Emory University
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
Emory University's mission is to create, preserve, teach, and apply knowledge in the service of humanity. (See Schedule O for continuation)
- Income
- $7.9 billion
- Spending
- $7.2 billion
- Spent on programs
- 94%
- Reserves
- 9.6 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- fees for its services, 77%
- Employees
- 27,470
- Volunteers
- 11,148
- Highest pay
- $5.3 million, see schedule j, part iii
Source: Form 990 for the year ending August 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Good: 89 out of 100. Higher than 80% of charities in its peer group (education, over $100m).
Reserves
28 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 9.6 months of spending.
Debt
16 of 20It owes 29% of what it owns.
Living within its means
15 of 15Income exceeded spending by 8% of income.
Income trend
15 of 15Income rose 8% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 1594% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 3 cents.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending August 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
Strong: 100 out of 100. Higher than 41% of charities in its peer group (education, over $100m).
Independent board
25 of 2534 of 37 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 August 31, 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 (3)
- $3.0 billion spent. EMORY UNIVERSITY ("Emory "University") Emory University is a major research university that is privately endowed, coeducational and not-for-profit. With its nine colleges and schools, the University attracts top quality students from across the nation and abroad and has a current total enrollment of approximately 15,000 students. The University is a member of the Association of American Universities. In U.S. News and World Report's annual ranking of "America's Best Colleges" Emory ranked 24th in 2025 among national universities and has consistently been included in its top 25 list since 1992. Emory also ranks in the top 25 schools for U.S. News and World Report's "best value schools." In addition Emory was named a "best value college" by the Princeton Review. The University includes one of the nation's leading research and patient-care medical complexes, the Robert W. Woodruff Health Sciences Center. The Center includes the Emory University School of Medicine, Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, Rollins School of Public Health, and Emory National Primate Research Center. Among the many other centers for specialized research and study at Emory are the Winship Cancer Institute; The Global Health Institute; The Center for Health Discovery and Well Being; The Center for Faculty Development and Excellence; The Center for Aids Research; The Michael C. Carlos Museum; The Cherry L. Emerson Center for Scientific Computation; and The Claus M. Halle Institute for Global Learning.
- $2.0 billion spent. EMORY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MIDTOWN Since 1908, Emory University Hospital Midtown has been an Atlanta teaching hospital offering a myriad of patient care, education and research initiatives. In 2025, Emory University Hospital Midtown was ranked nationally by U.S. News & World Report in Gastroenterology & GI Surgery, Geriatirics and Pulmonolgy & Lung Surgery. It was ranked fifth in Georgia and fourth in metro Atlanta rankings. The Hospital provides advanced services such as cardiology, oncology, and radiology as well as more traditional services such as obstetrics, with both routine and intensive care nurseries, as well as provides charity care in the form of indigent care to patients with no health insurance and catastrophic care to patients whose medical bills are so large that paying them would be permanently life-shattering. Emory University Hospital Midtown has 529 licensed beds and more than 1,200 licensed physicians on staff. The current community benefits report is published at https://www.emoryhealthcare.org/community.
- $1.7 billion spent. EMORY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL Emory University Hospital is a teaching and research facility providing tertiary and quaternary care services, particularly cardiology, cardiac surgery, oncology, neurosciences, multiple organ and tissue transplantation, orthopaedics, geriatrics and endocrinology. In 2025, Emory University Hospital was ranked as the number one hospital in metro Atlanta and in the state of Georgia by U.S. News and World Report for the twelfth year in a row. Emory University Hospital was also recognized in 2025 as one of the nation's top hospitals by the National Research Corporation's Consumer Loyalty awards for 24 of the past 25 years. Emory University Hospital provides integrated patient care with teaching and clinical research by physicians who are university faculty as well as provides charity care in the form of indigent care to patients with no health insurance and catastrophic care to patients whose medical bills are so large that paying them would be permanently life-shattering. The Hospital has 871 licensed beds, of which 120 are located at Emory University Orthopaedics and Spine Hospital and 82 are located at Wesley Woods, and more than 1,300 licensed physicians on staff. The Emory University Orthopaedics and Spine Hospital has earned the highest patient satisfaction rankings in the country based on returned surveys from patients that have been nationally benchmarked by Press Ganey. The current community benefits report is published at https://www.emoryhealthcare.org/community
Source: Form 990 for the year ending August 31, 2025, 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 November 6, 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 August 2025.
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 June 2011.
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 November 4, 2026.
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