Sioux Center Health
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
Bring hope, health and healing to life.
- Income
- $77.6 million
- Spending
- $73.7 million
- Spent on programs
- 86%
- Reserves
- -1.5 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- fees for its services, 98%
- Employees
- 764
- Volunteers
- 48
- Highest pay
- $1.1 million, general surgeon
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
Fair: 50 out of 100.
Reserves
0 of 35Spendable reserves are negative: it owes or has committed more than it holds.
Debt
5 of 20It owes 53% of what it owns.
Living within its means
15 of 15Income exceeded spending by 5% of income.
Income trend
15 of 15Income rose 1% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 1586% 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: 90 out of 100.
Independent board
25 of 2531 of 34 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
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 (1)
- $63.5 million spent. Sioux Center Health operates a 19-bed acute-care hospital, a 99-bed nursing care facility, medical clinics, specialty physician clinic and independent/assisted living facilities (24 independent, 62 assisted apartments) located in Sioux Center, Iowa. During the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, patient days were 1,559, swing-bed days were 944, and newborn days were 434.The Center also provides a wide variety of medically-related activities at less than, or at no cost to residents of communities throughout northwest Iowa. These activities include general community education programs and sponsorship of support groups for victims of chronic disease and their families. Other activities designed to measure or enhance the general health status of residents of the community include: classes related to CPR, diabetes, cardiac rehabilitation and childbirth; participation in health fairs at industrial and community sites throughout the area; cost free screenings to alert people with high blood pressure; providing use of meeting facilities at no charge to cancer, Alzheimer's, diabetes, weight maintenance, "senior and hospice support groups; programs for children; providing speakers for various events and education groups; and representation in community education programs.The Health Center provides care to patients who meet certain criteria under its charity care policy without charge or at amounts less than its established rates. Since the Health Center does not pursue collection of amounts determined to qualify as charity care, they are not reported as patient service revenue. The estimated cost of providing these services was $423,597 for the year ended June 30, 2025, calculated by multiplying the ratio of cost to gross charges for the Health Center by the gross uncompensated charges associated with providing charity care to its patients.
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 July 1953.
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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