Providence Health & Services Washington
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
AS EXPRESSIONS OF GOD'S HEALING LOVE, WITNESSED THROUGH THE MINISTRY OF JESUS, WE ARE STEADFAST IN SERVING ALL, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO ARE POOR AND VULNERABLE.
- Income
- $9.7 billion
- Spending
- $9.3 billion
- Spent on programs
- 63%
- Reserves
- -0.7 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- fees for its services, 91%
- Employees
- 46,131
- Volunteers
- 3,710
- Highest pay
- $9.1 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: 35 out of 100. Higher than 10% 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 79% of what it owns.
Living within its means
15 of 15Income exceeded spending by 4% of income.
Income trend
10 of 15Income fell 1% on the year before.
Spending floor
8 of 1563% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 4 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 2512 of 12 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)
- $5.9 billion spent. SEE SCHEDULE OAT PROVIDENCE, WE USE OUR VOICE TO ADVOCATE FOR VULNERABLE POPULATIONS AND NEEDED REFORMS IN HEALTH CARE. WE ARE ALSO PURSUING INNOVATIVE WAYS TO TRANSFORM HEALTH CARE BY KEEPING PEOPLE HEALTHY, AND MAKING OUR SERVICES MORE CONVENIENT, ACCESSIBLE AND AFFORDABLE FOR ALL. IN AN INCREASINGLY UNCERTAIN WORLD, WE ARE COMMITTED TO HIGH-QUALITY, COMPASSIONATE HEALTH CARE FOR EVERYONE - REGARDLESS OF COVERAGE OR ABILITY TO PAY. WE HELP PEOPLE AND COMMUNITIES BENEFIT FROM THE BEST HEALTH CARE MODEL FOR THE FUTURE - TODAY. TOGETHER, OUR 125,000 CAREGIVERS (ALL EMPLOYEES) SERVE IN 51 HOSPITALS, 1,014 CLINICS AND A COMPREHENSIVE RANGE OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES ACROSS ALASKA, CALIFORNIA, MONTANA, NEW MEXICO, OREGON, TEXAS AND WASHINGTON. THE PROVIDENCE AFFILIATE FAMILY INCLUDES: -PROVIDENCE ACROSS FIVE WESTERN STATES -COVENANT HEALTH IN WEST TEXAS AND NEW MEXICO -FACEY MEDICAL GROUP IN LOS ANGELES, CA -KADLEC IN SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON -PACIFIC MEDICAL CENTERS IN SEATTLE, WA -SWEDISH HEALTH SERVICES IN SEATTLE, WA IN 2024, PROVIDENCE MINISTRIES AND AFFILIATES PROVIDED $1.9 BILLION IN COMMUNITY BENEFIT PROGRAMS. THIS INCLUDES FREE AND DISCOUNTED CARE, UNCOMPENSATED AND SUBSIDIZED CARE, AND OTHER COMMUNITY HEALTH ACTIVITIES. ONE OF THESE VITAL PROGRAMS, MEDICAID, IS A LIFELINE FOR MILLIONS OF INDIVIDUALS, INCLUDING SENIORS, CHILDREN, PREGNANT PATIENTS, THOSE WITH DISABILITIES AND VETERANS. WE ARE GRATEFUL TO EVERYONE IN OUR COMMUNITIES WHO HAS JOINED US IN ADVOCATING FOR CONTINUED FUNDING AND EXPANSION OF THIS PROGRAM. TOGETHER, WE ARE HELPING TO ENSURE MORE PEOPLE HAVE ACCESS TO NEEDED CARE. FOR MORE INFORMATION GO TO: HTTPS://WWW.PROVIDENCE.ORG/ABOUT/ANNUAL-REPORT THROUGH OUR COMMUNITY BENEFIT PROGRAMS, WE FOCUS ON MEETING THE DIVERSE NEEDS OF THE PEOPLE WE SERVE BY WORKING TO ENSURE BASIC HEALTH NEEDS ARE MET, REMOVING BARRIERS TO CARE, BUILDING COMMUNITY RESILIENCE AND INNOVATING FOR THE FUTURE. PROVIDENCE CONTINUES TO WORK TOWARDS CARBON NEGATIVE AND IN 2024 DECREASED EMISSIONS BY 19 PERCENT COMPARED TO OUR 2019 BASELINE. OUR EFFORTS EARNED US A SYSTEM RECORD 55 ENVIRONMENTAL EXCELLENCE AWARDS FROM PRACTICE GREENHEALTH AND MADE US THE FIRST LARGE SYSTEM TO RECEIVE THE JOINT COMMISSION'S SUSTAINABLE HEALTHCARE CERTIFICATION IN 2024 FOR EACH OF OUR HOSPITALS. 2024 PROGRAM SERVICE ACCOMPLISHMENTSAT PROVIDENCE, WE ARE COMMITTED TO IMPROVING THE HEALTH OF THE COMMUNITIES WE SERVE. AS A LEADING PROVIDER OF PRIMARY AND SPECIALTY CARE SERVING THOSE IN NEED, WE ARE DEDICATED TO IMPROVING COMMUNITY HEALTH. PROVIDENCE IS THE LARGEST HEALTH CARE PROVIDER IN WASHINGTON WITH HOSPITALS, CLINICS, ACROSS THE STATE. OUR NOT-FOR-PROFIT NETWORK INCLUDES HOSPITALS, PHYSICIANS, CLINICS, CARE CENTERS, AND DIVERSE COMMUNITY SERVICES ACROSS WASHINGTON. IN ADDITION. PROVIDENCE HAS A LONG HISTORY OF SERVING ALASKA, BEGINNING WHEN THE SISTERS OF PROVIDENCE FIRST BROUGHT HEALTH CARE TO NOME IN 1902 DURING THE GOLD RUSH. THIS PIONEERING SPIRIT SET THE STANDARD FOR MODERN HEALTH CARE IN ALASKA AND FORMED THE FOUNDATION FOR PROVIDENCE'S TRAJECTORY AS THE STATE'S LEADING HEALTH CARE PROVIDER. TODAY, PROVIDENCE SERVES ALASKANS IN SIX COMMUNITIES - ANCHORAGE, EAGLE RIVER, KODIAK ISLAND, MAT-SU, SEWARD AND VALDEZ. PROVIDENCE ALASKA IS THE STATE'S LARGEST PRIVATE EMPLOYER WITH MORE THAN 4,000 FULL AND PART-TIME EMPLOYEES WORKING FOR THE ORGANIZATION STATEWIDE. OUR COMMITMENT TO IMPROVING THE HEALTH OF OUR COMMUNITIES EXTENDS BEYOND PATIENT CARE. THROUGH COMMUNITY HEALTH IMPROVEMENT AND STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS, HEALTH PROFESSIONS EDUCATION AND RESEARCH, FREE, DISCOUNTED AND SUBSIDIZED CARE, AND OTHER MEANS OF OUTREACH, WE COMMIT TO CARING FOR THOSE WE SERVE THROUGH HIGH-IMPACT COMMUNITY BENEFIT PROGRAMS AND SERVICES. IN CY24, PROVIDENCE HEALTH AND SERVICES WASHINGTON REPORTED $94M IN FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE (FREE AND DISCOUNTED CARE), AND $223M OF UNPAID COST OF MEDICAID. PROVIDENCE HEALTH AND SERVICES WASHINGTON IS COMMITTED TO PROMOTING THE HEALTH AND QUALITY OF LIFE IN ITS SURROUNDING COMMUNITY. EXAMPLES OF OUR COMMITMENT IN ACTION AND SERVICE ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN 2024 INCLUDE: PROVIDENCE ALASKA HOSPITALS BROTHER FRANCIS SHELTER HOMELESS RESPITE PROVIDENCE ALASKA PILOTED A TWO-BED HOMELESS RESPITE PROGRAM AT THE LARGEST HOMELESS SHELTER IN ANCHORAGE, ALASKA, OPERATED BY CATHOLIC SOCIAL SERVICES (CSS). AFTER DEMONSTRATING THE VALUE OF THE PROGRAM, PROVIDENCE APPROACHED CSS, AS WELL AS THE TWO OTHER MAJOR HOSPITALS IN ANHORAGE (ALASKA NATIVE MEDICAL CENTER AND ALASKA REGIONAL HOSPITAL) PROPOSING A PARTNERSHIP. THROUGH THAT PARTNERSHIP, THE HOSPITALS PROVIDED FUNDING FOR CSS TO OPERATE A TEN-BED RESPITE PROGRAM, WITH PROVIDENCE FUNDING MORE THAN HALF THE COST TO OPERATE THE PROGRAM ANNUALLY. THE MEDICAL RESPITE PROGRAM HAS BEEN SERVING THE NEEDS OF CRITICALLY ILL INDIVIDUALS SINCE 2015, WHEN PROVIDENCE ALASKA PROVIDED A DONATION TO CREATE RECUPERATIVE LIVING QUARTERS FOR PATIENTS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS. THE TEN-BED PROGRAM PROVIDES A SAFE SPACE FOR THE SELF-CARE AND RECUPERATION OF PATIENTS DISCHARGED FROM MEDICAL FACILITIES IN ANCHORAGE. THE MEDICAL RESPITE SPACE PROVIDES GUESTS WITH 24-HOUR ACCESS TO A FURNISHED SEMI-PRIVATE ROOM, THREE MEALS A DAY, A COMMON AREA WITH A TELEVISION, KITCHENETTE, AND LAUNDRY. CASE MANAGERS ASSIST GUESTS WITH TRANSPORTATION FOR FOLLOW-UP APPOINTMENTS AND HELP GUESTS MEET THEIR DIVERSE HEALTHCARE GOALS. IN 2024, THE RESPITE PROGRAM PROVIDED 2,944 BED-NIGHTS (DAYS) TO 132 HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS IN NEED OF A SAFE PLACE, FOLLOWING DISCHARGE FROM THE THREE LOCAL HOSPITALS, PAMC, ARH, AND ANMC. PATHWAYS TO END YOUTH HOMELESSNESS: PROVIDENCE ALASKA PARTNERED WITH AND PROVIDED GRANT FUNDING TO COVENANT HOUSE ALASKA (CHA) IN SUPPORT OF THEIR PATHWAYS TO END YOUTH HOMELESSNESS PROGRAMMING. CHA IS THE ONLY SHELTER AND SERVICE PROVIDER SPECIFIC TO YOUTH IN SOUTHCENTRAL ALASKA AND THE ONLY PROVIDER OPERATING A PREVENTION PROGRAM FOR YOUTH AT RISK OF HOMELESSNESS. CHA'S CONTINUUM OF WRAP AROUND AND PREVENT
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 December 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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