Mercy-Memorial Hospital Corporation
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
WE PROVIDE HIGH QUALITY, COMPREHENSIVE SERVICES TO THE PEOPLE AND COMMUNITY WE SERVE.
- Income
- $193.1 million
- Spending
- $169.4 million
- Spent on programs
- 79%
- Reserves
- 0.8 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- fees for its services, 98%
- Employees
- 1,212
- Volunteers
- 87
- Highest pay
- $3.1 million, ceo
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Fair: 65 out of 100. Higher than 52% of charities in its peer group (health care, over $100m).
Reserves
4 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 0.8 months of spending.
Debt
16 of 20It owes 24% of what it owns.
Living within its means
15 of 15Income exceeded spending by 12% of income.
Income trend
15 of 15Income rose 17% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 1579% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 0 cents.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, 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 2514 of 18 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 December 31, 2024, 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)
- $133.9 million spent. MERCY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL CORPORATION (D/B/A PROMEDICA MONROE REGIONAL HOSPITAL) IS A MEMBER OF PROMEDICA HEALTH SYSTEM, INC. (PROMEDICA), A MISSION-BASED, LOCALLY OWNED, NONPROFIT HEALTHCARE ORGANIZATION HIGHLY FOCUSED ON ACHIEVING CORE VALUES. HEADQUARTERED IN TOLEDO, OHIO, PROMEDICA SERVES 17 STATES ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND IS ONE OF THE NATION'S LEADING HEALTH SYSTEMS . OUR STEWARDSHIP OF RESOURCES HAS ENABLED US TO WISELY INVEST IN PATIENT-CENTERED CARE, ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY, INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS, AND FAMILY-ORIENTED FACILITIES THAT HELP TO ENSURE PATIENTS AND AREA RESIDENTS HAVE EQUAL ACCESS TO HIGH-QUALITY, SAFE CARE IN THE MOST APPROPRIATE SETTING, REGARDLESS OF PATIENTS' ABILITY TO PAY. A 238-BED FACILITY LOCATED IN MONROE, MICHIGAN, PROMEDICA MONROE REGIONAL HOSPITAL (MRH) PROVIDES A BROAD RANGE OF INPATIENT AND OUTPATIENT SERVICES - SUCH AS EMERGENCY MEDICINE; SURGICAL SERVICES; BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CARE; COMPREHENSIVE WOMEN'S HEALTH SERVICES, CARDIOVASCULAR SERVICES; AN ACCREDITED SLEEP MEDICINE CENTER; AND ORTHOPAEDIC SERVICES. AN EXTENSIVE OUTPATIENT CANCER CENTER IS PART OF THE PROMEDICA CANCER INSTITUTE AND PROVIDES RADIATION AND MEDICAL ONCOLOGY SERVICES WHILE THE HOSPITAL'S CANCER CONNECTION OFFERS NON-TREATMENT SERVICES AND SUPPORT TO MONROE COUNTY RESIDENTS RECEIVING CANCER TREATMENTS. STRIVING TO IMPROVE PATIENT CARE AND CLINICAL EXCELLENCE, MRH IS NATIONALLY ACCREDITED BY THE JOINT COMMISSION, THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY, AND THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF RADIOLOGY. MRH HAS THE AMERICAN STROKE ASSOCIATION'S HEART-CHECK MARK FOR PRIMARY STROKE CERTIFICATION. MRH IS RECOGNIZED BY THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION GOLD PLUS GET WITH THE GUIDELINES STROKE QUALITY ACHIEVEMENT AWARD FOR ITS COMMITMENT TO ENSURING STROKE PATIENTS RECEIVE THE MOST APPROPRIATE TREATMENT ACCORDING TO NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED, RESEARCH-BASED GUIDELINES. MRH IS ACCREDITED BY THE JOINT COMMISSION FOR MEDICATION COMPOUNDING AND A PRIMARY STROKE CENTER. MRH SERVED 24,343 INPATIENTS AND 168,072 OUTPATIENTS IN 2024. FURTHER, 37,085 INDIVIDUALS SOUGHT EMERGENCY CARE AT MRH. THE HOSPITAL CONTRIBUTED $42,478,000 IN COMMUNITY BENEFIT THROUGH COMMUNITY BENEFIT EXPENDITURES , FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND GOVERNMENT-SPONSORED, MEANS-TESTED HEALTH CARE.THROUGH COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES, HEALTH PROFESSIONS EDUCATION, SUBSIDIZED HEALTH SERVICES, RESEARCH ACTIVITIES, CASH AND IN-KIND CONTRIBUTIONS, AND OTHER COMMUNITY BENEFIT OPERATIONS, MRH CONTRIBUTED $6,575,000 TO THE COMMUNITY DURING 2024 . INCLUDED IN THIS AMOUNT ARE ACTIVITIES AND PROGRAMS SUCH AS: CONTINUING THE TEEN PEERS EDUCATING PEERS (PEP) PROGRAM WITH MONROE PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO EMPOWER YOUTH IN PREVENTING BULLYING AND ADDRESS BEHAVIORAL HEALTH NEEDS OF YOUTH. CONTINUE ITS PARTNERSHIP WITH THE UNITED WAY OF MONROE & LENAWEE COUNTY'S HEALTH CHECK EVENTS PROVIDING IMPROVED ACCESS TO LOW AND NO COST HEALTH SCREENINGS. IMPLEMENTING A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE MONROE COUNTY OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM TO PROVIDE LIFESTYLE MEDICINE AND NUTRITION EDUCATION AT THE OPPORTUNITY CENTER. FREE MAMMOGRAM CLINICS THAT PROVIDE BREAST CANCER SCREENINGS FOR INDIVIDUALS BETWEEN THE AGES OF 40 - 64 WHO HAVE NO INSURANCE OR INSURANCE WITH A HIGH DEDUCTIBLE FOR MAMMOGRAMS. FREE AND LOW-COST HEALTH SCREENINGS FOR UNDERSERVED COMMUNITY MEMBERS CONTINUED COLLABORATIONS WITH THE BUILDING HEALTHY COMMUNITIES COALITION TO CONDUCT THE COUNTY'S HEALTH ASSESSMENT AND DEVELOP A COMMUNITY HEALTH IMPROVEMENT PLAN. COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS WITH GABBY'S GRIEF CENTER AND RIVER RAISIN NATIONAL BATTLEFIELD PARK VISITOR'S CENTER.MRH PROVIDED A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO THE COMMUNITY DURING 2024, OF WHICH $7,018,000 REPRESENTED UNCOMPENSATED AMOUNTS FOR TREATMENT TO THOSE PATIENTS WHO DID NOT HAVE THE FINANCIAL RESOURCES TO PAY FOR HOSPITAL SERVICES. FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE REPRESENTS THE COST TO PROVIDE SERVICE AND DOES NOT INCLUDE THE COSTS FOR ACCOUNTS WRITTEN OFF TO BAD DEBT FOR PATIENTS WHO DO NOT PAY THEIR BILLS. MRH'S COST OF BAD DEBT FOR 2024 WAS $8,675,000 . THIS AMOUNT IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE COMMUNITY BENEFIT AMOUNT OF $$42,478,000 NOTED ABOVE. FURTHER, MRH PROVIDED $8,284,000 OF COMMUNITY BENEFIT THROUGH COSTS - NOT REIMBURSED BY THE GOVERNMENT - FOR TREATING MEDICAID PATIENTS AND IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE COMMUNITY BENEFIT AMOUNT OF $42,478,000 NOTED ABOVE . DURING 2024, MRH EXPENDED $58,633,000 IN NET PAYROLL, PROVIDING 744 JOBS . A TOTAL OF $3,847,000 WAS WITHHELD FROM HOSPITAL EMPLOYEES IN STATE AND LOCAL TAXES. IN SUMMARY, MRH DEMONSTRATES PROMEDICA'S MISSION AND CORE VALUES BY PROVIDING HIGH-QUALITY HEALTH CARE TO ALL PATIENTS, REGARDLESS OF THEIR RACE, CREED, SEX, NATIONAL ORIGIN, DISABILITY, OR AGE. AND WE RECOGNIZE THAT NOT ALL INDIVIDUALS POSSESS THE ABILITY TO PURCHASE ESSENTIAL MEDICAL CARE. THEREFORE, WE PROVIDE THESE HEALTHCARE SERVICES; RECRUIT AND TRAIN HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS TO SERVE THE BROADER COMMUNITY; PROVIDE APPROPRIATE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE; OFFER SERVICES AND CONTRIBUTIONS TO OTHER NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS THAT ALLOW THEM TO PROVIDE KEY SERVICES TO THEIR CONSTITUENTS; AND PRESENT FREE EDUCATIONAL CLASSES, HEALTH FAIRS AND OTHER ACTIVITIES TO OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY TO HELP ENSURE ALL MEMBERS HAVE EQUAL ACCESS TO CARE.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, 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 December 2024.
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 March 1973.
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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