCH AS GROUP PROBLEM SOLVING, LEARNING TO TRUST OTHERS, ASKING FOR HELP AND CONFRONTING COMPULSIVE/IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR. B. EXPRESSIVE THERAPY EXPRESSIVE THERAPIES, SUCH AS MUSIC THERAPY AND SAND TRAY THERAPY, ALLOW INDIVIDUALS IN RECOVERY TO EXPRESS THEMSELVES WITH WORDS. THE PROCESS IS POWERFUL IN STRENGTHENING PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL, COGNITIVE AND SOCIAL NEEDS. C. DIALECTICAL BEHAVIORAL THERAPY DIALECTICAL BEHAVIORAL THERAPY (DBT) SKILLS TRAINING TEACHES INDIVIDUALS IN ADDICTION TREATMENT THE CRITICAL COPING SKILLS OF MINDFULNESS, DISTRESS TOLERANCE, INTERPERSONAL EFFECTIVENESS AND EMOTION REGULATION. D. TRAUMA THE CONNECTION BETWEEN ADDICTION AND TRAUMA IS STRONG. MARWORTH'S SEEKING SAFETY: TRAUMA & PTSD SUPPORT GROUPS FOR TRAUMA SURVIVORS STRUGGLING WITH ADDICTION FOCUS ON COPING SKILLS, ASKING FOR HELP AND BOUNDARIES. PICC LINE PATIENTS PATIENTS WITH PERIPHERALLY INSERTED CENTRAL CATHETERS (PICC LINES) WHO ARE BEING TREATED FOR VARIOUS INFECTIOUS COMPLICATIONS ARISING FROM THEIR SUBSTANCE USE CAN BE ADMITTED TO THE RESIDENTIAL PROGRAM. THESE PATIENTS ARE TREATED ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS. LENGTH OF STAY MAY DEPEND ON THE NUMBER OF DAYS REQUIRED FOR APPROPRIATE ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY. IF THE PATIENT HAS STABILIZED ON A MAINTENANCE DOSE OF BUPRENORPHINE, HE OR SHE WILL BE GIVEN THE OPTION TO CONTINUE THIS THERAPY OR BE TAPERED OFF AND TRANSITIONED TO AN OPIOID BLOCKER. THESE PATIENTS WILL UNDERGO DETOXIFICATION FROM ALL OTHER POTENTIALLY ABUSABLE SUBSTANCES. BUPRENORPHINE STABILIZATION AND MAINTENANCE PATIENTS WITH OPIOID USE DISORDER MAY BE STARTED AND MAINTAINED ON BUPRENORPHINE, THE GOLD STANDARD IN EVIDENCE-BASED TREATMENT FOR THIS DISEASE. THESE PATIENTS WILL BE MAINTAINED ON THE ESTABLISHED MAINTENANCE DOSE OF BUPRENORPHINE AND WILL UNDERGO DETOXIFICATION FROM ALL OTHER POTENTIALLY ABUSABLE SUBSTANCES. ACADEMICS A. ADDICTION MEDICINE FELLOWSHIP THE MARWORTH ADDICTION MEDICINE FELLOWSHIP IS ACCREDITED BY THE ACCREDITATION COUNCIL FOR GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION (ACGME) TO TRAIN PHYSICIANS IN ADDICTION MEDICINE. THE FELLOWSHIP ALSO BENEFITS FROM A HRSA GRANT TO SUPPORT THE TRAINING PROGRAM. PHYSICIANS WHO HAVE COMPLETED RESIDENCES IN ANY MEDICAL SPECIALTY AND ARE ABLE TO OBTAIN A PENNSYLVANIA MEDICAL LICENSE, REGISTRATION WITH THE DRUG ENFORCEMENT AGENCY (DEA) AND A BUPRENORPHINE WAIVER ARE ELIGIBLE TO APPLY. ADDICTION MEDICINE FELLOWS RECEIVE ADVANCED TRAINING IN MEDICAL MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS, IN ADDITION TO EXPOSURE TO THE VARIOUS NON-MEDICAL ASPECTS OF CARE FOR THIS PATIENT POPULATION. IN ADDITION TO SPENDING TIME AT MARWORTH, FELLOWS ROTATE THROUGH SEVERAL OTHER FACILITIES, WHERE THEY WORK WITH ADDICTION MEDICINE SPECIALISTS IN THE HOSPITAL SETTING, PAIN MANAGEMENT SPECIALISTS AND MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS. THEY ALSO SPEND A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TIME AT THE GEISINGER MEDICATION-ASSISTED TREATMENT CLINICS WHERE THEY PROVIDE CARE FOR PATIENTS WITH SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS IN THE OUTPATIENT SETTING. B. TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES FOR OTHER MEDICAL TRAINEES THERE ARE 105 RESIDENTS AND MEDICAL STUDENTS SCHEDULED TO ROTATE THROUGH ADDICTION MEDICINE PROGRAM IN THE 2023/2024 ACADEMIC YEAR. LEARNERS ARE FROM THE FOLLOWING RESIDENCY PROGRAMS AND GEISINGER COMMONWEALTH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE (GCSOM): . FAMILY MEDICINE NORTHEAST . INTERNAL MEDICINE NORTHEAST . FAMILY MEDICINE LEWISTOWN . INTERNAL MEDICINE DANVILLE/CENTRAL REGION . MEDICINE/PEDIATRICS DANVILLE . GCSOM II. UNCOMPENSATED CARE MARWORTH RECOGNIZES THAT ITS MISSION IS TO SERVE ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY WITH RESPECT TO THE PROVISION OF HEALTHCARE SERVICES AND HEALTHCARE EDUCATION. MARWORTH PROVIDES QUALITY MEDICAL HEALTHCARE REGARDLESS OF RACE, RELIGION, ETHNICITY, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, GENDER IDENTITY, HANDICAP, AGE OR ABILITY TO PAY. IN THIS REGARD, MARWORTH PROVIDES FREE CARE OR SUBSIDIZED CARE, TO PERSONS COVERED BY GOVERNMENTAL PROGRAMS AT OR BELOW COST AND PROVIDES VARIOUS HEALTH ACTIVITIES AND PROGRAMS IN SUPPORT OF THE COMMUNITIES WHERE MARWORTH PRACTICES. A. CHARITY CARE
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 September 1981.
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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