Legacy Good Samaritan Hospital and Medical Center Payroll Dept
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
Legacy Good Samaritan Hospital and Medical Center (LGSHMC), founded in 1875 is one of the earliest hospitals in the Pacific Northwest. LGSHMC provides acute and tertiary care in Portland, OR with 539 licensed beds. LGSHMC provides a comprehensive range of inpatient, clinical and diagnostic services in numerous medical specialties and subspecialties. LGSHMC specializes in several high-level specialty services, such as neuroscience services, which includes the Rehabilitation Institute of Oregon, a regional sleep disorders program, comprehensive epilepsy, stroke and brain tumor programs, Devers Eye Institute, a comprehensive cancer center, obesity, diabetes, and cardiac care, Kern critical care unit, kidney transplant services, and robotic surgical systems used for minimally invasive surgeries. Good Samaritan provides training for interns and residents through its nationally accredited graduate medical education program. As part of that program Good Samaritan operates a primary care teach
- Income
- $531.8 million
- Spending
- $519.1 million
- Spent on programs
- 79%
- Reserves
- 7.3 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- fees for its services, 100%
- Employees
- 0
- Volunteers
- 110
- Highest pay
- $2.8 million, president & ceo
Source: Form 990 for the year ending March 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Strong: 93 out of 100. Higher than 90% of charities in its peer group (health care, over $100m).
Reserves
28 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 7.3 months of spending.
Debt
20 of 20It owes 5% of what it owns.
Living within its means
15 of 15Income exceeded spending by 2% of income.
Income trend
15 of 15Income rose 5% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 1579% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 0 cents.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending March 31, 2025, 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 18 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 March 31, 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)
- $412.1 million spent. In support of its mission, LGSHMC voluntarily provides medically necessary patient care services that are discounted or free of charge to persons who have insufficient resources and/or who are uninsured. During fiscal year 2025, LGSHMC provided financial assistance on approximately 13,840 patient accounts (of which 704 accounts received discounts totaling 100% of costs) and resulted in LGSHMC incurring roughly $8,701,900 in uncompensated costs associated with this program. In addition to charity care, LGSHMC provides services under various states' Medicaid programs for financially needy patients, Medicare beneficiaries, and other government programs for which the cost of treating these patients exceeds the government payments received. During fiscal year 2025, LGSHMC incurred approximately $32,947,590, $53,851,770 and $940,860 in uncompensated costs attributable to Medicaid, Medicare, and other government programs, respectively. LGSHMC also provides a variety of other community benefit activities such as medical education, donations to other charitable entities, research, and other health improvement services, which totaled roughly $7,867,430 during fiscal year 2025.LGSHMC is part of Legacy, which collectively provided over $62 million, $261 million, $319 million, and $18 million in uncompensated care attributable to its financial assistance, Medicaid, Medicare, and other government programs, respectively, in fiscal year 2025. In addition, Legacy provided over $39 million in other community benefit activities during fiscal year 2025.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending March 31, 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 March 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 April 1970.
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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