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St Paul Place Specialists Inc

EIN 52-1495113 · Baltimore, MD

Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.

LegitimacyPassesRegistration and standingFinancial healthStrong90 out of 100GovernanceGood75 out of 100Impact evidenceDescribes programsHow well its results are evidenced

What it says it does

TO PROVIDE SPECIALTY PHYSICIAN SERVICES TO PATIENTS OF MERCY MEDICAL CENTER.

Income
$156.1 million
Spending
$155.6 million
Spent on programs
96%
Reserves
7.6 months of spending
Largest source of income
fees for its services, 86%
Employees
555
Volunteers
0
Highest pay
$4.2 million, physician

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

Strong: 90 out of 100.

  • Reserves

    28 of 35

    Spendable reserves would cover 7.6 months of spending.

  • Debt

    20 of 20

    It owes 13% of what it owns.

  • Living within its means

    12 of 15

    Income exceeded spending by 0% of income.

  • Income trend

    15 of 15

    Income rose 8% on the year before.

  • Spending floor

    15 of 15

    95% 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

Good: 75 out of 100.

  • Independent board

    5 of 25

    0 of 9 voting board members are independent.

  • Conflict of interest policy

    15 of 15

    Has a written conflict of interest policy.

  • Whistleblower policy

    8 of 8

    Has a written whistleblower policy.

  • Record keeping policy

    7 of 7

    Has a written policy on keeping and destroying records.

  • Board minutes

    5 of 5

    Keeps minutes of board meetings.

  • Board sees the tax return

    10 of 10

    Gave the board a copy of this return before filing it.

  • Pay set independently

    0 of 5

    Reports no independent review process for its chief executive's pay.

  • Independent check of accounts

    15 of 15

    Its accounts were audited by an independent accountant.

  • No reported misuse

    10 of 10

    Reports 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)
  1. $148.5 million spent. St. Paul Place Specialists, Inc. ("SPPS") is a wholly owned subsidiary of Mercy Health Services, Inc. ("MHS"). MHS owns and operates a Catholic healthcare system in Maryland, under the sponsorship of the Sisters of Mercy. MHS is also the parent of Mercy Medical Center, Inc., which owns and operates an acute care hospital in downtown Baltimore as well as numerous outpatient hospital specialty clinics, and of Stella Maris, Inc., which owns and operates a nursing home, a residential and home hospice services and a home health agency. SPPS employs physicians in a wide variety of specialties who provide services to patients of Mercy Medical Center's inpatient services and outpatient clinics and to other members of the community throughout central Maryland and beyond. Continued on Schedule O SPPS's physicians include the radiologists and pathologists who provide imaging and clinical laboratory services to patients of Mercy's acute care hospital. In addition, SPPS employs a number of highly trained intensivists who provide services to patients in Mercy's intensive and critical care units, thereby improving the quality of care for Mercy's sickest patients. SPPS also employs many specialists and subspecialists who provide services in Mercy's outpatient clinics and in offices located throughout the state of Maryland. MHS has a long-term relationship with Healthcare for the Homeless, Inc. ("HCH"), an organization that provides healthcare services to homeless people, and SPPS physicians provide specialty care to HCH patients. SPPS physicians also provide the majority of on-call services for Mercy Medical Center and regularly provide services to patients referred by Mercy's emergency department who are uninsured or underinsured. SPPS has established a statewide collaboration with a number of other Maryland hospitals to provide gynecologic oncology services to patients of those hospitals through SPPS physicians, thereby providing a highly specialized service to women who reside in more remote areas of the state. In fiscal year 2013, a group of obstetricians that serve a large number of low-income patients joined SPPS. DURING FISCAL YEAR 2022, SPPS PROVIDED SEVERAL COMMUNITY BENEFIT ACTIVITIES. FIRST, SPPS PROVIDED CHARITY CARE TO PATIENTS SEEN BY SPPS PHYSICIANS. SECOND, SPPS INCURRED DIRECT UNREIMBURSED COSTS AS A RESULT OF PROVIDING PHYSICIAN SERVICES TO PATIENTS IN THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT OF MERCY MEDICAL CENTER. Finally, SPPS physicians undertake substantial disease and prevention research at an unreimbursed cost to SPPS. Many SPPS physicians participate in clinical research and in medical education.

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

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. Are donations tax-deductible? Worth knowing.

    Not individually listed by the IRS as eligible, which is usual for local chapters covered by a parent organization's exemption. The master file records contributions to it as deductible.

    Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.

  4. 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.

  5. How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.

    Recognized by the IRS since March 1946.

    Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.

  6. 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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