Uab Medicine Enterprise
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
Points to look into
- Only 23% of its spending went to programs.
These come from the organization's own tax return. There may be a good explanation; ask the charity.
What it says it does
TO PROVIDE COMMON MANAGEMENT OF THE EXISTING AND FUTURE HEALTHCARE DELIVERY OPERATIONS (THE "JOINT HEALTHCARE OPERATIONS") OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AND THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA HEALTH SERVICES FOUNDATION, P.C.
- Income
- $80.3 million
- Spending
- $84.9 million
- Spent on programs
- 23%
- Reserves
- -1 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- fees for its services, 64%
- Employees
- 771
- Volunteers
- 0
- Highest pay
- $2.8 million, chief executive officer
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
Weak: 24 out of 100. Higher than 2% 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
5 of 20It owes 61% of what it owns.
Living within its means
4 of 15Spending exceeded income by 6% of income.
Income trend
15 of 15Income rose 25% on the year before.
Spending floor
0 of 1523% 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
Good: 80 out of 100. Higher than 14% of charities in its peer group (health care, $10m to $100m).
Independent board
5 of 250 of 4 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 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)
- $19.9 million spent. SECTION 1: UABME MISSION STATEMENT AND INTRODUCTION UAB MEDICINE ENTERPRISE (UABME) IS AN ALABAMA NONPROFIT CORPORATION THAT OVERSEES THE ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER ACTIVITIES FOR ITS TWO MEMBERS: THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA HEALTH SERVICES FOUNDATION, WHICH COLLABORATIVELY PROVIDE QUALITY HEALTH CARE TO ALABAMA RESIDENTS AND INDIVIDUALS FROM ACROSS THE NATION AND THE WORLD. UABME'S MISSION IS TO PROVIDE LIFE-CHANGING CARE, ITS VISION IS BE THE LEADER IN IMPROVING THE HEALTH AND LIVES OF ALL WE SERVE. THROUGH OUR MISSION AND VISION, WE PLAN TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF SOCIETY, PARTICULARLY THE RESIDENTS OF ALABAMA, BY PROVIDING INNOVATIVE HEALTH SERVICES OF EXCEPTIONAL VALUE, QUALITY, AND SAFETY; A SUPERIOR ENVIRONMENT FOR THE EDUCATION OF HEALTH PROFESSIONALS; AND SUPPORT FOR RESEARCH TO ADVANCE MEDICAL SCIENCE. UABME SUPPORTS THE ACTIVITIES OF THE UAB HEERSINK SCHOOL OF MEDICINE BY OVERSEEING HOSPITAL AND CLINIC OPERATIONS, FOSTERING RESIDENCY AND FELLOWSHIP TRAINING PROGRAMS, SUPPORTING THE RECRUITMENT AND TRAINING OF FACULTY, AND CREATING HIGHLY INNOVATIVE, WELL-COORDINATED INTERDISCIPLINARY CLINICAL PROGRAMS AND RELATIONSHIPS THAT SERVE AS MODELS FOR HEALTH CARE EDUCATION AND DELIVERY. UABME IS INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED FOR ITS TRIPARTITE MISSION OF PROVIDING THE HIGHEST LEVELS OF PATIENT CARE, OUTSTANDING EDUCATION OF MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS, AND THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE IN MEDICINE THROUGH GROUNDBREAKING RESEARCH IN AREAS SUCH AS ONCOLOGY, NEUROSCIENCES, TRANSPLANTATION, CARDIOLOGY, TRAUMA AND BURN TREATMENT, REHABILITATION, IMMUNOBIOLOGY, VIROLOGY, GENE THERAPY, AND GENOMICS. UABME ENCOMPASSES THE LARGEST MULTISPECIALTY GROUP OF HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS IN ALABAMA, WITH MORE THAN 1,880 PHYSICIANS SERVING PATIENTS FROM EVERY STATE IN THE NATION AND MANY COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD. IT IS A MAJOR REGIONAL TERTIARY REFERRAL CENTER THAT TREATS SOME OF THE MOST CRITICAL PATIENTS IN THE SOUTHEAST. IN FY2025, UABME ENTITIES SERVED 929,021 PATIENTS AND LOGGED 146,802 EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISITS. DESPITE THE FINANCIAL STRAIN IT PLACES ON THE ORGANIZATION, UABME CARES FOR SOME OF THE SICKEST AND MOST VULNERABLE PATIENTS IN THE COUNTRY, SERVING AS A SAFETY NET FOR THOSE WHO ARE TURNED AWAY BY OTHER CARE PROVIDERS. THE UAB MEDICINE OBLIGATED GROUP (UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL, UAHSF, CALLAHAN, AND UABME) PROVIDES SIGNIFICANT CHARITY CARE TO INDIGENT PATIENTS NOT COVERED BY INSURANCE. UAB HEALTH SYSTEM (UABHS) ESTIMATED COST INCURRED FOR CHARITY CARE PROVIDED TO INDIGENT INDIVIDUALS IN FY 2025 WAS OVER $121,862,000. UABHS ALSO PROVIDES CARE TO A LARGE NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY GOVERNMENTAL PROGRAMS THAT MAY REIMBURSE BELOW COST. IN FY 2025, UABHS' UNREIMBURSED COST FOR TREATING MEDICAID PATIENTS WAS $34,137,000. IN ADDITION, UABHS ENTITIES PROVIDE HEALTH CARE SERVICES TO MANY INDIVIDUALS WHO CANNOT PAY FOR ALL OR ANY OF THEIR MEDICAL CARE. IN FY 2025, THE COST FOR THIS BAD DEBT WAS OVER $115,598,000 MILLION. UNCOMPENSATED CARE COSTS DO NOT INCLUDE OTHER UNFUNDED COSTS OF CARE, SUCH AS UNDERPAYMENTS FROM MEDICAID AND MEDICARE. SECTION 2: UABME ENTITIES UABME' FLAGSHIP FACILITY IS THE 1,207-BED UAB HOSPITAL, ONE OF THE NATION'S LARGEST PUBLIC HOSPITALS. IT INCLUDES THE WOMEN & INFANTS CENTER, SPAIN REHABILITATION CENTER, THE CENTER FOR PSYCHIATRIC MEDICINE, AND THE FREESTANDING UAB HOSPITAL-HIGHLANDS. UAB HOSPITAL IS THE ONLY HOSPITAL IN CENTRAL AND NORTH ALABAMA DESIGNATED AS A LEVEL 1 TRAUMA CENTER BY THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS - AND THE LONGEST TENURED AND HIGHEST VOLUME ACS LEVEL 1 IN THE STATE. IT PROVIDES CARE FOR MANY OF THE MOST SERIOUS INJURIES THAT OCCUR ANYWHERE IN THE STATE THROUGH ITS EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT, OPERATING ROOMS, TRAUMA/BURN UNIT, AND SPAIN REHABILITATION CENTER, WHICH IS ONE OF THE SOUTHEAST'S FOREMOST PROVIDERS OF COMPREHENSIVE REHABILITATION CARE. THE WOMEN & INFANTS CENTER OFFERS ADVANCED SERVICES AND THE LATEST MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY TO CARE FOR HEALTHY AND HIGH-RISK PREGNANT WOMEN, HEALTHY AND HIGH-RISK NEWBORNS, AND WOMEN RECEIVING CARE FOR A VARIETY OF GYNECOLOGICAL PROBLEMS, INCLUDING GYNECOLOGICAL CANCERS. IT INCLUDES UAB'S REGIONAL NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE UNIT (RNICU), THE STATE'S LARGEST. TOGETHER WITH CHILDREN'S OF ALABAMA HOSPITAL, UAB OFFERS THE ONLY LEVEL IV NICU IN ALABAMA - DESIGNATED BY THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS AS THE HIGHEST AND MOST COMPREHENSIVE LEVEL OF CARE AVAILABLE. UAB HOSPITAL-HIGHLANDS IS A GENERAL ACUTE CARE COMPONENT ADJACENT TO CAMPUS THAT PROVIDES EMERGENCY CARE SERVICES FOR NON-TRAUMATIC AND NON-CATASTROPHIC CASES, COMPREHENSIVE SURGICAL AND NONSURGICAL TREATMENT FOR BONE AND JOINT DISORDERS, SURGICAL UROLOGY SERVICES, A SPECIALIZED UNIT FOR FRAGILITY FRACTURES, THE UAB SLEEP-WAKE DISORDERS CENTER, AND THE UAB PAIN TREATMENT CLINIC, WHICH SERVES PATIENTS WITH ACUTE AND CHRONIC CONDITIONS INCLUDING INTRACTABLE CANCER PAIN. UAB HOSPITAL-HIGHLANDS EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT WAS RECOGNIZED BY THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS AS A LEVEL 1 GERIATRIC EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT, MAKING IT THE ONLY ACCREDITED GERIATRIC ED IN ALABAMA, THE FIRST IN THE SOUTHEAST, AND ONLY THE 17TH LEVEL 1 ED IN THE WORLD. IT ALSO HOUSES THE ACUTE CARE FOR ELDERS (ACE) UNIT, THE REGION'S FIRST MODEL INPATIENT UNIT FOR COORDINATED GERIATRIC CARE. THE ACE UNIT FOCUSES ON MAINTAINING PATIENT FUNCTION BY UTILIZING AN INTERDISCIPLINARY CARE TEAM TRAINED IN GERIATRICS TO MANAGE GERIATRIC SYNDROMES, WHILE A HOSPITALIST PHYSICIAN MANAGES EACH PATIENT'S ACUTE MEDICAL DIAGNOSIS. UABME ALSO INCLUDES THE KIRKLIN CLINIC OF UAB HOSPITAL, WHITAKER CLINIC OF UAB HOSPITAL, VIVA HEALTH, AND THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA HEALTH SERVICES FOUNDATION (UAHSF). UAHSF SUPPORTS AMBULATORY SERVICES THROUGH 39 SPECIALTIES AND 179 SUB-SPECIALTIES IN MORE THAN 200 CLINICS ACROSS THE BIRMINGHAM COMMUNITY. IN 2025, OVER 2,620 PHYSICIANS AND ADVANCED PRACTICE PROVIDERS DELIVERED EXCEPTIONAL AMBULATORY PRIMARY AND SPECIALTY CARE SERVICES T
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? 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 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 April 1997.
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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