Adventist Healthcare Inc
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
Points to look into
- It reported loans to or from officers, directors or other insiders.
These come from the organization's own tax return. There may be a good explanation; ask the charity.
What it says it does
WE EXTEND GOD'S CARE THROUGH THE MINISTRY OF PHYSICAL, MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL HEALING.
- Income
- $909.8 million
- Spending
- $860.3 million
- Spent on programs
- 82%
- Reserves
- -2.1 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- fees for its services, 96%
- Employees
- 8,201
- Volunteers
- 748
- Highest pay
- $1.9 million, 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: 45 out of 100.
Reserves
0 of 35Spendable reserves are negative: it owes or has committed more than it holds.
Debt
5 of 20It owes 59% of what it owns.
Living within its means
15 of 15Income exceeded spending by 5% of income.
Income trend
10 of 15Income fell 0% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 1582% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 22 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: 90 out of 100.
Independent board
25 of 2511 of 16 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
0 of 10Reports at least one of: diversion of assets, excess benefits, 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 (3)
- $656.7 million spent. THE MISSION OF ADVENTIST HEALTHCARE IS "WE EXTEND GOD'S CARE THROUGH THE MINISTRY OF PHYSICAL, MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL HEALING." IN MEETING THIS MISSION, AND IN COMPLIANCE WITH STATE AND FEDERAL LAWS, WE PROVIDE CARE TO ALL PATIENTS REGARDLESS OF THEIR ABILITY TO PAY. COMPASSION IS REFLECTED IN OUR MISSION AND OUR ORGANIZATION'S COMMITMENT TO PROVIDING CONSISTENTLY HIGH LEVELS OF CHARITY AND UNCOMPENSATED CARE. TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE PEOPLE WE SERVE, ADVENTIST HEALTHCARE INVITES THEIR FEEDBACK AS WE INNOVATE AND EXPAND OUR SERVICES TO BUILD HEALTHIER, ENGAGED COMMUNITIES. OUR HEALTH SYSTEM ALSO PARTNERS WITH OTHER LOCAL NONPROFITS THAT ADDRESS SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH. CONTINUES ON SCHEDULE O.ADVENTIST HEALTHCARE RESPONDS PROACTIVELY TO THE HEALTH CARE NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY WITH A CONTINUUM OF EXCELLENT PROGRAMS AND SERVICES TO MEET DIVERSE POPULATIONS. WE STRIVE TO:1. MAINTAIN AND GROW QUALITY HEALTH SERVICES2. INCREASE ACCESS TO CARE3. PROMOTE HEALTH EQUITY AND WELL-BEING1. MAINTAIN AND GROW QUALITY HEALTH SERVICES:ADVENTIST HEALTHCARE IS GROWING EXISTING PROGRAMS IN CARDIAC AND VASCULAR CARE, PHYSICAL REHABILITATION, ONCOLOGY, AND MENTAL HEALTH. OUR HOSPITALS ALSO PROVIDE VITAL EMERGENCY SERVICES AND CARE FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN IN OUR COMMUNITIES. RECOGNIZING THE NEED TO SERVE PEOPLE WHERE THEY ARE, OUR SYSTEM ALSO PARTNERS WITH COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE ALIGNED WITH OUR MISSION TO DELIVER HEALTH SERVICES BEYOND OUR FACILITIES. OUR HEALTH SYSTEM CONTINUES TO MANAGE AN EXPANDING PORTFOLIO OF HOSPITAL SERVICES AND PHYSICIAN PRACTICES IN WASHINGTON, D.C. RESIDENTS IN OUR SERVICE AREAS BENEFIT FROM OUR QUALITY PROGRAMS THAT PROMOTE HEALTH AND WELLNESS FOR NEIGHBORS OF ALL AGES, FROM INFANTS TO SENIOR CITIZENS, THAT BUILD HEALTHIER COMMUNITIES IN A HOLISTIC WAY.FORT WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER CARRIES ON ADVENTIST HEALTHCARE'S TRADITION OF HOLISTIC CARE IN PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MARYLAND. THE HOSPITAL FILLS A NEED IN AN UNDERSERVED AREA OF THE STATE. IT PROVIDES EMERGENCY CARE TO AS MANY AS 40,000 PATIENTS EACH YEAR. ITS GENERAL INPATIENT SERVICES INCLUDE ADULT MEDICAL AND SURGICAL CARE, LABORATORY, RADIOLOGY AND DIAGNOSTIC SERVICES, AS WELL AS REHABILITATION, AND RESPIRATORY CARE. SPECIALTY SERVICES INCLUDE GASTROENTEROLOGY, ORTHOPEDICS, GYNECOLOGY, NEUROLOGY, UROLOGY, AND OPHTHALMOLOGY. ADVENTIST HEALTHCARE HAS ADDED PRIMARY CARE AND SPECIALTY PHYSICIAN OFFICES IN FORT WASHINGTON TO BETTER SERVE ITS RESIDENTS. ALSO, IN 2023, THE HEALTH SYSTEM OPENED A MEDICAL PAVILION AT NATIONAL HARBOR IN OXON HILL, MARYLAND, TO PROVIDE D.C., MARYLAND AND VIRGINIA RESIDENTS EASY ACCESS FROM THE CAPITAL BELTWAY TO A SURGERY CENTER, PHYSICIAN OFFICES AND OTHER AMBULATORY SERVICES.ADVENTIST HEALTHCARE CONTINUES TO GROW ITS SERVICES FOR RESIDENTS IN WASHINGTON, D.C., THOUGH ITS MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT WITH BOTH THE HISTORIC, NONPROFIT HOWARD UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL AND THE HOWARD UNIVERSITY FACULTY PRACTICE PLAN, THE EMPLOYED PHYSICIAN PRACTICE CLOSELY CONNECTED TO THE HOSPITAL AND HOWARD'S COLLEGE OF MEDICINE. THE PRACTICE OFFERS D.C. RESIDENTS ACCESS TO MORE THAN 100 PHYSICIANS ACROSS MANY SPECIALTIES WHO ARE DEDICATED TO RESEARCH, THE LATEST TREATMENTS, AND COLLABORATIVE, PATIENT-CENTERED CARE. HOWARD UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL IS ONE OF THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH SYSTEMS IN D.C., WITH A LEVEL 1 TRAUMA CENTER AND AN EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT THAT SEES APPROXIMATELY 50,000 PATIENTS ANNUALLY. IT IS RECOGNIZED AS A NATIONAL LEADER IN TRAINING FUTURE DOCTORS, NURSES, AND OTHER HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS, AND ESSENTIAL TO HELPING THE U.S. ADDRESS RACIAL DISPARITIES IN THE PHYSICIAN WORKFORCE. ADVENTIST HEALTHCARE WORKS CLOSELY WITH SENIOR LEADERSHIP AT HOWARD UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL AND THE HOWARD UNIVERSITY FACULTY PRACTICE PLAN TO HELP STRENGTHEN THE QUALITY AND SCOPE OF THEIR SERVICES. IN ADDITION, THE HOWARD PARTNERSHIP CREATES A PATH FOR MEDICAL TRAINEES, RESIDENTS, MEDICAL STUDENTS, AND GRADUATES TO TRAIN AND WORK WITHIN ADVENTIST HEALTHCARE'S HOSPITALS. FOR MORE THAN 60 YEARS, ADVENTIST HEALTHCARE HAS BEEN AT THE FOREFRONT OF CARDIAC CARE SERVICES IN ITS REGION. THE HEALTH SYSTEM PIONEERED MANY CARDIAC PROCEDURES IN THE GREATER D.C. AREA, INCLUDING MITRAL VALVULOPLASTY AND SEVERAL SOPHISTICATED TYPES OF ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY. TODAY, ADVENTIST HEALTHCARE CARDIAC ASSOCIATES IS ONE OF THE COMMUNITY'S MOST COMPREHENSIVE CARDIOLOGY PRACTICES, PROVIDING THE COMMUNITY WITH EXTENSIVE SERVICES TO EVALUATE, DIAGNOSE AND TREAT HEART AND VASCULAR DISEASE.CARRYING ON ITS LEGACY OF EXCELLENCE, WHITE OAK MEDICAL CENTER IN SILVER SPRING, MARYLAND, PERFORMS SUBSTANTIAL CARDIAC SURGERY AND PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION (PCI) PROCEDURES AND BACKS UP MULTIPLE HOSPITALS THAT REQUIRE AN AFFILIATION WITH A CARDIAC SURGERY PROGRAM FOR THEIR PRIMARY AND NONPRIMARY ELECTIVE PCI PROGRAMS. IN 2024, THE HOSPITAL ADDED SURGEONS WITH EXPERTISE IN MINIMALLY INVASIVE CORONARY AND VALVE INTERVENTIONS.MEANWHILE, SHADY GROVE MEDICAL CENTER IN ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND, HAS EARNED SEVERAL NATIONAL ACCREDITATIONS FOR HEART CARE QUALITY FROM THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY (ACC), INCLUDING THE RECOGNITION AS A CHEST PAIN CENTER WITH PRIMARY PCI AND CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION LAB WITH PCI. IN 2024, FOR THE SECOND TIME, THE HOSPITAL'S CARDIAC PROGRAM EARNED THE ACC'S PRESTIGIOUS HEARTCARE CENTER DISTINCTION, RECOGNIZING EXCELLENCE AND SUSTAINED QUALITY IMPROVEMENT EFFORTS. BOTH WHITE OAK MEDICAL CENTER AND SHADY GROVE MEDICAL CENTER WERE RECOGNIZED IN 2024 WITH AWARDS FROM THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION (AHA) FOR THEIR COMMITMENT TO RESEARCH-BASED CARE FOR PEOPLE EXPERIENCING A NON-ST ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, OR NSTEMI, A TYPE OF DANGEROUS HEART ATTACK THAT IMPACTS MORE THAN 546,000 AMERICANS A YEAR.IN ADDITION, BOTH HOSPITALS EARNED TOP AHA GOLD-LEVEL RECOGNITION IN 2024 FOR THEIR ONGOING COMMITMENT TO HIGH-QUALITY STROKE INTERVENTIONS THAT FOLLOW THE LATEST, EVIDENCE-BASED GUIDELINES. ADDITIONALLY, BOTH FACILITIES RECEIVED AHA TARGET: STROKE H
- $35.6 million spent. SHADY GROVE MEDICAL CENTER'S BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES:ADVENTIST HEALTHCARE SHADY GROVE MEDICAL CENTER'S BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES EXTEND CARE TO INDIVIDUALS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE CHALLENGES.SHADY GROVE MEDICAL CENTER IS A NONPROFIT, ACCREDITED BY THE JOINT COMMISSION AND PROVIDES PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT AT FACILITIES LOCATED ON ADVENTIST HEALTHCARE'S CAMPUS IN ROCKVILLE, MONTGOMERY COUNTY, MARYLAND.CONTINUES ON SCHEDULE O.SHADY GROVE MEDICAL CENTER PROVIDES A BROAD RANGE OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES SUCH AS ACUTE CARE, PRIVATE NON-PUBLIC SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS, OUTPATIENT PROGRAMS, PARTIAL HOSPITALIZATION PROGRAMS, INTENSIVE OUTPATIENT SERVICES AND AN OUTPATIENT WELLNESS CLINIC.SHADY GROVE MEDICAL CENTER'S BEHAVIORAL HEALTH FACILITIES INCLUDE 132 ACUTE-CARE INPATIENT BEDS. THE UNITS PROVIDE CRITICAL STABILIZATION AND SHORT-TERM INPATIENT TREATMENT FOR PATIENTS AGES 12 AND OLDER WHO EXPERIENCE SUDDEN LIFE CHANGES AND STRESSORS THAT TRIGGER DEPRESSION, ANXIETY AND OTHER CHALLENGES THAT IMPACT THEIR DAILY ACTIVITIES. SHADY GROVE MEDICAL CENTER'S BEHAVIORAL HEALTH TEAM MEMBERS CARED FOR APPROXIMATELY 3,342 PATIENTS IN 2024.SERVICES ALSO INCLUDE THE RIDGE SCHOOL, A SPECIAL AND GENERAL EDUCATION DAY SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS IN GRADES 6 THROUGH 12 WITH EMOTIONAL AND LEARNING DISABILITIES OR OTHER BEHAVIORAL HEALTH IMPAIRMENTS THAT IS APPROVED BY THE MARYLAND STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.SHADY GROVE MEDICAL CENTER ALSO OFFERS 16 ASSISTED LIVING BEDS AND A FULL CONTINUUM OF OUTPATIENT SERVICES.COMMUNITY-BASED RESIDENTIAL SERVICES:THE MANOR IS AN ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY IN TAKOMA PARK, MARYLAND, FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH CHRONIC AND SEVERE MENTAL ILLNESS WHO ARE UNABLE TO LIVE INDEPENDENTLY. THE FACILITY PROVIDES A SAFE AND SUPPORTIVE RESIDENTIAL ENVIRONMENT AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO LONG-TERM PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALIZATION.COMMUNITY SERVICE:SHADY GROVE MEDICAL CENTER IS COMMITTED TO SERVING AS A MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCE TO FAMILIES AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SPECIALISTS IN THE COMMUNITIES IT SERVES. THE ORGANIZATION HAS DEDICATED SIGNIFICANT RESOURCES TO PROVIDING CONTINUING EDUCATION SYMPOSIUMS FOR CLINICIANS AS WELL AS FREE MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT GROUPS TO THE COMMUNITY.SHADY GROVE MEDICAL CENTER SPONSORS AND SUPPORTS COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS THE NATIONAL ALLIANCE ON MENTAL ILLNESS OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY.
- $16.7 million spent. ADVENTIST HEALTHCARE, INC. EMPLOYS SEVERAL PHYSICIANS IN PRIMARY CARE AND SPECIALTY CARE WHO SUPPORT THE CONTINUUM OF HEALTH SERVICES OFFERED BY ADVENTIST HEALTHCARE.THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY 20 PRIMARY CARE PROVIDERS WHO SPAN OVER 7 DISTINCT SITES IN THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY AND PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY AREA. THESE PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIANS AND NURSE PRACTITIONERS SERVE THE COMMUNITY IN PROVIDING PREVENTIVE CARE, ACUTE CARE, AND CHRONIC CARE. THE PROVIDERS COLLECTIVELY HAD AN AMBULATORY VISIT VOLUME OF MORE THAN 50,000 VISITS IN 2024. CONTINUES ON SCHEDULE O.ADVENTIST HEALTHCARE ALSO EMPLOYS PHYSICAL MEDICINE SPECIALISTS, WHO SERVE THE COMMUNITY BY PROVIDING INPATIENT AND OUTPATIENT PHYSIATRY SERVICES TO THOSE IN NEED. THESE PHYSICIANS PRIMARILY SERVE PATIENTS IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY AND PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY.FOR BOTH GROUPS OF PHYSICIANS, ADVENTIST HEALTHCARE UNDER ITS EMPLOYMENT CONTRACTS, PROVIDES ADMINISTRATIVE, FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, TECHNICAL AND BUSINESS SUPPORT SERVICES THAT ARE ESSENTIAL FOR PHYSICIANS TO PROVIDE QUALITY CARE AND OPERATE SUCCESSFUL PRACTICES.
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? 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 October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Worth knowing.
The IRS does not require this organization to file annual returns.
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 April 1947.
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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