Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville Inc
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
Rooted in a tradition of Christian service, Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville expands access to high quality healthcare delivered with a compassionate and nurturing spirit to all.
- Income
- $298.6 million
- Spending
- $250.9 million
- Spent on programs
- 82%
- Reserves
- 4.7 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- fees for its services, 98%
- Employees
- 1,608
- Volunteers
- 31
- Highest pay
- $1.1 million, director
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: 81 out of 100. Higher than 73% of charities in its peer group (health care, over $100m).
Reserves
20 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 4.7 months of spending.
Debt
16 of 20It owes 20% of what it owns.
Living within its means
15 of 15Income exceeded spending by 16% of income.
Income trend
15 of 15Income rose 3% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 1582% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 0 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 53% of charities in its peer group (health care, over $100m).
Independent board
25 of 2512 of 13 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 (1)
- $205.8 million spent. Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville is a tertiary acute care hospital, serving numerous rural communities in western Kentucky and offering over 35 points of care and a broad range of inpatient and outpatient services. As an integrated healthcare provider, Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville includes more than 137 primary care and specialist providers, a 410-bed hospital with an advanced 20-bed Critical Care unit; an extensive education division that trains students in numerous capacities to provide medical care in rural areas; award-winning women's health services; advanced cancer care and a progressive heart and vascular center. (Continued on Schedule O)The hospital also has clinics conveniently located in nearby communities to provide care close to home for our patients. Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville provided care for 6,446 inpatient adult, pediatric and nursery admissions, 678 live births, 227,916 outpatient visits, and 9,496 surgery visits during fiscal year 2025. Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville's Mahr Cancer Center is Kentucky's oldest community hospital cancer program to consistently hold accreditation with the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer, receiving the No. 1 overall rating. The Merle M. Mahr Cancer Center is focused on preventing cancer, diagnosing cancer and treating it with the most aggressive, advanced therapies available. With state-of-the-art treatments, best-practice therapies and innovative clinical trials, the center delivers help and hope to people with cancer. The Mahr Center provided over 24,000 treatments to patients during fiscal year 2025, including chemotherapy and infusion; radiation oncology services; surgical services and advanced diagnostic and screening procedures. With skilled hands and compassionate hearts, the Jack L. Hamman Heart & Vascular Center encompasses the best in technology and facility design under one roof. The Center provides a complete range of services for diagnosis, treatment, and recovery from heart disease, as well as programs for assuring and maintaining wellness. The cardiac catheterization lab offers numerous procedures including the diagnosis and treatment of blood clots; implantation of permanent pacemakers; the use of stents to expand vessels and the removal of deposits from vessel walls. The Pacemaker/Defibrillator Clinic provides ongoing care for all pacemaker patients from practitioners who are assisted by technology experts to help ensure healthy recoveries and consistent, proper device performance. The Cardiac Rehabilitation program is administered by specially trained physiologists and nurses and provides a personalized rehabilitation program to help patients recover strength through exercise. Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville Hospice is dedicated to providing support and care for individuals during their last phase of life, as well as assistance to their families through the death and bereavement process. Through a coordinated and dedicated team approach, the Hospice staff and volunteers provide physical, emotional and spiritual assistance to those with a life-limiting illness by focusing on the quality of life. We provide terminally ill patients of all ages virtually all of the services of a healthcare facility, but in the privacy of their own home. The Hospice team has more than 160 years of combined experience and is made up of physicians, registered nurses, social workers, chaplains, certified nursing assistants, ancillary staff including physical and occupational therapists and volunteers. Education has played vital role in the history and growth of Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville. From elementary school students to health professionals and physicians, Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville offers a wide range of learning opportunities. The Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville Medical Education and Research Center provides numerous educational programs that benefit the communities of western Kentucky. - Established in 1971, the Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville Family Medicine Residency Program has been dedicated to helping provide well-educated and expertly trained family physicians to rural western Kentucky and beyond. We have a proud tradition of quality residency training, with graduates practicing all over the country, in both rural and metropolitan areas. The diversity of our program's population and the rural community and lifestyle are instrumental in developing quality family physicians. The education and skills our residents have received serve them well as they practice on the front lines of medicine. Our residency program is an important part of our vision to lead in clinical excellence, compassionate care and growth to meet the needs of our patients.- The purpose of the post-graduate Pharmacy Residency Program is to build on the Doctor of Pharmacy education and outcomes to contribute to the development of clinical pharmacists responsible for medication-related care of patients with a wide range of conditions.- Established in 1986, the goal of the West Area Health Education Center, (AHEC), in Madisonville is to improve the recruitment, distribution and retention of healthcare professionals in our region and to improve the health of the communities we serve. The program connects the academic health centers at the University of Kentucky and the University of Louisville with medically under-served communities throughout the Commonwealth to address healthcare access issues in Kentucky. The AHEC program places college healthcare students in training rotations in rural hospitals, health departments, clinics and private offices across its 14-county area in western Kentucky. The program also coordinates student clinical training; provides continuing education for health professionals close to home; works with local schools to promote careers in health care and supports library networks to meet the information needs of students and healthcare practitioners.- The Unive
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 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 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 February 1966.
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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