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Lenoir Memorial Hospital Inc

EIN 56-6000674 · Kinston, NC

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

LegitimacyPassesRegistration and standingFinancial healthFair66 out of 100GovernanceStrong100 out of 100Impact evidenceDescribes programsHow well its results are evidenced

Points to look into

  • Raising each dollar of donations cost 91 cents.

These come from the organization's own tax return. There may be a good explanation; ask the charity.

What it says it does

THE MISSION OF UNC HEALTH LENOIR IS TO ENSURE EXCEPTIONAL HEALTHCARE FOR THE PEOPLE WE SERVE.

Income
$191.6 million
Spending
$169.2 million
Spent on programs
89%
Reserves
4.4 months of spending
Largest source of income
fees for its services, 97%
Employees
1,213
Volunteers
126
Highest pay
$614,953, cmo

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

Fair: 66 out of 100. Higher than 56% of charities in its peer group (health care, over $100m).

  • Reserves

    20 of 35

    Spendable reserves would cover 4.4 months of spending.

  • Debt

    16 of 20

    It owes 19% of what it owns.

  • Living within its means

    15 of 15

    Income exceeded spending by 12% of income.

  • Income trend

    15 of 15

    Income rose 16% on the year before.

  • Spending floor

    0 of 15

    89% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 91 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

Strong: 100 out of 100. Higher than 52% of charities in its peer group (health care, over $100m).

  • Independent board

    25 of 25

    14 of 17 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

    5 of 5

    Sets its chief executive's pay through independent review and comparison.

  • 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. $150.5 million spent. IN 2024/ 2025, THE LATEST CYCLE FOR COMPLETING COMMUNITY HEALTH NEEDS ASSESSMENT WAS INITIATED IN LENOIR COUNTY BY LENOIR COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND UNC HEALTH LENOIR. LENOIR COUNTY WORKS WITHIN THE HEALTH ENC PARTNERSHIP IN UNIFYING REGIONAL PROCESSES AND TIMELINE. COMMUNITY INPUT WAS OBTAINED THROUGH A SURVEY PROCESS AND INPUT OF COMMUNITY HEALTH LEADERS USING THE LENOIR COUNTY ALLIANCE FOR A HEALTHY COMMUNITY TO COLLABORATE AND PARTNER IN ESTABLISHING COMMUNITY PRIORITIES FOR THE NEXT THREE YEARS. COMMUNITY PRIORITIES WERE ESTABLISHED IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER AS: + PHYSICAL HEALTH (CHRONIC DISEASES, CANCER, AND OBESITY) & HEALTHCARE ACCESS & QUALITY + TRANSPORTATION &TRANSIT + MENTAL HEALTH THE FULL 2024 LENOIR COUNTY CHNA AND UNC HEALTH LENOIR IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES AS WELL AS PAST ASSESSMENTS AND STRATEGIES ARE LOCATED AT THE HEALTHY COMMUNITIES TAB UNDER THE MINGES WELLNESS CENTER AT UNCLENOIR.ORG OR THROUGH HTTPS://WWW.UNCLENOIR.ORG/MINGES-WELLNESS-CENTER/COMMUNITYHEALTHNEEDSASSESSMENT/. HEALTHY COMMUNITIES COMMUNITY PORTAL USING THE HEALTHY COMMUNITIES INSTITUTE, A COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH STATUS DATABASE IS LOCATED AT THE LENOIR COUNTY HEALTHY COMMUNITIES TAB UNDER THE MINGES WELLNESS CENTER AT UNCLENOIR.ORG WHICH PROVIDES THE LATEST LENOIR COUNTY DEMOGRAPHICS AND LEADING HEALTH INDICATORS. IT ALLOWS THE USER TO SEARCH AND REPORT ON MORE THAN 200 HEALTH, ECONOMIC, SOCIAL, AND WELL-BEING INDICATORS, DEMOGRAPHICS, AND COMPARISONS WITH NC AND NATIONAL BENCHMARKS. THE DATABASE PROVIDES PROMISING PRACTICES FOR COMMUNITY HEALTH INTERVENTIONS AND ALLOWS THE COMMUNITY TO ADD LOCAL REPORTS FOR A ONE STOP INSPECTION FOR LOCAL COMMUNITY HEALTH ASSESSMENT. COMMUNITY LEADERS HAVE BEEN INFORMED OF THE FREE RESOURCE FOR GENERAL USE. COMMUNITY COALITION ACTIVITIES THE LENOIR COUNTY ALLIANCE FOR A HEALTHY COMMUNITY MET MONTHLY FOR COMMUNITY NETWORKING AND INFORMATION SHARING. ALMOST 20 DIFFERENT COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS PARTICIPATE IN THE MEETINGS. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT UNC HEALTH LENOIR FINANCIALLY SUPPORTED, THROUGH DONATION OR SPONSORSHIPS, NUMEROUS LENOIR COUNTY ORGANIZATIONS INCLUDING, KINSTON/LENOIR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, COMMUNITY COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS, SOUNDRIVERS, NEUSE REGIONAL LIBRARY, BBQ FESTIVAL ON THE NEUSE AND THE LENOIR COUNTY EDUCATION FOUNDATION. IN ADDITION, CASH DONATIONS WERE MADE TO THE LENOIR GREENE UNITED WAY, LENOIR COUNTY SPCA, ROTARACT, NEUSE NEWS, LAGRANGE ARTS COUNCIL, COMMUNITY CHURCHES AND LENOIR COUNTY AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY RELAY FOR LIFE. COMMUNITY HEALTH EDUCATION PROGRAMMING UNC HEALTH LENOIR PROVIDED HEALTH AND WELLNESS PROGRAMS TO 681 PARTICIPANTS ON AND OFF SITE. PROGRAMMING INCLUDED HEART HEALTH, STROKE PREVENTION, PRESCRIPTION AWARENESS, SUBSTANCE ABUSE AWARENESS AT NATIONAL NIGHT OUT AGAINST CRIME, DIABETES, COVID-19 EDUCATION, EXERCISE, NUTRITION, AND OTHER HEALTH EDUCATION OFFERINGS. EDUCATION WAS IN PERSON. COMMUNITY SUPPORT UNC HEALTH LENOIR EMPLOYEES SHOW GOOD COMMUNITY STEWARDSHIP BY PARTICIPATING IN FUNDRAISING TO SUPPORT THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY RELAY FOR LIFE, LENOIR HOSPITAL FOUNDATION PROJECTS, AND LENOIR-GREENE UNITED WAY. EMPLOYEES WORKED TOGETHER TO GIVE TIME, TALENT, AND CASH DONATIONS/PLEDGES OF $76,406 FOR 2025 FOR GREAT CAUSES IN THE COMMUNITY. EMPLOYEES COLLECTED 5,000 POUNDS OF FOOD FOR FAMILIES IN NEED AT THE FEASTIVAL OF FOODS AND MADE DONATIONS TO THE PANTRIES AT MARY'S KITCHEN, UNC HEALTH LENOIR'S PATIENT PANTRY AND CANCER CENTER FOOD PANTRY, BACKPACK BUDDIES OF LENOIR COUNTY AND LA GRANGE FIRST MISSIONARY BAPTIST FOOD PANTRY. EMPLOYEES KEPT THE LONG TRADITION OF PLAYING SECRET SANTA TO 33 FOSTER CHILDREN IN THE COMMUNITY. GIFTS THIS YEAR WERE PROVIDED TO FOSTER CHILDREN THROUGH THE GUARDIAN AD LITEM PROGRAM. THE HOSPITAL VOLUNTEER PROGRAM INCLUDED 117 VOLUNTEERS INCLUDING YOUTH VOLUNTEERS AND CHAPLAINS PROVIDED 16,340 VOLUNTEER HOURS IN A VARIETY OF HOSPITAL SETTINGS ENRICHING THE PATIENT EXPERIENCE AND PERFORMING THE WORK OF 5 UNPAID FTES. THE COMMUNITY DONATIONS, TOTALING MORE THAN $20,315 FOR LIGHTS OF LOVE FUND A NUMBER OF HOSPITAL ONCOLOGY PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS EACH YEAR. THE GIFT SHOP AND VENDOR SALES RAISED AN ADDITIONAL $194,784 TO SUPPORT HOSPITAL PROJECTS, EMPLOYEE AND TEEN SCHOLARSHIPS, AND ITEMS USED TO ENHANCE THE PATIENT EXPERIENCE. PHYSICIAN RECRUITMENT UNC HEALTH LENOIR HAS CONDUCTED 28 HOSPITAL AND COMMUNITY SITE VISITS AND 9 NEW MEDICAL PROVIDERS INCLUDING PHYSICIANS AND ADVANCED PRACTICE PROVIDERS HAVE JOINED THE MEDICAL STAFF IN 2025. THE NEW PROVIDERS WILL BE PRACTICING IN OUR COMMUNITY AND COVER THE FOLLOWING SPECIALTIES: ORTHOPEDICS, HOSPITALIST MEDICINE, PULMONOLOGY, AND GENERAL AND BARIATRIC SURGERY. SUPPORT GROUPS THE PARKINSON'S SUPPORT GROUP AND WEIGHT MANAGEMENT SUPPORT GROUPS MET OFF-SITE WITH 409 PERSONS ATTENDING. LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS UNC HEALTH LENOIR PARTICIPATES IN THE LOCAL EMERGENCY PLANNING COMMITTEE (LEPC); THE EASTERN HEALTHCARE PREPAREDNESS COALITION AND THE UNC SYSTEM EM GROUP FOR PLANNING, COORDINATING, AND EXECUTING DISASTER READINESS AND DRILLS. UNC HEALTH LENOIR PARTICIPATES IN THE NORTH CAROLINA EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DOMESTIC PREPAREDNESS REGION 2 (DPR2) EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS COMMITTEE FOR 10 COUNTIES WHICH SERVES TO DEVELOP AND EXPAND REGIONAL PREVENTION, PREPAREDNESS, RESPONSE, AND RECOVERY CAPABILITIES FOR ALL HAZARDS, BOTH MAN-MADE AND NATURAL. UNC HEALTH LENOIR ALSO PARTICIPATES IN THE NC HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATION'S EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COUNCIL WHICH IS COMPRISED OF HEALTHCARE EMERGENCY MANAGERS FROM ACROSS THE STATE AND PROVIDES GUIDANCE FOR THE N.C. HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATION AND N.C. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES. UNC HEALTH LENOIR PARTICIPATES IN THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HEALTHCARE SECURITY AND SAFETY AND PARTICIPATES IN MONTHLY VIRTUAL MEETINGS WITH OTHER CHAPTER LEADERS FROM AROUND THE WORLD RELATED TO SECURITY AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. COMMUNITY HEALTH IMPROVEMENT ADVOCACY MINGES WELLNESS CENTER - THE ON-SITE ME

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 November 6, 2026.

  3. 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.

  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 1986.

    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 November 4, 2026.

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