Bon Secours Charity Health System Affiliated Group
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
Points to look into
- It owes more than it owns.
These come from the organization's own tax return. There may be a good explanation; ask the charity.
What it says it does
THE MISSION IS TO MAKE VISIBLE GOD'S LOVE AND TO BE GOOD HELP TO THOSE IN NEED, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO ARE POOR, VULNERABLE AND DYING. AS A SYSTEM OF CAREGIVERS, WE COMMIT OURSELVES TO HELP BRING PEOPLE AND COMMUNITIES TO HEALTH AND WHOLENESS AS PART OF THE HEALING MINISTRY OF JESUS CHRIST AND THE CATHOLIC CHURCH.
- Income
- $603.7 million
- Spending
- $686.2 million
- Spent on programs
- 87%
- Reserves
- -3.5 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- fees for its services, 97%
- Employees
- 3,756
- Volunteers
- 84
- Highest pay
- $3.4 million, vice chair
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: 29 out of 100. Higher than 2% of charities in its peer group (health care, over $100m).
Reserves
0 of 35Spendable reserves are negative: it owes or has committed more than it holds.
Debt
0 of 20It owes 149% of what it owns.
Living within its means
4 of 15Spending exceeded income by 14% of income.
Income trend
10 of 15Income fell 5% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 1587% 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: 100 out of 100. Higher than 53% of charities in its peer group (health care, over $100m).
Independent board
25 of 2510 of 15 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 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)
- $594.6 million spent. BON SECOURS CHARITY HEALTH SYSTEM AFFILIATED GROUP IS COMPOSED OF THREE ACUTE CARE HOSPITALS, A PRIMARY AND SPECIALTY MEDICAL CARE PRACTICE AND TWO LONG-TERM CARE AND RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES: GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL OF SUFFERN, NY; BON SECOURS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; ST. ANTHONY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; BON SECOURS CHARITY HEALTH SYSTEM MEDICAL GROUP, PC; ST. FRANCIS CENTER AT THE KNOLLS (DBA MOUNT ALVERNO CENTER); AND VILLAS FRANCIS AT THE KNOLLS (DBA SCHERVIER PAVILION). GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL (GSH) OPERATES A 286-BED HOSPITAL LOCATED IN SUFFERN, NEW YORK THAT PROVIDES EMERGENCY, MEDICAL, SURGICAL, OBSTETRICAL/GYNECOLOGICAL AND ACUTE CARE SERVICES TO ROCKLAND AND ORANGE COUNTIES, NEW YORK AND NORTHERN BERGEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY. GSH HAS A DESIGNATED STROKE CENTER AND ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION (AMI) PROGRAM, AND A REGIONAL CARDIOVASCULAR PROGRAM, PROVIDING OPEN HEART SURGERY, A CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION LABORATORY, EMERGENCY ANGIOPLASTY, ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY STUDIES AND A PACEMAKER CLINIC. GSH IS THE ONLY FACILITY IN THE REGION WITH AN ANGIOGRAPHY SUITE TO TREAT VASCULAR DISEASE WITH NEW 3D DIAGNOSTIC EQUIPMENT WHICH PROVIDES IMAGE GUIDED THERAPY TO EVALUTE ARTERIES AND VEINS TO IDENTIFY BLOCKAGES MORE PRECISELY. GSH HAS BEEN NAMED ONE OF HEALTH GRADES AMERICA'S 100 BEST HOSPITAL'S FOR CORONARY INTERVENTION FOR 4 YEARS IN A ROW (2018-2021). ALONG WITH THE CORONARY INTERVENTION EXCELLENCE AWARD FROM HEALTHGRADES, GSH HAS RECEIVED MANY AWARDS AND IN 2014 WAS NAMED ONE OF THE NATION'S 50 TOP CARDIOVASCULAR HOSPITALS BY TRUVEN HEALTH ANALYTICS. GSH OFFERS A COMPREHENSIVE WOMEN'S BREAST CENTER, WOUND AND HYPERBARIC CENTER, SLEEP STUDY CENTER AND MATERNAL/CHILD SERVICES, INCLUDING A LEVEL II NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT SUPPORTED BY PEDIATRIC SUBSPECIALISTS FROM WESTCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER (WMC). THE WOMEN'S BREAST CENTER AT GSH IS THE ONLY FACILITY IN THE AREA THAT OFFERS A HIGH RISK SCREENING PROGRAM TO IDENTIFY WOMEN WHO MEET CRITERIA FOR HIGH RISK, DURING THEIR ROUTINE SCREENINGS. GSH'S SURGICAL WEIGHT LOSS INSTITUTE PROVIDES PRE-OPERATIVE, SURGICAL CARE AND OUTPATIENT POST-OPERATIVE BARIATRIC SUPPORT. GSH ALSO PROVIDES KIDNEY DIALYSIS, PSYCHIATRIC AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES AND A RANGE OF SOCIAL SUPPORT SERVICES, EDUCATION AND POPULATION HEALTH SERVICES. THE OB EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT IN COLLABORATION WITH THE OB HOSPITALIST PROGRAM PROVIDES EMERGENCY OBSTETRICAL SERVICES IN THE OB EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT. THE OB-GYN DEPARTMENT RECEIVED THE HEALTHGRADES FIVE STAR AWARD FOR VAGINAL DELIVERY FOR THE 6 CONSECUTIVE YEARS (2015-2020) BY HEALTHGRADES, AS WELL AS THE OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY EXCELLENCE AWARD FOR 2 CONSECUTIVE YEARS (2019-2020). THE CAMPUS ALSO INCLUDES A MEDICAL OFFICE BUILDING HOUSING A STATE-OF-THE-ART AMBULATORY SURGERY CENTER, WHICH INCLUDES PRIMARY CARE AND SPECIALTY PHYSICIANS. GSH'S CERTIFIED HOME CARE AGENCY PROVIDES HOME HEALTH SERVICES TO THE RESIDENTS OF ROCKLAND AND ORANGE COUNTIES, NEW YORK. THIS PROGRAM IS FOR PATIENTS WHO HAVE ACUTE NEEDS AND REQUIRE HOME CARE FOR A RELATIVELY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME AND WILL BE DISCHARGED WHEN THEY ARE STABILIZED OR RETURNED TO A PRE-ILLNESS LEVEL OF FUNCTIONING. ADDITIONAL SERVICES INCLUDE WOUND AND OSTOMY ASSESSMENTS, PHYSICAL THERAPY, OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY, SPEECH PATHOLOGY, MEDICAL SOCIAL WORK, NUTRITION AND HOME HEALTH AIDES. THE HOME HEALTH AGENCY IS CERTIFIED FOR EXPANSION INTO MANHATTAN AND WESTCHESTER COUNTY, NEW YORK. BON SECOURS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL (BSCH) OPERATES A 122-BED ACUTE CARE HOSPITAL LOCATED IN PORT JERVIS, NEW YORK THAT PROVIDES COMMUNITY-BASED CARE TO RESIDENTS IN THE PORT JERVIS, NEW YORK AND SURROUNDING AREAS (ORANGE AND SULLIVAN COUNTIES IN NEW YORK, SUSSEX COUNTY IN NEW JERSEY AND PIKE COUNTY IN PENNSYLVANIA). BSCH PROVIDES EMERGENCY CARE, LABORATORY AND IMAGING SERVICES, MEDICAL AND SURGICAL SERVICES, INTENSIVE CARE UNIT, INPATIENT DIALYSIS, CARDIOPULMONARY CARE, INFUSION THERAPY OUTPATIENT WOUND CARE, AND A DIABETES PROGRAMS. BSCH ALSO OFFERS INPATIENT PSYCHIATRIC SERVICES AND A CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY PROGRAM. A MEDICAL OFFICE BUILDING WITH PRIMARY CARE AND DIAGNOSTIC SERVICES IS LOCATED ACROSS THE STREET FROM BSCH. BSCH ALSO OFFERS A WIDE RANGE OF HEALTH EDUCATION AND POPULATION HEALTH SUPPORT SERVICES FOR THE COMMUNITY. ST. JOSEPH'S PLACE IS A 46-BED NURSING CARE CENTER LOCATED ON THE FIRST FLOOR OF BSCH THAT PROVIDES 24-HOUR NURSING CARE, LONG- AND SHORT-TERM REHABILITATION, TRACHEOTOMY CARE, HEAD TRAUMA CARE, RESPIRATORY CARE AND PSYCHOLOGICAL SERVICES. ST. ANTHONY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL (SACH) OPERATES A 60-BED HOSPITAL THAT IS LOCATED IN WARWICK, NEW YORK SERVING THE RESIDENTS OF ORANGE COUNTY, NEW YORK, AND SUSSEX AND PASSAIC COUNTIES, NEW JERSEY. SACH PROVIDES EMERGENCY CARE, MEDICAL AND SURGICAL SERVICES, LABORATORY AND IMAGING SERVICES, OBSTETRICAL, GYNECOLOGICAL AND ORTHOPEDICS. THE SACH AMBULATORY SERVICES CENTER PROVIDES VARIOUS CONVENIENT SERVICES, INCLUDING ADMITTING, PRE-ADMISSION SCREENING, ENDOSCOPY, MINOR SURGERY AND SAME-DAY SURGERY. AN INFUSION CENTER PROVIDES LONG-TERM INTRAVENOUS ANTIBIOTICS, BLOOD TRANSFUSIONS, IRON THERAPY, CHEMOTHERAPY AND LONG-TERM CATHETER INSERTION AND MAINTENANCE. SACH EDUCATION AND OUTREACH SERVICES INCLUDE A DIABETES EDUCATION PROGRAM AND POPULATION HEALTH IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS. BON SECOURS CHARITY HEALTH SYSTEM MEDICAL GROUP, PC (MEDPC) PROVIDES MEDICAL SERVICES TO SUFFERN, NEW YORK AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES. THEIR SERVICES INCLUDE PRIMARY CARE AND VARIOUS SPECIALTY PROFESSIONAL SERVICES. THE ORGANIZATION SEEKS TO LOCATE ITS PHYSICIAN PRACTICE SITES IN AREAS THAT MOST EFFECTIVELY MEET THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY. VILLA FRANCIS AT THE KNOLLS, INC.D/B/A SCHERVIER PAVILION (SCHERVIER) IS A 122-BED, SKILLED NURSING FACILITY LOCATED IN WARWICK, NEW YORK. SCHERVIER PROVIDES THERAPEUTIC AND SOCIAL ACTIVITIES DESIGNED TO ENHANCE THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL CAPABILITIES TO HELP RESIDENTS MAINTAIN AND OPTIMIZE THEIR LEVEL OF DAILY INDEPENDENCE. SCHERVIER IS PART OF THE 27-ACRE WARWICK CAMPUS T
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 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? Worth knowing.
Not individually listed by the IRS as eligible, which is usual for churches. The master file records contributions to it as deductible.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 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 September 7, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since April 2011.
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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