Presbyterian Medical Center of the University of Pennsylvania Health
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
PROVISION OF CHARITABLE HEALTHCARE SERVICES.
- Income
- $1.4 billion
- Spending
- $1.4 billion
- Spent on programs
- 92%
- Reserves
- 0.7 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- fees for its services, 98%
- Employees
- 4,365
- Volunteers
- 76
- Highest pay
- $3.3 million, ex-officio member
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
Fair: 62 out of 100. Higher than 49% of charities in its peer group (health care, over $100m).
Reserves
4 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 0.7 months of spending.
Debt
16 of 20It owes 21% of what it owns.
Living within its means
12 of 15Income exceeded spending by 1% of income.
Income trend
15 of 15Income rose 6% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 1592% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 3 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 53% of charities in its peer group (health care, over $100m).
Independent board
25 of 256 of 8 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 (1)
- $1.3 billion spent. DETAIL OF PROGRAM SERVICE ACCOMPLISHMENTS PRESBYTERIAN MEDICAL CENTER (PPMC OR PENN PRESBYTERIAN) IS A 364-BED ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER, WHICH IS PART OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA HEALTH SYSTEM (UPHS). PPMC'S SPECIALTIES INCLUDE ANESTHESIA, DERMATOLOGY, EMERGENCY MEDICINE, MEDICAL IMAGING, MEDICINE, NEUROLOGY, GYNECOLOGY, OPHTHALMOLOGY, SURGERY, ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY AND CARDIOLOGY. IN KEEPING WITH ITS CHARITABLE PURPOSE, UPHS ACCEPTS PATIENTS IN SERIOUS NEED OF MEDICAL CARE REGARDLESS OF THEIR FINANCIAL STATUS. UPHS MAINTAINS RECORDS TO IDENTIFY AND MONITOR LEVELS OF CHARITY CARE PROVIDED, INCLUDING THE AMOUNT OF PAYMENT FORGONE, BASED ON ESTABLISHED RATES, FOR SERVICES AND SUPPLIES FURNISHED UNDER ITS CHARITY CARE POLICY. UPHS ALSO PROVIDES CARE TO PATIENTS WHO DO NOT HAVE HEALTH INSURANCE OR MEET THE CRITERIA TO QUALIFY FOR ITS CHARITY CARE POLICY, AND CERTAIN AMOUNTS CHARGED FOR SUCH SERVICES ARE DEEMED TO BE UNCOLLECTIBLE. IN FISCAL YEAR 2025, PENN MEDICINE PROVIDED $425.8 MILLION IN CHARITY AND UNDERFUNDED CARE FOR FAMILIES ON MEDICAID. ADDITIONALLY, FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025, PENN PRESBYTERIAN ADMITTED 17,256 ADULT PATIENTS AND 48,753 EMERGENCY ROOM VISITS. I. COMMUNITY OUTREACH COMMUNITY OUTREACH IS AT THE CORE OF THE WORK DONE AT PPMC. PPMC IS COMMITTED TO ITS SURROUNDING COMMUNITY AND SEEKS TO MAKE AN IMPACT THROUGH COMMUNITY EDUCATION AND INTERVENTION IN A NUMBER OF AREAS. PENN TRAUMA, PENN PRESBYTERIAN OUTREACH COUNCIL, AND STROKE EDUCATION TEAM ROUTINELY WORK CLOSELY WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS FOR HEALTH EDUCATION AND IMPROVEMENT. PENN TRAUMA: PENN TRAUMA IS COMMITTED TO THE COMMUNITY IMMEDIATELY SURROUNDING PENN PRESBYTERIAN. REPRESENTATIVES FROM PENN TRAUMA SEEK TO DECREASE TRAUMA THROUGH COMMUNITY EDUCATION AND INTERVENTION. THE FOLLOWING COMMUNITY BENEFIT ACTIVITIES WERE LOGGED FOR FY25: 63 STOP THE BLEED TRAININGS WERE HELD IN THE SURROUNDING AREA WITH THE VAST MAJORITY OF TRAININGS HELD IN THE IMMEDIATE SERVICE AREA OF WEST AND SOUTHWEST PHILADELPHIA. 507 RESIDENTS WERE TRAINED AT THESE EVENTS HOSTED IN COLLABORATION WITH COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS. FURTHER PARTICIPATION IN COMMUNITY EVENTS FOR FY25 INCLUDE HOPEPHL'S LANCASTER AVE JAZZ FEST & HEALTH FAIR DAY, STOP THE BLEED FILMING, ROUNDTABLES ON VIOLENCE PREVENTION, WORK WITH PENNSYLVANIA TRAUMA SYSTEMS FOUNDATION, AND PENN NURSING COMMUNITY DAY AT MALCOLM X PARK (FALLS PREVENTION). IN ADDITION, PENN TRAUMA HONORED WEAR ORANGE FOR GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION ON JUNE 7, 2025, BY BRINGING AWARENESS ON GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION AND REMEMBRANCE FOR THE LIVES LOST AND FOREVER CHANGED BY GUN VIOLENCE BY HOSTING A COMMUNITY CLEAN UP IN WEST PHILADELPHIA. ADDITIONALLY, PENN TRAUMA REMAINED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE FOLLOWING COMMUNITY ACTION GROUPS THROUGHOUT FY25: PENNSYLVANIA TRAUMA SYSTEMS FOUNDATION AND PENNSYLVANIA DIVISION OF AMERICAN TRAUMA SOCIETY, BOTH OF WHICH ARE COMMITTEES COMPRISED OF INJURY PREVENTION COORDINATORS FROM TRAUMA CENTERS ACROSS PENNSYLVANIA. PHILADELPHIA HOSPITAL-BASED INTERVENTION PROGRAM COLLABORATIVE, A COLLABORATION OF PHILADELPHIA AREA HOSPITAL-BASED INTERVENTION PROGRAM WHOSE MISSION IS TO IMPROVE OUTCOMES AND SUPPORT ALL HOSPITALS' PROGRAMS SAFE FIREARM STORAGE COLLABORATION WITH CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA (CHOP): THIS COLLABORATION REFERS TO THE SAFE FIREARM STORAGE PROGRAM WHERE REFERRALS FOR PARENTS OF CHILDREN WHO ARE SEEN BY A CHOP PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIAN ARE MADE IN ORDER TO RECEIVE A SAFE, AND SAFE FIREARM HANDLING AND STORAGE MATERIAL. ALSO, GUN SAFES ARE DISTRIBUTED AT NO COST THROUGH CHOP'S SAFETY STORE. THE PENN TRAUMA TEAM ALSO SUPPORTS OTHER CENTERS IN ESTABLISHING HOSPITAL-BASED INTERVENTION PROGRAMS. FOR FY25, THE TEAM CONSULTED WITH LEADERSHIP AT READING HOSPITAL. ALSO, THE TEAM MAINTAINED THE VIRTUAL TAI CHI FOR FALL PREVENTION PROGRAM. THIS PROGRAM WAS DESIGNED WITH THE STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES OF OUR COMMUNITY IN MIND. FINALLY, PENN TRAUMA VIOLENCE RECOVERY PROGRAM, WHICH STARTED IN 2021, AS THE HOSPITAL-BASED VIOLENCE INTERVENTION PROGRAM (HVIP), WAS CREATED TO PROVIDE INJURED INDIVIDUALS WITH THE SUPPORT THEY NEED TO THRIVE AFTER A VIOLENT INJURY THROUGH PSYCHOSOCIAL SUPPORT AND CONNECTION TO WRAPAROUND SERVICES IN THE COMMUNITY. THE GOAL IS TO IMPROVE WELL-BEING, REDUCE REINJURY, AND SAVE COSTS. THE VIOLENCE RECOVERY SPECIALISTS (VRS) ON OUR TEAM REACH PATIENTS EARLY IN THEIR RECOVERY AND EXTEND SUPPORT PAST THEIR ACUTE HOSPITALIZATION, BRIDGING THE GAP FROM INJURY TO HOLISTIC HEALING AND BY ADDRESSING STRUCTURAL AND SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH INCLUDING EMPLOYMENT, EDUCATION, AND SOCIAL SUPPORT. OUR TEAM IS CURRENTLY COMPRISED OF FOUR VRSS AND 4 PART-TIME PSYCHOLOGISTS FROM PENN'S CENTER FOR THE TREATMENT OF ANXIETY TO PROVIDE NO-COST THERAPY SERVICES TO PATIENTS OF THE PROGRAM. WE ALSO ARE MAINTAINING A CLOTHING CLOSET TO ALL STAFF HOSPITAL WIDE TO GET INVOLVED BY DONATING NEW AND GENTLY USED CLOTHING ITEMS TO PATIENTS IN OUR PROGRAM. TO DATE, WE PROVIDED BEDSIDE SUPPORT TO 906 PATIENTS AND ENROLLED 280 PATIENTS IN THE PROGRAM. MORE THAN 472 REFERRALS WERE MADE TO SERVICES AND RESOURCES INCLUDING OTHER HOSPITAL-BASED VIOLENCE INTERVENTION PROGRAMS (HEALING HURT PEOPLE, LINCOLN CENTER, CHESTER COMMUNITY COALITION, DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE CARES, THE OFFICE OF THE VICTIM ADVOCATE, THE ANTI-VIOLENCE PARTNERSHIP OF PHILADELPHIA, THE CENTER FOR FAMILIES AND RELATIONSHIPS' TOGETHER THROUGH TRAUMA PROGRAM, AND THE PENN MEDICINE SOCIAL NEEDS RESPONSE TEAM. FINALLY, MORE THAN 569 THERAPY SESSIONS WERE CONDUCTED WITHIN THE PROGRAM. PENN PRESBYTERIAN OUTREACH COUNCIL: COMPRISED OF REPRESENTATIVES FROM EVERY HOSPITAL UNIT, THE COUNCIL STRATEGIZES OUTREACH IN THE IMMEDIATE SERVICE AREA AIMING FOR THE BEST AND HEALTHIEST OUTCOMES. THE COUNCIL PARTICIPATED IN THE FOLLOWING EVENTS AND PROJECTS IN FY25: JULY 2024: LANCASTER AVE JAZZ AND ARTS FESTIVAL, TABLED AT THE EVENT OFFERING INFORMATION AND RESOURCES ON STROKE PREVENTION, BLOOD PRESSURE, CPR TRAINING, AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER A
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 June 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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