Baptist Health Hospitals
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
BAPTIST HEALTH HOSPITALS EXISTS TO PROVIDE QUALITY PATIENT CENTERED SERVICES TO THE CITIZENS IN & AROUND STUTTGART, AR WITH CHRISTIAN COMPASSION AND PERSONAL CONCERN CONSISTENT WITH OUR CHARITABLE PURPOSES.
- Income
- $30.7 million
- Spending
- $33.7 million
- Spent on programs
- 91%
- Reserves
- -0.1 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- fees for its services, 99%
- Employees
- 200
- Volunteers
- 7
- Highest pay
- $2.3 million, president
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
Weak: 44 out of 100. Higher than 22% of charities in its peer group (health care, $10m to $100m).
Reserves
0 of 35Spendable reserves are negative: it owes or has committed more than it holds.
Debt
10 of 20It owes 34% of what it owns.
Living within its means
4 of 15Spending exceeded income by 10% of income.
Income trend
15 of 15Income rose 1% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 1591% 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
Good: 70 out of 100. Higher than 5% of charities in its peer group (health care, $10m to $100m).
Independent board
5 of 250 of 3 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 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)
- $30.7 million spent. BAPTIST HEALTH HOSPITALS PROVIDES ACCESS TO A FULL RANGE OF COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH CARE SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS REGARDLESS OF RACE, CREED, SEX, NATIONAL ORIGIN, DISABILITY, AGE, OR ABILITY TO PAY. ALTHOUGH REIMBURSEMENT FOR SERVICES RENDERED IS ESSENTIAL TO BAPTIST HEALTH HOSPITALS FOR THE CONTINUED OPERATION, FINANCIAL STABILITY, AND ABILITY TO PROVIDE NEEDED NEW SERVICES AND TECHNOLOGY, IT IS RECOGNIZED THAT NOT ALL INDIVIDUALS POSSESS THE ABILITY TO PURCHASE HEALTH CARE AND ESSENTIAL MEDICAL SERVICES. FURTHER, OUR MISSION IS TO SERVE THIS COMMUNITY WITH RESPECT TO PROVIDING COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH CARE SERVICES AND HEALTH EDUCATION. THEREFORE, IN KEEPING WITH BAPTIST HEALTH HOSPITALS'S COMMITMENT TO SERVE THE RESIDENTS OF ITS COMMUNITY, WE PROVIDE: - FREE AND SUBSIDIZED CARE TO THOSE WHO CANNOT PAY, - CARE TO PERSONS COVERED BY GOVERNMENTAL PROGRAMS AT REIMBURSEMENT BELOW OUR REGULAR RATES PAID BY OTHER THIRD PARTIES; AND - HEALTH EDUCATION AND PROGRAMS/SERVICES TO ENHANCE THE HEALTH STATUS OF THE COMMUNITY. SUCH SERVICES AND PROGRAMS ARE PROVIDED WHERE THE NEED AND/OR INDIVIDUAL'S INABILITY TO PAY CO-EXISTS. THESE ACTIVITIES INCLUDE WELLNESS AND PREVENTION EDUCATION PROGRAMS, COMMUNITY DIAGNOSTIC SCREENING PROGRAMS, SPECIAL PROGRAMS FOR THE ELDERLY, YOUTH AT RISK, HANDICAPPED, MEDICALLY UNDER SERVED, MEDICAL CARE FOR THE UNINSURED, AND A VARIETY OF BROAD COMMUNITY SUPPORT ACTIVITIES. DURING 2024 BAPTIST HEALTH HOSPITALS SERVED 444 INPATIENTS AND 32,675 OUTPATIENTS, OF WHICH 7,955 RECEIVED CARE IN THE EMERGENCY ROOM. BAPTIST HEALTH HOSPITALS ALSO SERVED PATIENTS IN HOSPITAL-BASED CLINICS TOTALING 56,201 CLINIC VISITS.
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 April 2010.
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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