Ephraim Mcdowell Health Resources
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
TO PROVIDE HIGH QUALITY, COST EFFECTIVE, INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE TO THOSE 124,000 INDIVIDUALS RESIDING WITHIN ITS SERVICE AREA.
- Income
- $10.2 million
- Spending
- $12.0 million
- Spent on programs
- 85%
- Reserves
- -29.6 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- other income, 56%
- Employees
- 446
- Volunteers
- 0
- Highest pay
- $1.2 million, physician
Source: Form 990 for the year ending September 30, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Weak: 30 out of 100. Higher than 5% of charities in its peer group (health care, $10m to $100m).
Reserves
0 of 35Spendable reserves are negative: it owes or has committed more than it holds.
Debt
0 of 20It owes 1078% of what it owns.
Living within its means
0 of 15Spending exceeded income by 17% of income.
Income trend
15 of 15Income rose 41% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 1585% of spending went to programs.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending September 30, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
Strong: 95 out of 100. Higher than 39% of charities in its peer group (health care, $10m to $100m).
Independent board
25 of 2517 of 19 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
0 of 5Reports no independent review process for its chief executive's pay.
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 September 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)
- $10.1 million spent. EPHRAIM MCDOWELL HEALTH RESOURCE (EMHR) IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ATTRACTING PHYSICIANS AND OTHER MEDICAL PROVIDERS FOR SERVICE DELIVERY TO APPROXIMATELY 124,000 INDIVIDUALS IN BOYLE, CASEY, LINCOLN, GARRARD, MERCER, RUSSELL, AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES - THE PRIMARY SERVICE AREA OF EPHRAIM MCDOWELL HEALTH (EMH). CLINICAL SERVICES ARE AS APPROPRIATE, AVAILABLE ON A REDUCED FEE OR SLIDING SCALE BASIS. SEE SCHEDULE O FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. ELEVEN FAMILY MEDICAL AND IMMEDIATE CARE CENTERS OFFER CLINIC SERVICES IN BOYLE AND EACH OF THE OTHER FIVE SURROUNDING COUNTIES IN THE EMH SERVICE AREA, IN FY 2024 TOTALING OVER 240,000 VISITS. THESE FACILITIES PROVIDE PHYSICAL EXAMINATIONS, WELL-CHILD CHECKUPS, AND TREATMENT OF ACUTE ILLNESSES AS WELL AS LABORATORY AND X-RAY SERVICES ON-SITE, INCLUDING EKG. THE IMMEDIATE CARE CENTERS PROVIDE MORE URGENT AMBULATORY CARE THAN THE STANDARD CLINIC SERVICES, IN FACILITIES DEDICATED TO THE DELIVERY OF MEDICAL CARE OUTSIDE OF A HOSPITAL EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT, AND PROVIDE THESE SERVICES ON AN UNSCHEDULED, WALK-IN BASIS, OVER EXTENDED HOURS AND ON THE WEEKENDS WHEN PRIMARY CARE SERVICES ARE NOT AVAILABLE AND EMERGENCY CARE SERVICES ARE NOT NECESSARY. ALONG WITH OUR VAST PRIMARY CARE SERVICE LINE, WE ALSO OFFER SEVERAL SPECIALTY CLINICS: CARDIOLOGY, VASCULAR, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, ENT, INFECTIOUS DISEASE, GENERAL SURGERY, GASTROENTEROLOGY, OBGYN/WOMEN'S HEALTH, SLEEP MEDICINE, UROLOGY, OPHTHALMOLOGY, AND PULMONOLOGY SERVICES ARE OFFERED IN COORDINATION WITH RESOURCES PROVIDED BY EMRMC. IN FY 2024, EPHRAIM MCDOWELL HEALTH RESOURCES SPECIALTY SERVICES PROVIDED CARE FOR OVER 110,000 VISITS. -EMH CARDIOLOGY TREATS PATIENTS WITH CAROTID DISEASE, AORTIC ANEURYSMS, LOWER EXTREMITY VASCULAR DISEASE, HEMODIALYSIS COMPLICATIONS AND VENOUS DISEASE. EPHRAIM MCDOWELL NOW OPERATES TWO FULLY SERVICEABLE CATH LAB SUITES. THE CATH LAB USES EQUIPMENT THAT PROVIDES THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGING TECHNOLOGY ALONG WITH X-RAY TECHNOLOGY TO OFFER EXCEPTIONAL IMAGE CLARITY FOR DIAGNOSING AND TREATING CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE. -EMH VASCULAR SERVICE PROGRAM OFFERS A FULL RANGE OF SERVICES FOR DIAGNOSING AND TREATING DISEASES OF THE HEART AND CIRCULATORY SYSTEM AS WELL AS THE BODY'S ENTIRE VASCULAR SYSTEM WITH ALL SERVICES PROVIDED BY A BOARD-CERTIFIED INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGIST. -EMH BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICE LINE PROVIDES PSYCHIATRY, ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY, GERIATRIC PSYCHIATRY, NEUROPSYCHIATRY TO ALL AGE GROUPS. -EMH GENERAL SURGERY SERVICE PROGRAM OFFERS A BROAD RANGE OF PROCEDURES INCLUDING EGD, AND COLONOSCOPY; STEREOTACTIC BREAST BIOPSY AND SURGERY; LAPAROSCOPIC ABDOMINAL SURGERIES INCLUDING GALLBLADDER AND APPENDIX; HERNIA REPAIRS, INTESTINAL SURGERIES AND BARIATRIC SURGERY. -EMH ENT SERVICE IS A FULL SERVICE LINE OF EAR NOSE AND THROAT CASE FEATURING SURGICAL INTERVENTION WHEN NECESSARY. -EMH SLEEP MEDICINE IS A FULL RANGE OF SERVICES FOCUSED AND THE DIAGNOSIS AND REMEDY OF SLEEP AILMENTS. -EMH SLEEP CENTER DIAGNOSE AND TREAT SLEEP-RELATED PROBLEMS IN CHILDREN (AGE 4 AND OVER) AND ADULTS, INCLUDING CIRCADIAN RHYTHM DISORDERS, INSOMNIA, NARCOLEPSY, RESTLESS LEGS, SHIFT-WORK PROBLEMS AND SLEEP APNEA -EMH GASTROENTEROLOGY IS A COMPREHENSIVE GI SERVICE LINE WHICH PROVIDES DIAGNOSTIC AS WELL AS INTERVENTIONAL SERVICES. -EMH UROLOGY OFFERS A FULL RANGE OF SERVICES IN THE TREATMENT OF DISORDERS AND DISEASES OF THE GENITOURINARY SYSTEM. THEY TREAT SURGICAL AND MEDICAL DISORDERS OF THE KIDNEY, BLADDER, AND URETHRA IN BOTH MEN AND WOMEN, AS WELL AS THE PROSTATE AND GENITAL SYSTEM IN MEN. -EMH PULMONOLOGY OFFERS A COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH TO TREATING AND MANAGING LUNG CONDITIONS INCLUDING INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASES, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE (COPD), INFECTIOUS LUNG DISEASE, DRUG-RELATED PULMONARY DISORDERS, AND CARCINOMA OF THE LUNG. -EMH PODIATRY OFFERS A FULL RANGE OF PODIATRY AND WOUND HEALING SERVICES. FOCUSED ON LIMB PRESERVATION THE GROUP WORKS WITH A VARIETY OF COMPLICATED WOULD HEALING CASES. -EMH OPHTHALMOLOGY SERVICE IS A FULL SERVICE LINE OF EYE AND VISION SERVICES FEATURING SURGICAL INTERVENTION WHEN NECESSARY. -EMH OPTICAL SERVICE PROVIDES GLASSES AND CONTACTS BASED ON REFRACTIVE PRESCRIPTIONS. EACH OF THESE SPECIALTIES PROVIDE CARE TO INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING ILLNESSES ALL CONSISTENT WITH OR POTENTIAL CO-MORBIDITIES TO CONDITIONS EFFECTING PATIENTS MEETING THE CRITERIA TARGETED BY OBJECTIVES 1 AND 2 IDENTIFIED IN THE COMMUNITY HEALTH ASSESSMENT. FINALLY, EPHRAIM MCDOWELL HEALTH, THROUGH EMH OFFERS WELLNESS LIVING RESOURCES THROUGH EPHRAIM MCDOWELL WELLNESS CENTER (EMWC) AND MCDOWELL PLACE OF DANVILLE. EMWC, A COMMUNITY WELLNESS CENTER, PROVIDES FITNESS EQUIPMENT, AQUATICS, A FULL SPECTRUM OF FITNESS AND CONDITIONING CLASSES, AND CHILDCARE SERVICES TO OVER 3,800 MEMBERS FROM SCHOOL-AGED CHILDREN TO SENIOR CITIZENS. THE ASSISTED LIVING CENTER, MCDOWELL PLACE OFFERS ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES TO APPROXIMATELY 66 ASSISTED LIVING RESIDENTS AND MEMBERSHIP TO EMWC LOCATED NEXT DOOR.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending September 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 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 September 2025.
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 April 1999.
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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