North Carolina Baptist Hospital
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
SEE SCHEDULE O FOR CONTINUATIONNORTH CAROLINA BAPTIST HOSPITAL (AT TIMES ALSO REFERRED TO AS THE "HOSPITAL OR "NCBH OR "THE FILING ORGANIZATION") IS AN INTEGRAL PART OF ATRIUM HEALTH WAKE FOREST BAPTIST (AHWFB), A PREEMINENT LEARNING HEALTH SYSTEM AND ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER OF THE HIGHEST QUALITY WITH BALANCED EXCELLENCE IN PATIENT CARE, RESEARCH AND EDUCATION THAT PROMOTES BETTER HEALTH FOR ALL THROUGH COLLABORATION, EXCELLENCE AND INNOVATION. AHWFB'S MISSION IS TO IMPROVE HEALTH, ELEVATE HOPE, AND ADVANCE HEALING FOR ALL. AHWFB'S VISION IS TO BE THE FIRST AND BEST CHOICE FOR CARE.
- Income
- $3.3 billion
- Spending
- $3.2 billion
- Spent on programs
- 95%
- Reserves
- 3.4 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- fees for its services, 99%
- Employees
- 0
- Volunteers
- 455
- Highest pay
- $7.6 million, ceo of ahwfb
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
Good: 75 out of 100. Higher than 64% of charities in its peer group (health care, over $100m).
Reserves
20 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 3.4 months of spending.
Debt
10 of 20It owes 37% of what it owns.
Living within its means
15 of 15Income exceeded spending by 2% of income.
Income trend
15 of 15Income rose 10% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 1595% 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 256 of 6 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)
- $3.0 billion spent. 1. CLINICAL SERVICES ATRIUM HEALTH WAKE FOREST BAPTIST IS NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED FOR CLINICAL EXCELLENCE AND INTERNATIONALLY KNOWN FOR PIONEERING RESEARCH AND CLINICAL INNOVATION. IT OFFERS EXPERTISE IN MORE THAN 100 AREAS OF MEDICINE, ENCOMPASSING COMPREHENSIVE PREVENTIVE AND HIGHLY SPECIALIZED CARE FOR ALL AGES. ATRIUM HEALTH WAKE FOREST BAPTIST'S NETWORK INCLUDES THE 167-BED COMPREHENSIVE CANCER CENTER AND THE 144-BED BRENNER CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL, BOTH OF WHICH ARE ON THE ATRIUM HEALTH WAKE FOREST BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER CAMPUS IN WINSTON-SALEM, AS WELL AS COMMUNITY HOSPITALS IN DAVIDSON, DAVIE, GUILFORD, AND WILKES COUNTIES. BRENNER CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL ALSO INCLUDES THE DALE AND KAREN SISEL NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT, WITH 51 ALL-PRIVATE ROOMS. ACROSS ITS SERVICE AREA OF NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA, ATRIUM HEALTH WAKE FOREST BAPTIST HAS SEVEN EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS; 11 URGENT CARE LOCATIONS; 458 PHYSICIAN PRACTICES, INCLUDING PRIMARY CARE AND SPECIALTY CLINICS; 28 CANCER CARE LOCATIONS; AND THREE AMBULATORY SURGERY CENTERS. AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2024, ATRIUM HEALTH WAKE FOREST BAPTIST EMPLOYED 22,478 PEOPLE, INCLUDING OVER 2,000 PHYSICIANS, 2,700 ACTIVE MEDICAL STAFF; 3,200 PROVIDERS ALIGNED THROUGH ITS ACCOUNTABLE CARE ORGANIZATION AND CLINICALLY INTEGRATED NETWORK; 1,200 ADVANCED PRACTICE PROVIDERS; AND 4,500 NURSES. ATRIUM HEALTH WAKE FOREST BAPTIST CONTINUES TO INVEST IN THE COMMUNITIES IT SERVES THROUGH NEW AND EXPANDED FACILITIES AND SERVICES. IN 2024, THE HEALTH SYSTEM OPENED FOUR NEW LOCATIONS IN GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA, INCLUDING A MEDICAL OFFICE BUILDING, AN URGENT CARE AND FAMILY MEDICINE CLINIC AND PEDIATRIC CLINICS. IT EXPANDED SERVICES IN EAST WINSTON-SALEM INTO A HISTORICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA AND RENAMED THE BUILDING THE KENNEDY-HOPKINS MEDICAL BUILDING, IN MEMORY OF TWO BLACK MEDICAL PIONEERS. AHWFB BROKE GROUND ON AN OUTPATIENT SURGERY CENTER IN WINSTON-SALEM, NORTH CAROLINA AND A MULTISPECIALTY MEDICAL OFFICE BUILDING AND OUTPATIENT SURGERY CENTER IN GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA, TOTALING MORE THAN 164,000 SQUARE FEET OF SPACE. FOR THE 2024 CALENDAR YEAR, THE ATRIUM HEALTH WAKE FOREST BAPTIST SYSTEM HAD 90,522 ACUTE CARE BEDDED DISCHARGES; 247,093 EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISITS; 2,657,461 PHYSICIAN OFFICE VISITS; AND 150,789 URGENT CARE VISITS. IN 2024, ATRIUM HEALTH WAKE FOREST BAPTIST BECAME THE FIRST IN ADVOCATE HEALTH TO GIVE LECANEMAB THE FIRST FDA-APPROVED DRUG FOR ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE IN MORE THAN 20 YEARS TO A PATIENT. THIS MILESTONE POSITIONS AHWFB AS A LEADER IN INNOVATIVE CARE AND BUILDS ON ITS REPUTATION FOR BRIDGING ACADEMIC RESEARCH WITH CARE. ATRIUM HEALTH WAKE FOREST BAPTIST BECAME THE FIRST AND ONLY HEALTH SYSTEM IN THE CAROLINAS TO BEGIN USING THE ONLY FDA-CLEARED ROBOTIC-ASSISTED COCHLEAR IMPLANT TECHNOLOGY. COCHLEAR IMPLANTS CAN BE DESCRIBED AS "BIONIC EARS" THAT ARE IMPLANTED INTO THE INNER EAR OF PATIENTS 9 MONTHS AND OLDER WHO NEED ADVANCED HELP BEYOND HEARING AIDS TO RESTORE HEARING. COCHLEAR IMPLANTS PROVIDE DIRECT ELECTRICAL STIMULATION, THROUGH THE EAR, TO THE HEARING CENTERS OF THE BRAIN. THE ROBOTIC-ASSISTED INSERTION SYSTEM IS CURRENTLY INDICATED FOR PATIENTS 12 YEARS OF AGE AND OLDER WHO QUALIFY FOR A COCHLEAR IMPLANT. BEING AT THE FOREFRONT OF TECHNOLOGY, ATRIUM HEALTH WAKE FOREST BAPTIST IS ONE OF THE SELECT CENTERS TO OFFER THE TECHNOLOGY WITH THE CLOSEST OTHER CENTERS IN NEW JERSEY, PHILADELPHIA AND FLORIDA. HIGHLIGHTING ITS NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED ACHIEVEMENTS IN PATIENT SAFETY AND QUALITY, ATRIUM HEALTH WAKE FOREST BAPTIST DAVIE MEDICAL CENTER RECEIVED ITS SIXTH CONSECUTIVE A GRADE FROM THE LEAPFROG GROUP. 2. OUTREACH ATRIUM HEALTH WAKE FOREST BAPTIST CONTINUES A BROAD-BASED EFFORT TO REACH UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS ACROSS ITS SERVICE AREA, WHICH IS REFLECTED IN ITS ANNUAL COMMUNITY BENEFITS REPORT. FOR TAX YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2024, ATRIUM HEALTH WAKE FOREST BAPTIST REPORTED IT PROVIDED COMMUNITY BENEFITS VALUED AT $945 MILLION, INCLUDING $105 MILLION IN BAD DEBT, AS REPORTED TO THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. THOSE BENEFITS SUPPORTED THESE AREAS: - FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE (FKA CHARITY CARE) - COMMUNITY HEALTH IMPROVEMENT AND OUTREACH PROGRAMS - EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF MEDICAL AND HEALTH PROFESSIONS AND CLINICAL RESEARCH - SUBSIDIZED HEALTH SERVICES AT THE DOWNTOWN HEALTH PLAZA, BETHESDA, AND SOUTHSIDE HEALTH CLINICS IN WINSTON SALEM, NC - UNREIMBURSED COSTS OF GOVERNMENT-FUNDED PROGRAMS, PRIMARILY MEDICARE AND MEDICAID ONE ANCHOR OF OUTREACH FOR THE ATRIUM HEALTH WAKE FOREST BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER IS ITS DOWNTOWN HEALTH PLAZA, A FULL-SERVICE, OUTPATIENT MEDICAL CLINIC THAT SERVES MANY OF FORSYTH COUNTY'S UNINSURED AND UNDERINSURED RESIDENTS WITH A STATE-OF-THE-ART MEDICAL HOME. IN ADDITION TO CLINICAL CARE, THE DOWNTOWN HEALTH PLAZA OFFERS COMMUNITY HEALTH FAIRS, DIABETES EDUCATION, AND A CENTERING PREGNANCY PROGRAM THAT IS REDUCING THE INCIDENCE OF LOW BIRTH-WEIGHT BABIES. DURING THE 2024 CALENDAR YEAR, 54,739 PATIENT VISITS (18,512 WITH DISTINCT MEDICAL RECORD NUMBERS) WERE RECORDED AT THE DOWNTOWN HEALTH PLAZA, AND ANOTHER 9,899 VISITS (3,805 WITH DISTINCT MEDICAL RECORD NUMBERS) WERE RECORDED AT WINSTON EAST PEDIATRICS, A NEARBY ATRIUM HEALTH WAKE FOREST BAPTIST CARE FACILITY SERVING THE UNINSURED AND UNDERINSURED. ON-GOING WORK OF ATRIUM HEALTH WAKE FOREST BAPTIST INCLUDES: - REGULAR COMMUNITY-BASED HEALTH CLINICS, INCLUDING THE WEEKLY DELIVERING EQUAL ACCESS TO CARE (DEAC) CLINIC FOR UNINSURED RESIDENTS OF FORSYTH, DAVIDSON, DAVIE, STOKES, AND YADKIN COUNTIES; THE MONTHLY TRIAD FREE HEALTH CLINIC AT COMMUNITY MOSQUE IN WINSTON-SALEM; THE MONTHLY GRACE CLINIC AT NEW LIGHT MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH IN WINSTON SALEM; AND THE ANNUAL SHARE THE HEALTH FAIR AT THE DOWNTOWN HEALTH PLAZA IN WINSTON SALEM. THESE CLINICS, SPONSORED BY PRIVATE ORGANIZATIONS AND CHURCHES WITH VOLUNTEER ASSISTANCE FROM ATRIUM HEALTH WAKE FOREST BAPTIST PHYSICIANS, NURSES, MEDICAL STUDENTS, AND OTHERS, ATTRACT THOUSANDS
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 2003.
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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