Geisinger Clinic
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
Points to look into
- It reported loans to or from officers, directors or other insiders.
- It owes more than it owns.
These come from the organization's own tax return. There may be a good explanation; ask the charity.
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
- $1.9 billion
- Spending
- $2.4 billion
- Spent on programs
- 98%
- Reserves
- -1.8 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- fees for its services, 97%
- Employees
- 7,506
- 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: 30 out of 100. Higher than 3% of charities in its peer group (health care, over $100m).
Reserves
0 of 35Spendable reserves are negative: it owes or has committed more than it holds.
Debt
0 of 20It owes 103% of what it owns.
Living within its means
0 of 15Spending exceeded income by 23% of income.
Income trend
15 of 15Income rose 10% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 1598% 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: 90 out of 100. Higher than 27% of charities in its peer group (health care, over $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
0 of 10Reports at least one of: diversion of assets, excess benefits, 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 (3)
- $2.2 billion spent. I. GENERAL INFORMATION GEISINGER CLINIC (GC), A 501(C)(3) NOT FOR PROFIT CORPORATION, EMPLOYS 1,772 PHYSICIANS PRACTICING AT 143 SITES IN 55 COMMUNITIES OF NORTHEASTERN AND CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. GC PROVIDES THE MULTI-SPECIALTY PHYSICIAN GROUP PRACTICE FOR GEISINGER. THE SALARIED PHYSICIAN STAFF IS DEDICATED TO IMPROVING THE HEALTH OF THE PEOPLE OF PENNSYLVANIA THROUGH AN INTEGRATED SYSTEM OF HEALTH SERVICES BASED UPON A BALANCED PROGRAM OF PATIENT CARE, EDUCATION AND RESEARCH. SOME OF THE LOCATIONS IN WHICH GEISINGER CLINIC PRACTICES INCLUDE: BELLEFONTE MINERSVILLE BENTON MONTOURSVILLE BERWICK MOOSIC BLOOMSUBURG MOUNTAIN TOP BURNHAM MT CARMEL CARBONDALE MT POCONO CLARKS SUMMIT MUNCY COAL TOWNSHIP NANTICOKE DALLAS NICHOLSON DANVILLE ORWIGSBURG DICKSON CITY PHILIPSBURG DUNMORE PITTSTON ELYSBURG PORT MATILDA FORTY FORT POTTSVILLE FRACKVILLE REEDSVILLE HARRISBURG SCRANTON HAZLE TOWNSHIP SELINSGROVE HAZLETON SHAMOKIN DAM HUNTINGDON SOUTH ABINGTON TWP JERSEY SHORE STATE COLLEGE KINGSTON SUNBURY KULPMONT TAYLOR LEWSIBURG TUNKHANNOCK LEWISTOWN WAVERLY LOCK HAVEN WEST HAZELTON MAHANOY CITY WILKES-BARRE MIFFLINTOWN WILLIAMSPORT MILTON II. UNCOMPENSATED CARE GEISINGER CLINIC RECOGNIZES THAT ITS MISSION IS TO SERVE ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY WITH RESPECT TO THE PROVISION OF HEALTHCARE SERVICES AND HEALTHCARE EDUCATION. GC PROVIDES QUALITY MEDICAL HEALTHCARE REGARDLESS OF RACE, RELIGION, ETHNICITY, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, GENDER IDENTITY, HANDICAP, AGE OR ABILITY TO PAY. IN THIS REGARD, GC 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 GC PRACTICES. A. CHARITY CARE THE PRIMARY CONCERN OF GC IS THE DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE TO ALL THE CITIZENS IN NORTHEASTERN AND CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA, REGARDLESS OF THEIR ABILITY TO PAY. THE UNREIMBURSED COST OF CHARITY CARE REPRESENTS THE COST GC INCURS BY PROVIDING FREE OR DISCOUNTED SERVICES TO THOSE WHO CANNOT AFFORD TO PAY. FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2024, THE COST OF CHARITY CARE WAS $20,928,188. B. MEDICARE/MEDICAID/OTHER GOVERNMENTAL RECOGNIZING ITS MISSION TO THE COMMUNITY, SERVICES ARE PROVIDED TO THE ELDERLY (MEDICARE) AND THE POOR (MEDICAID). CLINIC PROVIDES CARE, BELOW COST, TO PERSONS COVERED BY THESE GOVERNMENTAL PROGRAMS. TO THE EXTENT REIMBURSEMENT IS BELOW THE COST OF PROVIDING HEALTHCARE, GC IS FURTHERING ITS MISSION TO THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY. THE UNREIMBURSED VALUE OF MEDICARE, MEDICAID AND OTHER GOVERNMENTAL PAYERS IS EQUAL TO THE COST OF PROVIDING SERVICES LESS THE AMOUNT OF REIMBURSEMENT RECEIVED UNDER THE PROGRAM. FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2024, THE UNREIMBURSED VALUE OF PROVIDING CARE TO THESE PATIENTS WAS $483,645,481. III. RESEARCH SUPPORT GEISINGER CLINIC SUPPORTS ITS CHARITABLE MISSION THROUGH MEDICAL RESEARCH ACTIVITIES AT TWO FACILITIES ON THE CAMPUS OF THE GEISINGER MEDICAL CENTER: THE SIEGFRIED AND JANET WEIS CENTER FOR RESEARCH (WCR) AND THE HENRY HOOD CENTER FOR HEALTH RESEARCH. THE WCR PROVIDES A FOCUS FOR LABORATORY RESEARCH AND RESEARCH TRAINING AND SUPPORTS THE CLINICAL STAFF IN THEIR RESEARCH PROGRAMS. THE PRIMARY MISSION OF THE WCR IS TO CONDUCT ORIGINAL AND INNOVATIVE RESEARCH THAT CONTRIBUTES NEW KNOWLEDGE TO BIOMEDICAL SCIENCE. SCIENTISTS APPLY MODERN MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR APPROACHES TO DIVERSE RESEARCH PROBLEMS IN THE AREAS OF CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION, CANCER AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY. THE HENRY HOOD CENTER FOR RESEARCH HOUSES TWO RESEARCH PROGRAMS: THE GEISINGER CENTER FOR HEALTH RESEARCH (GCHR) AND THE CENTER FOR CLINICAL STUDIES (CCS). GCHR CONDUCTS HEALTH SERVICES, EPIDEMIOLOGIC AND POPULATION GENETICS RESEARCH ON THE BROAD RANGE OF CONDITIONS TYPICALLY SEEN IN PRIMARY AND SPECIALTY CARE SETTINGS. THE MISSION OF THE CCS IS TO PLAN, CONDUCT, FOSTER AND SUPPORT INNOVATIVE CLINICAL RESEARCH TRIALS TO HELP ADVANCE DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF DISEASE AND IMPROVE PATIENT CARE. ALL THREE RESEARCH PROGRAMS INVESTIGATE EXTRAMURAL RESOURCES FOR FUNDING AND WORK COLLABORATIVELY ON BUILDING THE CAPABILITY FOR POPULATION-BASED GENETICS RESEARCH. TO THE EXTENT REVENUES AND GRANTS RECEIVED ARE BELOW THE COST OF RESEARCH OPERATIONS, GEISINGER CLINIC IS FURTHERING ITS MISSION TO THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY. THE RESEARCH UNREIMBURSED COST DURING THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2024, WAS $693,667. IV. COMMUNITY HEALTH, EDUCATION AND OUTREACH GEISINGER CLINIC STRIVES TO SERVE AS PARTNERS TO THE COMMUNITIES IN WHICH THEY ARE LOCATED. GC PROVIDES CARE TO THE COMMUNITY THROUGH MANY REDUCED-PRICE SERVICES AND FREE PROGRAMS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR BASED UPON ACTIVITIES AND SERVICES THAT GC BELIEVES WILL SERVE A BONAFIDE COMMUNITY HEALTH NEED. THESE SERVICES AND PROGRAMS INCLUDE SUPPORT GROUPS, HEALTH EDUCATION SERIES, WELLNESS FAIRS, HEALTH SCREENINGS, AND OTHER HEALTH RELATED PROGRAMS. THE COST OF THESE SERVICES TOTALED $2,210,992 IN THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2024. SOME OF THE SERVICES AND PROGRAMS PROVIDED INCLUDE: A. HEALTH EDUCATION EDUCATION MATERIALS/PUBLICATIONS HEALTH PROFESSIONS EDUCATION, NURSE PRECEPTORSHIP, ADVANCED PRACTICE AND PHARMACIST B. OTHER SERVICES AND PROGRAMS ASSISTANCE TO ENROLL IN PUBLIC MEDICAL PROGRAMS COMMUNITY SUPPORT ACTIVITIES FREE CLINICS HEALTH SCREENINGS V. CHARITABLE ALLOCATIONS GC CONTRIBUTED $1,310,457 TO ITS AFFILIATED CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS DURING THE YEAR ENDED 12/31/2024 FOR CERTAIN PURCHASED ASSETS: GEISINGER MEDICAL CENTER $ 742,500 GEISINGER WYOMING VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER 252,507 GEISINGER COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES 123,200 GEISINGER COMMONWEALTH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE 100,000 GEISINGER JERSEY SHORE HOSPITAL 92,250 TOTAL CHARITABLE ALLOCATIONS TO AFFILIATES $1,310,457 VI. COMMUNITY SERVICE SUMMARY** CHARITY CARE $ 20,928,188 MEDICARE/MEDICAID/OTHER GOVERNMENTAL 483,645,481 COMMUNITY HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND OUTREACH 2,210,992 CHARITABLE ALLOCATIONS TO AFFILIATES 1,310,457 RESEARCH UNREIMBURSED COST 693,667 TOTAL $508,788,785 **GEISINGER CLINIC IS THE SINGLE MEMBER OF GEISING
- $58.0 million spent. RESEARCH SCHEDULE O
- $1.8 million spent. EDUCATION SCHEDULE O
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 January 1982.
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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