Upmc
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
Points to look into
- 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
UPMC PINNACLE HOSPITALS MISSION AS A CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION IS DEDICATIED TO MAINTAINING AND IMPROVING THE HEALTH AND QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL PERSONS OF THE CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA AREA.
- Income
- $1.6 billion
- Spending
- $1.6 billion
- Spent on programs
- 86%
- Reserves
- -6 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- fees for its services, 95%
- Employees
- 6,773
- Volunteers
- 140
- Highest pay
- $1.3 million, president
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Weak: 45 out of 100. Higher than 24% 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 125% of what it owns.
Living within its means
15 of 15Income exceeded spending by 4% of income.
Income trend
15 of 15Income rose 11% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 1586% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 0 cents.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
Strong: 100 out of 100. Higher than 52% of charities in its peer group (health care, over $100m).
Independent board
25 of 258 of 11 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, 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)
- $1.3 billion spent. UPMC PINNACLE HOSPITALSUPMC PINNACLE HOSPITALS IS PART OF UPMC IN CENTRAL PA., A DIVISION OF UPMC. UPMC IS A WORLD-RENOWNED NONPROFIT HEALTH CARE PROVIDER AND INSURER WITH 100,000 EMPLOYEES INCLUDING MORE THAN 5,000 PHYSICIANS CARING FOR PATIENTS ACROSS MORE THAN 40 HOSPITALS AND 800 OUTPATIENT SITES IN PENNSYLVANIA, NEW YORK, AND MARYLAND, AS WELL AS OVERSEAS. UPMC INSURANCE SERVICES COVERS MORE THAN 4 MILLION MEMBERS.SEE SCHEDULE O UPMC IN CENTRAL PA. ENCOMPASSES SEVEN ACUTE CARE HOSPITALS WITH 1,226 LICENSED BEDS, AND ALSO OFFERS THE HELEN M. SIMPSON REHAB HOSPITAL, A 55-BED INPATIENT REHAB HOSPITAL JOINTLY OWNED WITH SELECT MEDICAL. UPMC IN CENTRAL PA. OFFERS ACCESS TO MORE THAN 200 OUTPATIENT LOCATIONS, INCLUDING PRIMARY AND SPECIALTY CARE, UPMC URGENT CARE CENTERS, AND UPMC HILLMAN CANCER CENTERS. UPMC HAS MORE THAN 13,000 EMPLOYEES, INCLUDING MORE THAN 3,100 PHYSICIANS AND ALLIED HEALTH PROFESSIONALS. DURING FISCAL YEAR 2024, (JULY 2023 - JUNE 2024), UPMC IN CENTRAL PA. ADMITTED MORE THAN 53,500 INPATIENTS, RECORDED 267,900 INPATIENT DAYS, 239,000 EMERGENCY ROOM VISITS, 1.5 MILLION OUTPATIENT VISITS, 56,000 SURGERIES, 5,600 BIRTHS/DELIVERIES, 77 TRANSPLANTS AND IT PARTICIPATED IN MORE THAN 400 CLINICAL TRIALS. UPMC IN CENTRAL PA.'S MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS PROVIDED CHARITY CARE AND OTHER UNCOMPENSATED CARE, INCLUDING MEDICAID AND MEDICARE SHORTFALLS, AT A COST OF ALMOST $406,000,000. THE COMMUNITIES SERVED BY UPMC IN CENTRAL PA.'S MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS ARE IN AN ECONOMICALLY DISTRESSED AND MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA. IN THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2024, UPMC IN CENTRAL PA.'S MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS PROVIDED COMMUNITY SERVICE PROGRAMS AND OTHER FUNDING AT A COST OF OVER $49,600,000 AND FUNDING FOR EDUCATION AND RESEARCH AT A COST OF APPROXIMATELY $30,200,000. UPMC PINNACLE HOSPITALS COMPRISES THREE ACUTE-CARE HOSPITAL FACILITIES IN THE GREATER HARRISBURG AREA: UPMC HARRISBURG, UPMC COMMUNITY OSTEOPATHIC, AND UPMC WEST SHORE, AND HAS MORE THAN 4,300 EMPLOYEES. UPMC PINNACLE HOSPITALS ARE THE LEADING PROVIDER OF INPATIENT AND OUTPATIENT HEALTH CARE IN THE GREATER HARRISBURG, PA. AREA, WITH A NETWORK OF CARE THAT ALSO ENCOMPASSES CLINICAL SPECIALTY OFFICES, PRIMARY CARE OFFICES, UPMC URGENT CARE CENTERS, AND UPMC HILLMAN CANCER CENTERS. UPMC PINNACLE HOSPITALS IS DEDICATED TO MAINTAINING AND IMPROVING THE HEALTH AND QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL PERSONS OF THE CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA AREA. DURING FISCAL YEAR 2024, (JULY 2023 - JUNE 2024), UPMC PINNACLE HOSPITALS ADMITTED MORE THAN 33,100 INPATIENTS, RECORDED 175,400 INPATIENT DAYS, 124,000 EMERGENCY ROOM VISITS, 923,200 OUTPATIENT VISITS, 30,500 SURGERIES, 3,000 BIRTHS/DELIVERIES, AND 77 TRANSPLANTS. UPMC PINNACLE HOSPITALS PROVIDED SERVICES TO THE COMMUNITY THROUGH CHARITABLE DONATIONS, SUBSIDIZED HEALTH AND COMMUNITY PROGRAMS, OUTREACH PROGRAMS, HEALTH SCREENINGS, EDUCATIONAL CLASSES, AND VOLUNTEER SERVICES. UPMC PINNACLE HOSPITALS PROVIDED CHARITY CARE AND OTHER UNCOMPENSATED CARE, INCLUDING MEDICAID AND MEDICARE SHORTFALLS, AT A COST IN EXCESS OF $270,000,000. THE COMMUNITIES SERVED BY UPMC PINNACLE HOSPITALS ARE IN AN ECONOMICALLY DISTRESSED AND MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA. IN THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2024, UPMC PINNACLE HOSPITALS PROVIDED COMMUNITY SERVICE PROGRAMS AND OTHER FUNDING AT A COST OF OVER $14,500,000 AND FUNDING FOR EDUCATION AND RESEARCH AT A COST OF APPROXIMATELY $30,100,000. UPMC PINNACLE HOSPITALS ACHIEVED A FIVE-STAR RATING FROM CMS, THE HIGHEST RATING POSSIBLE, RANKED AMONG THE BEST IN THE U.S. NEWS AND WORLD REPORT 2024-2025 BEST HOSPITALS LISTING, AND WERE NAMED AMONG AMERICA'S 250 BEST HOSPITALS BY HEALTHGRADES. UPMC PINNACLE HOSPITALS TREAT ALL PATIENTS WITHOUT REGARD TO THEIR ABILITY TO PAY. FOUNDED IN 1873, UPMC HARRISBURG, LOCATED IN DOWNTOWN HARRISBURG, PA., IS A FULL-SERVICE ACUTE CARE HOSPITAL WITH 422 BEDS. THE HOSPITAL SERVES AS THE HUB FOR THE UPMC CENTRAL PA. NETWORK, PROVIDING THE MOST ADVANCED CARE TO THE RESIDENTS THROUGHOUT SOUTHCENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. UPMC PINNACLE HARRISBURG FEATURES: -A STATE-OF-THE-ART LABOR AND DELIVERY AREA WITH A LEVEL III NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT. -WORLD-CLASS CARDIOLOGY CARE THROUGH UPMC HEART AND VASCULAR INSTITUTE. -THE REGION'S PREMIER KIDNEY TRANSPLANT CENTER. -ADVANCED PEDIATRIC CARE WITH UPMC CHILDREN'S HARRISBURG IN PARTNERSHIP WITH NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED UPMC CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH. -LEADING-EDGE CARE IN NEUROSCIENCES, WOMEN'S CARE, COMPREHENSIVE STROKE CARE, AND MORE. THIS CAMPUS IS ALSO HOME TO THE ALEX GRASS MEDICAL SCIENCES BUILDING, WHICH INCLUDES: BONE, JOINT, AND SPINE INSTITUTES LABORATORY SERVICES MATERNAL FETAL MEDICINE SELECT MEDICAL REHAB SERVICES UPMC HARRISBURG HAS ACHIEVED ITS FOURTH CONSECUTIVE MAGNET DESIGNATION FROM THE ANCC MAGNET RECOGNITION PROGRAM IN 2021. RECEIVING MAGNET RECOGNITION IS ONE OF THE HIGHEST ACHIEVEMENTS A HOSPITAL CAN OBTAIN IN PROFESSIONAL NURSING. IN 2024, UPMC HARRISBURG OPENED A UPMC HEART TRANSPLANT PROGRAM EVALUATION CLINIC FOR HEART TRANSPLANTS IN HARRISBURG, ESTABLISHED PEDIATRIC AIR TRANSPORT SERVICE AT UPMC HARRISBURG, AND OPENED 20 PEDIATRIC BEDS. IT WAS THE FIRST HOSPITAL WITHIN UPMC TO IMPLANT BOSTON SCIENTIFIC FARAPULSE TECHNOLOGY (PULSE FIELD ABLATION) FOLLOWING FDA APPROVAL FOR AFIB, AND ALONG WITH UPMC HEART AND VASCULAR INSTITUTE OF CENTRAL PA., IT WAS FIRST IN THE WORLD TO USE THE FDA-APPROVED EVOLUT FX+ TAVR SYSTEM FOR TREATMENT OF SYMPTOMATIC, SEVERE AORTIC STENOSIS. IN ADDITION, UPMC HARRISBURG'S PEDIATRIC SURGERY TEAM PERFORMED ITS FIRST THORASCOPIC PECTUS EXCAVATUM REPAIR (ALSO CALLED A NUSS PROCEDURE) TO TREAT PECTUS EXCAVATUM, A CHEST WALL DEFORMITY IN WHICH THE BREASTBONE AND RIB CAGE APPEAR TO BE VISIBLY SUNKEN, AFFECTING THE PERFORMANCE OF THE HEART AND LUNGS. UPMC HARRISBURG RANKED 20TH IN THE NATION, AND SECOND IN THE STATE, IN MONEY MAGAZINE'S ANNUAL LIST OF THE 75 TOP HOSPITALS FOR CARDIAC CARE IN THE U.S, RECEIVED THE ECMO SILVER CENTER OF EXCELLENCE AWARD, AND WAS RECOGNIZED AS GOLD PLUS FROM THE AM
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 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 November 6, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Worth knowing.
Not individually listed by the IRS as eligible, which is usual for local chapters covered by a parent organization's exemption. The master file records contributions to it as deductible.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, 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 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 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 November 4, 2026.
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