University of Chicago Medical Center
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
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- Income
- $3.6 billion
- Spending
- $3.4 billion
- Spent on programs
- 92%
- Reserves
- 3.3 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- fees for its services, 98%
- Employees
- 13,722
- Volunteers
- 598
- Highest pay
- $3.3 million, trustee ex officio/evp med affairs,dean, bsd & pritzker school of medicine
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 3.3 months of spending.
Debt
10 of 20It owes 46% of what it owns.
Living within its means
15 of 15Income exceeded spending by 5% of income.
Income trend
15 of 15Income rose 11% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 1592% 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 53% of charities in its peer group (health care, over $100m).
Independent board
25 of 2550 of 55 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 (4)
- $2.2 billion spent. THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER ("UCMC") IS A NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED LEADER IN PATIENT CARE, RESEARCH AND MEDICAL EDUCATION. RENOWNED FOR TREATING SOME OF THE MOST COMPLEX MEDICAL CASES, UCMC BRINGS THE VERY LATEST MEDICAL TREATMENTS TO PATIENTS IN CHICAGO'S SOUTH SIDE COMMUNITY, AND THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. IN THIS WAY, UCMC FURTHERS ITS COMMITMENT TO PATIENT CARE, CLINICAL PRACTICE AND COMMUNITY HEALTH. UCMC PARTNERS WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PHYSICIANS GROUP AND THE PRITZKER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE TO EDUCATE THE NEXT GENERATION OF PHYSICIANS AND OTHER HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS. UCMC IS A LEADING PROVIDER OF COMPLEX CARE IN THE STATE OF ILLINOIS AND THE LARGEST PROVIDER OF MEDICAID SERVICES (BY ADMISSIONS AND PATIENT DAYS) ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF CHICAGO AND ONE OF THE LARGEST IN THE STATE OF ILLINOIS. (continued on schedule o) UCMC PROVIDES A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF CARE FOR WHICH IT DOES NOT RECEIVE PAYMENT. FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025, UCMC PROVIDED OVER $25,341,000 IN CHARITY CARE, INCURRED LOSSES ON GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS OF OVER $525,585,000, AND INCURRED UNCOMPENSATED CHARGES-OR BAD DEBT-OF $23,485,000. UCMC ALSO INCURRED $79,237,000 IN UNREIMBURSED EDUCATION EXPENSES. DURING FY 2025, UCMC PROVIDED RESEARCH SUPPORT OF $71,750,000. ADULT PATIENT CARE IN THE CENTER FOR CARE AND DISCOVERY ("CCD") AND BERNARD A. MITCHELL HOSPITAL UCMC'S CENTER FOR CARE AND DISCOVERY, A 10-STORY HOSPITAL THAT OPENED IN 2013, SERVES AS THE CORE OF THE UCMC CAMPUS. THE HOSPITAL IS 1.2 MILLION SQUARE FEET AND CONTAINS 436 SINGLE-OCCUPANCY INPATIENT ROOMS, INCLUDING 52 INTENSIVE CARE BEDS, 23 OPERATING ROOMS WITH LEADING-EDGE TECHNOLOGY, AND 9 ADVANCED IMAGING SUITES FOR INTERVENTIONAL PROCEDURES. THE CCD PROVIDES A HOME FOR COMPLEX SPECIALTY CARE WITH A FOCUS ON CANCER, GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE, NEUROSCIENCE, ADVANCED SURGERY, AND HIGH TECHNOLOGY MEDICAL IMAGING. THE FACILITY IS DESIGNED FOR FAMILY-CENTERED CARE AND IMPROVED COMMUNICATION AMONG ALL MEMBERS OF THE PATIENT CARE TEAMS. UCMC'S BERNARD A. MITCHELL HOSPITAL ("MITCHELL"), WHICH WAS BUILT IN 1983, IS HOME TO A VARIETY OF SPECIALTY CARE, INCLUDING OUR POST-NATAL MOTHER-BABY UNIT, ADVANCED IMAGING SERVICES, PHYSICAL THERAPY SERVICES, DIALYSIS ACCESS CENTER AND IN-PATIENT UNITS. MITCHELL ALSO HOUSES THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER BURN AND ELECTRICAL TRAUMA UNITS AND INTENSIVE CARE UNITS FOR TRANSPLANTATION, NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY, CARDIOTHORACIC CARE, GENERAL SURGERY, AND GENERAL MEDICINE PATIENTS. UCMC HOUSES ONE OF THE ONLY TWO BURN UNITS IN CHICAGO, AT WHICH UCMC PROVIDES CARE TO CRITICALLY-INJURED ADULT AND PEDIATRIC PATIENTS, MANY OF WHOM SPEND MONTHS IN THIS INTENSIVE CARE FACILITY. IN ADDITION, UCMC'S MITCHELL HOSPITAL CONTAINS STATE-OF-THE-ART OBSTETRICAL AND GYNECOLOGICAL FACILITIES AND HAS A LEADING PROGRAM IN REPRODUCTIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY AND INFERTILITY. THE FACILITIES INCLUDE NINE LABOR AND DELIVERY SUITES, AND 5 ANTEPARTUM SUITES, AS WELL AS A 17-BED GYNECOLOGICAL UNIT AND TWO OBSTETRIC OPERATING ROOMS. IN ADDITION, DURING FY 2018, UCMC BEGAN PROVIDING LEVEL I ADULT TRAUMA CARE TO THE SOUTH SIDE OF CHICAGO, EXTENDING TRAUMA CARE TO A COMMUNITY FROM WHICH APPROXIMATELY 50% OF TRAUMA CASES IN THE CITY ORIGINATE. IN ITS STATE OF THE ART TRAUMA CENTER, UCMC PROVIDES TRAUMA SURGERY, ACUTE CARE SURGERY AND CRITICAL CARE SURGERY TO TREAT INJURIES INCLUDING BURNS, BLUNT TRAUMA, AND PENETRATING TRAUMA TYPICALLY SEEN WITH GUNSHOTS AND STAB WOUNDS. UCMC OFFERS WORLD-CLASS TRANSPLANTATION PROGRAMS IN SEVERAL AREAS, INCLUDING TRANSPLANTATION OF THE LIVER, KIDNEY, PANCREAS, LUNG, HEART, BONE MARROW AND OTHER TISSUES, MULTIPLE-ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION, AND RESEARCH IN TRANSPLANT IMMUNOLOGY. UCMC PERFORMED 402 ORGAN TRANSPLANTS IN FY 2025 AND 176 BONE MARROW OR STEM CELL TRANSPLANT PROCEDURES FOR THE TREATMENT OF VARIOUS CANCERS FOR BOTH ADULT AND PEDIATRIC PATIENTS. IN ADDITION, UCMC IS ONE OF A SELECT GROUP OF MEDICAL CENTERS IN THE UNITED STATES TO LEAD CLINICAL TRIALS INTO CAR T-CELL THERAPIES FOR SPECIFIC TYPES OF BLOOD CANCERS AND UCMC WAS THE FIRST SITE IN THE COUNTRY TO BE FDA-APPROVED FOR CAR T-CELL THERAPIES FOR BOTH ADULT AND PEDIATRIC PATIENTS. IN FY 2025, UCMC PERFORMED 99 CAR T-CELL THERAPIES. UCMC ADMITTED OR OBSERVED OVER 39,000 ADULT PATIENTS IN FISCAL YEAR 2025, WITH OVER 1,100,000 ADULT AND PEDIATRIC VISITS TO ITS OUTPATIENT AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES. IN FY 2025, UCMC DELIVERED OVER 2,500 BABIES. UCMC'S EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT ("ED") IS OPEN 24 HOURS A DAY, 7 DAYS A WEEK AND IN FY 2025, UCMC PROVIDED OVER 53,500 ADULT ED VISITS, MAKING IT ONE OF THE BUSIEST EMERGENCY ROOMS ON CHICAGO'S SOUTH SIDE. ADDITIONALLY, UCMC PROVIDED OVER 4,800 TRAUMA ED VISITS IN FY 2025. IN ADDITION, UCMC SERVES AS A RESOURCE HOSPITAL FOR ONE OF THE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SYSTEM ("EMS") REGIONS IN ILLINOIS, AND IS ONE OF FOUR RESOURCE HOSPITALS IN CHICAGO. AS A RESOURCE HOSPITAL, UCMC HAS AUTHORITY AND RESPONSIBILITY OVER THE EMS REGIONAL SYSTEM, INCLUDING THE CLINICAL ASPECTS, OPERATIONS AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS. UCMC PROVIDES THE ENTIRE BUDGET FOR ITS PARTICIPATION AS A RESOURCE HOSPITAL AND SPENDS NEARLY $4,300,000 PER YEAR ON THIS SERVICE. UCMC IS ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR REPLACING MEDICAL SUPPLIES AND PROVIDING FOR EQUIPMENT EXCHANGE IN PARTICIPATING EMS VEHICLES. UCMC SPENDS APPROXIMATELY $30,000 PER YEAR ON REPLACEMENT AND RESTOCKING. CHICAGO COMER CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL AS A MAJOR TERTIARY REFERRAL CENTER, THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO COMER CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL SEES CHILDREN WITH MEDICAL PROBLEMS THAT RANGE FROM SOME OF THE MOST COMMON TO SOME OF THE MOST COMPLEX IN ITS 172-BED, SEVEN-STORY FACILITY, WHICH OPENED IN FEBRUARY 2005. OVER 7,200 CHILDREN WERE ADMITTED TO OR OBSERVED AT COMER CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL IN FISCAL YEAR 2025. IN FY 2025, UCMC'S OUTPATIENT CLINICS ACCOMMODATED OVER 56,000 SPECIALTY PEDIATRIC VISITS AND OVER 30,000 VISITS WERE MADE TO THE COMER PEDIATRIC EMERGENCY ROOM. COMER CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL IS STAFFED BY APPROXIMATELY 170 PHYSICIANS FROM THE D
- $764.9 million spent. THE PHARMACY PROVIDES SERVICES TO BOTH OUR INPATIENTS AND OUTPATIENTS, INCLUDING EMPLOYEES AND STUDENTS OF UCMC AND THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO. THE OUTPATIENT PHARMACY IS LOCATED IN THE DUCHOSSOIS CENTER FOR ADVANCED MEDICINE (DCAM) AND UCMC PHARMACY SERVICES IS LOCATED IN CALUMET CITY, IL. BOTH LOCATIONS CAN BE REACHED 24/7 VIA TELEPHONE. THE PHARMACY ALSO PROVIDES ADULT INFUSION SERVICES AT OUR SIX INFUSION CENTER LOCATIONS (HYDE PARK, ORLAND PARK, RIVER EAST, SILVER CROSS, NORTHBROOK, AND CROWN POINT). THE INPATIENT PHARMACY IS OPEN 24/7 AND DISPENSES APPROXIMATELY 453,000 MEDICATIONS PER MONTH AND MAKES APPROXIMATELY 13,000 INTERVENTIONS PER MONTH. THE OUTPATIENT PHARMACY PROCESSES APPROXIMATELY 43,000 MEDICATION ORDERS PER MONTH. MEDS2BEDS MAKES APPROXIMATELY 900 INTERVENTIONS PER MONTH. AMBULATORY PHARMACY MAKES APPROXIMATELY 1,500 INTERVENTIONS PER MONTH. THE SPECIALTY PHARMACY MADE APPROXIMATELY 5,700 INTERVENTIONS DURING THE FISCAL YEAR.
- $108.7 million spent. AS A CORE COMPONENT OF THE WORLD-RENOWNED UCHICAGO MEDICINE, UCHICAGO MEDICAL LABORATORIES PROVIDES ACCESS TO A FULL RANGE OF DIAGNOSTIC SERVICES IN CLINICAL, ANATOMIC, AND GENOMIC AND MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY, INCLUDING SPECIALIZED AND ESOTERIC TESTING. WE ALSO OFFER EXTENSIVE CONSULTATION SERVICES THROUGH UCHICAGO MEDICINE'S CLINICAL PRACTICES, WHICH INCLUDE MORE THAN 75 PHYSICIANS AND SCIENTISTS. OUR KNOWLEDGEABLE AND HIGHLY PROFESSIONAL STAFF SERVE UCHICAGO MEDICINE ENTITIES, MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATIONS, NON-AFFILIATED HOSPITALS, OUTPATIENT CLINICS, AND PRIVATE PHYSICIANS' OFFICES. WE HAVE A PROVEN TRACK RECORD FOR QUALITY TESTING WITH A QUICK TURNAROUND TIME. (Expenses $ 29,288,223 including grants of $ 1,322,253)(Revenue $ 195,411,844) OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES INCLUDE FOOD SERVICE, EMERGENCY TRANSPORTATION, MEDICAL CENTER PARKING, AND MISCELLANEOUS RETAIL OPERATIONS.
- $29.3 million spent. OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES INCLUDE FOOD SERVICE, EMERGENCY TRANSPORTATION, MEDICAL CENTER PARKING, AND MISCELLANEOUS RETAIL OPERATIONS.
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 May 1987.
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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