Jefferson University Physicians
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
Points to look into
- It owes more than it owns.
- Raising each dollar of donations cost 366 cents.
These come from the organization's own tax return. There may be a good explanation; ask the charity.
What it says it does
TO PROVIDE PHYSICIAN SERVICES AND SUPPORT THE MEDICAL, EDUCATIONAL AND RESEARCH MISSION OF THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY/JEFFERSON HEALTH. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE REFER TO THE ORGANIZATION'S STATEMENT OF PROGRAM SERVICES INCLUDED IN SCHEDULE O.
- Income
- $496.4 million
- Spending
- $673.8 million
- Spent on programs
- 94%
- Reserves
- -9.6 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- fees for its services, 100%
- Employees
- 2,880
- Volunteers
- 0
- Highest pay
- $2.7 million, physician & tju professor
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
Weak: 10 out of 100. Higher than 0% of charities in its peer group (education, over $100m).
Reserves
0 of 35Spendable reserves are negative: it owes or has committed more than it holds.
Debt
0 of 20It owes 371% of what it owns.
Living within its means
0 of 15Spending exceeded income by 36% of income.
Income trend
10 of 15Income fell 2% on the year before.
Spending floor
0 of 1594% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 366 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
Good: 80 out of 100. Higher than 5% of charities in its peer group (education, over $100m).
Independent board
5 of 251 of 3 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 (2)
- $630.6 million spent. EXPENSES INCURRED IN PROVIDING PHYSICIAN SERVICES, PRACTICING MEDICINE AND SURGERY THROUGH DULY LICENSED PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS IN A MANNER BENEFICIAL TO THE COMMUNITY AND IN FURTHERANCE OF THE CHARITABLE AND EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES OF THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY AND JEFFERSON HEALTH AFFILIATES.
- THE ORGANIZATION 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. JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY PHYSICIANS ("JUP") IS A PREMIER, PATIENT-FOCUSED ACADEMIC MULTISPECIALTY PHYSICIAN PRACTICE CONSISTING OF THE FULL-TIME FACULTY OF SIDNEY KIMMEL MEDICAL COLLEGE AT TJU. JUP PROMOTES THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF THE COMMUNITY BY PREVENTING AND TREATING DISEASES, TRAINING THE PHYSICIANS OF THE FUTURE, AND PERFORMING CLINICAL AND SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH EXCLUSIVELY IN SUPPORT OF THE CHARITABLE MISSION OF TJU. SINCE 1968, JUP HAS ENABLED TJU'S MEDICAL FACULTY TO TREAT PATIENTS WHILE CONDUCTING AND SUPPORTING THE EDUCATIONAL AND RESEARCH ACTIVITIES OF TJU. THIS ORGANIZATION CARRIES OUT ITS CHARITABLE MISSION OF EDUCATION, RESEARCH AND HEALTHCARE THROUGH MULTIPLE MEDICAL DEPARTMENTS AND SPECIALTIES, SPANNING ALLERGY AND IMMUNOLOGY, CANCER, CARDIOVASCULAR, CHILDREN'S HEALTH, DERMATOLOGY, DIGESTIVE AND LIVER DISEASES, EMERGENCY MEDICINE, INFECTIOUS DISEASE, INTERNAL MEDICINE, NEUROSCIENCE, OPHTHALMOLOGY, ORTHOPEDICS, OTOLARYNGOLOGY, PRIMARY CARE, PULMONARY, SURGERY TRANSPLANTS, UROLOGY, WEIGHT MANAGEMENT, AND WOMEN'S HEALTH. JUP TREATS APPROXIMATELY 1M PATIENTS ANNUALLY. IN ADDITION, JUP PERFORMS AND OVERSEES EXTENSIVE COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING FREE HEALTH SCREENINGS, EDUCATION, SUPPORT GROUPS AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AT HEALTH CLINICS TREATING THE POOR, THE HOMELESS, INDIVIDUALS WITH MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE PROBLEMS, AND OTHER MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS. MANY OF JUP'S PATIENT CARE, RESEARCH AND EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES ARE CONDUCTED THROUGH TJU'S CENTERS AND INSTITUTES, INCLUDING THE CARDEZA FOUNDATION FOR HEMATOLOGIC RESEARCH, THE VICKIE AND JACK FARBER INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE, THE JEFFERSON CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE, THE JANE AND LEONARD KORMAN RESPIRATORY INSTITUTE, THE MARCUS INSTITUTE OF INTEGRATIVE HEALTH, THE CENTER FOR TRANSLATIONAL MEDICINE, THE DANIEL BAUGH INSTITUTE FOR FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS/COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY, THE JEFFERSON VACCINE CENTER, THE NICOLETTI KIDNEY TRANSPLANT CENTER, AND THE SIDNEY KIMMEL CANCER CENTER. THE VICKIE AND JACK FARBER INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE SPECIALIZES IN TREATING AND RESEARCHING BRAIN AND SPINE DISORDERS THROUGH THE JEFFERSON HOSPITAL FOR NEUROSCIENCE, THE WEINBERG ALS CENTER AND THE JEFFERSON NEUROSCIENCE NETWORK. AS ONE OF 69 NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE-DESIGNATED U.S. CANCER CENTERS, THE SIDNEY KIMMEL CANCER CENTER PROVIDES PATIENTS THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS IN CANCER RESEARCH, TECHNOLOGY AND TREATMENT. THIS STATE-OF-THE-ART CANCER TREATMENT INCLUDES THE BRAIN TUMOR CENTER, THE BREAST CARE CENTER, THE NEU CENTER FOR SUPPORTIVE MEDICINE AND CANCER SURVIVORSHIP, AND THE SIDNEY KIMMEL CANCER NETWORK. BY DELIVERING COMPASSIONATE CARE AND TRANSFORMATIVE MEDICINE, JUP'S UNIFIED APPROACH TO DEVELOPING HEALTHCARE SOLUTIONS ENABLES IT TO BE RESPONSIVE TO THE CHANGING NEEDS OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC WITH THE GOAL OF IMPROVING LIVES.
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 October 1995.
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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