City of Hope National Medical Center
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
TO MAKE HOPE A REALITY FOR ALL TOUCHED BY CANCER AND DIABETES. PLEASE SEE SCHEDULE O FOR A CONTINUATION OF OUR MISSION.
- Income
- $3.4 billion
- Spending
- $3.3 billion
- Spent on programs
- 86%
- Reserves
- -3.1 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- fees for its services, 98%
- Employees
- 8,108
- Volunteers
- 310
- Highest pay
- $7.1 million, president & ceo
Source: Form 990 for the year ending September 30, 2025, 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 35Spendable reserves are negative: it owes or has committed more than it holds.
Debt
2 of 20It owes 78% of what it owns.
Living within its means
15 of 15Income exceeded spending by 4% of income.
Income trend
15 of 15Income rose 16% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 1586% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 0 cents.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending September 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
Strong: 90 out of 100. Higher than 27% of charities in its peer group (health care, over $100m).
Independent board
25 of 2510 of 10 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
0 of 10Did not give 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 September 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 (3)
- $2.5 billion spent. PATIENT CARE: MEDICAL CENTER PROVIDES ACUTE-CARE MEDICAL SERVICES FOR PATIENTS BEING TREATED FOR SOME FORM OF CANCER, INCLUDING LEUKEMIA AND LYMPHOMA, COLORECTAL, PROSTATE, GYNECOLOGIC AND BREAST CANCERS. ALL PATIENTS TREATED AT MEDICAL CENTER BENEFIT FROM THE LATEST TECHNOLOGIES INCLUDING THOSE DERIVED FROM TRANSLATIONAL MEDICINE, ACHIEVED BY COLLABORATION BETWEEN MEMBERS OF THE PATIENT CARE TEAMS AND THE SCIENTIFIC AND BENCH RESEARCH ACTIVITIES PERFORMED THROUGHOUT THE ORGANIZATION. SINCE 1976, MORE THAN 20,000 HEMATOPOIETIC (BLOOD) CELL TRANSPLANTATION PROCEDURES HAVE BEEN PERFORMED AT MEDICAL CENTER TO FIGHT LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOMA, MYELOMA AND OTHER CANCERS, WITH MEDICAL CENTER CELEBRATING 50 YEARS OF ITS LEADING BONE MARROW TRANSPLANT PROGRAM IN 2026. TODAY, MEDICAL CENTER'S CLINICIANS ARE FURTHERING DEVELOPMENT OF STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION TO TREAT AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES. AS A PIONEER IN ROBOTIC SURGERY FOR RECTAL AND PROSTATE CANCER, AND AN EMERGING LEADER IN ROBOTIC SURGERY FOR HEAD AND NECK CANCERS, MEDICAL CENTER IS A NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED LEADER IN THE FIELD OF MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY. PHYSICIANS AT MEDICAL CENTER HAVE ALSO BROKEN NEW GROUND IN EMPLOYING TARGETED RADIATION TREATMENT TECHNIQUES THAT DELIVER DOSES DIRECTLY TO DISEASED TISSUE, MAXIMIZING CANCER-KILLING TREATMENTS WHILE POTENTIALLY MINIMIZING DAMAGE TO PATIENTS' HEALTHY TISSUE. THE SHERI & LES BILLER PATIENT AND FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER SERVES AS THE INFORMATION HUB ABOUT OUR COMPREHENSIVE ASSISTANCE FOR PATIENTS AND FAMILIES, OFFERING PATIENT EDUCATION, SUPPORT GROUPS, SOCIAL WORK RESOURCES, MIND-BODY THERAPIES AND PATIENT NAVIGATORS TO ASSIST PEOPLE THROUGH DIAGNOSIS, TREATMENT AND RECOVERY. ITS HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS, INCLUDING PSYCHOLOGISTS, PSYCHIATRISTS AND PALLIATIVE CARE PHYSICIANS, PARTNER WITH PATIENTS AND FAMILIES TO ALLEVIATE PAIN AND DISTRESS RELATED TO DISEASE AND TREATMENT. MEDICAL CENTER PROVIDES FOR SERVICES THROUGH CHARITY CARE ASSISTANCE FOR PATIENTS MEETING CERTAIN FINANCIAL ELIGIBILITY AND CLINICAL CRITERIA AND TO PERSONS WITHOUT INSURANCE OR WHO ARE UNDER-INSURED. MEDICAL CENTER ALSO SUBSIDIZES CARE FOR PATIENTS COVERED BY MEDI-CAL AND MEDICARE.
- $312.4 million spent. RESEARCH: MEDICAL CENTER FUNDS A VARIETY OF CLINICAL AND LABORATORY RESEARCH ACTIVITIES FOCUSED ON FINDING CURES AND TREATMENTS FOR CANCER AND OTHER LIFE-THREATENING DISEASES FOR WHICH GRANT AND EXTRAMURAL FUNDING IS NOT AVAILABLE. COUPLED WITH BECKMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF THE CITY OF HOPE (BECKMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE), MEDICAL CENTER HAS A LONG HISTORY OF SIGNIFICANT RESEARCH CONTRIBUTIONS IN CANCER TREATMENT THERAPIES, DIABETES AND OTHER DISEASES. MEDICAL CENTER CONDUCTS MORE THAN 790 CLINICAL TRIALS ANNUALLY, ENROLLING NEARLY 1 IN 4 PATIENTS. MANY OF THESE TRIALS PROVIDE PATIENTS WITH ACCESS TO THE NEWEST TREATMENT APPROACHES, WHICH HELPS DEVELOP THE STANDARD TREATMENTS OF TOMORROW. FOR INSTANCE, MEDICAL CENTER WAS THE FIRST INSTITUTION IN THE WORLD TO PERFORM A CLINICAL STUDY USING NEURAL STEM CELLS TO TARGET GLIOMA, A DEADLY FORM OF BRAIN CANCER. MEDICAL CENTER HAS BEEN DESIGNATED A NATIONAL CENTER FOR ISLET CELL TRANSPLANTATION. MEDICAL CENTER IS ALSO MAKING MAJOR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE STUDY OF HIV/AIDS THROUGH RESEARCH INTO HOW TO STOP THE VIRUS' INFECTION OF CELLS. MEDICAL CENTER PROVIDES INSTITUTIONALLY FUNDED RESEARCH GRANTS TO DEVELOP NOVEL IDEAS THAT HAVE NOT YET REACHED A MATURITY LEVEL NECESSARY TO SECURE EXTRAMURAL FUNDING. MEDICAL CENTER FACULTY AND STAFF SERVE AS CONTRIBUTORY MEMBERS FOR NATIONAL POLICY AND REGULATORY ORGANIZATIONS AND ADVISORY COMMITTEES. THEY ALSO PROVIDE THEIR EXPERTISE TO REVIEW GRANT APPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND FEDERAL AGENCIES AND SERVE AS MEMBERS OF EDITORIAL BOARDS FOR PROFESSIONAL PUBLICATIONS. MEDICAL CENTER'S DEPARTMENT OF POPULATION SCIENCES ALSO REACHES OUT AND SEEKS TO REDUCE THE BURDEN OF CANCER ACROSS ALL POPULATIONS THROUGH COLLABORATIVE PROGRAMS IN CARE, RESEARCH AND EDUCATION. SEEKING TO UNDERSTAND THE CAUSES AND RISKS OF CANCER AND DISPARITIES IN CANCER OUTCOMES IN VARIOUS POPULATIONS, POPULATION SCIENCE PERSONNEL EXAMINE AND INVESTIGATE GENETIC MARKERS LINKED TO CANCER RISK, SEEKING TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR CANCER SURVIVORS. THROUGH THE CENTER FOR CANCER SURVIVORSHIP, SPECIALIZED, LONG-TERM FOLLOW-UP CARE IS PROVIDED FOR CANCER SURVIVORS, AND ITS CRITICAL RESEARCH IS SHARED WITH OTHER INSTITUTIONS.
- $46.9 million spent. PUBLIC INFORMATION AND EDUCATION: MEDICAL CENTER IS COMMITTED TO SERVING THE COMMUNITY THROUGH EDUCATION AND SUPPORT SERVICES TO INFORM AND EDUCATE THE PUBLIC THROUGH CANCER AWARENESS PROGRAMS, HEALTH EVENTS AND EDUCATIONAL FORUMS FOR COMMUNITY GROUPS AND BUSINESSES. EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ARE IMPORTANT PROGRAMS AT MEDICAL CENTER. THROUGH ROBUST RESIDENCY AND FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMS, MEDICAL CENTER PROVIDES CONSIDERABLE TRAINING AND CONTINUING EDUCATION FOR PHYSICIANS, NURSES AND HEALTH PROFESSIONALS EMPLOYED BY THE MEDICAL CENTER. IN MANY INSTANCES THESE SAME PROGRAMS AND TRAINING ARE EXTENDED TO MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS NOT DIRECTLY AFFILIATED WITH THE MEDICAL CENTER.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending September 30, 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 September 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 September 1982.
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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