Baptist Memorial Hospital
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
BAPTIST MEMORIAL HOSPITAL PROVIDES QUALITY MEDICAL HEALTH CARE REGARDLESS OF RACE, CREED, SEX, NATIONAL ORIGIN, HANDICAP, OR AGE.
- Income
- $975.5 million
- Spending
- $954.6 million
- Spent on programs
- 95%
- Reserves
- -0.7 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- fees for its services, 98%
- Employees
- 6,085
- Volunteers
- 47
- Highest pay
- $3.2 million, president
Source: Form 990 for the year ending September 30, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Fair: 50 out of 100. Higher than 32% of charities in its peer group (health care, over $100m).
Reserves
0 of 35Spendable reserves are negative: it owes or has committed more than it holds.
Debt
5 of 20It owes 65% of what it owns.
Living within its means
15 of 15Income exceeded spending by 2% of income.
Income trend
15 of 15Income rose 9% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 1595% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 0 cents.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending September 30, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
Fair: 65 out of 100. Higher than 1% of charities in its peer group (health care, over $100m).
Independent board
5 of 252 of 6 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
0 of 5Reports no independent review process for its chief executive's pay.
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, 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)
- $904.0 million spent. BAPTIST MEMORIAL HOSPITAL PROVIDES QUALITY MEDICAL HEALTH CARE REGARDLESS OF RACE, CREED, SEX, NATIONAL ORIGIN, HANDICAP, OR AGE. PATIENTS OF EVERY RACE, CREED, AND SOCIOECONOMIC GROUP COME TO BAPTIST MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FROM MANY STATES AND COUNTRIES WITH ILLNESSES THAT ARE OFTEN VERY SERIOUS. ALTHOUGH REIMBURSEMENT FOR SERVICES RENDERED IS CRITICAL TO THE OPERATION AND STABILITY OF BAPTIST MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, IT IS RECOGNIZED THAT NOT ALL INDIVIDUALS POSSESS THE ABILITY TO PURCHASE ESSENTIAL MEDICAL SERVICES, AND FURTHER, THAT OUR MISSION IS TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY WITH RESPECT TO PROVIDING HEALTH CARE SERVICES AND HEALTH CARE EDUCATION. THEREFORE, IN KEEPING WITH ITS COMMITMENT TO SERVE ALL MEMBERS OF ITS COMMUNITY, BAPTIST MEMORIAL HOSPITAL PROVIDES THE FOLLOWING:- FREE CARE AND/OR SUBSIDIZED CARE WHERE THE NEED AND/OR AN INDIVIDUAL'S INABILITY TO PAY COEXIST,- CARE PROVIDED TO PERSONS COVERED BY GOVERNMENTAL PROGRAMS AT BELOW COST, AND- HEALTH ACTIVITIES AND PROGRAMS TO SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY.THESE ACTIVITIES INCLUDE WELLNESS PROGRAMS, COMMUNITY EDUCATION PROGRAMS, AND PROGRAMS FOR THE ELDERLY, HANDICAPPED, MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED, AND A VARIETY OF BROAD COMMUNITY SUPPORT ACTIVITIES.BAPTIST MEMORIAL HOSPITAL INCLUDES THREE MEMPHIS AREA HOSPITALS: BAPTIST MEMORIAL HOSPITAL-MEMPHIS, BAPTIST MEMORIAL HOSPITAL-COLLIERVILLE, AND BAPTIST MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN. THE COMBINED LOCATIONS OF BAPTIST MEMORIAL HOSPITAL SERVICED 37,759 PATIENT DISCHARGES AND PROVIDED MORE THAN 276,537 OUTPATIENT SERVICES DURING THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2024. EMPHASIS IS NOW ON OUTPATIENT SERVICES. BAPTIST MEMORIAL HOSPITAL PROVIDES MANY OUTPATIENT SERVICES, WHICH WILL CONTINUE TO CUT HOSPITAL COSTS AND STAYS. MOST PATIENTS PREFER TO RECUPERATE AT HOME, AND WITH THE OUTPATIENT SERVICES PROVIDED AT BAPTIST MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, PATIENTS NOW HAVE THAT OPTION.DURING THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2024, BAPTIST MEMORIAL HOSPITAL PROGRAM SERVICES PRODUCED THE FOLLOWING RESULTS:- THE SURGERY DEPARTMENT PERFORMED 40,817 PROCEDURES AT A COST OF $114,458,076.- THE PHARMACY DEPARTMENT DISPENSED 5,578,014 UNIT DOSES OF MEDICATION AT A COST OF $60,753,129.- THE RADIOLOGY DEPARTMENT PERFORMED 456,917 PROCEDURES AT A COST OF $48,251,367.- THE CARDIOVASCULAR SERVICES DEPARTMENT PERFORMED 20,958 PROCEDURES AT A COST OF $37,307,878.- THE PATHOLOGY DEPARTMENT PERFORMED 2,423,872 PROCEDURES AT A COST OF $38,302,872.CHARITY CARE IS PROVIDED THROUGH INPATIENT, OUTPATIENT, AND COMMUNITY-BASED PROGRAMS. INPATIENT SERVICES ARE PROVIDED TO PATIENTS WHO ARE MEDICALLY INDIGENT RESIDENTS OF ARKANSAS, MISSISSIPPI, TENNESSEE, AND OTHER STATES. BAPTIST MEMORIAL HOSPITAL ALSO MAINTAINS A CLINIC TO SERVE THIS POPULATION ON AN OUTPATIENT BASIS. STAFF PHYSICIANS AT BAPTIST MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, AS WELL AS PHYSICIANS IN THE MEDICAL RESIDENCY PROGRAMS, GIVE COUNTLESS HOURS OF THEIR TIME TREATING PATIENTS WHO CANNOT PAY. THE AMOUNT OF CHARITY CARE PROVIDED THAT WAS UNREIMBURSED WAS $255,191,682. THE UNREIMBURSED AMOUNT OF CHARITY AND CONTRACTUAL ALLOWANCES FOR ALL PATIENTS WAS $3,880,903,351.BAPTIST MEMORIAL HOSPITAL-MEMPHISTHE BAPTIST HEART INSTITUTE, LOCATED WITHIN BAPTIST MEMORIAL HOSPITAL-MEMPHIS, IS DEDICATED TO PROVIDING LEADING-EDGE CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH AND TREATMENT FOR HEART PATIENTS. THE HEART INSTITUTE, WHICH MEASURES 165,000 SQUARE FEET, INCLUDES AREAS FOR CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURES, CARDIOVASCULAR SURGICAL SUITES, HEART CATHETERIZATION LABS, CARDIOVASCULAR INTENSIVE CARE BEDS, A CARDIAC INTERVENTION UNIT, CARDIAC MEDICINE UNITS, A PRE/POST CATH LAB UNIT, ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY LABS, A HEART TRANSPLANT UNIT, AND A CARDIOVASCULAR STEP-DOWN UNIT. FUNDING FROM THE FORD-GOLTMAN CARDIAC RESEARCH ENDOWMENT SUPPORTS THE ADVANCEMENT OF CARDIAC RESEARCH AT BAPTIST HEART INSTITUTE.BAPTIST MEMORIAL HOSPITAL-MEMPHIS IS THE FIRST HOSPITAL IN THE MID-SOUTH TO:- HAVE IMAGE GUIDED RADIATION THERAPY (IGRT).- HAVE A GENETIC COUNSELING PROGRAM.- PERFORM CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY.- PERFORM CARDIOMYOPLASTY.- SUCCESSFULLY IMPLANT THE HEARTMATE VENTED ELECTRIC VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE (HEARTMATE).- PERFORM THE RADIAL BRACHYTHERAPY PROCEDURE.- PERFORM THE STEREOTAXIS ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY PROCEDURE.- OFFER MAGNETIC NAVIGATION SYSTEM.- PROVIDE INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY (IMRT) IN MEMPHIS AND THE SURROUNDING AREA.- PERFORM A TOTAL JOINT REPLACEMENT USING CERAMIC-ON-CERAMIC PROSTHESIS.- PERFORM THE WATCHMAN PROCEDURE.- PERFORM THE MITRACLIP PROCEDURE.- PROVIDE FUNDING FOR 12-LEAD EKGS TO BE PERFORMED IN AMBULANCES BY EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS.- PERFORM THE CARDIOMYOPLASTY PROCEDURE, DURING WHICH SKELETAL MUSCLES ARE TAKEN FROM A PATIENT'S BACK OR ABDOMEN AND WRAPPED AROUND AN AILING HEART. THE ADDED MUSCLE, AIDED BY ONGOING STIMULATION FROM A DEVICE SIMILAR TO A PACEMAKER, MAY BOOST THE HEART'S PUMPING MOTION.- PROVIDE ABIOMED, A DEVICE USED TO ASSIST THE HEART SO THAT IT CAN REST, HEAL, AND RECOVER ITS FUNCTION.- OFFER REVO REI SURESCAN PACING SYSTEM.- PERFORM THE MEDTRONIC CONVERGENT MAZE PROCEDURE, PUTTING BAPTIST MEMORIAL HOSPITAL AT THE CUTTING-EDGE OF ATRIAL FIBRILLATION (AFIB) TECHNOLOGY AND TREATMENT, AS THE FIRST IN THE NATION TO PERFORM THIS PROCEDURE.BAPTIST MEMORIAL HOSPITAL-MEMPHIS IS THE FIRST HOSPITAL IN TENNESSEE TO:- DISCHARGE A PATIENT HOME WITH THE HEARTMATE, A DEVICE THAT DOES THE WORK OF THE HEART WHEN PATIENTS' HEARTS ARE TOO WEAK TO FUNCTION PROPERLY.- EARN AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF BLOOD BANKS (AABB) IMMUNOHEMATOLOGY REFERENCE LABORATORY ACCREDITATION. BAPTIST MEMORIAL HOSPITAL-MEMPHIS IS THE ONLY HOSPITAL IN TENNESSEE AND ONE OF ONLY 58 IN THE WORLD TO RECEIVE THIS ACCREDITATION.- PROVIDE FUNDING FOR 12-LEAD EKGS TO BE PERFORMED IN AMBULANCES BY EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS. 12-LEAD EKGS ALLOW DOCTORS TO OBSERVE THE HEART'S ELECTRICAL ACTIVITY FROM 12 DIFFERENT ANGLES, PROVIDING THEM WITH MORE INFORMATION ABOUT HEART ATTACK PATIENTS BEFORE THEY ARRIVE AT THE HOSPITAL.- DISCHARGE A PATIENT HOME ON A THORATEC VENTRICULAR A
Source: Form 990 for the year ending September 30, 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 September 7, 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 September 30, 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 September 10, 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 September 7, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since October 1954.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 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 7, 2026.
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