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Mass General Brigham Incorporated and Affiliates Group Rtn

EIN 90-0656139 · Somerville, MA

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

LegitimacyPassesRegistration and standingFinancial healthGood81 out of 100GovernanceGood80 out of 100Impact evidenceReports resultsHow well its results are evidenced

Points to look into

  • It reported loans to or from officers, directors or other insiders.

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

What it says it does

MASS GENERAL BRIGHAM INCORPORATED IS DEVELOPING AN INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE DELIVERY SYSTEM THROUGHOUT THE REGION THAT OFFERS PATIENTS A CONTINUUM OF COORDINATED, HIGH-QUALITY CARE.

Income
$23.5 billion
Spending
$22.7 billion
Spent on programs
92%
Reserves
3.2 months of spending
Largest source of income
fees for its services, 70%
Employees
92,160
Volunteers
5,214
Highest pay
$3.2 million, see schedule o - o & t titles

Source: Form 990 for the year ending September 30, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate

Financial health

Good: 81 out of 100. Higher than 73% of charities in its peer group (health care, over $100m).

  • Reserves

    20 of 35

    Spendable reserves would cover 3.2 months of spending.

  • Debt

    16 of 20

    It owes 29% of what it owns.

  • Living within its means

    15 of 15

    Income exceeded spending by 3% of income.

  • Income trend

    15 of 15

    Income rose 3% on the year before.

  • Spending floor

    15 of 15

    92% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 2 cents.

Source: Form 990 for the year ending September 30, 2024, 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, over $100m).

  • Independent board

    25 of 25

    375 of 616 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

    0 of 10

    Did not give 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

    0 of 10

    Reports at least one of: diversion of assets, excess benefits, loans to insiders.

Source: Form 990 for the year ending September 30, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate

Impact evidence

Reports results. Its tax return states measurable results. These are its own figures and nobody has checked them.

Results it reports

  • The system recorded 164,030 admissions.Work delivered
  • The system recorded 1,175,051 patient days.Work delivered
  • Ambulatory care programs resulted in approximately 2,433,000 routine visits.Work delivered
  • Ambulatory care programs resulted in approximately 469,000 emergency services visits.Work delivered
  • Ambulatory care programs resulted in approximately 451,000 home health visits.Work delivered
  • Over 160,000 consented patients are enrolled in the biobank.Work delivered
  • Approximately 2,500 residents and fellows in 300 programs are appointed to the hospitals each year.Work delivered
  • The MGH Institute enrolls more than 1,600 full- and part-time students.Work delivered

Read from the return by an AI model and shown only where the wording was found in the return. These are the charity's own figures.

Programs described in its return (6)
  1. $20.8 billion spent. SEE SCHEDULE O
  2. PATIENT CARE: MASS GENERAL BRIGHAM OPERATES ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS, COMMUNITY ACUTE CARE HOSPITALS, FACILITIES THAT PROVIDE BOTH INPATIENT AND OUTPATIENT MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, URGENT CARE CENTERS, REHABILITATION MEDICINE AND LONG-TERM CARE SERVICES, PHYSICIAN ORGANIZATIONS, A HOME HEALTH AGENCY, NURSING HOMES AND A GRADUATE LEVEL PROGRAM FOR HEALTH PROFESSIONS. IN ADDITION, MASS GENERAL BRIGHAM IS A NONUNIVERSITY-BASED NON-PROFIT PRIVATE MEDICAL RESEARCH ENTERPRISE AND IS A PRINCIPAL TEACHING AFFILIATE OF THE MEDICAL AND DENTAL SCHOOLS OF HARVARD UNIVERSITY. FOR MANY YEARS, MASS GENERAL BRIGHAM HAS INVESTED IN THE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF MULTIPLE SYSTEM-WIDE INITIATIVES THAT HAVE IMPROVED PATIENT CARE QUALITY AND OUTCOMES AND HAVE MANAGED THE GROWTH IN THE COST OF PATIENT CARE. NEVERTHELESS, THE UPWARD PRESSURE ON HEALTHCARE COSTS HAS CONTINUED BOTH NATIONALLY AND LOCALLY, AND GOVERNMENT AND COMMERCIAL PAYERS HAVE RESPONDED IN A NUMBER OF WAYS, INCLUDING EFFORTS TO CONTROL PROVIDER RATE INCREASES, THE EXPANDED USE OF ALTERNATIVE PAYMENT MODELS, SUCH AS ACCOUNTABLE CARE ORGANIZATIONS (ACOS), TIGHTER REFERRAL MANAGEMENT AND PRICE TRANSPARENCY INITIATIVES. TO ADDRESS THE FINANCIAL AND OPERATIONAL CHALLENGES THAT WILL RESULT FROM THESE MARKET CONDITIONS, MASS GENERAL BRIGHAM HAS REAFFIRMED A SYSTEM-WIDE STRATEGY THAT IS GROUNDED IN THE EXCELLENCE OF ITS ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS, FOCUSED ON IMPROVED PATIENT OUTCOMES, PATIENT EXPERIENCE AND GLOBAL HEALTH IMPACT, SUPPORTED BY ITS HISTORICAL AND PLANNED INVESTMENTS IN DIGITAL HEALTH AND DATA ANALYTICS, POPULATION HEALTH, AMBULATORY CARE AND INSURANCE RISK MANAGEMENT AND SYMBOLIZED BY ITS RECENTLY ADOPTED SINGLE, INTEGRATED SYSTEM BRAND "MASS GENERAL BRIGHAM." THIS STRATEGY HAS THE FOLLOWING FIVE SYNERGISTIC PRIORITIES: 1. ENHANCE REGIONAL AND NATIONAL RECOGNITION OF BWH AND THE GENERAL AS THE "GO TO" DESTINATIONS FOR KEY CLINICAL SERVICES BY DEVELOPING CROSS-ACADEMIC, MULTIDISCIPLINARY, NEXT-GENERATION CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE. 2. DEVELOP NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT THROUGH EXPANDED SYSTEM-WIDE EFFORTS TO ATTRACT PATIENTS TO BWH AND THE GENERAL AND TO PROVIDE REMOTE DIAGNOSTICS, REMOTE CARE DELIVERY AND ADVISORY SERVICES. 3. SUBSTANTIALLY INCREASE INNOVATIONS IN DIAGNOSTICS, THERAPEUTICS, DEVICES AND DATA ANALYTICS THAT ARE BROUGHT TO MARKET BY EXPANDING COMMERCIALIZATION INVESTMENTS AND INFRASTRUCTURE. 4. LEAD IN BUILDING AND IMPLEMENTING A NEW VALUE-BASED CARE OPERATING MODEL FOR PRIMARY, SECONDARY AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CARE THAT DELIVERS VALUE FOR PRICE, IMPROVES PATIENT ACCESS AND OUTCOMES AND GROWS CLINICAL VOLUME AND ATTRIBUTED LIVES BY OPTIMIZING THE USE OF MASS GENERAL BRIGHAM COMMUNITY ASSETS AND LEVERAGING ITS EXPERTISE IN POPULATION HEALTH MANAGEMENT AND ABILITY TO DESIGN INSURANCE PRODUCTS; AND 5. EXPAND THE IMPACT OF MASS GENERAL BRIGHAM ON LEADING COMMUNITY HEALTH ISSUES BY TAKING A MULTI-PRONGED APPROACH TO ADVANCE HEALTH EQUITY AND ADDRESS SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH IN TARGETED COMMUNITIES. THE MASS GENERAL BRIGHAM ACUTE CARE SECTOR INCLUDES TWO OF THE MOST WELL RESPECTED ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS IN THE UNITED STATES, BWH AND THE GENERAL, AS WELL AS MEEI, AND SEVEN ACUTE CARE COMMUNITY HOSPITALS: CDH, BWFH, MVH, NCH, NWH, NSMC AND WDH. TOGETHER THESE (WITHOUT WDH WHICH IS LOCATED IN NH) FORM THE LARGEST ACUTE CARE DELIVERY SYSTEM IN EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS. BWH AND THE GENERAL ARE RENOWNED FOR THEIR EXCELLENCE IN PATIENT CARE, INNOVATIVE AND FAR-REACHING RESEARCH EFFORTS AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS. BWH AND THE GENERAL SERVE BOTH AS COMMUNITY HOSPITALS FOR PORTIONS OF METROPOLITAN BOSTON AND AS PROVIDERS OF TERTIARY AND QUATERNARY SERVICES, PRIMARILY TO EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND ADJACENT PORTIONS OF CONTIGUOUS STATES, BUT ALSO TO THE REMAINDER OF MASSACHUSETTS, NEW ENGLAND, OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED STATES AND OTHER NATIONS. SINCE A SIGNIFICANT PART OF THE PRIMARY SERVICE AREAS OF BWH AND THE GENERAL DO NOT OVERLAP, BOTH BWH AND THE GENERAL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE MANY OF THE SAME TERTIARY AND SECONDARY SERVICES. AMONG THE TERTIARY SERVICES THAT MASS GENERAL BRIGHAM OFFERS THROUGH BWH AND THE GENERAL ARE ALL FORMS OF ORGAN TRANSPLANTS, INCLUDING HEART, LUNG, HEART-LUNG, LIVER, KIDNEY, BONE MARROW, SMALL BOWEL AND PANCREAS TRANSPLANTS. THE BURN AND LEVEL I TRAUMA UNITS (FOR TREATMENT OF THE MOST SERIOUS CASES) AT BWH AND THE GENERAL REPRESENT TWO OF ONLY THREE SUCH UNITS IN MASSACHUSETTS AND ARE AMONG THE LARGEST IN NEW ENGLAND. BWH AND THE GENERAL ARE LEADING ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS. MASS GENERAL BRIGHAM OFFERS HEALTH CARE FOR NEARLY EVERY MEDICAL NEED. PATIENTS CHOOSE TO COME TO MASS GENERAL BRIGHAM HOSPITALS FROM THE BOSTON AREA, BUT ALSO FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND THROUGHOUT THE WORLD BECAUSE OF GROUNDBREAKING ACHIEVEMENTS, MEDICAL CARE AND THE HIGH DEGREE OF SPECIALIZATION PROVIDED. DURING THE FISCAL YEAR (FY) 2024, ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2024, MASS GENERAL BRIGHAM RECORDED 164,030 ADMISSIONS AND 1,175,051 PATIENT DAYS. AMBULATORY CARE: EACH OF MASS GENERAL BRIGHAM'S NINE ACUTE CARE HOSPITALS PROVIDES EMERGENCY, AMBULATORY AND OUTPATIENT CARE ACROSS MAJOR SPECIALTIES. COMBINED, THEY COMPRISE THE LARGEST OUTPATIENT NETWORK IN EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS. IN FY 2024, MASS GENERAL BRIGHAM ACUTE CARE HOSPITAL BASED AND NON-HOSPITAL BASED AMBULATORY CARE PROGRAMS RESULTED IN APPROXIMATELY 2,433,000 ROUTINE VISITS, APPROXIMATELY 469,000 EMERGENCY SERVICES VISITS AND APPROXIMATELY 451,000 HOME HEALTH VISITS. ACUTE CARE HOSPITAL SECTOR BWH BWH IS THE RESULT OF A 1975 MERGER OF THE PETER BENT BRIGHAM HOSPITAL, THE ROBERT BRECK BRIGHAM HOSPITAL AND THE BOSTON HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN, WHOSE INPATIENT FACILITIES WERE PHYSICALLY CONSOLIDATED IN 1980. IN THE 2024-25 U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT, BWH IS ON THE BEST HOSPITALS HONOR ROLL, #2 IN MASSACHUSETTS AND #2 IN THE BOSTON METRO AREA AND WAS NATIONALLY RANKED IN TWELVE ADULT SPECIALTIES AND RATED 'HIGH PERFORMING' IN NINETEEN PROCEDURES AND CONDITIONS INC
  3. MEEI MEEI SPECIALIZES IN DISEASES AND CONDITIONS OF THE EYES, EARS, NOSE, THROAT, HEAD AND NECK. WORLD-RENOWNED FOR CARE, RESEARCH AND TEACHING IN THESE AREAS OF EXPERTISE, MEEI PHYSICIANS AND SCIENTISTS ARE ALSO DRIVEN BY A MISSION TO FIND CURES FOR BLINDNESS AND DEAFNESS. MEEI HAS OPERATED CONTINUOUSLY SINCE ITS FOUNDING IN BOSTON IN 1824 AND LEADS THE HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL DEPARTMENTS OF OPHTHALMOLOGY AND OTOLARYNGOLOGY. MEEI OFFERS HIGH-QUALITY AND AFFORDABLE INPATIENT (41 LICENSED BEDS) AND OUTPATIENT CARE AT ITS MAIN CAMPUS IN BOSTON (ADJACENT TO THE GENERAL) AND AT 20 OUTPATIENT SITES IN EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND. IN THE 2024-25 U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT, MEEI WAS RANKED #4 HOSPITAL IN OPHTHALMOLOGY AND #6 IN OTOLARYNGOLOGY. MEEI JOINED MASS GENERAL BRIGHAM IN 2018. COMMUNITY HOSPITAL SECTOR MASS GENERAL BRIGHAM CURRENTLY OPERATES SEVEN ACUTE CARE COMMUNITY HOSPITALS. IN CONNECTION WITH THE CLOSURE OF UNION HOSPITAL IN LYNN, MASSACHUSETTS, IN 2019, NSMC COMPLETED RENOVATIONS AND PROGRAMMATIC CHANGES AT ITS SALEM, MASSACHUSETTS CAMPUS WHICH ENABLED THE CONSOLIDATION OF UNION HOSPITAL'S INPATIENT SERVICES INTO THE SALEM HOSPITAL SITE. GENERALLY, EACH OF THE MAINLAND COMMUNITY HOSPITALS (CDH, BWFH, NSMC, NWH AND WDH) OFFER A BROAD RANGE OF INPATIENT AND OUTPATIENT SERVICES INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO SOME OR ALL OF THE FOLLOWING, DEPENDING ON THE PARTICULAR HOSPITAL: MEDICAL/SURGICAL, ORTHOPEDIC, PEDIATRIC, GERIATRIC, GYNECOLOGICAL, OBSTETRICS, EMERGENCY, INTENSIVE CARE, PSYCHIATRIC AND REHABILITATIVE PROGRAMS. THE ISLAND HOSPITALS (MVH AND NCH) HAVE A SOMEWHAT MORE LIMITED RANGE OF INPATIENT AND OUTPATIENT SERVICES, BUT EACH OF THEM HAS LONG-STANDING COLLABORATIONS WITH THE GENERAL IN A VARIETY OF SPECIALTIES AND USES TELEMEDICINE LINKS TO THE GENERAL. MOST OF THE COMMUNITY HOSPITALS OFFER RESIDENCY PROGRAMS IN SELECTED MEDICAL SERVICES AND SPECIALTIES AND SERVE AS TRAINING SITES FOR STUDENTS IN MEDICINE, NURSING AND OTHER FIELDS THROUGH AFFILIATIONS WITH HARVARD UNIVERSITY'S MEDICAL AND DENTAL SCHOOLS AND THE TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE. MASS GENERAL BRIGHAM COMMUNITY HOSPITALS ALSO OFFER EXTENSIVE AMBULATORY CARE SERVICES. FOR EXAMPLE, BWFH OFFERS AN OUTPATIENT CENTER IN BREAST HEALTH CARE, AND OUTPATIENT SERVICES AT NWH INCLUDE A CANCER CENTER, SPINE CENTER, WOMEN'S IMAGING CENTER, CARDIOVASCULAR HEALTH CENTER, JOINT RECONSTRUCTION CENTER, DIABETES CENTER AND AN AMBULATORY SURGERY CENTER. NSMC OFFERS IMAGING SERVICES, CARDIOLOGY TESTING AND SURGICAL SUITES DESIGNED EXCLUSIVELY FOR OUTPATIENT SURGERY AND DIAGNOSTIC ENDOSCOPIC PROCEDURES. PHYSICIAN SECTOR MASS GENERAL BRIGHAM HAS AN EXTENSIVE NETWORK OF APPROXIMATELY 7,200 EMPLOYED AND AFFILIATED PHYSICIANS THAT CONSISTS OF APPROXIMATELY 1,150 COMMUNITY AND ACADEMIC PCPS, APPROXIMATELY 1,600 COMMUNITY SPECIALISTS AND APPROXIMATELY 4,450 ACADEMIC SPECIALISTS. INCLUDED WITHIN THESE PHYSICIAN TOTALS ARE APPROXIMATELY 1,300 PHYSICIANS WHO ARE NOT EMPLOYED BY MASS GENERAL BRIGHAM AND THEREFORE THE FINANCIAL RESULTS OF THEIR PRACTICES ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THE FINANCIAL RESULTS OF THE PHYSICIAN ORGANIZATIONS. THE TWO ACADEMIC PHYSICIAN ORGANIZATIONS, BWPO AND MGPO, EMPLOY SUBSTANTIALLY ALL OF THE STAFF PHYSICIANS WHO PROVIDE HEALTHCARE SERVICES TO PATIENTS AT BWH AND THE GENERAL, RESPECTIVELY. THE BWPO AND MGPO PHYSICIANS ALSO SUPERVISE OTHER PROFESSIONAL AND TECHNICAL PERSONNEL AND TEACH MEDICAL STUDENTS AND RESIDENTS AT BWH AND THE GENERAL, RESPECTIVELY. MEEA EMPLOYS SUBSTANTIALLY ALL OF THE STAFF PHYSICIANS WHO PROVIDE SERVICES AT MEEI'S MAIN CAMPUS AND OUTPATIENT SITES. ITS PHYSICIANS ALSO SUPERVISE MEDICAL STUDENTS AND RESIDENTS. THE COMMUNITY-BASED PHYSICIAN ORGANIZATIONS OF MASS GENERAL BRIGHAM (MGBCP, MGBMGNM, MGBMGSM, MGBMGWM AND WDPC) PROVIDE AMBULATORY PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AND A BROAD VARIETY OF ANCILLARY SERVICES, SUCH AS CLINICAL LABORATORY, IMAGING AND OTHER DIAGNOSTIC AND PROCEDURAL SERVICES, AT A MULTITUDE OF SITES IN EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS OR, IN THE CASE OF MGBMGWM AND WDPC, IN THE NORTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS AND DOVER, NEW HAMPSHIRE AREAS, RESPECTIVELY. THE PHYSICIANS EMPLOYED BY MGBMGNM, MGBMGSM, MGBMGWM AND WDPC ALSO PROVIDE MEDICAL, SURGICAL AND OTHER HEALTH CARE SERVICES TO THE PATIENTS OF THE MASS GENERAL BRIGHAM COMMUNITY HOSPITALS WITH WHICH THEY ARE ASSOCIATED. REHABILITATION CARE SECTOR SR OVERSEES THE MANAGEMENT, DELIVERY, AND INTEGRATION OF NON-ACUTE SERVICES IN THE MASS GENERAL BRIGHAM SYSTEM. SPAULDING REHABILITATION NETWORK. AS SHOWN IN THE TABLE BELOW, THE SPAULDING REHABILITATION NETWORK INCLUDES TWO INPATIENT REHABILITATION FACILITIES (IRFS), ONE LONG-TERM ACUTE CARE (LTAC) FACILITY AND ONE SKILLED NURSING FACILITY (SNF) THAT ACCOMMODATES BOTH SHORT-TERM AND LONGER-TERM PATIENT NEEDS, AS WELL AS 25 OUTPATIENT SITES THROUGHOUT EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS OPERATED BY THE SPAULDING IRFS. SPAULDING BOSTON IS ONE OF THE LARGEST SPECIALTY IRFS IN THE UNITED STATES AND SERVES AS A REFERRAL HOSPITAL FOR ACUTE CARE HOSPITALS IN THE REGION. IN THE 2024-25 U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT, SPAULDING BOSTON RANKED #3 IN THE NATION FOR REHABILITATION. SPAULDING REHABILITATION NETWORK NAME AND LOCATION FACILITY TYPE LICENSED BEDS SPAULDING BOSTON IRF 132 SPAULDING CAMBRIDGE LTAC 180 SPAULDING CAPE COD (EAST SANDWICH) IRF 60 SPAULDING BRIGHTON SNF 123 TOTAL 495 HOME HEALTH. HOME HEALTH CARE IS AN ESSENTIAL PART OF THE CONTINUUM OF CARE. IT SUPPORTS THE TRANSITION OF PATIENTS BACK INTO THE COMMUNITY, PROMOTES THEIR INDEPENDENCE, REDUCES THE NEED FOR HOSPITALIZATION AND INSTITUTIONALIZATION AND IS A COST-EFFECTIVE ALTERNATIVE TO INPATIENT CARE. PHH SERVES A GEOGRAPHIC AREA FROM NEWBURYPORT TO THE NORTH OF BOSTON, TO MARLBOROUGH IN THE WEST AND PLYMOUTH IN THE SOUTH. WITH REGIONAL BRANCH OFFICES IN BEVERLY, WALTHAM AND BRAINTREE, PHH EMPLOYS APPROXIMATELY 860 STAFF MEMBERS AND IS ONE OF THE LARGEST HOME HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS IN EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS. MGBHC IS ACCREDITED BY THE JOINT COMMISSION.
  4. PSYCHIATRIC CARE SECTOR IN ADDITION TO THE 181 LICENSED PSYCHIATRIC BEDS LOCATED WITHIN ITS ACUTE CARE HOSPITALS, MASS GENERAL BRIGHAM OPERATES MCLEAN, A FREESTANDING TERTIARY PSYCHIATRIC REFERRAL AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL LICENSED FOR 392 BEDS LOCATED IN BELMONT, MASSACHUSETTS. MCLEAN PROVIDES A CONTINUUM OF INPATIENT, ACUTE AND LONG-TERM RESIDENTIAL, PARTIAL HOSPITALIZATION AND TREATMENT-SPECIFIC OUTPATIENT SERVICES TO CHILDREN, ADOLESCENTS, ADULTS AND GERIATRIC PATIENTS. IT ALSO HAS TWO SPECIALIZED SCHOOLS FOR CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS THAT OFFER A RANGE OF THERAPEUTIC SERVICES. IT IS THE LARGEST PSYCHIATRIC TEACHING AFFILIATE OF HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL. IN THE 2024-25 U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT, MCLEAN RANKED #1 IN THE NATION FOR PSYCHIATRY. MCLEAN BENEFITS FROM A WIDE ARRAY OF CLINICAL AND HOSPITAL REFERRAL SOURCES AND ATTRACTS PATIENTS REQUIRING COMPLEX TREATMENT BOTH FROM THE GREATER EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS REGION AND, TO A DEGREE, NATIONALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY. FOR EACH OF THE LAST 26 YEARS, MCLEAN HAS RECEIVED MORE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (NIH) RESEARCH FUNDING THAN ANY PRIVATE PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL IN THE COUNTRY. MCLEAN'S RESEARCH FOCUS IS ON BASIC BENCHTOP, PRECLINICAL, TRANSLATIONAL AND CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCE. ALL OF MCLEAN'S ACTIVE STAFF OF 220 PHYSICIANS AND PSYCHOLOGISTS HOLD HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL APPOINTMENTS. MCLEAN, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE GENERAL, OPERATES TRAINING PROGRAMS FOR RESIDENTS AND OTHERS IN ALL FIELDS OF PSYCHIATRY AND FOR STUDENTS AND FELLOWS IN PSYCHOLOGY, SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT AND NEUROLOGY. MCLEAN OFFERS A NUMBER OF CLINICAL PROGRAMS, BOTH ON AND OFF CAMPUS. THESE INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO, SATELLITE PROGRAMS AT NINE SITES IN THE GREATER EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS REGION AND ONE IN MAINE THAT OFFER ONE OR MORE OF INPATIENT, RESIDENTIAL, PARTIAL HOSPITAL, SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT AND INTENSIVE EVALUATION AND DIAGNOSTIC SERVICES FOR PATIENTS OF ALL AGES. MASS GENERAL BRIGHAM PROVIDES EMERGENCY AND OTHER CARE TO PATIENTS REGARDLESS OF THEIR ABILITY TO PAY. THE COST OF PROVIDING THAT CARE IS REFLECTED IN THE STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS. SERVICES PROVIDED TO CHARITY CARE PATIENTS, FOR WHICH ACUTE CARE HOSPITALS RECEIVE REIMBURSEMENT THROUGH THE STATEWIDE HEALTH SAFETY NET TRUST FUND (HSN), AND TO PATIENTS COVERED UNDER THE MEDICARE AND MEDICAID PROGRAMS GENERATE COSTS FOR WHICH MASS GENERAL BRIGHAM IS NOT FULLY REIMBURSED. FOR CHARITY CARE, MEDICAID AND MEDICARE, THE TOTAL ESTIMATED COST OF SERVICES PROVIDED BY MASS GENERAL BRIGHAM EXCEEDED THE NET REIMBURSEMENT RECEIVED UNDER THESE PROGRAMS BY $2,538,618,000 IN FY 2024. THE ESTIMATED COST OF SERVICES PROVIDED IS EITHER OBTAINED DIRECTLY FROM A COSTING SYSTEM OR IS BASED ON AN ENTITY SPECIFIC RATIO OF COST TO GROSS CHARGES. IN THE LATTER CASE, COST IS DERIVED BY APPLYING THIS RATIO TO GROSS CHARGES ASSOCIATED WITH PROVIDING CARE TO CHARITY CARE, MEDICAID, AND MEDICARE PATIENTS.
  5. RESEARCH: THE CONDUCT OF BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CONSTITUTES ONE OF THE CORE MISSIONS AND ACTIVITIES OF MASS GENERAL BRIGHAM. IT INCLUDES FUNDAMENTAL BENCH RESEARCH IN ALL OF THE LIFE SCIENCES DISCIPLINES, PATIENT-CENTERED RESEARCH WITHIN THE INPATIENT AND OUTPATIENT SERVICES OF MASS GENERAL BRIGHAM HOSPITALS, CLINICAL TRIALS OF NEW DRUGS AND DEVICES, AS WELL AS HEALTH SERVICES AND EPIDEMIOLOGICAL RESEARCH. MASS GENERAL BRIGHAM HAS THE LARGEST NON-UNIVERSITY-BASED, NON-PROFIT PRIVATE MEDICAL RESEARCH ENTERPRISE IN THE UNITED STATES. HOWEVER, EACH MASS GENERAL BRIGHAM ORGANIZATION WITH MAJOR RESEARCH OPERATIONS THE GENERAL, BWH, SPAULDING BOSTON, MEEI AND MCLEAN ACT AS SEPARATE RESEARCH GRANT RECIPIENTS. THE IMPORTANCE OF RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CANNOT BE OVERSTATED. THE FOUNDING HOSPITALS OF MASS GENERAL BRIGHAM HAVE A LONG TRADITION OF MEDICAL BREAKTHROUGHS, FROM THE FIRST USE OF ETHER FOR SURGERY AT MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL TO THE FIRST SUCCESSFUL ORGAN TRANSPLANT AT BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL. VIRTUALLY EVERY TREATMENT, TEST, DRUG, OR MEDICAL DEVICE IN USE TODAY IS THE RESULT OF SUCCESSFUL RESEARCH FROM THE PAST. THE MASS GENERAL BRIGHAM RESEARCH ENTERPRISE COVERS THE SPECTRUM FROM BASIC SCIENCE TO TRANSLATIONAL AND CLINICAL INVESTIGATION. THIS RESEARCH IS PRIMARILY FUNDED BY THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (NIH); BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL AND MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL CONTINUE TO TOP THE LIST OF INDEPENDENT HOSPITALS RECIPIENTS OF NIH FUNDING N THE COUNTRY. MCLEAN HOSPITAL RANKS AS A TOP RECIPIENT AMONG PRIVATE PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALS. SCIENTISTS FROM A SPECTRUM OF DISCIPLINES ALSO COLLABORATE WITH DISEASE FOUNDATIONS AND INDUSTRY TO ADVANCE OUR KNOWLEDGE AND HELP TRANSLATE OUR DISCOVERIES INTO PATIENT CARE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. MASS GENERAL BRIGHAM SUPPORTS VARIOUS RESEARCH PROGRAMS TO FACILITATE THE TRANSLATION OF MEDICAL ADVANCES TO ITS PATIENTS. MASS GENERAL BRIGHAM PERSONALIZED MEDICINE (MGBPM) WAS ESTABLISHED IN 2001 TO REALIZE THE PROMISE OF GENETICS AND GENOMICS IN RESEARCH AND IN MEDICAL PRACTICE. ONE OF THE GOALS OF MGBPM IS TO HELP ENSURE THAT THE KNOWLEDGE GAINED FROM GENETICS AND GENOMICS BECOMES AN INTEGRAL PART OF DIAGNOSIS, PROGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF DISEASE (INCLUDING THE DETERMINATION OF THE APPROPRIATE DRUGS) FOR INDIVIDUAL PATIENTS SERVED BY THE MASS GENERAL BRIGHAM ORGANIZATIONS. UNDER THE OVERSIGHT OF MGBPM, MASS GENERAL BRIGHAM ESTABLISHED A BIOBANK A REPOSITORY OF CONSENTED PATIENT SAMPLES LINKED TO THE ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD AND SUPPLEMENTED WITH HEALTH INFORMATION/FAMILY HISTORY FROM SURVEYS. AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 2024, OVER 160,000 CONSENTED PATIENTS ARE ENROLLED. BIOBANK DATA AND SAMPLES ARE USED IN RESEARCH TO BETTER UNDERSTAND, PREVENT, AND TREAT MANY DIFFERENT DISEASES. SINCE INCEPTION, THE BIOBANK HAS SUPPORTED OVER $300 MILLION IN FUNDED RESEARCH STUDIES. FOR EXAMPLE, THE BIOBANK ENABLED MASS GENERAL BRIGHAM TO BE AWARDED TWO GRANTS TOTALING $13.6 MILLION AS PART OF THE NIH ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORDS AND GENOMICS NETWORK (EMERGE). THE PRIMARY GOAL OF THE EMERGE NETWORK IS TO DEVELOP, DISSEMINATE AND APPLY APPROACHES TO RESEARCH THAT COMBINE DNA BIOREPOSITORIES WITH THE ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD SYSTEM FOR LARGE-SCALE, HIGH-THROUGHPUT GENETIC RESEARCH. MASS GENERAL BRIGHAM IS ABLE TO LEVERAGE ITS INVESTMENT IN ECARE (AN INTEGRATED, ELECTRONIC HEALTH AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION SYSTEM) AND THE BIOBANK TO IDENTIFY RARE AND COMMON GENE VARIANTS AND EXAMINE HOW THOSE VARIANTS RELATE TO DISEASE RISKS AND TREATMENT EFFECTS. ON A NATIONAL SCALE, MASS GENERAL BRIGHAM WAS INVOLVED IN FORMULATING THE PRECISION MEDICINE INITIATIVE A NATIONAL RESEARCH EFFORT ESTABLISHED IN 2015 TO REVOLUTIONIZE HEALTH CARE AND THE TREATMENT OF DISEASE. THE INITIATIVE AIMS TO GIVE MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS THE RESOURCES THEY NEED TO TARGET SPECIFIC TREATMENTS FOR ILLNESSES AND FURTHER DEVELOP SCIENTIFIC AND MEDICAL RESEARCH, TAKING INTO ACCOUNT INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES IN PEOPLE'S GENES, ENVIRONMENTS AND LIFESTYLES. MASS GENERAL BRIGHAM ALONG WITH BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER HAVE FORMED THE NEW ENGLAND PRECISION MEDICINE CONSORTIUM, A REGIONAL RECRUITMENT SITE FOR THE ALL OF US (AOU) BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH PROGRAM THAT IS THE CORNERSTONE OF THE LARGER PRECISION MEDICINE INITIATIVE. THE AOU PROGRAM IS FUNDED AT $1.5 BILLION WITH ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS OVER 10 YEARS WHICH BEGAN IN 2016, WITH THE GOAL OF RECRUITING ONE MILLION OR MORE VOLUNTEERS TO A NATIONAL BIOBANK. MASS GENERAL BRIGHAM ANTICIPATES RECEIVING APPROXIMATELY $55 MILLION OF THE AOU PROGRAM FUNDING. WITH ADVANCES IN BIG DATA ANALYTICS AND MACHINE LEARNING, HEALTH CARE DATA HAS BECOME THE CORNERSTONE OF MANY NEW DISCOVERIES IN THE DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF DISEASE. MASS GENERAL BRIGHAM HAS A ROBUST PATIENT DATA ASSET, CREATING TOOLS THAT ALLOW FOR THE COMPLIANT USE OF AND ACCESS TO THIS DATA UNDER THE PURVIEW OF THE RESEARCH INFORMATION SCIENCE AND COMPUTING (RISC) DEPARTMENT. LEVERAGING DATA SCIENTISTS, MACHINE LEARNING/ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, AND CLINICAL EXPERTISE, RISC DEVELOPS NEW CLINICAL APPLICATIONS FOR CLINICAL CARE AND WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR COMMERCIALIZATION. THE PARTNERS BIG DATA COMMONS IS THE FOUNDATION; LAUNCHED IN 2013 TO INTEGRATE DISPARATE ISLANDS OF PATIENT DATA ONTO A COMMON PLATFORM, IT ALLOWS RESEARCHERS TO ANALYZE DATA FROM MULTIPLE SOURCES SUCH AS RADIOLOGY, THE BIOBANK, PAYOR CLAIMS DATA, AND OTHER CLINICAL OR RESEARCH DATA SOURCES TO BETTER UNDERSTAND PATIENT OUTCOMES AND TREATMENT RESPONSES. TO FURTHER ADVANCE THE USE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TO BENEFIT HEALTHCARE DELIVERY AND PATIENT OUTCOMES, IN 2017 MASS GENERAL BRIGHAM LAUNCHED THE CENTER FOR CLINICAL DATA SCIENCE (CCDS). CCDS UNIQUELY COMBINES A WEALTH OF HEALTHCARE DATA WITH WORLD-CLASS COMPUTATIONAL RESOURCES, CLINICAL EXPERTISE, AND TECHNICAL KNOW-HOW TO DELIVER REAL-WORLD SOLUTIONS TO PATIENTS AND PHYSICIANS. THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ECARE IS ACCELERATING THE TRANSLATION OF NEW DISCOVERIES AND INVENTIONS TO PATIENT CARE. THIS INCLUDES E
  6. TEACHING: THE MASS GENERAL BRIGHAM HOSPITALS HAVE A LONG TRADITION OF EDUCATING PHYSICIANS, OTHER HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS AND BIOMEDICAL SCIENTISTS. GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION. APPROXIMATELY 2,500 RESIDENTS AND FELLOWS IN 300 PROGRAMS IN NEARLY ALL SPECIALTIES AND SUBSPECIALTIES OF MEDICINE ARE APPOINTED TO THE MASS GENERAL BRIGHAM HOSPITALS EACH YEAR. MOST OF THESE ARE BASED AT BWH AND/OR THE GENERAL, BUT MEEI, NWH, NSMC AND SPAULDING BOSTON ALSO SPONSOR GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS. A NUMBER OF TRAINING PROGRAMS ARE INTEGRATED ACROSS TWO OR MORE MASS GENERAL BRIGHAM HOSPITALS, AND SEVERAL INVOLVE AFFILIATIONS WITH OTHER HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL OR TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE (TUSM) TEACHING HOSPITALS. GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION AT MASS GENERAL BRIGHAM UTILIZES BOTH INPATIENT AND AMBULATORY SETTINGS; THE MASS GENERAL BRIGHAM AFFILIATED COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN TRAINING HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS AT MASS GENERAL BRIGHAM. BWFH, NWH AND NSMC ARE TEACHING AFFILIATES OF TUSM AND ALSO SERVE AS TRAINING SITES FOR RESIDENCY PROGRAMS FROM BWH AND THE GENERAL. NWH IS ALSO A TRAINING SITE FOR A TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER INTERNAL MEDICINE RESIDENCY PROGRAM AND MANY MEMBERS OF NWH'S MEDICAL STAFF AND THE CHIEFS OF ITS CLINICAL DEPARTMENTS HOLD TUSM FACULTY APPOINTMENTS. HEALTH PROFESSIONS EDUCATION. THE MGH INSTITUTE OF HEALTH PROFESSIONS (THE MGH INSTITUTE) IS AUTHORIZED TO OFFER DOCTORAL, MASTER'S AND SECOND BACHELOR'S DEGREES AND CERTIFICATE PROGRAMS IN COMMUNICATION SCIENCES AND DISORDERS, GENETIC COUNSELING, NURSING, PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT STUDIES, HEALTH PROFESSIONS EDUCATION, PHYSICAL THERAPY, OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY AND REHABILITATION SCIENCES. THE MGH INSTITUTE IS ACCREDITED BY THE NEW ENGLAND COMMISSION OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND BY DISCIPLINE-SPECIFIC ACCREDITING ORGANIZATIONS. FOR EXPERIENTIAL PLACEMENTS, THE INSTITUTE PARTNERS WITH MORE THAN 600 CLINICAL AFFILIATES, INCLUDING COMMUNITY HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS, HEALTH AND RESEARCH-RELATED INDUSTRIES, HOME HEALTH CARE AGENCIES, MAJOR ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS, PRIVATE PRACTICES, REHABILITATION HOSPITALS, AND SCHOOL-BASED CLINICS. IT CURRENTLY HAS OVER 120 FULL- AND PART-TIME FACULTY MEMBERS AND ENROLLS MORE THAN 1,600 FULL- AND PART-TIME STUDENTS ONSITE AND ONLINE. MEDICAL AND DENTAL STUDENT EDUCATION. BWH AND THE GENERAL ARE MAJOR TEACHING AFFILIATES OF HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL AND THE HARVARD SCHOOL OF DENTAL MEDICINE. MOST OF THE ACTIVE CLINICAL AND RESEARCH STAFF OF BWH AND THE GENERAL HOLD HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL APPOINTMENTS AND ACTIVELY PARTICIPATE IN BOTH THE CLINICAL AND PRE-CLINICAL TRAINING OF MEDICAL STUDENTS. MCLEAN AND SPAULDING BOSTON ARE PRINCIPAL CLINICAL TEACHING SITES FOR HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL STUDENTS IN PSYCHIATRY AND PHYSIATRY, RESPECTIVELY. OTHER EDUCATION AND TRAINING. IN ADDITION, THE GENERAL AND MCLEAN SPONSOR PROGRAMS IN PSYCHOLOGY; BWH AND THE GENERAL PROVIDE TRAINING IN GENERAL DENTISTRY; AND BWH AND THE GENERAL EACH OFFER INTERNSHIPS IN DIETETICS AND HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION FELLOWSHIPS. COMPLEMENTING THE DIVERSITY OF CLINICAL TRAINING, THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY 1,900 RESEARCH FELLOWS AT BWH AND THE GENERAL, WITH SOME ADDITIONAL FELLOWS AT THE OTHER INSTITUTIONS. THESE PH.D. OR M.D./PH.D. SCIENTISTS PARTICIPATE IN MENTORED RESEARCH EXPERIENCES. MANY ALSO TAKE PART IN ONE OF THE DIDACTIC PROGRAMS AIMED AT BASIC, TRANSLATIONAL, OR CLINICAL AND OUTCOMES RESEARCH THAT ARE OFFERED WITHIN THE MASS GENERAL BRIGHAM SYSTEM.

Source: Form 990 for the year ending September 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 September 2025.

    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 November 2010.

    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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