Mount Sinai Hospital Medical Center
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
AS A MEMBER OF SINAI HEALTH SYSTEM, MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER'S MISSION IS TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH OF THE INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITIES IT SERVES BY PROVIDING COMPREHENSIVE MEDICAL, SURGICAL, PEDIATRIC, PSYCHIATRIC, AND INTENSIVE CARE SERVICES. THE VISION IS TO BE A NATIONAL MODEL FOR THE DELIVERY OF URBAN HEALTHCARE.
- Income
- $481.3 million
- Spending
- $522.6 million
- Spent on programs
- 80%
- Reserves
- -3.2 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- fees for its services, 97%
- Employees
- 2,069
- Volunteers
- 145
- Highest pay
- $863,356, president & ceo
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
Weak: 34 out of 100. Higher than 8% 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 121% of what it owns.
Living within its means
4 of 15Spending exceeded income by 9% of income.
Income trend
15 of 15Income rose 12% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 1580% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 0 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. Higher than 52% of charities in its peer group (health care, over $100m).
Independent board
25 of 2522 of 23 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, 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 (5)
- $355.3 million spent. PATIENT CARE MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER (MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL OR MSH) IS A 319-LICENSED BED ACUTE CARE AND TEACHING HOSPITAL AFFILIATED WITH THE JEWISH FEDERATION OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO. MSH IS AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE SINAI HEALTH SYSTEM'S CORE MISSION TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH OF THE INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITIES IT SERVES. FOUNDED IN 1919, MSH PROVIDES A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF THE TOTAL MEDICAL SERVICES AVAILABLE TO WEST SIDE RESIDENTS. THESE SERVICES INCLUDE A FULL SPECTRUM OF CARE, INCLUDING MEDICAL, SURGICAL, PEDIATRIC, LEVEL III PERINATAL, INTENSIVE CARE, EMERGENCY, MATERNAL CHILD, AND PSYCHIATRIC SERVICES. THE HOSPITAL'S EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT IS ONE OF FOUR LEVEL I TRAUMA CENTERS IN CHICAGO. CHARITY CARE MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL PROVIDED $23,534,399 OF CHARITY CARE AT COST TO PATIENTS WHO WERE UNABLE TO PAY FOR SERVICES. SINCE SO MANY OF OUR PATIENTS ARE UNINSURED OR OTHERWISE UNABLE TO AFFORD CARE, CHARITY CARE IS A VITAL PART OF OUR MISSION TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH OF THE COMMUNITIES WE SERVE. COMMUNITY OUTREACH AS PART OF OUR MISSION TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH OF OUR COMMUNITIES, MSH HAS LAUNCHED SEVERAL INITIATIVES TO STUDY AND ADDRESS SPECIFIC HEALTH ISSUES. THE SINAI URBAN HEALTH INSTITUTE (SUHI) IS A NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED RESEARCH ORGANIZATION FUNDED AND OPERATED THROUGH MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL. SUHI HAS PUBLISHED GROUNDBREAKING RESEARCH ON RACIAL DISPARITIES, HIV, SMOKING RATES, ASTHMA, DIABETES, BREAST CANCER, AND OTHER HEALTH THREATS FACING LOW-INCOME MINORITY POPULATIONS. ACCREDITATIONS AND CERTIFICATIONS: - PALLIATIVE MEDICINE PROGRAM RECOGNIZED FOR OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT BY THE COLEMAN FOUNDATION - OUTPATIENT PSYCHIATRY PROGRAMS ACCREDITED BY CARF - NATIONAL EXCELLENCE IN HEALTHCARE 2014 AWARD WINNER FOR OVERALL QUALITY CARE FROM PROFESSIONAL RESEARCH CONSULTANTS - GET WITH THE GUIDELINES STROKE GOLD-PLUS QUALITY ACHIEVEMENT AWARD WINNER FROM THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION AND AMERICAN STROKE ASSOCIATION - ONCOLOGY PRACTICE INITIATIVE CERTIFICATION PROGRAM, AN AFFILIATED PROGRAM OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY - OB ULTRASOUND DEPARTMENT ACCREDITED BY THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ULTRASOUND MEDICINE - MAMMOGRAPHY ACCREDITED BY THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF RADIOLOGY - THE JOINT COMMISSION GOLD SEAL OF APPROVAL - EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT APPROVED FOR PEDIATRICS CERTIFICATION (EDAP) - AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS COMMISSION ON CANCER - ACCREDITED CHEST PAIN CENTER BY THE SOCIETY OF CHEST PAIN CENTERS PRIMARY STROKE CENTER AWARDS: - INNOVATION IN QUALITY AWARD (ILLINOIS HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION) - ILLINOIS HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION PLEDGE QUALITY ACHIEVEMENT AWARD - DEAF ILLINOIS AWARD FOR BEST HEALTH SERVICES IN 2007, 2009 AND 2011 - ORGAN AND TISSUE DONOR NETWORK'S GIFT OF HOPE SILVER MEDAL OF HONOR PAY FOR SERVICES. SINCE SO MANY OF OUR PATIENTS ARE UNINSURED OR OTHERWISE UNABLE TO AFFORD CARE, CHARITY CARE IS A VITAL PART OF OUR MISSION TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH OF THE COMMUNITIES WE SERVE. COMMUNITY OUTREACH AS PART OF OUR MISSION TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH OF OUR COMMUNITIES, MSH HAS LAUNCHED SEVERAL INITIATIVES TO STUDY AND ADDRESS SPECIFIC HEALTH ISSUES. THE SINAI URBAN HEALTH INSTITUTE (SUHI) IS A NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED RESEARCH ORGANIZATION FUNDED AND OPERATED THROUGH MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL. SUHI HAS PUBLISHED GROUNDBREAKING RESEARCH ON RACIAL DISPARITIES, HIV, SMOKING RATES, ASTHMA, DIABETES, BREAST CANCER, AND OTHER HEALTH THREATS FACING LOW-INCOME MINORITY POPULATIONS. ACCREDITATIONS AND CERTIFICATIONS: - PALLIATIVE MEDICINE PROGRAM RECOGNIZED FOR OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT BY THE COLEMAN FOUNDATION - OUTPATIENT PSYCHIATRY PROGRAMS ACCREDITED BY CARF - NATIONAL EXCELLENCE IN HEALTHCARE 2014 AWARD WINNER FOR OVERALL QUALITY CARE FROM PROFESSIONAL RESEARCH CONSULTANTS - GET WITH THE GUIDELINES STROKE GOLD-PLUS QUALITY ACHIEVEMENT AWARD WINNER FROM THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION AND AMERICAN STROKE ASSOCIATION - ONCOLOGY PRACTICE INITIATIVE CERTIFICATION PROGRAM, AN AFFILIATED PROGRAM OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY - OB ULTRASOUND DEPARTMENT ACCREDITED BY THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ULTRASOUND MEDICINE - MAMMOGRAPHY ACCREDITED BY THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF RADIOLOGY - THE JOINT COMMISSION GOLD SEAL OF APPROVAL - EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT APPROVED FOR PEDIATRICS CERTIFICATION (EDAP) - AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS COMMISSION ON CANCER - ACCREDITED CHEST PAIN CENTER BY THE SOCIETY OF CHEST PAIN CENTERS PRIMARY STROKE CENTER AWARDS: - INNOVATION IN QUALITY AWARD (ILLINOIS HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION) - ILLINOIS HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION PLEDGE QUALITY ACHIEVEMENT AWARD - DEAF ILLINOIS AWARD FOR BEST HEALTH SERVICES IN 2007, 2009 AND 2011 - ORGAN AND TISSUE DONOR NETWORK'S GIFT OF HOPE SILVER MEDAL OF HONOR
- $48.7 million spent. PATIENT SERVICE-THERAPY & DIAGNOSTICS WITH AN AGING POPULATION, REACHING AND PROVIDING HEALTH CARE TO OUR SENIORS ON A TIMELY BASIS HAS BECOME CRITICAL. SINAI HOME HEALTH THROUGH ITS TRAINED NURSES KEEPS IN CONTACT WITH SENIORS THROUGH PERIODIC HOME VISITS. SUCH VISITS PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO A GENERAL CHECKUP ON THEIR HEALTH, ENSURE THE PATIENTS ARE TAKING THE PRESCRIBED MEDICATION AND TO DISCUSS THEIR HEALTH CONCERNS. THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN WELL RECEIVED IN THE COMMUNITY. SINAI IS ALSO DEVELOPING A DEDICATED GERIATRIC SERVICE LINE IN ORDER TO PROVIDE SUPERIOR CONTINUITY OF CARE. FOR ONCOLOGY PATIENTS, THE SINAI HEALTH SYSTEM CANCER CARE CENTER WAS ESTABLISHED IN 2008. WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE COLEMAN FOUNDATION, AN INTEGRATED ONCOLOGY CENTER WAS CREATED THAT LINKS PHYSICIANS' OFFICES, A CHEMOTHERAPY CENTER AND AN INPATIENT UNIT ALL IN ONE AREA.
- $13.8 million spent. TEACHING & RESEARCH MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL PROVIDES UNDERGRADUATE TRAINING FOR MEDICAL STUDENTS IN SIX MAJOR SPECIALTIES - MEDICINE, SURGERY, OBSTETRICS/GYNECOLOGY, PEDIATRICS, PSYCHIATRY AND PHYSICAL MEDICINE AS WELL AS A NUMBER OF SUB-SPECIALTIES. THE HOUSE STAFF PROGRAM PROVIDES TRAINING FOR RESIDENTS AND FELLOWS IN MAJOR CLINICAL AREAS. IN 2008, RELATIONSHIPS WITH ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS WERE EXPANDED THAT ENRICH THE PATIENT CARE RESOURCES AVAILABLE THROUGH AFFILIATIONS WITH NORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER, RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER, THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS-CHICAGO AND ROSALIND FRANKLIN UNIVERSITY. RESEARCH PROGRAMS AT MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL ARE ONGOING IN SEVERAL FIELDS INCLUDING CANCER DETECTION AND TREATMENT, CHILD ABUSE, TRAUMA AND EMERGENCY MEDICINE, PEDIATRIC HIV/AIDS, UROLOGY, RHEUMATOLOGY, HEMATOLOGY AND NEONATOLOGY.
- ANESTHESIA AND OTHERS THE DEPARTMENT OF ANESTHESIA AT MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL IS AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE SURGICAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT. ANESTHESIA SERVICES ARE PROVIDED BY A GROUP OF HIGHLY TRAINED ANESTHESIOLOGISTS AND CERTIFIED REGISTERED NURSE ANESTHETISTS SPECIFICALLY TRAINED IN ANESTHESIOLOGY PROVIDING GENERAL ANESTHESIA, REGIONAL ANESTHESIA, SEDATION AND PAIN MANAGEMENT PROCEDURES. WE COVER CASES INCLUDING OPEN HEART, NEUROSURGERY, NEONATAL, THORACIC AND PEDIATRIC.
- (Expenses $ 0 including grants of $ 0)(Revenue $ 0) ANESTHESIA AND OTHERS THE DEPARTMENT OF ANESTHESIA AT MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL IS AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE SURGICAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT. ANESTHESIA SERVICES ARE PROVIDED BY A GROUP OF HIGHLY TRAINED ANESTHESIOLOGISTS AND CERTIFIED REGISTERED NURSE ANESTHETISTS SPECIFICALLY TRAINED IN ANESTHESIOLOGY PROVIDING GENERAL ANESTHESIA, REGIONAL ANESTHESIA, SEDATION AND PAIN MANAGEMENT PROCEDURES. WE COVER CASES INCLUDING OPEN HEART, NEUROSURGERY, NEONATAL, THORACIC AND PEDIATRIC.
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
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 June 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 1926.
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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