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Upmc

EIN 82-0880337 · Pittsburgh, PA

Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.

LegitimacyPassesRegistration and standingFinancial healthWeak47 out of 100GovernanceStrong100 out of 100Impact evidenceDescribes programsHow well its results are evidenced

What it says it does

UPMC CARLISLE'S MISSION IS TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY BY PROVIDING ACCESS TO OUTSTANDING PATIENT CARE AND TO SHAPE TOMORROW'S HEALTH CARE SYSTEM THROUGH CLINICAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION, RESEARCH AND EDUCATION.

Income
$179.5 million
Spending
$156.6 million
Spent on programs
95%
Reserves
-6 months of spending
Largest source of income
fees for its services, 99%
Employees
980
Volunteers
85
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: 47 out of 100. Higher than 26% of charities in its peer group (health care, over $100m).

  • Reserves

    0 of 35

    Spendable reserves are negative: it owes or has committed more than it holds.

  • Debt

    2 of 20

    It owes 93% of what it owns.

  • Living within its means

    15 of 15

    Income exceeded spending by 13% of income.

  • Income trend

    15 of 15

    Income rose 3% on the year before.

  • Spending floor

    15 of 15

    95% 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 25

    12 of 15 voting board members are independent.

  • Conflict of interest policy

    15 of 15

    Has a written conflict of interest policy.

  • Whistleblower policy

    8 of 8

    Has a written whistleblower policy.

  • Record keeping policy

    7 of 7

    Has a written policy on keeping and destroying records.

  • Board minutes

    5 of 5

    Keeps minutes of board meetings.

  • Board sees the tax return

    10 of 10

    Gave the board a copy of this return before filing it.

  • Pay set independently

    5 of 5

    Sets its chief executive's pay through independent review and comparison.

  • Independent check of accounts

    15 of 15

    Its accounts were audited by an independent accountant.

  • No reported misuse

    10 of 10

    Reports 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)
  1. $149.3 million spent. UPMC CARLISLE ("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 1,226 LICENSED BEDS, HAS SEVEN ACUTE CARE HOSPITALS 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. BASED IN CARLISLE, PA, UPMC CARLISLE OFFERS A WIDE RANGE OF SERVICES INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, CLINICAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION, RESEARCH AND EDUCATION. UPMC CARLISLE IS A 166-BED FACILITY IN THE HEART OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY THAT PROVIDES CANCER CARE, EMERGENCY CARE, LABORATORY AND IMAGING SERVICES, A LEVEL II NICU, ORTHOPEDICS, REHABILITATION, SURGERY, AND A WOMEN'S CENTER. UPMC CARLISLE IS PROUD TO HAVE SERVED THE COMMUNITY SINCE 1913. FOR THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW, UPMC CARLISLE WAS NAMED A TOP GENERAL HOSPITAL BY THE LEAPFROG GROUP, HIGHLIGHTING ITS NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED ACHIEVEMENTS IN PATIENT SAFETY AND QUALITY. THE LEAPFROG TOP HOSPITAL AWARD IS WIDELY ACKNOWLEDGED AS ONE OF THE MOST COMPETITIVE AWARDS AMERICAN HOSPITALS CAN RECEIVE. THE TOP HOSPITAL DESIGNATION IS BESTOWED BY THE LEAPFROG GROUP, A NATIONAL WATCHDOG ORGANIZATION OF EMPLOYERS AND OTHER PURCHASERS KNOWN AS THE TOUGHEST STANDARD-SETTERS FOR HEALTH CARE SAFETY AND QUALITY. UPMC CARLISLE ALSO EXPANDED ACCESS BY ADDING PAIN MANAGEMENT SERVICES IN 2024. UPMC CARLISLE RECEIVED MBSAQIP BARIATRIC ACCREDITATION. UPMC CARLISLE EARNED THE PATHWAY TO EXCELLENCE DESIGNATION IN AUGUST 2023, RECOGNIZING ITS COMMITMENT TO A POSITIVE NURSING WORK ENVIRONMENT. THIS ACHIEVEMENT SUPPORTS NURSE RETENTION AND IMPROVED PATIENT CARE. IN ADDITION, UPMC CARLISLE RECEIVED MULTIPLE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION GET WITH THE GUIDELINES AWARDS IN JULY 2023 FOR EXCELLENCE IN STROKE, HEART FAILURE, AND HEART ATTACK TREATMENT. THESE HONORS CONFIRM ADHERENCE TO TOP-TIER PROTOCOLS THAT LEAD TO BETTER PATIENT OUTCOMES. UPMC CARLISLE WAS NAMED AMONG THE NATION'S BEST HOSPITALS FOR MATERNITY CARE BY U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT IN 2023-24. THIS RECOGNITION HIGHLIGHTS HIGH-QUALITY LABOR AND DELIVERY CARE IN A REGION WITH LIMITED MATERNITY SERVICES. UPMC CARLISLE CONTINUES TO ENHANCE ITS SPECIALIZED CARE OFFERINGS TO MEET THE EVOLVING NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY. IN JULY 2023, UPMC EXPANDED ORTHOPAEDIC SERVICES WITH THE LAUNCH OF A NEW FRACTURE CARE PROGRAM AT CARLISLE, LED BY A TRAUMA SURGEON, TO IMPROVE ACCESS TO EXPERT ORTHOPAEDIC TRAUMA CARE. ADDITIONALLY, IN MAY 2024, UPMC MAGEE-WOMENS AT CARLISLE INTRODUCED THE NICVIEW WEBCAM SYSTEM, A TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCEMENT THAT ALLOWS FAMILIES TO REMOTELY VIEW THEIR INFANTS IN THE NICU. THIS INNOVATION FOSTERS PATIENT-CENTERED CARE BY EASING THE STRESS OF SEPARATION FOR PARENTS AND ENHANCING CONNECTIVITY DURING CRITICAL MOMENTS. UPMC CARLISLE HAS MORE THAN 590 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 CARLISLE ADMITTED MORE THAN 5,500 INPATIENTS, AND RECORDED MORE THAN 25,500 INPATIENT DAYS, 28,400 EMERGENCY ROOM VISITS, 146,500 OUTPATIENT VISITS, 6,200 SURGERIES, AND 720 BIRTHS/DELIVERIES. UPMC CARLISLE PROVIDED SERVICES TO THE COMMUNITY THROUGH CHARITABLE DONATIONS, SUBSIDIZED HEALTH AND COMMUNITY PROGRAMS, OUTREACH PROGRAMS, HEALTH SCREENINGS, EDUCATIONAL CLASSES, AND VOLUNTEER SERVICES. IT TREATS ALL PATIENTS WITHOUT REGARD TO THEIR ABILITY TO PAY. UPMC CARLISLE PROVIDED CHARITY CARE AND OTHER UNCOMPENSATED CARE, INCLUDING MEDICAID AND MEDICARE SHORTFALLS, AT A COST IN EXCESS OF $22,800,000. THE COMMUNITIES SERVED BY UPMC CARLISLE ARE IN AN ECONOMICALLY DISTRESSED AND MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA. IN THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2024, UPMC CARLISLE PROVIDED COMMUNITY SERVICE PROGRAMS AND OTHER FUNDING AT A COST OF OVER $968,000 AND FUNDING FOR EDUCATION AND RESEARCH AT A COST OF APPROXIMATELY $11,000. UPMC CARLISLE'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 DELIVE

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

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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 September 7, 2026.

  4. 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 September 7, 2026.

  5. 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 September 7, 2026.

  6. 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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