Renown South Meadows Medical Center
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
Renown Health makes a genuine difference in the health and well-being of the people and communities we serve.
- Income
- $216.0 million
- Spending
- $190.3 million
- Spent on programs
- 82%
- Reserves
- -7.1 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- fees for its services, 99%
- Employees
- 0
- Volunteers
- 2
- Highest pay
- $2.1 million, president/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
Weak: 47 out of 100. Higher than 26% 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
2 of 20It owes 76% 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 1582% 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 11 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)
- $155.8 million spent. See Schedule ORenown South Meadows Medical Center is a 115-bed hospital that offers the latest in medical and surgical care, intensive care, telemetry, a 24-hour emergency room, inpatient and outpatient surgical and lab services. Renown South Meadows Medical Center provides a wide range of healthcare services to the south Reno and Washoe Valley communities regardless of race, creed, sex, national origin, handicap, age or ability to pay. Renown South Meadows Medical Center has approximately 580 physicians on its medical staff and extends admitting privileges to all eligible and qualified physicians.Since it opened as an acute care hospital in 2002, Renown South Meadows Medical Center has tripled its bed capacity by expanding the intensive care, surgical and telemetry units. Renown South Meadows Medical Center is also the local home of endoscopic ultrasound. This technology, applied with skillful hands, has helped diagnose and treat digestive diseases in thousands of patients. Renown South Meadows Medical Center is ranked in the top 1 percent nationwide for quality care based on measures for heart attack, heart failure, pneumonia and surgical care. They have the region's only certified pulmonary rehab and interventional pulmonary program, in addition to specializing in joint replacement and upper extremity procedures.Renown Rehabilitation Hospital is a 62-bed, inpatient rehabilitation environment, and the only CARF (Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities) accredited facility in the region, focusing on care that prepares patients to live as independently as possible after experiencing a disabling injury or illness. Renown Rehabilitation offers physical, occupational, speech, recreational and cognitive therapies, highly specialized Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation physicians board certified in Spinal Cord Injury Medicine and Traumatic Brain Injury as well as housing an interventional pain management program.Renown Rehabilitation Hospital has the highest concentration of Certified Rehabilitation Registered Nurses in Northern Nevada and is the only Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF) in Northern Nevada, which is the highest accreditation an acute rehabilitation hospital can receive. Rehabilitation nurses provide comfort, therapy and education, promote health-conducive adjustments, support adaptive capabilities and promote achievable independence.Renown South Meadows Medical Center and Renown Rehabilitation Hospital further their not-for-profit status by providing quality healthcare for Renown's primary service area, Washoe County and the secondary service areas of northern Nevada and northern California. There is a long tradition and commitment to improve the care and the health of our community. In addition to our commitment to meet the healthcare needs of the region, we give back to communities by contributing funds, services, facilities and the time and expertise of employees. These benefits to the community flow from Renown Health as a whole and from the individual hospitals, facilities and departments that make up our health network.For the period ended December 31, 2024, Renown South Meadows Medical Center, along with its parent, Renown Health and its subsidiaries, provided approximately $196 million in benefit to the community (using community benefit numbers gathered by the Nevada Hospital Association using state-approved criteria to ensure consistency). For a full report on the benefit Renown Health provided to our community as well as our needs assessment and community benefit plan go to https://www.renown.org/about/community-commitment/.
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 March 2004.
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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