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Stc Healthcare Partners LLC

EIN 84-3467958 · Reading, PA

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

LegitimacyPassesRegistration and standingFinancial healthWeak45 out of 100GovernanceStrong95 out of 100Impact evidenceDescribes programsHow well its results are evidenced

Points to look into

  • It owes more than it owns.

These come from the organization's own tax return. There may be a good explanation; ask the charity.

What it says it does

WEBSITE: HTTPS://TOWERHEALTH.ORG/LOCATIONS/ST-CHRISTOPHERS-HOSPITAL- CHILDREN STC OPCO, LLC (ST. CHRISTOPHER'S HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN) PROVIDES A FULL RANGE OF HIGH-QUALITY HEALTHCARE SERVICES TO ALL CHILDREN AND YOUTH UP TO AGE 21 WHO SEEK OUR CARE OR WHO ARE REFERRED TO US. WE SERVE AS THE PRIMARY ACADEMIC AFFILIATE OF DREXEL UNIVERSITY FOR PEDIATRIC MEDICINE ACADEMIC AND RESEARCH ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING THE TEACHING OF DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE (DUCOM) MEDICAL STUDENTS AND OTHER HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS AND TRAINING OF GRADUATE MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS (RESIDENTS AND FELLOWS) BY DUCOM FACULTY AT ST. CHRISTOPHER'S HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN FACILITIES, AND ANY OTHER EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES, TRAINING PROGRAMS, OR SCHOOLS OF INSTRUCTION WITH OTHER EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS RELATED TO RENDERING CARE TO THE SICK AND INJURED OR THE PROMOTION OF HEALTH. STC PEDIATRICS, LLC WORKS COLLECTIVELY WITH ST. CHRISTOPHER'S HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN IN ITS MISSION TO PROVIDE CONSISTENTLY HIGH QUALITY HE

Income
$411.9 million
Spending
$394.9 million
Spent on programs
84%
Reserves
-3.5 months of spending
Largest source of income
other income, 51%
Employees
2,672
Volunteers
150
Highest pay
$875,298, physician

Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate

Financial health

Weak: 45 out of 100. Higher than 24% 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

    0 of 20

    It owes 129% of what it owns.

  • Living within its means

    15 of 15

    Income exceeded spending by 4% of income.

  • Income trend

    15 of 15

    Income rose 13% on the year before.

  • Spending floor

    15 of 15

    84% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 0 cents.

Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate

Governance

Strong: 95 out of 100. Higher than 36% of charities in its peer group (health care, over $100m).

  • Independent board

    25 of 25

    10 of 10 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

    0 of 5

    Reports no independent review process for its chief executive's pay.

  • 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, 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 (5)
  1. $17.4 million spent. EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT: ST. CHRIS'S EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT PROVIDES EMERGENT, URGENT CARE SERVICES TO OUR UNDER PRIVILEGED COMMUNITY "24/7/365", REGARDLESS OF ABILITY TO PAY. OUR COMMUNITY-FOCUSED CARE IS AVAILABLE FOR ALL CHILDREN AND YOUTH UP TO THE AGE OF 21. ADVANCED EMERGENCY AND TRAUMA SERVICES ACROSS VARIOUS SPECIALTIES INCLUDING PEDIATRIC BURNS AND CONDITIONS INCLUDING CARDIOLOGY, GENERAL AND NEUROSURGERY, ORTHOPEDICS, PULMONOLOGY/ALLERGY, INFECTIOUS DISEASE AND SPORTS MEDICINE. TOTAL VISITS IN FY2025 WERE 50,302.
  2. $13.1 million spent. OPERATING ROOM: ST. CHRIS'S OPERATING ROOM DEPARTMENT PROVIDES EMERGENT, URGENT AND ELECTIVE PROCEDURES TO OUR COMMUNITY "24/7/365", REGARDLESS OF ABILITY TO PAY. THE OR MAINTAINS ALL REQUIREMENTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE TRAUMA SYSTEMS AS A LEVEL I PEDIATRIC TRAUMA CENTER AND INCLUDES TEN ORS AND ONE ENDOSCOPY SUITE. TOTAL SURGERIES FOR FY2025 WERE 6,943.
  3. $12.1 million spent. AMBULATORY MEDICINE: A LEADER IN PEDIATRIC CARE SINCE 1875, ST. CHRIS'S AMBULATORY MEDICINE DEPARTMENT CONSISTS OF PRIMARY CARE PEDIATRICIANS OFFERING CARE FOR CHILDREN FROM BIRTH TO 21 YEARS OLD. SERVICES INCLUDE: BEHAVIORAL EVALUATIONS, SUCH AS AUTISM AND ATTENTION DEFICIT HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER (ADHD), HEARING AND VISION SCREENINGS, IMMUNIZATIONS, NEWBORN CARE, NUTRITIONAL GUIDANCE, PHYSICAL EXAMS, INCLUDING WELL-CHILD VISITS AND SCHOOL AND SPORTS PHYSICALS, REFERRALS TO SPECIALISTS (WHEN NEEDED), AND URGENT CARE. FOR CHILDREN WHO NEED EXTRA ATTENTION, OUR PEDIATRICIANS WORK CLOSELY WITH A TEAM OF SPECIALISTS TO SUPPORT CHILDREN WITH COMPLEX HEALTH NEEDS. TOTAL VISITS FOR FY2025 WERE 42,764.
  4. $290.3 million spent. OTHER INPATIENT/OUTPATIENT/PHYSICIAN SERVICE ACCOMPLISHMENTS INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO: NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE: ST. CHRIS'S NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT DEPARTMENT IS A REGIONAL REFERRAL NICU WHICH PROVIDES EMERGENT, URGENT AND PRIMARY CARE SERVICES TO HIGH RISK NEONATES IN OUR COMMUNITY "24/7/365", REGARDLESS OF ABILITY TO PAY. OUR LEVEL IV NICU PROVIDES CARE FOR SOME OF THE REGION'S MOST CRITICALLY ILL NEWBORNS. WE PROVIDE ADVANCED TREATMENTS, SUCH AS LIFESAVING EXTRACORPOREAL MEMBRANE OXYGENATION (ECMO), THERAPEUTIC HYPOTHERMIA (TOTAL BODY COOLING), COMPREHENSIVE NEUROLOGY CARE, AND ADVANCED SURGERIES. OUR CRITICAL CARE TRANSPORT TEAM GOES TO ALL REFERRING FACILITIES TO TRANSPORT THESE BABIES TO OUR NICU. TOTAL PATIENT DAYS IN FY2025 WERE 6,740. ORTHOPEDICS: A LEADER IN PEDIATRIC CARE SINCE 1875, ST. CHRIS'S ORTHOPEDICS DEPARTMENT CONSISTS OF ORTHOPEDIC SPECIALISTS THAT ASSIST CHILDREN FROM BIRTH TO AGE 21. SERVICES THEY TREAT ARE A RANGE OF PEDIATRIC AND ADOLESCENT CONDITIONS, INCLUDING, BONE AND JOINT INFECTIONS, BONE TUMORS (CANCEROUS AND NONCANCEROUS), CONGENITAL (INHERITED) PROBLEMS IN THE LIMBS OR SPINE, INCLUDING LIMB DEFORMITIES, DISLOCATIONS, FOOT DEFORMITIES, SUCH AS CLUBFOOT, FRACTURES & HIP, DISORDERS, NEUROMUSCULAR PROBLEMS, INCLUDING CEREBRAL PALSY AND MYELOMENINGOCELE, SPINE PROBLEMS, SUCH AS SCOLIOSIS AND SPONDYLOLISTHESIS, AND TRAUMATIC INJURIES. TOTAL VISITS FOR FY2025 WERE 25,041.
  5. OTHER INPATIENT/OUTPATIENT/PHYSICIAN SERVICE ACCOMPLISHMENTS INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO: NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE: ST. CHRIS'S NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT DEPARTMENT IS A REGIONAL REFERRAL NICU WHICH PROVIDES EMERGENT, URGENT AND PRIMARY CARE SERVICES TO HIGH RISK NEONATES IN OUR COMMUNITY "24/7/365", REGARDLESS OF ABILITY TO PAY. OUR LEVEL IV NICU PROVIDES CARE FOR SOME OF THE REGION'S MOST CRITICALLY ILL NEWBORNS. WE PROVIDE ADVANCED TREATMENTS, SUCH AS LIFESAVING EXTRACORPOREAL MEMBRANE OXYGENATION (ECMO), THERAPEUTIC HYPOTHERMIA (TOTAL BODY COOLING), COMPREHENSIVE NEUROLOGY CARE, AND ADVANCED SURGERIES. OUR CRITICAL CARE TRANSPORT TEAM GOES TO ALL REFERRING FACILITIES TO TRANSPORT THESE BABIES TO OUR NICU. TOTAL PATIENT DAYS IN FY2025 WERE 6,740. ORTHOPEDICS: A LEADER IN PEDIATRIC CARE SINCE 1875, ST. CHRIS'S ORTHOPEDICS DEPARTMENT CONSISTS OF ORTHOPEDIC SPECIALISTS THAT ASSIST CHILDREN FROM BIRTH TO AGE 21. SERVICES THEY TREAT ARE A RANGE OF PEDIATRIC AND ADOLESCENT CONDITIONS, INCLUDING, BONE AND JOINT INFECTIONS, BONE TUMORS (CANCEROUS AND NONCANCEROUS), CONGENITAL (INHERITED) PROBLEMS IN THE LIMBS OR SPINE, INCLUDING LIMB DEFORMITIES, DISLOCATIONS, FOOT DEFORMITIES, SUCH AS CLUBFOOT, FRACTURES & HIP, DISORDERS, NEUROMUSCULAR PROBLEMS, INCLUDING CEREBRAL PALSY AND MYELOMENINGOCELE, SPINE PROBLEMS, SUCH AS SCOLIOSIS AND SPONDYLOLISTHESIS, AND TRAUMATIC INJURIES. TOTAL VISITS FOR FY2025 WERE 25,041.

Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, 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 October 13, 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 October 13, 2026.

  3. Are donations tax-deductible? Worth knowing.

    Not individually listed by the IRS as eligible. The master file records contributions to it as deductible.

    Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.

  4. Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.

    Most recent return on file covers the year ending June 2025.

    Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.

  5. How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.

    Recognized by the IRS since May 2022.

    Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 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 21, 2026.

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