Carlinville Area Hospital Assocation
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
To maintain a professional medical community, a primary care hospital and other health care services, in order to provide quality acute and preventative health care for the benefit of those persons living in the service area.
- Income
- $57.0 million
- Spending
- $54.4 million
- Spent on programs
- 80%
- Reserves
- 1.8 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- fees for its services, 94%
- Employees
- 408
- Volunteers
- 7
- Highest pay
- $556,960, director/medical staff president
Source: Form 990 for the year ending July 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Fair: 65 out of 100. Higher than 51% of charities in its peer group (health care, $10m to $100m).
Reserves
10 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 1.8 months of spending.
Debt
10 of 20It owes 44% of what it owns.
Living within its means
15 of 15Income exceeded spending by 5% of income.
Income trend
15 of 15Income rose 9% 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 July 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
Good: 85 out of 100. Higher than 22% of charities in its peer group (health care, $10m to $100m).
Independent board
25 of 256 of 7 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
0 of 10Did not give 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 July 31, 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 (1)
- $43.4 million spent. Carlinville Area Hospital Association is a 25-bed acute care hospital located in Carlinville, Illinois. The Hospital provides inpatient, outpatient and emergency care services for residents of Central Illinois.During fiscal year 2025, we carried out our exempt purpose in the following ways:1) Provided quality short term acute care medical services to 404 inpatients, of which 72.8% were eligible for Medicare. Without our services, these elderly patients would have had to travel over 20 miles to receive similar services. (Continued on Schedule O) 2) Provided quality short-term skilled care to 154 patients in our swing bed unit, with an Average Length of Stay of 12.2 days.3) Provided 24-hour a day emergency room services. Our emergency room treated 7,139 patients during fiscal year 2025. We treat everyone who presents themselves to our emergency room regardless of their medical condition or ability to pay. We provide 24-hour physician service so people residing in the Carlinville area do not have to travel long distances for emergency medical care.4) In addition to the inpatient and emergency services we provide, we also had 40,318 visits in our outpatient departments. These services range from preventative care items such as mammograms and lab tests to rehabilitative services such as Physical and Occupational therapy.5) The hospital also had 12,007 visits to the specialty clinic. These clinics bring specialists from metropolitan areas to Carlinville on a rotating basis. This provides access to specialty services not otherwise offered in the area.6) The hospital also had 23,191 visits in our Rural Health Clinics (of which 3,600 were seen in our newly constructed Virden RHC). These clinics allow for patients to stay closer to home and get in to see a medical provider.The hospital provides health care services to patients who meet certain criteria under its charity care policy without charge or at amounts less than its established rates. Since the hospital does not pursue collection on these amounts, they are not reported as patient service revenue. The estimated costs of providing these services was $70,000 for the year ended July 31, 2025, calculated by multiplying the ratio of cost to gross charges for the Hospital by the gross uncompensated charges associated with providing charity care to its patients.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending July 31, 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 September 7, 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 September 30, 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 September 10, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending July 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since August 1956.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 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 7, 2026.
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