Legacy Meridian Park Hospital
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
Legacy Meridian Park Hospital (LMPH), established in 1973, is a community hospital in Tualatin, OR, south of Portland with 150 licensed beds. LMPH serves the needs of the fast growing communities of Tualatin, Tigard, Wilsonville, Sherwood, West Linn, and Lake Oswego. LMPH offers outpatient diagnostic, angiography, and MRI/MRA, a total joint, diagnostic and interventional cardiac cath, a nationally recognized stroke program, cancer treatment, intensive and intermediate care units, a family birth center, and pediatric and ambulatory care units in the emergency department. LMPH is part of Legacy Health (Legacy).Our mission:Our legacy is good health for our people, our patients, our communities, and our world. We will work as a team to demonstrate our values:Respect - Treat all people with respect and compassion Service - Put the needs of our patients and their families first Quality - Deliver outstanding clinical services within healing environments Excellence - Set high standards and ach
- Income
- $317.1 million
- Spending
- $297.9 million
- Spent on programs
- 74%
- Reserves
- 20.7 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- fees for its services, 100%
- Employees
- 0
- Volunteers
- 134
- 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: 100 out of 100. Higher than 95% of charities in its peer group (health care, over $100m).
Reserves
35 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 20.7 months of spending.
Debt
20 of 20It owes 3% of what it owns.
Living within its means
15 of 15Income exceeded spending by 6% of income.
Income trend
15 of 15Income rose 2% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 1574% 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)
- $221.6 million spent. In support of its mission, LMPH 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, LMPH provided financial assistance on approximately 13,034 patient accounts (of which 678 accounts received discounts totaling 100% of costs) and resulted in LMPH incurring roughly $5,667,600 in uncompensated costs associated with this program. In addition to charity care, LMPH provides services under various states' Medicaid programs for financially needy patients and Medicare beneficiaries programs for which the cost of treating these patients exceeds the government payments received. During fiscal year 2025, LMPH incurred approximately $12,444,000 and $32,267,400 in uncompensated costs attributable to Medicaid and Medicare programs, respectively. LMPH 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 $3,217,000 during fiscal year 2025.LMPH 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 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? 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 October 13, 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 October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since March 1984.
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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