Catholic Health Services Inc
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
TO PROVIDE HEALTH CARE AND SERVICES TO THOSE IN NEED; TO MINIMIZE HUMAN SUFFERING; TO ASSIST PEOPLE TO WHOLENESS AND TO NURTURE AN AWARENESS OF THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD.
- Income
- $19.3 million
- Spending
- $16.2 million
- Spent on programs
- 70%
- Reserves
- 39 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- fees for its services, 97%
- Employees
- 214
- Highest pay
- $510,978, ceo
Source: Form 990 for the year ending September 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Strong: 91 out of 100.
Reserves
35 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 39.0 months of spending.
Debt
16 of 20It owes 17% of what it owns.
Living within its means
15 of 15Income exceeded spending by 16% of income.
Income trend
10 of 15Income fell 6% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 1570% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 0 cents.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending September 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
Strong: 90 out of 100.
Independent board
25 of 259 of 9 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
0 of 10Did not give 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 September 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)
- $11.3 million spent. CATHOLIC HEALTH SERVICES ("CHS") WAS FORMED IN 1986 TO PLAN, DEVELOP, MANAGE AND COORDINATE THE NEW AND EXISTING NOT-FOR-PROFIT HEALTH CARE RELATED FACILITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF MIAMI. OVER THE YEARS ITS OVERSIGHT HAS EXPANDED TO INCLUDE LOW INCOME HOUSING FOR SENIORS, AN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION PROVIDER AND THE CATHOLIC CEMETERIES ALSO SPONSORED BY THE ARCHDIOCESE OF MIAMI. ALL ENTITIES ARE EXEMPT UNDER SECTION 501(C)(3) AND SERVE ALL FAITHS WITHIN THEIR GEOGRAPHIC AREA. THE CATHOLIC HEALTH SERVICES SYSTEM INCLUDES 4 SKILLED NURSING AND LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES WITH A TOTAL OF 633 LICENSED BEDS. THESE FACILITIES SERVED 3,986 PATIENTS IN FISCAL 2025. THREE SPECIALTY REHABILITATION HOSPITALS WITH A TOTAL OF 88 LICENSED BEDS SERVED 807 INPATIENTS IN FISCAL 2025, AND AN ADDITIONAL 420 INDIVIDUALS RECEIVED SERVICES IN THE HOSPITALS' THERAPY DEPARTMENT. TWO ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES WITH A TOTAL OF 150 LICENSED BEDS SERVED 175 INDIVIDUALS DURING THE YEAR. 1,032 CLIENTS RECEIVED HOME HEALTH SERVICES FROM THE SYSTEM'S TWO HOME HEALTH AGENCIES. CATHOLIC HOSPICE SERVED 9698 PATIENTS IN THEIR HOMES, HEALTHCARE FACILITIES, PALLIATIVE CARE AND IN THE AGENCY'S 3 INPATIENT UNITS. CATHOLIC HOUSING MANAGEMENT, A PROGRAM SERVICE OF CHS, OVERSEES 2,569 APARTMENTS IN 18 HUD HOUSING COMMUNITIES FOR LOW INCOME SENIORS IN BROWARD AND MIAMI-DADE COUNTIES. IN FISCAL 2025,3,159 RESIDENTS OF ALL FAITHS BENEFITED FROM THIS SAFE AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING. CENTRO MATER'S FIVE CHILD CARE CENTERS SERVED 1,698 CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES IN FISCAL 2025, PROVIDING EARLY LEARNING SERVICES FUNDED THROUGH FEDERAL AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT SOURCES AND PRIVATE AGENCIES. COMMUNITY BENEFIT IS PROVIDED IN VARIOUS FORMS. THE HEALTHCARE ENTITIES DEVOTE SUBSTANTIAL EFFORTS AND RESOURCES TO PROVIDING HEALTH SERVICES TO PEOPLE IN THEIR COMMUNITIES WHO NEED CARE BUT CANNOT AFFORD IT. BENEFITS TO THE POOR ARE PROVIDED TO PERSONS WHO ARE ECONOMICALLY POOR OR ARE MEDICALLY INDIGENT AND CANNOT AFFORD TO PAY BECAUSE THEY HAVE INADEQUATE RESOURCES AND/OR ARE UNINSURED OR UNDERINSURED. CHARITY CARE IS PROVIDED TO THOSE WHO ARE FINANCIALLY UNABLE TO PAY AND WHO ARE UNABLE TO ACCESS FEDERAL OR STATE ENTITLEMENT PROGRAMS. THE FACILITIES DO NOT PURSUE COLLECTION OF AMOUNTS DETERMINED TO QUALIFY AS CHARITY CARE AND DO NOT REPORT SUCH AMOUNTS AS NET PATIENT SERVICE REVENUE. QUALIFICATION FOR CHARITY CARE AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE IS DETERMINED USING FEDERAL POVERTY GUIDELINES. COST INCURRED IN EXCESS OF NORMAL INPATIENT AND RESIDENT REIMBURSEMENT RATES RECEIVED ARE BASED ON COST-TO-CHARGE RATIO METHODOLOGY. IN FISCAL 2025 "TOTAL UNCOMPENSATED AND CHARITY CARE" TOTALED APPROXIMATELY 4,990,019 AND MADE UP 31% OF THE TOTAL CHS COMMUNITY BENEFIT. IN FISCAL 2025 "ELDERLY HOUSING RENTAL SUBSIDY" TOTALED APPROXIMATELY 10,847,868 WHICH ACCOUNTS FOR 67% OF THE COMMUNITY BENEFIT BREAKDOWN AS THE TENANT SHARE OF MONTHLY RENT AVERAGES ONLY 367 THROUGHOUT THESE PROPERTIES. APPROXIMATELY 196,700 OF COMMUNITYBENEFIT IS PROVIDED THROUGH "COMMUNITY HEALTH IMPROVEMENT" THROUGH MEDICINE, THERAPIES, AND NURSING. IN ADDITION, CATHOLIC HEALTH SERVICES FACILITIES, THROUGH THEIR PARTICIPATION IN HEALTH FAIRS AND COMMUNITY SPONSORED EVENTS, PROVIDE COMMUNITY HEALTH EDUCATION AND HEALTH SUPPORT SERVICES TO THOSE WHO WOULD OTHERWISE NOT HAVE THE BENEFIT OF THESE SERVICES. CATHOLIC HEALTH SERVICES ("CHS") WAS FORMED IN 1986 TO PLAN, DEVELOP, MANAGE AND COORDINATE THE NEW AND EXISTING NOT-FOR-PROFIT HEALTH CARE RELATED FACILITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF MIAMI. OVER THE YEARS ITS OVERSIGHT HAS EXPANDED TO INCLUDE LOW INCOME HOUSING FOR SENIORS, AN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION PROVIDER AND THE CATHOLIC CEMETERIES ALSO SPONSORED BY THE ARCHDIOCESE OF MIAMI. ALL ENTITIES ARE EXEMPT UNDER SECTION 501(C)(3) AND SERVE ALL FAITHS WITHIN THEIR GEOGRAPHIC AREA. THE CATHOLIC HEALTH SERVICES SYSTEM INCLUDES 4 SKILLED NURSING AND LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES WITH A TOTAL OF 633 LICENSED BEDS. THESE FACILITIES SERVED 3,986 PATIENTS IN FISCAL 2025. THREE SPECIALTY REHABILITATION HOSPITALS WITH A TOTAL OF 88 LICENSED BEDS SERVED 807 INPATIENTS IN FISCAL 2025, AND AN ADDITIONAL 420 INDIVIDUALS RECEIVED SERVICES IN THE HOSPITALS' THERAPY DEPARTMENT. TWO ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES WITH A TOTAL OF 150 LICENSED BEDS SERVED 175 INDIVIDUALS DURING THE YEAR. 1,032 CLIENTS RECEIVED HOME HEALTH SERVICES FROM THE SYSTEM'S TWO HOME HEALTH AGENCIES. CATHOLIC HOSPICE SERVED 9698 PATIENTS IN THEIR HOMES, HEALTHCARE FACILITIES, PALLIATIVE CARE AND IN THE AGENCY'S 3 INPATIENT UNITS. CATHOLIC HOUSING MANAGEMENT, A PROGRAM SERVICE OF CHS, OVERSEES 2,569 APARTMENTS IN 18 HUD HOUSING COMMUNITIES FOR LOW INCOME SENIORS IN BROWARD AND MIAMI-DADE COUNTIES. IN FISCAL 2025,3,159 RESIDENTS OF ALL FAITHS BENEFITED FROM THIS SAFE AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING. CENTRO MATER'S FIVE CHILD CARE CENTERS SERVED 1,698 CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES IN FISCAL 2025, PROVIDING EARLY LEARNING SERVICES FUNDED THROUGH FEDERAL AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT SOURCES AND PRIVATE AGENCIES. COMMUNITY BENEFIT IS PROVIDED IN VARIOUS FORMS. THE HEALTHCARE ENTITIES DEVOTE SUBSTANTIAL EFFORTS AND RESOURCES TO PROVIDING HEALTH SERVICES TO PEOPLE IN THEIR COMMUNITIES WHO NEED CARE BUT CANNOT AFFORD IT. BENEFITS TO THE POOR ARE PROVIDED TO PERSONS WHO ARE ECONOMICALLY POOR OR ARE MEDICALLY INDIGENT AND CANNOT AFFORD TO PAY BECAUSE THEY HAVE INADEQUATE RESOURCES AND/OR ARE UNINSURED OR UNDERINSURED. CHARITY CARE IS PROVIDED TO THOSE WHO ARE FINANCIALLY UNABLE TO PAY AND WHO ARE UNABLE TO ACCESS FEDERAL OR STATE ENTITLEMENT PROGRAMS. THE FACILITIES DO NOT PURSUE COLLECTION OF AMOUNTS DETERMINED TO QUALIFY AS CHARITY CARE AND DO NOT REPORT SUCH AMOUNTS AS NET PATIENT SERVICE REVENUE. QUALIFICATION FOR CHARITY CARE AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE IS DETERMINED USING FEDERAL POVERTY GUIDELINES. COST INCURRED IN EXCESS OF NORMAL INPATIENT AND RESIDENT REIMBURSEMENT RATES RECEIVED ARE BASED ON COST-TO-CHARGE RATIO METHODOLOGY. IN FISCAL 2025 "TOTAL UNCOMPENSATED AND CHARITY CARE" TOTALED
Source: Form 990 for the year ending September 30, 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? 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.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending September 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 March 1946.
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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