Upmc
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
SUPPORT OF SUBSIDIARY TAX-EXEMPT HEALTHCARE, EDUCATION AND RESEARCH ORGANIZATIONS (SEE SCHEDULE O)
- Income
- $483.0 million
- Spending
- $328.9 million
- Spent on programs
- 100%
- Reserves
- 0.4 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- investment income, 73%
- Employees
- 0
- Volunteers
- 0
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: 36 out of 100. Higher than 11% of charities in its peer group (health care, over $100m).
Reserves
4 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 0.4 months of spending.
Debt
2 of 20It owes 98% of what it owns.
Living within its means
15 of 15Income exceeded spending by 32% of income.
Income trend
0 of 15Income fell 37% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 15100% of spending went to programs.
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 2518 of 24 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.
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 (3)
- $328.9 million spent. SEE SCHEDULE O
- UPMC EIN 25-1423657 FORM 990 FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2025 PART III - STATEMENT OF PROGRAM SERVICE ACCOMPLISHMENTS UPMC, a world-renowned health care provider and insurer, is inventing new models of patient-centered, cost-effective, accountable care. With a central mission of providing outstanding, accessible patient care, UPMC is shaping tomorrow's health care through clinical and technological innovation, research, and education. As the largest nongovernmental employer in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania - with 100,000 employees within its various controlled health care entities - UPMC encompasses more than 40 hospitals and 800 outpatient sites. By integrating its health care services with an insurance division focused on promoting the health of its members, UPMC is advancing the quality and efficiency of health care, and developing internationally renowned programs in transplantation, cancer, neurosurgery, women's health, psychiatry, geriatrics, orthopedics, and sports medicine, among others. These highly specialized services draw patients from across the nation and around the world. Closely affiliated with its academic partner, the University of Pittsburgh, UPMC's flagship hospital, UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside, is consistently ranked among the nation's best hospitals in many specialties by U.S. News & World Report. UPMC's Health Services Division encompasses a comprehensive array of clinical capabilities. This division includes academic, community, and regional hospitals; pre- and post-acute care capabilities; specialty service lines, such as transplantation services, women's health, behavioral health, pediatrics, cancer care, and rehabilitation services; contract services, such as emergency medicine, pharmacy, and laboratory; and more than 5,000 employed physicians with associated practices. UPMC's organ transplant center is one of the largest and busiest in the world, performing more than 20,000 transplants since 1981. UPMC Hillman Cancer Center is one of the largest integrated community cancer networks in the United States with nearly 80 centers in Pennsylvania, Ohio, New York, and Maryland, and more than 2,000 physicians, researchers, and staff. UPMC Hillman is also one of only 57 National Cancer Institute (NCI)-designated Comprehensive Cancer Centers in the United States. UPMC's expertise in academic-based and specialized medical care, including transplantation, oncology, and sports medicine, is key to the globalization efforts being undertaken through its International Division, which promotes the exchange of scientific knowledge worldwide, while generating revenue that is reinvested locally. In managing its global health enterprise, UPMC has taken a leadership role in good corporate governance practices publicly releasing quarterly financial results within 60 days of each quarter's close and creating one of the most stringent industry relationship policies to ensure that pharmaceutical and medical device companies do not negatively influence patient care. These business practices set the stage for decision making that is good for UPMC and the communities it serves. High-Quality, Patient-Focused Care By leveraging systemwide expertise, standardized analytics, and nationally benchmarked data, UPMC continues to advance the delivery of high quality, patient focused, evidence based care across its hospitals. The UPMC Quality department sets the enterprise quality strategy and leads system wide improvement to ensure consistent performance across UPMC facilities, accountability for quality performance improvement, and consistent safe care delivery. During fiscal year 2025, UPMC strengthened its system approach to quality by expanding enterprise reporting, scaling use of Vizient nationally benchmarked data, and establishing nine multidisciplinary Quality Oversight Improvement (QOI) teams focused on key outcome areas such as mortality, hospital acquired infections, patient safety indicators, readmissions, and clinical deterioration. These efforts improved visibility into hospital performance, enhanced alignment of goals across the system, and enabled faster, more focused improvement work, positioning UPMC for sustained quality and safety excellence.
- Investments in Technology and Facilities Underpinning UPMC's quality and patient safety efforts is a robust technology infrastructure. Over the past five years, UPMC has invested $4.74 billion in new facilities, equipment, and information technology to make care more convenient and accessible across the region, and its hospitals are among the most advanced users of electronic health records, as measured by HIMSS Analytics, a subsidiary of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS). UPMC has achieved its fourth consecutive HITRUST r2 certification, underscoring the strength, resilience, and security of its information technology infrastructure. With performance exceeding industry benchmarks, UPMC ranks among the top tier of certified organizations, reflecting a mature, best in class cybersecurity program and a sustained commitment to protecting patient and system data. In 2025, UPMC continued to make progress on an enterprise-wide initiative to unify our Electronic Health Record (EHR) to a single platform, with an aim of advancing clinical and operational excellence and patient experience. UPMC is also partnering with leading technology companies and innovative startups to develop and bring to the public the next generation of health care information technology. In keeping with its goal of ensuring access to high-quality health care, UPMC continues to invest in world-class facilities and clinical services - in 2025, UPMC spent $1.2 billion on capital improvements. Support for Research and Education In concert with its academic partner, the University of Pittsburgh, UPMC is translating biomedical research into innovative clinical care, while training the clinicians and researchers who will advance health care in the decades to come. UPMC's financial support for research and education - primarily at the University of Pittsburgh - was $ 652 million in fiscal year 2025. UPMC's ongoing support has aided the University in remaining among the top 10 recipients of National Institutes of Health (NIH) grants since 1998. This success keeps both organizations on the cutting edge of medical research, while bringing nearly $700 million of NIH funding to the region. The results of this research are widely shared with other scientists and researchers, leading to discoveries and improvements in health care practices that benefit the public. UPMC underwrites the training of more than 1,900 medical, pharmacy, dental, and podiatry residents, and medical clinical fellows. UPMC also operates eight schools of nursing, offers training for allied health professionals, and coordinates a wide array of continuing medical education programs to allow the region's medical community to build its collective expertise. Caring for the Community In fiscal year 2025, UPMC spent $819 million to provide uncompensated care to patients of limited financial means, including financial assistance and shortfalls from medical assistance and other means tested programs. UPMC's financial assistance program has been designed to be easily accessible and user-friendly to patients in need. UPMC operates pursuant to an expansive financial assistance policy that extends free or discounted health services to uninsured and underinsured individuals and families earning up to 400 percent of the federal poverty level - as much as $128,468 for a family of four in 2025. Additionally, in fiscal year 2025, UPMC spent over $1.1 billion to cover payment shortfalls for those enrolled in Medicare. UPMC annually provides or contributes to more than 3,000 community health improvement programs and subsidized services. Many of these programs target the unmet needs of vulnerable populations, addressing chronic health problems such as diabetes, heart disease, and cancer, as well as social issues such as opioid addiction, domestic violence, and transportation. The cost of these services, along with charitable activities and donations that benefit the community, amounted to $633 million in fiscal year 2025. UPMC's contributions go far beyond its traditional role as the region's largest provider of health care. A catalyst for economic improvement, UPMC is helping to develop a brighter future for the region; a future built on medicine, research, and technology. An in-depth report on UPMC's comprehensive community benefits is available on its website: UPMC.com.
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 January 1983.
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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