Southwest Healthcare Corporation
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
Guided by faith-based leadership, we are a family of specialists, each performing a unique service. With a spirit of compassion, we provide excellence in healthcare to those we are privileged to serve.
- Income
- $17.9 million
- Spending
- $18.5 million
- Spent on programs
- 84%
- Reserves
- -11.1 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- fees for its services, 95%
- Employees
- 160
- Volunteers
- 150
- Highest pay
- $424,106, physician
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
Weak: 40 out of 100. Higher than 18% of charities in its peer group (health care, $10m to $100m).
Reserves
0 of 35Spendable reserves are negative: it owes or has committed more than it holds.
Debt
2 of 20It owes 81% of what it owns.
Living within its means
8 of 15Spending exceeded income by 4% of income.
Income trend
15 of 15Income rose 3% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 1584% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 2 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
Good: 85 out of 100. Higher than 22% of charities in its peer group (health care, $10m to $100m).
Independent board
25 of 258 of 9 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
0 of 15Its accounts were not audited or reviewed 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)
- $15.6 million spent. Southwest Healthcare Services' Mission Statement is "Guided by Faith, we provide excellent care for those we are privileged to serve!". We are in Bowman, North Dakota, and operate a 35-bed critical access hospital, offering a range of outpatient services including lab work, radiology, and various therapies. Additionally, we support the community with a rural health clinic, 12-unit assisted living facility, 12-unit independent living apartment complex, and ambulance services. We provide care to our long-term nursing home residents in our Swingbed unit. Southwest Healthcare Services is a private, nonprofit organization dedicated to providing quality healthcare for over 5,500 residents in seven rural communities in the southwest corner of North Dakota and the northwest corner of South Dakota. Southwest Healthcare Services operates a full-time emergency room and provides emergency care regardless of ability to pay. The facility has achieved Level IV Trauma designation with physician staffed emergency services available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Our organization is one of the most important economic assets in the region. Services provided in 2024 demonstrated the strong need for Southwest Healthcare Services. Our rural health clinic had over 5,973 patient encounters and the hospital recorded 770 emergency room visits.Southwest Healthcare Services also provides non-emergency services to the community making these services accessible to the community through participation in government programs like Medicare and Medicaid and our own charity care program. Services are provided to all individuals regardless of individual status. Southwest Healthcare Services charity care program provides discounted and free services to patients that are unable to be fully responsible for the cost of the health care they receive. We are committed to responding to the increasing number of patients who are under-insured or without insurance and who need to seek healthcare services at our facility. To fulfill its mission of community service, we provide care to these patients who meet certain criteria under its charity care policy without charge or at amounts less than its established rates. Because we do not pursue collection of amounts determined to qualify as charity care, they are not reported as patient and resident service revenue. The estimated cost of providing charity care for the year ended December 31, 2024 was $93,000 calculated by multiplying the ratio of cost to gross charges by the gross uncompensated charges associated with providing charity care to patients.
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 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 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 February 2001.
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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