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Mainegeneral Health

EIN 32-0265031 · Augusta, ME

Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.

LegitimacyPassesRegistration and standingFinancial healthFair50 out of 100GovernanceStrong100 out of 100Impact evidenceDescribes programsHow well its results are evidenced

What it says it does

See Schedule O.

Income
$787.0 million
Spending
$769.6 million
Spent on programs
80%
Reserves
-2.1 months of spending
Largest source of income
fees for its services, 95%
Employees
0
Volunteers
225
Highest pay
$1.5 million, physician

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

Fair: 50 out of 100.

  • Reserves

    0 of 35

    Spendable reserves are negative: it owes or has committed more than it holds.

  • Debt

    5 of 20

    It owes 55% of what it owns.

  • Living within its means

    15 of 15

    Income exceeded spending by 2% of income.

  • Income trend

    15 of 15

    Income rose 6% on the year before.

  • Spending floor

    15 of 15

    80% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 3 cents.

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.

  • Independent board

    25 of 25

    20 of 26 voting board members are independent.

  • Conflict of interest policy

    15 of 15

    Has a written conflict of interest policy.

  • Whistleblower policy

    8 of 8

    Has a written whistleblower policy.

  • Record keeping policy

    7 of 7

    Has a written policy on keeping and destroying records.

  • Board minutes

    5 of 5

    Keeps minutes of board meetings.

  • Board sees the tax return

    10 of 10

    Gave the board a copy of this return before filing it.

  • Pay set independently

    5 of 5

    Sets its chief executive's pay through independent review and comparison.

  • Independent check of accounts

    15 of 15

    Its accounts were audited by an independent accountant.

  • No reported misuse

    10 of 10

    Reports 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)
  1. $567.7 million spent. MaineGeneral Medical Center is a non-profit acute care hospital with facilities in both Augusta and Waterville, Maine, that provides comprehensive healthcare services to the community, regardless of a patient's ability to pay. Both campuses provide emergency and outpatient lab and diagnostic services. The Augusta campus also provides critical care, a full range of inpatient and outpatient surgical services, substance abuse and mental health services, cancer care, maternal, newborn and child health services and inpatient diagnostic services. During the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025 MaineGeneral Medical Center provided care for 9,554 inpatients, 10,622 inpatient and outpatient surgeries, 1,387 births, 123,932 oncology procedures, 643,156 laboratory procedures, 164,297 diagnostic imaging procedures and 62,630 emergency procedures. MaineGeneral Medical Center also provides physician care services through hospital based physician practices throughout Kennebec County. These physician practices include primary care as well as a wide variety of specialty services. During fiscal year 2025 the MaineGeneral Physician practices provided 620,878 primary care Relative Value Units (RVUS), 334,606 medical specialty RVUS and 755,229 RVUS for various other specialty care RVUS.
  2. $31.0 million spent. MaineGeneral Community Care operates a homecare and hospice program throughout the Kennebec Valley and surrounding areas. During the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, MaineGeneral Community Care provided 27,844 days of homecare services and 35,970 days of hospice care. The company also provides several community support programs for mental health and substance abuse treatment. MaineGeneral Community Care provided 8,374 service hours of outpatient counseling, 4,380 days of service through the women's residential care programs; and 9,554 visits through the ACT program.
  3. $16.0 million spent. MaineGeneral Rehabilitation and Long Term Care provides long-term care, assisted living, respite and day care services to the community. Graybirch and Glenridge nursing facilities in Augusta, Maine provided 78,924 days of skilled and residential care services to residents requiring long-term care services during the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025. The Alzheimer's Care Center in Gardiner, Maine provides residential care, respite and day care services to residents with memory loss. The center provided 10,853 days of residential care services and 12,913 hours of service in the day care program during the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025. In addition, MaineGeneral Rehabilitation and Long Term Care provides assisted living services to residents living at the Inn at City Hall in Augusta, Maine.

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

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.

    Recognized by the IRS since August 2006.

    Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.

  6. 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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