Deaconess Hospital Inc
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
SEE SCHEDULE O.
- Income
- $1.6 billion
- Spending
- $1.5 billion
- Spent on programs
- 87%
- Reserves
- 14.1 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- fees for its services, 80%
- Employees
- 6,587
- Volunteers
- 141
- Highest pay
- $2.4 million, president / ceo of deacone
Source: Form 990 for the year ending September 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Strong: 96 out of 100. Higher than 92% of charities in its peer group (health care, over $100m).
Reserves
35 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 14.1 months of spending.
Debt
16 of 20It owes 25% of what it owns.
Living within its means
15 of 15Income exceeded spending by 11% of income.
Income trend
15 of 15Income rose 12% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 1587% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 10 cents.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending September 30, 2025, 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 256 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 September 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 (4)
- $330.0 million spent. PROGRAM SERVICES ACCOMPLISHMENT 1: PATIENT SERVICE REVENUE. DEACONESS HOSPITAL IS A MAJOR REFERRAL CENTER FOR A 51 COUNTY TRI-STATE AREA IN SOUTHWESTERN INDIANA, WESTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEASTERN ILLINOIS. THE HOSPITAL AND ITS FACILITIES ARE LOCATED ON FOUR CAMPUSES WHICH INCLUDE THE MAIN 28-ACRE CAMPUS ON THE NEAR NORTH SIDE OF EVANSVILLE IN VANDERBURGH COUNTY; THE 63-ACRE GATEWAY CAMPUS LOCATED IN WARRICK COUNTY ON THE EASTERN BORDER OF VANDERBURGH COUNTY; AND TWO OTHER EASTSIDE EVANSVILLE LOCATIONS FOR PSYCHIATRIC BEHAVIORAL SERVICES AND REHABILITATION SERVICES. THE HOSPITAL OPERATES A MIDTOWN CAMPUS WITH A TOTAL OF 256 BEDS CONSISTING OF 50 INTENSIVE CARE BEDS, 22 STEPDOWN BEDS, 44 ORTHOPAEDIC/ NEUROLOGICAL BEDS, 82 MEDICAL/SURGICAL BEDS, 39 MEDICAL RENAL BEDS, AND 19 BEDS DEDICATED TO PATIENTS IN OBSERVATION. IN ADDITION, THE HOSPITAL PROVIDES A FULL-ARRAY OF COMPREHENSIVE OUTPATIENT AND AMBULATORY SERVICES ON ITS MIDTOWN CAMPUS AND OTHER SPECIFIC SERVICES AT MULTIPLE SITES WITHIN ITS PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SERVICE AREAS. THE HOSPITAL OPERATES THE 258 BED DEACONESS GATEWAY HOSPITAL WHICH WAS OPENED IN JANUARY 2006, ON THE GATEWAY CAMPUS CONSISTING OF 13 ADULT INTENSIVE CARE BEDS, 19 PEDIATRIC AND PEDIATRIC INTENSIVE CARE BEDS, 48 NEUROSURGICAL BEDS, 32 ORTHOPAEDIC BEDS, 16 NEURO INTENSIVE CARE BEDS, 32 SURGICAL ONCOLOGY BEDS, 34 GENERAL MED/TELEMETRY BEDS, 32 CARDIAC BEDS, AND 32 BEDS DEDICATED TO PATIENTS IN OBSERVATION. THE ORTHOPEDIC NEUROSCIENCE HOSPITAL OPENED ON THE GATEWAY CAMPUS IN MAY OF 2018. THE HOSPITAL OWNS AND OPERATES DEACONESS CROSS POINTE, A FREE-STANDING, 58 BED INPATIENT PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 7 MILES EAST OF THE MIDTOWN CAMPUS IN EVANSVILLE. THE HOSPITAL OWNS AND OPERATES DEACONESS HEART HOSPITAL, A FREE-STANDING, 24 BED UNIVERSAL ACUITY-ADAPTABLE HEART UNIT INPATIENT CARDIAC HOSPITAL LOCATED ON THE DEACONESS GATEWAY CAMPUS IN NEWBURGH. DEACONESS HEART HOSPITAL IS THE REGION'S ONLY ACUTE CARE HOSPITAL DEDICATED TO HEART AND VASCULAR CARE.
- $917.7 million spent. PROGRAM SERVICES ACCOMPLISHMENT 2: CHARITY CARE/ SUBSIDIZED CARE. DEACONESS HOSPITAL MAKES A DISTINCTION BETWEEN CHARITY CARE AND BAD DEBT. IN DETERMINING AN INDIVIDUAL OR FAMILY'S ABILITY TO PAY, DEACONESS HOSPITAL EVALUATES WHETHER OR NOT THE RESPONSIBLE PARTY HAS SUFFICIENT RESOURCES AVAILABLE FOR PAYMENT. IF AN INDIVIDUAL IS DETERMINED TO NOT HAVE SUFFICIENT RESOURCES TO PAY, THEY ARE CONSIDERED ELIGIBLE FOR CHARITY CARE AND WILL NOT BE PROCESSED THROUGH EITHER INTERNAL OR EXTERNAL COLLECTIONS. ACCOUNTS OF CHARITY CARE PATIENTS WHO ARE UNABLE TO PAY DO NOT RESULT IN BAD DEBT AND ARE NOT COLLECTED UPON. DEACONESS HOSPITAL PROVIDES CARE TO PERSONS COVERED BY GOVERNMENTAL PROGRAMS BELOW COST. RECOGNIZING ITS MISSION TO THE COMMUNITY, SERVICES ARE PROVIDED TO BOTH MEDICARE AND MEDICAID PATIENTS. TO THE EXTENT OF REIMBURSEMENT IS BELOW COST, DEACONESS HOSPITAL ABSORBS THESE COSTS IN MEETING ITS MISSION TO THE COMMUNITY. IN SUPPORT OF ITS MISSION, DEACONESS HOSPITAL PROVIDED $17.1 MILLION OF CHARITY CARE AND $70.5 MILLION OF SUBSIDIZED SERVICES TO THE MEDICAID PROGRAM, AND $121.5 MILLION OF SUBSIDIZED SERVICES TO THE MEDICARE PROGRAM.
- $13.7 million spent. GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION, MEDICAL EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY BENEFIT. SEE SCHEDULE O. PROGRAM SERVICES ACCOMPLISHMENT 3: GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION, MEDICAL EDUCATION & COMMUNITY BENEFITS. DEACONESS HOSPITAL PLAYS AN ACTIVE ROLE IN MEDICAL EDUCATION, OPERATING A THREE-YEAR FAMILY MEDICINE RESIDENCY PROGRAM AND A POST-GRADUATE PHARMACY RESIDENCY PROGRAM. DEACONESS HOSPITAL ALSO PROVIDES CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS FOR ATTENDING PHYSICIANS, OTHER HEALTH PROFESSIONALS, OTHER ALLIED HEALTH PROGRAMS, COMMUNITY HEALTH PROGRAMS AND A CHAPLAIN RESIDENCY PROGRAM. IN ADDITION TO EDUCATIONAL SERVICES, DEACONESS HOSPITAL PROVIDED $9.8 MILLION IN COMMUNITY BENEFIT ACTIVITIES (ALL ON A COST BASIS), SERVING A MINIMUM OF 1,381,291 PEOPLE WITHIN THE TRI-STATE AREA.
- $124,330 spent. ALL OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES
Source: Form 990 for the year ending September 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 November 6, 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 September 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 December 1938.
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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