Swedishamerican Hospital
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
Through excellence in healthcare and compassionate service, we care for our community.
- Income
- $966.8 million
- Spending
- $897.7 million
- Spent on programs
- 84%
- Reserves
- 4.6 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- fees for its services, 97%
- Employees
- 4,751
- Volunteers
- 80
- Highest pay
- $2.3 million, trustee
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
Good: 75 out of 100. Higher than 64% of charities in its peer group (health care, over $100m).
Reserves
20 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 4.6 months of spending.
Debt
10 of 20It owes 37% of what it owns.
Living within its means
15 of 15Income exceeded spending by 7% of income.
Income trend
15 of 15Income rose 9% 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 June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
Strong: 95 out of 100. Higher than 36% of charities in its peer group (health care, over $100m).
Independent board
25 of 2510 of 15 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 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 (4)
- $611.0 million spent. UW Health SwedishAmerican Hospital (SAH) operates two full service acute care hospitals with a combined total of 387 licensed beds, serving the greater Rockford region, Northern Illinois and Southern Wisconsin. Our vision is to develop a fully integrated healthcare delivery network that will continuously set the standard for quality care and service, accept responsibility for building a healthier population, provide regional access, improve resource utilization through collaboration with key stakeholders and manage patient care and our resources in such a way that we create value for our patients and benefit for our community. During 2025, we cared for 18,737 inpatients and performed 2,163,368 outpatient procedures. This includes emergency room visits 85,423 and 2,763 deliveries. We sponsor the University of Illinois - College of Medicine Program and provided $2.5 million in education for primary care residents. Our employees and volunteers provided nearly 4,603 hours in unpaid community services. UW Health SwedishAmerican recognizes its responsibility to all the people of our community, regardless of their ability to pay for care.
- $53.0 million spent. UW Health SwedishAmerican Hospital employs primary care and specialty physicians who practice at 40 locations throughout our service area. We employ specialists in orthopedics, cardiology, cardiothoracic surgery, endocrinology, allergy, neurology, neurosurgery, pulmonology/critical care, hematology/oncology, obstetrics and gynecology, maternal fetal medicine, rheumatology, psychiatry, podiatry, otolaryngology, as well as internal medicine, family practice, immediate care and pediatric physicians. During 2025, our physician encounters were 506,820 and our out-patient ancillary encounters were 195,096.
- $87.2 million spent. UW Health SwedishAmerican Regional Cancer Center opened to the public in October 2013 and has been providing leading edge cancer care treatment for the Rock River Valley. The center is part of a collaborative with UW Health and its nationally recognized University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center. The two-story facility offers radiation therapy, medical oncology, chemotherapy and infusion services. Patients have access to clinical trials, state-of-the-art linear acceleratory treatments such as IGRT, IMRT, Rapid Arc, OBI and stereotactic services, and advanced medical imaging. The Regional Cancer Center is staffed by medical and radiation oncologists, physicists, dosimetrists, radiation therapists and nurses. During 2025, our physician encounters were 40,673 and our out-patient ancillary encounters were over 78,255.
- $6.4 million spent. UW Health SwedishAmerican Home Health Care is a quality leader in providing individualized care in patients' homes. Working in partnership with a patient's doctor, our certified, trained staff provides a wide range of services and specializes in helping patients to remain independent and comfortable. Our experienced caregivers include registered nurses; certified nursing assistants, dietitians; physical, occupational and speech therapists; and medical social workers. RNs provide assessments, treatments and medication administration and patient education/teaching. Our therapists provide assessments and treatments. Medical social workers assist with assessments, counseling and helping patients and their families' access available community resources. CNAs provide baths and personal grooming. Our staff has the credentials and advanced training needed to assure that patients receive the highest quality of care possible. During 2025, we recorded 14,871 visits.
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 October 13, 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 June 1936.
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 October 21, 2026.
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