Phillips County Hospital Assn
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
To make a difference in healthcare.
- Income
- $9.2 million
- Spending
- $9.6 million
- Spent on programs
- 77%
- Reserves
- 3.9 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- fees for its services, 98%
- Employees
- 83
- Volunteers
- 9
- Highest pay
- $306,918, fnp
Source: Form 990 for the year ending April 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Good: 74 out of 100. Higher than 48% of charities in its peer group (health care, $1m to $10m).
Reserves
20 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 3.9 months of spending.
Debt
16 of 20It owes 30% of what it owns.
Living within its means
8 of 15Spending exceeded income by 4% of income.
Income trend
15 of 15Income rose 16% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 1577% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 0 cents.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending April 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
Strong: 100 out of 100. Higher than 67% of charities in its peer group (health care, $1m to $10m).
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
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 April 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)
- $7.4 million spent. Phillips County Hospital Association is a 6-bed critical access hospital (CAH) and provider based Rural Health Clinic that is contracted with one physician and employs four nurse practitioners, and is located in Malta, Montana. The Hospital provides quality care and services in ER, Inpatient, Outpatient and swing bed medical care along with home/community-based services to all ages of our community in Phillips County, Montana and the surrounding areas. During FY 2025 the Organization had total inpatient days of 735 with an average daily census of 2.01. There were a total of 1,226 ER patients.(Continued on Schedule O)The provider based Rural Health Clinic (RHC) provides family practice/primary care to meet the medical needs of our rural/frontier community of all ages regardless of ability to pay. Our RHC is HPSA designated as well as a NHSN site. Total visits for Fiscal Year 2025: 4,692.Home and Community Based services offered includes Visiting Nurse Services, Personal Assistance and DME/oxygen. These services meet the needs of our community's elderly and disabled who have limited to no resources and wish to be able to remain in the community. These individuals either can't make it out of their home, or it is very difficult for them to get out of their home for care/services. During the fiscal year, the Organization had the following statistics: Visiting Nurse visits last year - 159, DME/oxygen encounters - 536, patient encounters and Personal Assistance client episodes were at 149. Phillips County Hospital offers a fully functional, staffed and equipped Laboratory and Radiology Department with 4,774 patient encounters. We also provide PT and OT to inpatients and outpatients (2,237 PT and 380 OT encounters). Services provided during the year also included mobile mammography (169), DEXA scans (43), and telehealth visits (44).The Organization provided an estimated cost of $104,000 in charity care for Fiscal year 2025.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending April 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 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 April 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 November 1972.
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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