Upmc
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
UPMC LITITZ' MISSION AS A CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION IS DEDICATED TO MAINTAINING AND IMPROVING THE HEALTH AND QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL PERSONS OF THE CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA AREA.
- Income
- $131.6 million
- Spending
- $132.7 million
- Spent on programs
- 94%
- Reserves
- -3.9 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- fees for its services, 99%
- Employees
- 748
- Volunteers
- 97
- Highest pay
- $1.3 million, president
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Weak: 40 out of 100. Higher than 15% 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
2 of 20It owes 93% of what it owns.
Living within its means
8 of 15Spending exceeded income by 1% of income.
Income trend
15 of 15Income rose 1% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 1594% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 0 cents.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2024, 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 15 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 June 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)
- $124.8 million spent. UPMC LITITZ ("THE HOSPITAL") IS PART OF UPMC IN CENTRAL PA. (UPMC PINNACLE), A DIVISION OF UPMC. UPMC IS A WORLD-RENOWNED NONPROFIT HEALTH CARE PROVIDER AND INSURER WITH 100,000 EMPLOYEES- INCLUDING MORE THAN 5,000 PHYSICIANS-CARING FOR PATIENTS ACROSS MORE THAN 40 HOSPITALS AND 800 OUTPATIENT SITES IN PENNSYLVANIA, NEW YORK, AND MARYLAND, AS WELL AS OVERSEAS. UPMC INSURANCE SERVICES COVERS MORE THAN 4 MILLION MEMBERS. SEE SCHEDULE O UPMC IN CENTRAL PA. ENCOMPASSES SEVEN ACUTE CARE HOSPITALS WITH 1,226 LICENSED BEDS, AND ALSO OFFERS THE HELEN M. SIMPSON REHAB HOSPITAL, A 55-BED INPATIENT REHAB HOSPITAL JOINTLY OWNED WITH SELECT MEDICAL. UPMC IN CENTRAL PA. OFFERS ACCESS TO MORE THAN 200 OUTPATIENT LOCATIONS, INCLUDING PRIMARY AND SPECIALTY CARE, UPMC URGENT CARE CENTERS, AND UPMC HILLMAN CANCER CENTERS. UPMC HAS MORE THAN 13,000 EMPLOYEES, INCLUDING MORE THAN 3,100 PHYSICIANS AND ALLIED HEALTH PROFESSIONALS. DURING FISCAL YEAR 2024, (JULY 2023 - JUNE 2024), UPMC IN CENTRAL PA. ADMITTED MORE THAN 53,500 INPATIENTS, RECORDED 267,900 INPATIENT DAYS, 239,000 EMERGENCY ROOM VISITS, 1.5 MILLION OUTPATIENT VISITS, 56,000 SURGERIES, 5,600 BIRTHS/DELIVERIES, 77 TRANSPLANTS AND IT PARTICIPATED IN MORE THAN 400 CLINICAL TRIALS. UPMC IN CENTRAL PA.'S MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS PROVIDED CHARITY CARE AND OTHER UNCOMPENSATED CARE, INCLUDING MEDICAID AND MEDICARE SHORTFALLS, AT A COST IN EXCESS OF $406,000,000. THE COMMUNITIES SERVED BY UPMC IN CENTRAL PA.'S MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS ARE IN AN ECONOMICALLY DISTRESSED AND MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA. IN THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2024, UPMC IN CENTRAL PA.'S MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS PROVIDED COMMUNITY SERVICE PROGRAMS AND OTHER FUNDING AT A COST OF APPROXIMATELY $49,600,000 AND FUNDING FOR EDUCATION AND RESEARCH AT A COST OF APPROXIMATELY $30,200,000. UPMC LITITZ IS A FULL-SERVICE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL WITH 148 BEDS THAT HAS BEEN SERVING LANCASTER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA SINCE ITS FOUNDING IN 1927. THE SCENIC CAMPUS IN LITITZ OFFERS PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE, A GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION RESIDENCY PROGRAM, AND A BROAD RANGE OF SPECIALTY HEALTH CARE SERVICES THAT INCLUDE: ORTHOPEDICS, PLASTIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY, INFUSION AND ONCOLOGY CARE, UPMC LITITZ WOMEN'S PLACE - A DESIGNATED BABY-FRIENDLY HOSPITAL SERVING LANCASTER COUNTY AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES PROVIDING THE BEST FAMILY-CENTERED CARE, AND HEART AND VASCULAR. UPMC LITITZ WAS RECERTIFIED AS PRIMARY STROKE CENTER IN 2024 AND RECEIVED UPMC HEALTH PLAN HIP AND KNEE JOINT REPLACEMENT SURGERY CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE DESIGNATION. ADDITIONALLY, UPMC LITITZ EARNED THEIR FIRST PATHWAY TO EXCELLENCE DESIGNATION FROM AMERICAN NURSES CREDENTIALING CENTER IN 2024. UPMC LITITZ HAS MORE THAN 443 EMPLOYEES AND OFFERS ACCESS TO OUTPATIENT LOCATIONS WHICH INCLUDE PRIMARY AND SPECIALTY CARE OFFICES, UPMC URGENT CARE CENTERS, AND UPMC HILLMAN CANCER CENTERS. DURING FISCAL YEAR 2024, (JULY 2023 - JUNE 2024), UPMC LITITZ ADMITTED MORE THAN 3,700 INPATIENTS, AND RECORDED MORE THAN 12,500 INPATIENT DAYS, 19,300 EMERGENCY ROOM VISITS, 112,700 OUTPATIENT VISITS, 3,800 SURGERIES, AND 1,000 BIRTHS/DELIVERIES. UPMC LITITZ PROVIDED SERVICES TO THE COMMUNITY THROUGH CHARITABLE DONATIONS, SUBSIDIZED HEALTH AND COMMUNITY PROGRAMS, OUTREACH PROGRAMS, HEALTH SCREENINGS, EDUCATIONAL CLASSES, AND VOLUNTEER SERVICES. UPMC LITITZ TREATS ALL PATIENTS WITHOUT REGARD TO THEIR ABILITY TO PAY. UPMC LITITZ PROVIDED CHARITY CARE AND OTHER UNCOMPENSATED CARE, INCLUDING MEDICAID AND MEDICARE SHORTFALLS, AT A COST IN EXCESS OF $21,000,000. THE COMMUNITIES SERVED BY UPMC LITITZ ARE IN AN ECONOMICALLY DISTRESSED AND MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA. IN THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2024, UPMC LITITZ PROVIDED COMMUNITY SERVICE PROGRAMS AND OTHER FUNDING AT A COST OF OVER $1,000,000. UPMC LITITZ'S MISSION IS TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY BY PROVIDING OUTSTANDING PATIENT CARE AND SHAPING TOMORROW'S HEALTH SYSTEM THROUGH CLINICAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION, RESEARCH, AND EDUCATION. UPMC WILL LEAD THE TRANSFORMATION OF HEALTH CARE. THE UPMC MODEL WILL BE NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED FOR REDEFINING HEALTH CARE BY: PUTTING OUR PATIENTS, HEALTH PLAN MEMBERS, EMPLOYEES, AND COMMUNITY AT THE CENTER OF EVERYTHING WE DO AND CREATING A MODEL THAT ENSURES THAT EVERY PATIENT GETS THE RIGHT CARE, IN THE RIGHT WAY, AT THE RIGHT TIME, EVERY TIME. HARNESSING OUR INTEGRATED CAPABILITIES TO DELIVER BOTH SUPERB STATE-OF-THE-ART CARE TO OUR PATIENTS AND HIGH VALUE TO OUR STAKEHOLDERS. EMPLOYING OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH TO ADVANCE THE UNDERSTANDING OF DISEASE, ITS PREVENTION, TREATMENT, AND CURE. SERVING THE UNDERSERVED AND DISADVANTAGED AND ADVANCING EXCELLENCE AND INNOVATION THROUGHOUT HEALTH CARE. FUELING THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW BUSINESSES GLOBALLY THAT ARE CONSISTENT WITH OUR MISSION AS AN ONGOING CATALYST AND DRIVER OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE RESIDENTS OF THE REGION. COMMUNITY HEALTH IMPROVEMENT SERVICES: UPMC LITITZ SERVES LANCASTER COUNTY, TAKING HEALTH CARE BEYOND THE DOORS OF ITS HOSPITALS, CLINICS, AND OFFICES, AND BRINGING IT INTO THE REGION'S TOWNS, SCHOOLS, AND WORKPLACES. UPMC LITITZ'S CHARITABLE GIVING AND COMMUNITY INITIATIVES ARE MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF OUR NEIGHBORS. SUPPORTING AND SERVING THE COMMUNITY REMAINS A HIGH PRIORITY FOR UPMC LITITZ. UPMC LITITZ CONDUCTED COMMUNITY HEALTH NEEDS ASSESSMENTS CHNAS, IN COMPLIANCE WITH INTERNAL REVENUE CODE SECTION 501(R) REQUIREMENTS. INCORPORATING INPUT FROM COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS AND PUBLIC HEALTH EXPERTS, THESE ASSESSMENTS HELP IDENTIFY ACTIONS AND CREATE IMPLEMENTATION PLANS TO IMPROVE COMMUNITY HEALTH. THE HOSPITAL IS MAKING MEASURABLE PROGRESS ON EACH OF ITS HEALTH INITIATIVES, DEMONSTRATING ITS CONTINUED COMMITMENT TO IMPROVING COMMUNITY HEALTH. WE ARE PROUD TO PROVIDE SERVICES THAT DIRECTLY SUPPORT THE COMMUNITIES WE SERVE, AND TO COLLABORATE WITH AREA BUSINESSES AND ORGANIZATIONS TO INCREASE AWARENESS ON ALL ASPECTS OF HEALTH, INCLUDING OUR PRIORITIES OUTLINED IN EACH OF THE LOCALL
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 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 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? Worth knowing.
Not individually listed by the IRS as eligible, which is usual for local chapters covered by a parent organization's exemption. The master file records contributions to it as deductible.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, 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 June 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 January 1983.
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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