Community Medical Center
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
- $561.5 million
- Spending
- $509.7 million
- Spent on programs
- 94%
- Reserves
- 0.4 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- fees for its services, 99%
- Employees
- 2,642
- Volunteers
- 147
- 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
Fair: 54 out of 100. Higher than 38% of charities in its peer group (health care, over $100m).
Reserves
4 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 0.4 months of spending.
Debt
5 of 20It owes 51% of what it owns.
Living within its means
15 of 15Income exceeded spending by 9% of income.
Income trend
15 of 15Income rose 6% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 1594% 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 53% 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
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)
- $478.9 million spent. IN APRIL 2025, OUTPATIENT SERVICES IN GENERAL SURGERY, INFECTIOUS DISEASES, NEUROSURGERY, PLASTIC SURGERY, PRE-SURGICAL TESTING, PULMONARY MEDICINE, PULMONARY FUNCTION LAB, RHEUMATOLOGY, SLEEP MEDICINE, AND TRAUMA SURGERY MOVED OUT OF GCMC'S FIRST-FLOOR MULTI-SPECIALTY CLINIC TO GEISINGER'S FACILITY AT 3 W. OLIVE STREET IN SCRANTON. THAT SHIFT ENABLED WORK TO BEGIN ON EXPANDING THE HOSPITAL'S EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT, WHICH TARGETS AN ADDITION OF 26 EMERGENCY MEDICINE TREATMENT AREAS AT GCMC. WORK IS ALSO CURRENTLY UNDERWAY TO ADD 13 NEW POSTPARTUM BEDS TO THE MEDICAL CENTER AND AN ADDITIONAL ENDOSCOPY SUITE. AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS IN 2024 -GEISINGER HOSPITALS RATED ABOVE THE NATIONAL AVERAGE IN LEAPFROG HOSPITAL SAFETY GRADE GEISINGER HOSPITALS RECOGNIZED FOR MATERNAL HEALTHCARE -THREE GEISINGER HOSPITALS RECOGNIZED AS 'HIGH-PERFORMING' BY U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT -GEISINGER HOSPITALS AWARDED GOLD, PLATINUM STATUSES FOR PROMOTING A CULTURE OF HEALTH THROUGH FOOD -GEISINGER HOSPITALS RECEIVE MULTIPLE NATIONAL RECOGNITIONS FOR HEART CARE -GEISINGER COMMUNITY MEDICAL CENTER EARNS EXCELLENCE IN PATIENT SAFETY RECOGNITION III. PROGRAM SERVICE ACCOMPLISHMENTS UNCOMPENSATED CARE: GCMC RECOGNIZES THAT ITS MISSION IS TO SERVE ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY WITH RESPECT TO THE PROVISION OF HEALTHCARE SERVICES AND HEALTHCARE EDUCATION. GCMC PROVIDES QUALITY MEDICAL HEALTHCARE REGARDLESS OF RACE, RELIGION, ETHNICITY, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, GENDER IDENTITY, HANDICAP, AGE OR ABILITY TO PAY. IN THIS REGARD, GCMC 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 GCMC PRACTICES. A. CHARITY CARE THE PRIMARY CONCERN OF GCMC IS THE DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE TO ALL THE CITIZENS OF NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA, REGARDLESS OF THEIR ABILITY TO PAY. THE UNREIMBURSED COST OF CHARITY CARE REPRESENTS THE COST GCMC INCURS BY PROVIDING FREE OR DISCOUNTED SERVICES TO THOSE WHO CANNOT AFFORD TO PAY. THE COST TO GCMC OF PROVIDING THIS CHARITY CARE DURING THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2024 WAS $4,728,051. B. MEDICARE/MEDICAID/OTHER GOVERNMENTAL RECOGNIZING ITS MISSION TO THE COMMUNITY, SERVICES ARE PROVIDED TO THE ELDERLY (MEDICARE) AND THE POOR (MEDICAID). GCMC PROVIDES CARE BELOW COST TO PERSONS COVERED BY THESE GOVERNMENTAL PROGRAMS. TO THE EXTENT REIMBURSEMENT IS BELOW THE COST OF PROVIDING HEALTHCARE, GCMC IS FURTHERING ITS CHARITABLE MISSION. THE UNREIMBURSED VALUE OF MEDICARE, MEDICAID AND OTHER GOVERNMENTAL PAYERS IS EQUAL TO THE COST OF PROVIDING SERVICES LESS THE AMOUNT RECEIVED AS REIMBURSEMENT UNDER THE PROGRAM. FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2024, THE UNREIMBURSED COST OF PROVIDING CARE TO THESE PATIENTS WAS $69,240,621. RESIDENCY, FELLOWSHIP, AND ALLIED HEALTH PROGRAMS: GCMC HOSTS THE REGION'S ONLY PODIATRIC RESIDENCY PROGRAM AND IS AN ACCREDITED PROVIDER OF PODIATRIC MEDICINE AND SURGERY EDUCATION BY THE COUNCIL OF PODIATRIC MEDICAL EDUCATION. GCMC ALSO HAS AN AFFILIATION WITH THE WRIGHT CENTER FOR GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION. THE WRIGHT CENTER IS AN ACCREDITED PROVIDER OF INTERNAL MEDICINE AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE FELLOWSHIPS. IT IS ACCREDITED BY THE ACCREDITATION COUNCIL FOR GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION. THE UNCOMPENSATED COSTS FOR GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION TOTALED $3,868,625. COMMUNITY HEALTH EDUCATION AND OUTREACH: GCMC PROVIDES A VARIETY OF HEALTH EDUCATION AND OUTREACH PROGRAMS TO THE COMMUNITY. THE INTENT OF THESE PROGRAMS IS TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH OF THE COMMUNITY AND PROVIDE FOR COMMUNITY HEALTH NEEDS. GCMC'S COST OF THE STOP THE BLEED EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH DURING 2024 WAS $21,391. HEALTH CARE SUPPORT SERVICES: GCMC SUPPORTS THE HEALTHCARE OF THE COMMUNITY BY OFFERING SERVICES, SUCH AS SUPPLIES AND MEDICATION OR SEXUAL ASSAULT VICTIMS. GCMC ALSO ASSISTS DISCHARGED PATIENTS THAT DON'T HAVE AND CAN'T AFFORD TRANSPORTATION HOME BY HIRING A TAXI OR PROVIDING A WHEELCHAIR VAN TO THOSE INDIVIDUALS IN NEED. THE UNCOMPENSATED COST OF THESE HEALTH CARE SUPPORT SERVICES TOTALED $824,080 DURING THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2024. HEALTH PROFESSIONS EDUCATION: IN ADDITION TO SUPPORTING RESIDENCY AND FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMS, GCMC PROVIDED $3,986,405 IN SUPERVISION OF NURSING, PHARMACY AND ADVANCED PRACTITIONERS COMPLETING ROTATIONS AS PART OF THEIR STUDIES DURING THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2024. THIS SUPPORT IS PART OF GCMC'S CONNECTION WITH NUMEROUS AREA INSTITUTIONS, COLLEGES, AND UNIVERSITIES FOR EDUCATIONAL AND CLINICAL PROGRAMS. FINANCIAL DONATIONS FOR THE COMMUNITY: GCMC ALSO HAS A WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH THE CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER AND PROVIDES THIS ORGANIZATION WITH SPACE TO CONDUCT ITS CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR FREE. THIS CHARITABLE DONATION WAS VALUED AT $116,179. VOLUNTEER SERVICES: FROM YEAR TO YEAR, GCMC HAS APPROXIMATELY 100 ACTIVE ADULT AND JUNIOR VOLUNTEERS WHO VOLUNTEER THEIR TIME TO GCMC AND CAN BE FOUND ASSISTING THE STAFF IN A VARIETY OF CAPACITIES IN HOSPITAL DEPARTMENTS SUCH AS: GUEST SERVICES, MAIL ROOM, MEDICAL RECORDS, SURGICAL SERVICES, EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT, AND GIFT SHOP. VOLUNTEERS ALSO ASSIST AT SPECIAL HOSPITAL FUNCTIONS. DURING THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2024, GCMC VOLUNTEERS PROVIDED 6,688 HOURS OF SERVICE TO GCMC. IV. PLANNED FUTURE ACTIVITIES WORK IS UNDERWAY ON A STATE-OF-THE-ART CANCER CENTER IN DICKSON CITY, PENNSYLVANIA TO EXPAND CANCER TREATMENT SERVICES OFFERED IN LACKAWANNA COUNTY. PROJECTED TO OPEN IN LATE 2025, THE 55,000-SQUARE-FOOT FACILITY WILL PROVIDE 22 INFUSION BAYS, 3 MULTIDISCIPLINARY SPACES, A 17-ROOM HEMATOLOGY AND ONCOLOGY CLINIC, RADIATION ONCOLOGY, AND SUPPORT SERVICES. V. DISCONTINUED ACTIVITIES THERE WERE NO DISCONTINUED ACTIVITIES DURING THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2024. VI. COMMUNITY BENEFITS SUMMARY MEDICARE/MEDICAID/OTHER GOVERNMENTAL $69,240,621 RESIDENCY, FELLOWSHIP, & ALLIED HEALTH 3,868,625 CHARITY CARE 4,728,051 COMMUNITY HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND OUTREACH 4,948,055 VOLUNTEER SERVICES (VALUED AT 01/01/2024 221,508 PA STATEWI
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 March 1964.
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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