University Medical Center Management Corporaton
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
UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER WILL PROVIDE EXCEPTIONAL PATIENT-CENTERED CARE AND A WORLD-CLASS ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE THROUGH ADVANCED RESEARCH, LEADING TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION.
- Income
- $792.9 million
- Spending
- $864.5 million
- Spent on programs
- 84%
- Reserves
- -6.4 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- fees for its services, 99%
- Employees
- 3,435
- Volunteers
- 59
- Highest pay
- $3.7 million, board member
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: 34 out of 100. Higher than 6% of charities in its peer group (diseases, over $100m).
Reserves
0 of 35Spendable reserves are negative: it owes or has committed more than it holds.
Debt
0 of 20It owes 175% of what it owns.
Living within its means
4 of 15Spending exceeded income by 9% of income.
Income trend
15 of 15Income rose 4% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 1584% 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 33% of charities in its peer group (diseases, over $100m).
Independent board
25 of 2513 of 16 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 (4)
- $127.3 million spent. RESIDENT TEACHING & GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS: UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER NEW ORLEANS (UMCNO) IS THE STATE OF LOUISIANA'S LARGEST TEACHING HOSPITAL AND A MAJOR TRAINING SITE FOR BOTH LSU AND TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOLS OF MEDICINE, AS WELL AS LSU SCHOOLS OF DENTISTRY, NURSING AND ALLIED HEALTH. MORE THAN 400 RESIDENT AND FELLOW FTE POSITIONS ACTIVELY ROTATE AT UMCNO ON A MONTHLY BASIS, THROUGH ROUGHLY 55 DIFFERENT MEDICAL SPECIALTIES. UMCNO ALSO PARTNERS WITH MANY OTHER ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS SUCH AS DELGADO, XAVIER, DILLARD, NICHOLS STATE, SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY, AND CHAMBERLAIN UNIVERSITY TO TRAIN OVER 3,900 FUTURE HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS ANNUALLY.
- $572.8 million spent. PATIENT CARE: UMCNO PROVIDES CORE SAFETY NET SERVICES TO THE NEW ORLEANS REGION. THESE SERVICES INCLUDE THE OPERATION OF AN EMERGENCY ROOM, AN HIV OUTPATIENT CLINIC, ONCOLOGY SERVICES, MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, A 16 BED BURN UNIT AND A LEVEL I TRAUMA CENTER. IN 2024, UMC CONTINUED ITS BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES WITH AN OUTPATIENT CLINIC LOCATION TO PROVIDE SERVICES SUCH AS ADDICTION PSYCH AND INTENSIVE OUTPATIENT THERAPY FOR GENERAL BEHAVIORAL AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE. UMC ALSO PROVIDED A BARIATRIC PROGRAM THAT OPERATED A WEIGHT MANAGEMENT CLINIC, PROVIDED SLEEP DISORDER SERVICES, AND PROVIDED OUTPATIENT DIALYSIS SERVICES TO THOSE PATIENTS WHO HAVE BEEN INVOLUNTARILY DISCHARGED FROM OUTPATIENT ESRD FACILITIES. UMCNO PROVIDES A WIDE RANGE OF MEDICAL SERVICES COVERING OVER 80 SPECIALTIES AND AMBULATORY (CONT'D ON SCH. O) CARE IN APPROXIMATELY 70 SPECIALTY CLINICS AND PROVIDES FREE AND REDUCED COST HEALTH CARE TO MEDICALLY INDIGENT AND UNINSURED PATIENTS, INCLUDING MEDICALLY COMPLEX AND OTHERWISE HIGH-RISK MEDICAID PATIENTS. IT ALSO PROVIDES MEDICALLY NECESSARY HEALTH CARE TO THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS POPULATION. THE HOSPITAL HAS 446 LICENSED BEDS AND TREATED 15,840 INPATIENTS AND 421,484 OUTPATIENTS.
- $26.8 million spent. COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES AND COMMUNITY BENEFIT OPERATIONS PROVIDE FREE HEALTH EDUCATION PROGRAMS AND SCREENINGS TO THE COMMUNITY. THESE PROGRAMS ARE DESIGNED TO FOCUS ON SOME OF THE MOST PREVALENT DISEASES IN THE NEW ORLEANS COMMUNITY, SUCH AS DIABETES, HEART DISEASE AND CANCER. THESE PROGRAMS ADDRESS PREVENTION, EARLY DETECTION, TREATMENT AND MAINTAINING HEALTHY LIFESTYLES. IN 2024, UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER PARTICIPATED IN AND OFFERED NUMEROUS OUTREACH ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING FREE BREAST HEALTH LECTURES, FREE ONCOLOGY LECTURES, A FREE SKIN CANCER SCREENING, AND A FREE VASCULAR DISEASE SCREENING. THROUGH THE LEVEL 1 TRAUMA CENTER'S INJURY PREVENTION PROGRAM, UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER PROVIDED EDUCATIONAL AND PREVENTION PROGRAMS INCLUDING SUDDEN IMPACT, WHICH EDUCATES HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS ON THE (CONT'D ON SCH. O) CONSEQUENCES OF DISTRACTED AND IMPAIRED DRIVING; STOP THE BLEED, WHICH PROVIDES HEMORRHAGE CONTROL TRAINING TO LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL, ORGANIZATIONS, AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS; AND CHILD SAFETY SEAT CHECKS AND CAR SEAT DISTRIBUTION EVENTS. ADDITIONALLY, UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER IS PARTNERED WITH WALGREENS AND AVITA DRUGS TO DISPENSE MEDICATIONS UNDER THE 340(B) PRICING PROGRAM TO ENSURE PATIENTS HAVE ACCESS TO NECESSARY PHARMACEUTICALS THAT MAY OTHERWISE NOT BE AVAILABLE TO THEM.
- $554,152 spent. UMC DONATED IN 2024 $410,400 TO LCMC NEW ORLEANS CLINICAL SERVICES WITH THE INTENTION OF PROVIDING WORKING CAPITAL TO ALLOW FOR THEIR HEALTHCARE ACTIVITIES. THIS DONATION SUPPORTS UMC'S TAX-EXEMPT PURPOSE AND COMMUNITY BENEFITS OBLIGATIONS AND IS PRESENTED AS COMMUNITY SUPPORT IN THE STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS.ALSO IN 2024, UMC DONATED $142,134 TO LCMC HEALTH CLINICAL SERVICES D/B/A NOLA PHYSICIANS GROUP (NOLA PG) WITH THE INTENTION OF PROVIDING WORKING CAPITAL TO NOLA PG TO ALLOW FOR THEIR HEALTHCARE ACTIVITIES, SPECIFICALLY TO PROVIDE NEEDED SERVICES TO THE UNDERSERVED AREA OF NEW ORLEANS EAST. THIS DONATION SUPPORTS UMC'S TAX-EXEMPT PURPOSE AND COMMUNITY BENEFITS OBLIGATIONS AND IS PRESENTED AS COMMUNITY SUPPORT IN THE STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS.
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 September 7, 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 September 30, 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 September 10, 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 September 7, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since January 2006.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 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 7, 2026.
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